If I were smart and dedicated, I would be here a year ago, but I wasn't! Unfortunately!
Instead, it took me almost full 15 months just to become a Minnow and over 15 months to reach this point of 2000 followers. So, if you are new at Steemit and just starting your journey here, don't be like me! You can do it much better and way faster!
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You might ask how it's possible it took me so long just to become a Minnow or aren't we all "small members" or even just arrived beginners automatically a Minnows. Well, we are not. In fact, until we don't reach the amount of 1,000,000 VESTs what is somewhat equivalent to 500 SP of our own Steem Power (eventually leased amount doesn't count in) we are just Red Fishes or Planktons.
(To read more about what determines are we a Minnow or not, you may check one of my earlier posts.)
So, why it took me so long?
As first, I wasn't among those lucky ones who were able, could afford or both to buy some STEEM and invest it in my Steem Power to somewhat boost my start. I had to start from scratch, from total ZERO!
As well, you should know, over a year ago, at the time when I arrived at Steemit things were way different than they are today. I believe the majority of Steemit newcomers are not even aware how lucky they are to be here at the moment.
Back then even the algorithm by which our earning calculates has been different. My vote has been so worthless that even at 100% of voting power I have received a message that told me I'm not able to vote as my voting weight was too small.
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I would probably get stuck there forever if by pure lucky accident four Steemit knights ( @bitcoiner, @fyrstikken, @juanmiguelsalas, and @patelincho) somehow didn't hear about my trouble and got me out of it by self-initiative donations that raised my SP from 6.506 to 23.186 SP.
(More about it you can read in my post from that time.)
Today, a new member who opens account even this very minute while I'm typing this would never experience that inability to vote and accordingly to earn some curation reward.
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Keep believing in this network, the whole system, and hoping better times would arrive was an entirely different thing than it is today.
At first, STEEM worth was circling in between $0.10 and $0.20 US for a long time. Meaning, even the votes received from some bigger members (dolphins or orcas) wouldn't boost your post more than few cents (if you were lucky), and accordingly, the vote worth of some big whales was way smaller too. Leaving aside the fact that grabbing the attention of big or bigger fishes wasn't any easier than it's today.
Despite all of that, finding only 10 cents not to mention a dollar or two earning rewards under our posts was the proper cause for celebration although that displayed dollar would, in fact, worth much less than $1 US.
Today when STEEM worth is over $3 US and SBD worth over $13 US, and when each cent displayed under our posts as earnings reward, we may multiply by 6 or even 7 (as it would be the approximate real value we would receive in USD), people are dissatisfied, grumbling, nagging and complaining.
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If you are one of those and if you think those few cents are peanuts, I'm sorry to say, but you are a complete fool who doesn't know what lifetime opportunity you have been lucky to stumble upon.
And I can tell you that just because I was the fool too! Although that upward trend possibility even less some proof of it wasn't that visible as it is today, I was still a fool.
I made a perfect plan. I even call it "My Scary Steemit Goal." But you know what? I was foolish enough not to stick with it all the way through.
- I wasn't committed as I should be.
- I wasn't persistent as I should be.
- I had expectations without proper prior learning about Steemit, its rules and as well its possibilities.
- I was giving up and coming back with even several months long pauses, and
- many other mistakes and failures I can't even recall all of them anymore.
So, if you think it's easy to talk now when I or anyone else reached the point of 2,000 followers or whatever point that could be measured no matter if in number of followers, voting weight, Steem Power or what so ever, HAVE IN MIND that we all started from the same starting point and have been somewhere here.
Why I'm telling you all these?
Because at the current moment you have a chance to reach that stage in only two or three months or even less if you are going to learn Steemit and use that knowledge wisely and the proper way!
And that's why I told you: "Don't be like me!" - Be better, because you really can!!!
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017
Ever since I reached 2000 followers the other day I see everyone reaching it now , congratulations!!
hahaha - Thank you!
Yeah, that's something like when you buy a new car suddenly you start noticing more the same type on the streets and it seems like everyone is driving it. 😁
@journeyoflife
not easy and would celebrate mine too and since its a journey of my steemit life i may be posting about, hope you wouldnt mind a mention!
