So, my previous post was addressing all those people who think it's alright to ignore their audience. In this post, I will discuss exactly what a person should be doing to create the best chances for success here on Steemit over time.
I don't want to ramble on, so let's get straight to it. And yes, I shaved most of my hair off yesterday. I will talk about the reason and mentality behind why I did this in my next post.
So in the last post, I spoke about ignoring your audience, and how I think that is the one thing you should definitely not do if you really care about the people seeing your content. If you want to have a solid foundation, you need to show people how much you value them.
Remember, this is my opinion! It's your choice to use this or not.
So, what should you do?
Well, exactly the opposite of what I explained previously. You need to show your people how much you really care about them. Show them the appreciation they truly deserve. Remember, they don't have to come onto your blog post and leave a comment.
They are doing you the favor!
Reply to your comments
Return the favor by first of all, replying to their comments. It doesn't matter to me how long the comment is, I will respond 95% of the time.
Obviously an exception being bots.. That's just a waste of a post haha!
Upvote all your comments
If you have below 500 Steem Power, you won't be able to do this.. But I think it's a great idea to put a stronger vote on stronger comments. Since I only have about 700 SP right now, I reward decent comments anywhere from 25%-50% vote-weight.
One-word comments or anything not of value, I will give about 10%. Obviously the more Steem Power you have, the more flexibility you have for rewarding certain comments.
So now you know. I do reward decent comments as much as I can right now. It will only get bigger and better in the future.
Now, there is obviously an exception for when posts are getting hundreds of comments, then it's understandable to only upvote the best of the best comments, but to anyone looking to seriously grow their audience, I seriously recommend you start showing appreciation.
Engage on their posts
I think receiving the monetary value is nice sometimes, especially if it's from a Whale, but if you think about it, it only takes a few seconds (No effort) to give an upvote.
An awesome way to really increase engagement retention into future posts from your followers is to support them exactly the same way you expect them to do it for you.
Now, I will admit, I haven't exactly gotten to this yet myself.. But I definitely plan to take the time in the near-future to support all the people who did so for me in the past.
Many times it's the things that money cannot buy, that's the most influential!
Help-out those in need
I believe if you can afford to help others financially, you should delegate a certain amount of your wealth to helping those in need.
I've found a very rewarding way to do this is if I see someone who deserves more attention on their content, I will sometimes send them a couple dollars of RandoWhale.
The nice part about this, is it is so satisfying for them! You can buy someone a $50 pair of shoes, and they'll be like 'thanks'.. You send the same person a $2 RandoWhale and they are the happiest person in the world. LOL! I love it.
Of course, I do not do it for the reaction. It's simply so I can say that I have done my part in contributing to a better community. It's a great way to create leverage for yourself, without having too much Steem Power.
So, I have decided I am going to start rewarding my people for showing true appreciation to my content.
If I notice you have put time and effort into your content, or shown your appreciation to my work in nice ways, I will reward you with a comment boost by @RandoWhale. Depending on the situation, I will reward them accordingly.
I am powering-down for this very reason. So I can have some SBD for you guys! :)
When I can, I try to give. I feel it is only right! So know that for the future.
More than how much my posts can make, I care far more about getting my content in front of newer faces. So if you would like to show your appreciation, it would be awesome of you to resteem this, and share it with others! I reward decent resteems!
I would love to know what's on your mind. Be bold and talk to me in my comments section! I would to know your opinion and what it is you'd like to achieve.
I am trying my best to make 2 high quality blog posts per day. So stay tuned! Talk soon guys.
Today is my 31st day on Steemit. Let's go!
My previous post: ⏺Calling out everyone who ignores their audience!
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Great post and I love ur way of thinking :0)
The thing I have started to do like u mention here is to upvote great coment on my posts that people have written great thing.
That thing using randowhale is also something I just started using and now get.....lol
Feels great helping. Im not really there yet in sp but Im working on it so I csn give back.
As for now I give back by answering all coments and coment on every post I read. My way to say thx for taking time to write this great post, I enjoyed it.....it pays of big time
I get answers om answers and befor u know it u have gotten to know this person. Awsome
U are most amazing in ur writing and in the person U are. Keep sharing and I will keep reading. Upvoted resteemed. U gave me no choice....lol talk soon
You are just awesome my friend. Considering you're Swedish, you actually speak pretty decent English!
