Who Is Mr Grey ?
Like most people I am just a ordinary straight forward guy, I am not famous (unless you follow 50 shades) lol
or a well known writer, I am just me, a happily married freelance web developer from South Africa with 2 lovely kids and five fury brats, who sits in his home office working 16 hours a day trying to make a living on the internet.
Amazing Things Do Happen To Ordinary People On Steemit
Like every other day yesterday I came onto steemit to post my blog, being a Saturday I thought I would do a few posts hoping to be seen, if you are like me then your average post only really makes a few cents if anything, but I don't let that bother me.
I believe reward always follows hard work at the end of the day, so I push forward and post on while rather trying to devise ways to help others in the same boat as me, instead of flapping around in the water waving my arms and complaining.
To me Steemit is kind of a candy store, I often sit and watch for new posts, ones that seem interesting and show potential I read, vote and comment on them, then back to the new posts roll (almost like the shelves of a candy store), posts that only have a picture and two lines of text if any I usually just close down and move on.
Yesterday I saw a post by Dollar Vigilante pop on the screen, I have heard of him before and I knew his post would be popular so I took the opportunity to curate the post, knowing allot of whales may be swimming around this one so I left a simple two line comment trying to draw attention to my recent post that I hope will help many minnows here in steemit, You Can Read That Post Here
Leaving things at that I moved back on to my candy store, a little while later I saw a notification that said some like "just when you least expect it...." so I went back to @dollarvigilante post and almost fell off my chair, my comment had been upvoted by @dollarvigilante, @dan and a few others and was suddenly sitting at $240 , I gasped and really did not know what to say or do except to quick show my wife incase it disappeared lol.
I left for bed a very happy man, this morning I work up, made some coffee and quickly ran to my PC to see if that $240 was still there lol and then it happend......HOLY CRAP I shouted as I noticed the post had gone to over $1300 I could not believe my eyes and quickly started replying to as many comments as I could see.
The Best Part - What Nobody Knew
Now for the best part that nobody knows in steemit, not even my new steemit buddy @steemdrive is that on Monday my power and internet line are to be cut, 2 months ago we had lost our car, my wife had lost her job and had been diagnosed as a diabetic and every day someone new has been knocking at our door looking for payment STEEMIT has saved the day ! and my family from sitting in darkness during winter with no phone or internet connection to the world our only source of income.
It Can And Will Happen To You Also Just Be Patient
What has happened here to me can happen to you also and do not let anything or anyone else tell you different, guard your ear gate and eye gate, filter out anything negative you may see or hear, on STEEMIT you stand every chance of having a $1000 or more day I have now proved it, just keep on working and churning out good content, try and focus on helping others as I believe strongly in what you sow you WILL reap.
never stop posting - stop commenting - stop upvoting - stop believing it can happen to you !
Wow. Happy for you! Wish that happened more often. Been on Steemit for over 2 weeks and most I've earned with a comment was like 2$ and the best blog got me 0.5$. :D Long road ahead.
keep going bud I thought it was a long road for me also and then bam it was right around the corner
#Payitforward
And now you've got $195.06 from a comment ;) the wheels keep turning
Hope in Steemit restored! Now I'm motivated to spread the word and write some more!
Thank you @dantheman ! :D
woohoo thats awesome sulev, you see sometimes it is just around the corner
Thanks for the mention my friend and glad to hear that Steemit has helped your situation, that is what the @steemdrive is all about, bringing Steemit to South Africa, to help fellow nationals.
You have just schooled an old dog! Commenting and voting on trendy content is genius and a great way to be seen and create allies as they join Steemit.
@minion also does something great, whereby he puts animated gifs in his comments which are endearing, here you will find some of them which he has put out there for all to use.
only a pleasure bud :) thank you for the links I will check them out :)
Oh wow, what a great story to share! I hope everything will turn out to be fine with you and your family. It's inspiring to hear how Steemit is helping people out financially! :)
I have faith all will be fine chhaylin :)
Now prepare for another 500 or so :P
lol do you think lighting will strike twice alexgr ....yeah I can hope
It's happened to some... who knows...
whaha that will be a rush bud
@mrgrey Awesome post! Glad to hear your situation was resolved and you're doing good now. I am also glad to see you're playing #payitforward . For anyone interested, here is what #payitforward is all about...
