Fellow Steemians,
Instead of bashing each other, judging and blaming minnows, dolphins or whales.. Spend 2 minutes of your time and read this.. I will even do some simple calculation so you can see things more clearly.
Let me tell you this..
I've had some great success on Steemit so far.. However, the greatest success I had was in the beginning of my steemit journey.. I became a member 1 month ago. I was number 15,150. That's 15,149 people + me.
Today, there's 72,986 steemians in total. According to steemstory.com a nifty site by @roelandp
That's almost 5 times more members compared to when I joined steemit.. So there's no wonder great articles disappear in the flood of new content being published.
If you take a look at catch-a-whale, you'll see that there's 55 whales listed. 55 whales. Some of them are even duplicates, as some of the whales have multiple accounts..
So, without doing any major research on that one, let's say there's about 50 unique whales.
You can also see that a handful of whales haven't been online for a long time.. So, once again without doing any major research, I'd say it's about 35 unique and active whales.
We all know that whales are crucial for your steemit success. Whales have the power to bring articles to the surface and I know that most, if not all of them are doing an excellent job. They spread their votes among both new and old users.. And they do us a favour when they do that. They could easily just keep on upvoting the "usual" established author and cash in by doing that.. But instead of doing that alone, they spread their votes. They give you a chance. They help steemit to become stronger. They help authors to become more powerful.
But seriously.. 35 unique and active whales.. (Based on my brief calculation)
Out of these 73,000 steemians, I bet about 50% are making one post per day.. That's 36,500 new posts per day.
- Can you really blame anyone for not getting enough attention on your posts?
- Can you blame yourself for not creating good enough articles?
- Can you blame the whales for not voting on your content?
Let's face it..
You'll need a few things to become successful on steemit.
A huge following on Youtube or twitter would obviously be good but instead of talking about all that.. I'll just tell you the most important thing you need.
- Luck.
If you spend some time on Steemit reading established authors posts, you'll notice that some of their posts doesn't have votes from all the whales.. Some of their posts have less success than other ones they've published..
There's at least three reasons for that.
- First of all, all of the whales doesn't like all of the posts so they don't upvote them.
- Secondly, all of the whales haven't even realized that the post have been published, hence no upvote.
- The third reason. Whales upvote an average of 25 posts per 24 hour period or so, so they could ignore posts due to that.
So, what can I do?
I've published 22 different posts since my last payout of more than $100. All of these 22 posts had an average payout of $4-$5. I published 5 posts before the one that hit $122 and those had average payouts of $4-$5 too..
I had a payout of $341, two weeks ago.. And if you keep going back in time, then you'll notice that I've obviously had ups & downs like most of us, but you'll notice that most of my successful posts was in the beginning of my steemit journey.
4 weeks ago, the first week I joined, I had great success several times in a row.. So yeah, it's definitely getting harder. There's more competition.. 5 times more now than it was when I first started..
With that being said..
I still advertise and promote steemit as much as I can. I plan to launch an advertising campaign on the streets of Sweden. In two cities. I pay for the products I will give away from my own pockets..
And I do this to spread the word even more.. To bring in more people. To bring in more users.. And that will utlimately lead to even more competition..
However, it's more to steemit than the pending payouts on your best article.. - And, you won't have real success until you realize that.
I won't tell you what to post or why. I won't give you details about that. This has been done a bunch of times already and seriously.. Why should you listen to someone with $4-$5 posts..? - I'm not in a position to give you such recommendations.
I do want you to understand one thing..
If you are well-known you will increase your chances of scoring big on steemit. How you become a well-known steemian is entirely up to you.
Some of my latest posts:
- A Swede With An Advertising Campaign On The Streets Of Sweden Incoming! 2 Cities & 1 Goal.
- Story Time! - How I First Started My Freelancing Career And How I Became My Own Boss.
- 1 457 Days Ago.. Was The Last Time I Saw My Father. - I Never Believed in Reincarnation until Today.
- Steemit. My Goals and Milestones for 2016.
To earn a lot from steemit, luck affects you but you must be lucky to be a member of the steemit community. Then you can find numerous articles of earning from steemit and develop.
https://steemit.com/hidden-gems/@dragonslayer109/daily-pick-of-hidden-gems-31 this is where I will be featuring your post today
Thank you very much @dragonslayer109, I appreciate it! :)
Love this! So many people cookie cutter stuff. I like how you did that. I will be following and looking at more posts. Thank you.