Exactly, it's not about the amount of SP you have.. That can be substituted with genuine appreciation. That's why you are the coolest. You are such a kind, loving person, and it shows in everything I have seen you do in the last 3 weeks!
Talk soon.
Thank u for that kind coment :0) I do my best writing and the english gets better by every post and every coment. Al though I have made a few people laugh by writing my faults every now and then....lol
But thats so not something I care abut.
Ur words really warms the ♡ and that makes me happy to know I achieved my goal on that part :0)
Thank U for being U. Unique and mindblowing.....ok its not what it sounded like.... u blows me away....hahaha
U know whst I mean just couldnt help myself
Hahaha I love reading your comments :P They are awesome. You're right. Besides, it's not about the spelling of the words, but rather what you mean that really counts!
Talk soon.
Im glad u like them :0) sometimes I cant see an ending on my coments they just keep on and on.....lol I love writing to u and reading ur posts. My heart is wide open and it seem like there is so much words in there that they just flyes out...lol
Ur so awsome and humble my Male-boss :0)
Did u see my new blog under the weather...lol
Haha thanks my friend! You never run out of words to say lol.
I think that would be called 'man-boss' :P
I will definitely check out your blog!
Lol...Ur welcome Man-Boss didnt quite get that right....but then again when do I ever? Hahaha
Ur awsome fun....hug
Thanks for always supporting me with such amazing comments my friend. You definitely deserve far more than this small boost-vote :)
U are more than welcome :0) Its all coming from the ♡genuine and supporting u is a big plesaure. U deserve it so much and U have giving me more than U could ever know.
I mean Im the Lady-Boss now....lol how did that happen
Haha you got yourself a new title I see :P
Yes I guess I do :0) lol
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Well I give you 100% upvotes for good reason. You post with passion is the first reason, and the second is I am helping you become a whale ... and then you are going to remember the mighty @themagus {grin} ..{clicks 'upvote' slides slider to maximum}
Literally laugh so hard every time you add those side-imagination stories!! :D
Definitely helping me become a whale $1-$2 at a time! Almost.. There...
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Because of your support, and hilarious descriptive stories, you get a boost! (The moment when one of your upvotes are still more powerful than my special, elite-classed, supernova comment boost :D)
I agree that responding to your audience is important. I also always try to respond. Only in cases someone says "great post!" or equivalent, I might not respond. Most of time I still thank them, unless I think they are just spamming in the hopes of an upvote.
On the up vote thing, I'd also like to give more upvotes to people who comment on my posts, but since I loose 2% voting power from a vote, which is worth $0.01, I think no one really wins if I upvote. When I have enough steempower to start giving % amounts, then I'll most probably start giving upvotes more often. Now I just do it on days when I don't really find much content to upvote otherwise. So as to thank the people with a gesture, more than a financial reward.
Yeah brother I'm completely about that too. The thing is, they didn't have to leave the comment. They are still taking time out to support the content (Even if it takes only a copy/paste). Glad you agree :)
Yeah, 500 SP is the where you can start. I would say 1000 SP is a good amount to properly start. Gestures really can be powerful! That's why money isn't always everything :)
Thanks for your comment. Talk again soon.
Thanks for an awesome comment, and also giving such in-depth engagements brother! You got yourself a boost :)
Thanks a lot! I'll keep on commenting when I have something meaningful to say. As I usually do :)
Awesome brother! Keep well. Talk again soon.
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This is a very well put together post. As someone new to the Steemit world, I'm definitely looking for ways to improve the quality of my posts and comments. I'm sure I'll refer back to this post often. I think the biggest takeaway for me is "support people like you'd want them to support you." I really try to keep this in mind when commenting or replying to someone. So far it has worked out just fine!
Anyhow, what would you say is your favorite subject to post about?
Awesome comment! I can see you payed attention :)
Good to see you're open-minded. You are welcome to go through my other posts. I have a feeling you will enjoy the reads. If you are following the rule to support others, you are going to do great.