An awesome achievement. I challenge you to double your followers AND your SP by Easter of 2018. My personal goal is 1000 followers and 500 SP by then. Good luck.
hahaha - I must admit, I'm very tempted by your challenge! Will see, what can I do about it.
However, thank you very much for stopping by and your nice comment!
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Otkrite mi tajnu kako :D
Sorry što nisam ranije odgovorila, ali bila sam malo u gužvi ovih dana.
Uglavnom, nema tu neke posebne tajne osim upornosti. (Dakako, veće nego što je ova moja bila, jer se u međuvremenu baza korisnika znatno povećala, pa je možda malo teže istaknuti se.)
Jedina stvar koju bi možda trebalo izdvojiti, osim redovnog pisanja (ono barem 1-2 članka tjedno) je ostavljanje nekakvih suvislih komentara ispod postova drugih članova, a isto tako i odgovaranje na komentare onih koji dođu na tvoj blog i ostave komentar ispod tvog članka. Ali čini mi se da taj vid socializacije s ostalim članovima na platformi ti već sasvim dobro odrađuješ, pa ćeš s vremenom to samo još bolje usavršiti.
I još jedna bitna stvar nemoj očajavati ako ti je broj "Follower-a" trenutno mali. Najteže je doći do prvih 100. Sljedećih 100 već ide brže i tako, jedan po jedan, malo po malo. Ne ide preko noći (nažalost), ali ide.
I malo popravi Engleski. Provjeri si gramatiku i sl. sa Grammarly - koristan programčić. Ima plaćena i Free verzija, ali mislim da će ti već i Free verzija biti sasvim dovoljna i od koristi. Pa prije nego što objaviš članak provjeri ga kroz Grammarly, pa ćeš vidjeti da li nešto treba popraviti ili ne.
Eto, nadam se da će ti nešto od svega ovoga biti od koristi! 🙂
@ana-maria
such an inspiring read. 2k followers, wow! nice one. since i also plan to celebrate my 2k followers say on xmas eve, would have to say, congratulations to us! you did great ma'am !
Thank you and congratulations to you too!
Welcome ma'am...let's keep in touch !
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Congrats dear , keep up the great work, much love 💯🌹❤✔🆗️
Thank you very much! 😊
Congratulations on the 2000k fallowers, if your interested in painting my blog is all my paintings step by step and you now have another fallower!
🙂 Thank you! I will take a look.
Congrats)
Keep on steeming and double your subscribers in a year ;)
Thanks! I will try! 😉
Thank you for your advice and encouragement! I am very happy to be here and I am working hard. I have not posted recently due to real life getting in the way, but I have found if you work hard and make comments/posts you will get upvoted. I have also taken my SBD and increased my Steem. People should not get discouraged, it is like any job. You must work hard!
Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment! 🙂
And yeah, we all run into such phases when real life obligations drag us from here but I think that's fine too. I can also agree with you that we should work hard although I might not put it that way. I would rather say if we put in enough good will and effort, and if we keep persistent through time the reward would arrive as well. Same as we have to watter the flowers to see it blooming one day.
Interesting post.
Thank you guys and gals! 🙂
Thank you for your advice and encouragement!
And Congratulations on the 2000k followers...good job!
Thank you! 🙂
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Amazing
Thank you.
One guy said he had 2000 followers but that didn't make any difference because so many of them were either dead or with little voting power. I'm happy with my 171 followers that I got since this June. I lost another one today but I still have a few crypto rich friends.:D
I'm glad you're happy about your success and are sharing your enthusiast. :)
I just fact checked and your # of real follower is 1228. Only if you add up the dead ones does your score goes above 2000. Keep going!
Yes, that's right if you check only those who were posting last (one) month. But there are some users who don't post but still curate (meaning: still vote), in that case, the result is somewhat better.
But still, there are many users in my followers base who are not active anymore.
You'll see by yourself - the longer you are here the bigger the number of dead followers is as many come and go, and there is nothing you can do about it.
As well, if you start posting more frequently you would also notice that as your followers base would grow accordingly with it the dead ones too (for the same reason I already mentioned above).
In other words, your current total of 171 followers (with 119 active and 52 dead followers according to last posted), in next 12 months would easily become a total of 513 followers (with 363 active and at least 150 dead ones (in case if you continue to be active in the same rhythm as you have been so far).
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