I joined Steemit about two weeks ago. I have to give Greg @marketreport, the thanks and credit for bringing awareness to me about Steemit. I have followed Greg's work on another platform for sometime now. He was praising the Steemit platform up and down, left and right. I had to check it out for myself and see what the big deal was, and I'm sure glad I did.
Up to this point, I have stayed completely away from social media. I swore repeatedly that I would never have a Facebook account and I still don't. I do not like the Facebook culture and especially dislike their censorship. Steemit seemed really different to me, not only do you get paid to blog and upvote others, but the culture seemed so different from the beginning. It truly feels like a community here. People are very willing to help others. The wealth of knowledge on Steemit is exemplary as well.
I wanted to write my first article. I thought to myself, "what am I going to write about? I have never blogged in my life." I follow finances quite heavily and it is a passion of mine. So, I wrote a financial article within my first day or so. This is it here: https://steemit.com/life/@jdawg/advice-to-my-younger-self. It only received twelve upvotes and not many more views. My earnings were .08 cents. I was quite devastated, but not ready to give up.
I wrote my second article: https://steemit.com/money/@jdawg/diversify-out-of-the-dollar. I wanted to get my article seen by more people this time and wondered what can I do differently? I was more aggressive this time around. I hounded a few whales asking that they look at my article. Thankfully, they did! Their support gave me a much needed boost.
What happened next not only surprised me, but found me humbled and grateful. My article was resteemed by @sgtreport, who has nearly 1,400 followers. This gave my article much needed exposure! Others had resteemed afterwards as well. With the support of a few whales, @sgtreport, and several others, this article received much better results. At the time of this writing, it has 276 views, 213 upvotes, 77 comments, and was up to $123, until dropping recently with the Steem price. What a difference this time around! I am so pleased with the results.
Also, I entered into a contest that @aggroed offered: https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@aggroed/minnow-support-project-weekly-minnow-resteem. My article was fortunate to win 2nd place. The prize was a resteem and 10 SP. It was very cool to be chosen.
One thing that struck me was that some of the comments I received was much more rewarding than the money soon to be paid out. The comment that really blew me away and made my day was left by @thelivingpoet:
"You don't have any idea (well maybe you do) how much reading this post has helped me, although this isn't new news it definitely should be treated as such, this needs to be spread like wild-fire. Upvoted and re-steeming and of course now following 😉"
I have seen many Steemit newbies' post about their disappointment in not getting exposure and votes. Many of these people were talking about quitting. My advice to them was and is to keep on. It takes time, hard work, and creativity to get noticed, but you will.
Overall, my initial experiences with Steemit have been very positive. I see this platform growing exponentially. I'm glad to be a part of it in some small way. I would like to thank everyone that has stopped by my blog, read my articles, and shown support. I am extremely appreciative. Please follow, upvote, and resteem.
An honest and helpful summary @jdawg. Thank you. I too have followed Greg's work for some time on YouTube and to a great extent @sgtreport also so we move in similar circles.
You were proactive in "hounding" whales. Sounds like the technique has met with success. Looking forward to more of your content.
Thanks for reading and commenting! Yes, it sounds like we do move in similar circles.
That's how you do it, very passionate post my friend. I agree that there will always be a more fulfilling experience when you see the community benefit from a post more so than generating earnings on a post. I am humbled, grateful and thankful that I even crossed your mind and recieved a mention, Inam truly honored. Keep on spreading useful content on here and sharing knowledge. "Catch fish for a man and he'll eat for a day, teach a man how to fish and he will eat forever." 😉
Thank you my friend! I appreciate you stopping by again. Your comment really did make my day. So, thank you.
anytme partner :)
Great Motivational Post @jdawg
This may also benefit others who may have lost some motivation:
https://steemit.com/newcomers/@cassidyandfranks/newcomers-today-is-a-new-beginning
Thank you for the kind words, Frank! That was my intention. I had been reading many posts from new people who were talking about quitting. This was the motivation behind writing this post.
Hey @jdawg
We ALL started as newcomers, newbies, noobs. It's those who CONTINUE to learn and grow with steemit.com that EVENTUALLY become SUCCESSFUL.
Keep STEEM N ON,
Frank
https://steemit.com/gettingorganized/@cassidyandfranks/getting-organized-motivational-2017-calendar
Very inspiring, thanks for the post. Keep steeming my friend!
Thank you very much! I appreciate you reading and commenting.
I wish I could give you two upvotes on this post... Great job... By the way, Gregory Mannarino is the one who convinced me to check out Steemit...
@pocketechange
Thank you! I appreciate the support. I think Gregory brought a lot of us here. lol
Gratz boss!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! I appreciate your efforts.
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