Honestly, I enjoy writing about about motivation. I love sharing my feelings when I'm driven to do things! I would say I also enjoy talking about numbers relating to investments. I just have a natural way of thinking about numbers. So I really enjoy thinking about exponential growth and compounding :)
Congrats. You won a boosted vote from me! :) Thanks for stopping by. Talk soon.
I'm a big fan of reading investment posts. I'll have to go check out your posts about it, and maybe I'll blog about investments sometime soon. Thanks for the response and the vote!
Only my pleasure. Sweet my dude, go through them, I made a few on investments in near-past.
Here's some of the one's about numbers and investment philosophies:
⏺Why The World's Richest Man Was Warren Buffett...💪🕓👀
⏺THE POWER OF COMPOUND INTEREST AND EXPONENTIAL GROWTH!!! 🕓🔥
⏺BECOMING INCREDIBLY WEALTHY, AND HOW THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO SO!!
⏺How anyone can become wealthy with as little as even $1!
⏺Where can you invest your money in 2017?
They are all older than the 7 day reward period, so don't waste your upvote.. But there are some of them I posted in the last month.
Enjoy. You can give your feedback here if you'd like.
Thanks for the links! I checked out most of them, and I really like the consistency approach that you reiterate. I'll be checking out the options trading methods, they sound interesting.
Glad you enjoyed them my dude! It's funny, I have always had a problem with being consistent my entire life, until recently.. Crazy how far a single decision can really take you hey!
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There's some really great points in this post! I really try to hard to reply to anyone who comments on my posts but at the moment it seems as if there aren't enough hours in the day for me to write a post, reply to comments, comment on other people's posts and behave like a normal human being in real life!
I've also been trying to get into Discord if only to take advantage of the post promotion channels. Hopefully my life will settle down so and I can get some structure in my Steemit-ing.
I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes it feels impossible to get so much done a day still have time for yourself.
I used to think of this in school, where some guys literally failed, all they did was smoked weed and didn't accomplish anything..
Then you get the opposite which is the guy that gets 90's for every subject, does like 4 sports, spends 2 hours a day in the gym, runs his own business and still has time to chill..
I never understood it.
I have realized recently that the only difference between the two people is focus. You just need to 100% focus on what it is you want to get done first. Then only once that's done, you move onto the next thing.
I can assure you that with focus, you can get all of this plus a lot of others things done in your day..
That was an awesome comment and probably more than I deserve for my paltry offering so thanks for going all the way as it were. I really like your energy.
My problem is that I have too many things to focus on, all of equal importance to me so I'm wearing myself out trying to give my all to everything. It sounds mad but that's just my life right now.
Not that I mind really, I'm used to my brain travelling at a million miles an hour thinking about a million things at once but at the moment I have twice as many things to think about lol.
That's understandable :)
Yeah the key is to just pick something and go with it.. I picture this example with the analogy of a candle, versus a flash-light.
I explain the analogy here, so read this post: ⏺Are your goals clear enough?
For the fact of focusing on many different things, I think you will enjoy these two posts:
⏺Are you suffering from this disease too?
⏺10,000 hours for mastery..
Enjoy :) Leave your feedback on this thread. Talk soon.
Amazing Post! Thanks for these wonderful tips. I think these will prove quite beneficial to all the community members on Steemit!
I like the helping part of the article the most, because it helps both the parties and creates a win win situation.
Upvoted and Resteemed!
Thanks for your awesome comment brother! Totally agreed. It's definitely a win/win hey! Nice way to look at it :)
Appreciate that. Talk soon. I followed you :)
Thank you!
Awesome tips!! I've put some of these into practice, I've delegated what little power I have and I've also thrown a few SBD at randowhale to those who are struggling or deserving a little boost. I think a little bit goes a long way.
That's so awesome brother! If so, then you have a great heart. That's what I'm talking about!
You're so right, and I think especially on the Steemit platform, a dollar can really go a far distance if you reward it to the right people!
Thanks for stopping by and interacting! Talk soon!
all great tips to follow for a great blog.
