Dear new Steemians,
Welcome on the most amazing social media platform!
In the last few weeks, I’ve received plenty of messages from some of you regarding the struggle you are having with getting more followers or even use efficiently the platform. Hence, I decided to share my experience on Steemit with you.
‘The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up!’ – Robert Tew
I’ve joined Steemit about two months ago. At that time, I only had one follower on Steemit – the person that actually recommended Steemit to me. I’ve started blogging at the beginning of 2017 on a different platform, getting some audience there as well. I am still in the process to define my style and the things I would like to write about.
First baby steps
Since joining Steemit, I’ve started to post about things that I like and I’m passionate about such as traveling, sports, photography and events I’ve attended.
The first step was an introduction post. With this first step, I managed to get a few active followers who supported me a lot in the months to come.
I’ve started following more and more people with similar interests as mine. It was mind blowing. I was receiving so much valuable content each and every day. I was learning something new on a daily basis.
Posting every day, commenting, upvoting and resteeming articles that I liked brought me lots of new followers every week and the rewards started to come.
A few tips for exponential growth
The content you publish stays in the new feed only for a few seconds - no matter if you are old on the platform or not. You need to get more active followers. To do that, begin writing by having in mind some of the below advices:
- write an introduction post about yourself. Use for it the tags #introduceyourself and #steemit to gain more visibility.
- the title, the first photo and first phrase will make the followers to read your post or not. Pay attention to them.
- Keep in mind that people react to emotions. Choose wisely your words – you might be surprised. This is a social media platform, so originality, creativity and emotions are key factors for your success.
- Do not copy-paste content – it doesn’t bring a lot of followers and you might also get flagged for plagiarism unless you mention the source.
- Select correctly the tags and use all 5 options allowed – you need to become visible. Use the main category that fits your article (e.g. use animals instead of dogs – if you’re article is about a dog, nature instead of landscapes etc).
- Follow people who share similar interests with you. Do not ask people to follow you. Most probably, they won’t do it and even if they will press follow, they won’t upvote/promote your posts if they have different views/passions/writing style. You can also get flagged for this kind of behavior.
- Write about things you really like rather than articles about stuffs that are trendy. You will put a lot more passion in it and people will notice that fact.
- You need to build relationships. The more you get involved, the easier will be to get on top. Upvote, comment, resteem and follow others.
- Join some challenges on the platform – there are quite a few interesting ones at the moment.
- Last, but not least – enjoy being here. It’s a great community with a huge potential. Good things will come for those who are tenacious.
Let’s admit: We all came here for the rewards, but we stayed for the community.
Rewards are just a bonus on top of great content and amazing people.
In order to get used with Steemit and its tools, you can read more here.
Don’t forget! – Your individual success means the success of Steemit as a whole. Let’s grow together!
Thanks for reading!
Good luck and Steem on!
Some very good advice there. I love the Steemit platform, there is some great content on this site and for me personally its a great site for showing my art and landscape photos :)
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Thanks sharing to my friends! Upvote!
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indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. deserves RESTEEM !!
Very well written post, thank you! I am looking forward to reading more from you!
indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. deserves RESTEEM !!
Wise words.
indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. deserves RESTEEM !!
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Thanks, I'll try your tips! :))
Excellent!
Very nicely put, some very good points.
Thank you for the tips all advice is much needed. Just been here a week so still learning. :)
indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. @alinabarbu article deserves RESTEEM !!
Thank you for sharing your experience, your good with words i´m working hard on this part ;-)
indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. @alinabarbu article deserves RESTEEM !!
Thank you.
indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. @alinabarbu article deserves RESTEEM !!
Such a nice, clean and easy to read article! Have followed you and will be resteeming shortly. Good luck with your Steem journey!
really nice post :) thanks for helping the newbies, these are definitely some great tips, that helped me as well ;)
indeed!! she did a good job - and new comers need such a mini guide & encouragement. deserves RESTEEM !!
As I see a lot of new members were approved in recent days. I'm one of them. Thanks for the tips ;)
Buna Alina, bine te-am gasit. E fain ca te-ai gandit la incepatori. Succes
thanks for the great advice