Thank you. I appreciate it and I'm glad you liked it. :)
Even after A year of posting this article, it still have a great effect on me as a new steemian ( 6 days old), you made a lot of great points from your article and i can't help but imagine how far you have grown on steemit after such a time!
But the reward on this post is not in anyway equivalent to its quality!
Thanks for helping!
Thank you very much for your kind words. I appreciate it! :)
You are welcome!
Great post, thank you for your dedication and hard work. All for one and one for all! Namaste :)
Very well written. I agree that it is a numbers game. That is life, so don't give up.
Thank you for taking the time to write and post this.
Thank you, I appreciate it :)
If you start out the gates with dollar signs in your eyes, trust me you will fall flat and lose that race. Start off by exploring the many different tags or topics and find ones that really interest you. Once you have your niche then contribute your thoughts, ideas or whatever is floating around in your brain. You will eventually grow your followers and in time will get known.
We most leep foing this for fun and money will be an extra I guess!
I've done fairly well a few times, but my favourite posts made nothing. It's just the way things work. Yet I love it here too. Quite addictive!!!!
Hehe yeah, I agree with you! I'm addicted! :)
Interesting post. I am still a bit puzzled about the whole 'whale' concept. How do you know if a whale has upvoted your post? Well done on the promotion side of things, I think it is people with the same attitude as you who will make Steemit a success.
If you look at the list of voters, the larger Steemians will be near the top. The other way is to use https://steemstats.com/ and check the voting on your post.
Okay that makes sense. Thank you :-)
Thanks for the tip on steem stats. Didn't know this existed. Great info
Steemit is no different than anywhere else on the web. There is a lot of noise to get through to get noticed. There is no magic bullet, just keep on working at finding a path.
That is very true. You'll need to work hard and put in a ton of effort.. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to understand that. Thanks for sharing.
How do you find out what number you were to join Steemit?
Go here: http://steemstory.com/
Enter your username and press "enter".
Then you'll see a load of cool information :) (the number among several things)
Great link, I saved it to my favorites
Woah, from 15.000 to "registered as no. 248,817" in just 11 months!! 250k soon, SteemIt!
Good stuff @hitmeasap.
Also check out this @clevecross article On The Message We Want To Send that discusses steemits user acquisition and retention based on brand messaging.
Thank you for sharing!
The numbers are wack...there are not as many active account in fact. that being said, it is hard for whales to catch all of course. but LUCK? I wouldn't put that first..
https://steemit.com/steemit/@razvanelulmarin/is-steemit-a-lottery
The numbers of active whale accounts might be incorrect, I'm aware of that. It was just a guess. However, you say that you wouldn't put luck first..
You'll obviously need to create good content.. But good content varies from the eyes of the beholder. Having luck is one thing that doesn't change. No matter how many posts you publish and how many good posts you write, you'll still need to have luck. Especially as steemit is a "lottery" as you've explain in the post you've shared. - If you don't play the game, then you'll have zero chance to win. If you play, and the more times you play, you'll increase your chances of winning. - That's gambling in a nutshell.
Before luck, you'll obviously need to publish good posts. That's the entry ticket to the "lottery".. Without good content you'll not be able to participate in the lottery.. But once you're in, then you'll need luck. :)
That's my 2 cents at least.
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This was of some help. Thanks mate.
Thanks for taking the time write this article with links, was a major help
I advise you shouldn't pretend to be someone else. Be yourself and take steemit as a social media for fun, not for money. With time, the money will flow.
This is an older post now but still very relevant. I am new to Steemit but not new to the online space and having support of others is always key to getting noticed when you are new to a media platform. I am following you now and looking forward to reading your more recent posts. Thanks =)
Simple and to the point, thanks for the article. Its simple not easy, work still has to be done
You got me with that advertising campaign in Sweden hook! Going to read it now 😍
Great article thanks for the valuable information.
This article really helped me understand how steemit works! I'm new to steemit and i'm going to follow your advice! thanks
Thank you for this post; it is inspiration for me to keep going. As I'm currently struggling with the Power vs Posting issue and keep getting stuck. Slowing down my post rate for useful tutorials and diaries of game writing.
Thank you for doing this post. I am new to this community, and I found this article very helpful on how I can start my own new successful journey posting and writing here. I am going to read now some of your other articles too.
So in summary, all we need is luck ? :)
I love this, it serves as an eye-opener for we newbie on steemit
nice post agree what you have been pointing out. I am at these phasae now. Tq for this.
Like this. Thanks