I definitely try and check in on people who follow me and comment consistently on my posts. I don't want to have a one-sided relationship, it is nice to build friendships on here and become part of a community :)
Hey, Hannah. Nice to see you here again :)
The thing is, whether a person has fun here, and make the best of it, or just comes and goes, feeling sorry for themselves, it's both just a choice. Why not just make the best of the situation, make a ton of new friends, have a blast, and leave a great impact all at the same time? :P
I'd go for the second one haha!
Thanks for stopping by. Glad we met. Talk again soon!
I like the give away initiative, quite interesting that you will be using the SBD to get whale votes. I wouldn't say that you will need to downpower to do this as your post should make enough SBD to give 1-5 comment votes :)
Hey what's up brother! Thanks.
Yeah, but I'm full-powering all my posts lol :P I like the the Steem logo that the end haha! But it's chilled, because I had a powerdown strategy before I thought of the whale-vote idea. All good :)
If you think about it, it doesn't really make a difference either way..
@enazwahsdarb - Good work brother. You once again earn my respect.
Stay Connected!
Thank you for your kind words, sister-friend! :) You are awesome.
I trust you are well?
@enazwahsdarb - Yes, I'm perfectly fine. :)
Good to hear :) Why aren't you fantastic?? :D
What it takes to be fantastic??
@enazwahsdarb - Just starting my day with coffee. So it's perfect at this moment. As the day will move on, it becomes fantastic for me :-)
Hope you are also having a fantastic start of the day.
Hello mate! always enjoy your posts. Actually I'm trying to take that approach. Being a Gentlemen, reply quality messages, answer questions. In the end the ones behind the keyboard are humans just like ourselves, Cheers!
Hey my man! Nice to see you back here. How have you been since we last spoke?
I'm glad you are enjoying them. That makes me happy. I hope you, and many others take that approach :) Will be awesome. I like how you said 'gentleman'.. We should all be real gentleman! Awesome.
Talk soon.
This is some good advice. Always know how to give people the right information for success. 😉
Thanks @TheMessup! Would you mind if I call you by your real name? Just checking first :)
You are too kind! I want to see you, @abu-mikayeel and @LongField98 active more often here! Good to see you again.
Talk soon. Hope you're well?
I am and you may. Haha. Always happy to contribute!
Good to hear, Kayleigh. Hope to see you working hard again on this platform! It's totally worth it! Let's do this :)
Talk soon.
Just stumbled across your account and I have to say it is very impressive how much you have grown in as little as 31 days! Unfortunately I have not as much time as I would like to be active here on Steemit, but I always try to be as consistent with providing content and commenting as possible. Will surely follow you along! Cheers
Hey @ggorwell! Well then I am glad you stumbled here! Awesomeness.
Thank you for your kind words. To be honest, I don't feel like my results are ever good enough :P Many people tell me I push myself too hard, but I enjoy it :)
No worries about your time issue. I have noticed that time isn't the real issue.. But rather focus. You don't need an entire day to be able to be productive here.. You can get things done with about 1-2 hours in your spare time. If you sleep 8 hours, just sleep for 6 hours, and grind in those extra 2 hours :)
If you scroll down my blog, you will see I made a post or two the other day on this very concept :)
Talk soon.
Awesome material! I support everyone who's waking up to the new way of doing things and embracing this new community. Keep the content coming and please share the love back! # staywoke
Nice comment brother. Thanks for that. You should add a profile picture :)
Stay tuned in. Talk soon.
Dam brother! It kinda bugs every time I read one of your posts. Makes me wish I put more effort into mine and gave back to the community as well as you did! Keep it up there mate!
That's a great thing thing bro! It is never too late to start working hard. Get at it! :) There is nothing to lose, yet so much to potentially gain.
Thanks brother! Nice for you stopping by. Talk soon.
great post ahsan bhai i follow you
welcome to my bolg @farhannaqvi7
Thank you for your comment. Good luck with your blog.
I recommend you start having a conversation before asking people to visit your blog :) talk soon
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Thank you so much my friend! Very nice for you to say. Well, I suppose I can serve the same purpose being an author here so we can say it's already happening :P
Thanks for stopping by! Talk soon.