Pay it forward a better way to enjoy steemit and find great content
great to see you william Im really enjoying #payitforward and doing my best to promote it
My largest payout from a whale also came on a comment to another post (over $400). It's quite unexpected and very validating to those who prefer to curate comments on great original content! I have high hopes for the platform!
It is an amazing platform people just need to be smart about using it:)
Rock on! Congratulations on reaching whale-hood! :)
lol I still have a ways to go to reach whale, but it is my goal so I can help as many as possible.
These stories shows how this community is built! I never got more than 2$ per article and I'm here for about 2 weeks. I was thinking about quitting, I'm not gonna lie, but I found out that I like people around here so I'll be here. Keep steeming!
stick around gaitan and follow me I plan to be helping allot of people in future just need to get my account into a position to do so.
I would gladly help you!
What a great story! So happy for you. Thanks for sharing :)
thank yo so much for stopping by wiser:)
@mrgrey I am really glad that this happened to you and that you are sharing it with everyone. I actually followed the post you are referring to and saw it with my own two eyes! I am hoping to get noticed for my content as well but have yet to experience it for myself. Best of luck for the future
thank you crazycow :)
Wow, thats a story. Good luck with the problems you have at home and I wish in future you will get more of these days!
thank you michiel
I've been browsing Steemit for a couple of days, since I first discovered it, and actually read the post where you made your high-paying comment, and saw the money that comment brought you. Congratulations! I think that's awesome. It was the first time I realized participating in discussions can be just as valuable as writing posts on this platform. It's great that Steemit encourages meaningful discussion this way. I finally signed up this evening, after a couple of days of reading, exploring, researching, and even watching YouTube videos about Steemit. Seeing what happened with your comment really stood out to me, and impressed me about this community.
This is a amazing community, its a far ways of from being just a quick buck but with perserverance comes reward :)
Hey that is a really great story @mrgrey. I will not give up after reading yourstory. I has seemed hard getting anybody, not just whales to notice me but perserverance is the key in every endeavor. Thanks for the inspiration.
only a pleasure sandybeach :) I will be keeping a eye out for your posts :)
Nice work thats a very nice payout for a comment wow
thank you, it was a pretty awesome feeling
Very inspiring post @mrgrey =)
As someone that just started here and is too struggling, I can relate. BTW, Dolar Vigilante is the reason that brought me here. Keep doing you best! Best of luck, Alex
Hey Alex thank you for your kind comments, you can do it bud just keep going
There is time for everything. And fortunately your time came. We are all looking forward to that day when our posts will get noticed. A thousand+ dollars will make a big difference in anyone's life, especially yours. Be praying for your family and for strength to keep on. I hit FOLLOW. Will be supporting your posts in the future.
I agree with you totally cjclaro, I will place you on my follow list also and try and help you along where I can
Thank you, sir.
Congrats @mrgrey I'm proud and happy to see you succeed. You are on a roll my friend... one my challenge then turn around and win big by being yourself. that's whats up
Thank you bud its just hard work and pushing the limits lol.....looking forward to your next post
@dollarvigilante didn't make a quality post and he's also not a whale after 1 big payday. His second post obviously is high quality content because of an interview with @dan & @ned!
I think the thing is his follower base, he has a huge follower base who gladly vote for him.
Congratulations. Always happy to see someone rewarded for their efforts in contributing quality content to Steemit. I have come to realize that my posts get better and better as I read more of other peoples content as well and have briefly stated that in my new post. You have my vote.
I Haven't earned much yet but I still love Steemit. Why? you ask.
Good to know about the payitforward tag as well. Ill use it when applicable.
thank you cloh :) I to have found the more I do it the better I get to know mark down and the more my articles improve.
Good hit @mrgrey, Glad to see it's working for you!
Thank you jed78 I hope to see you hit it also :)
This is the power of rewarding people for engaging! I love the concept and look forward to Steemit having 500K followers.
It is definately going to be fun hilarski
Glad you got some attention:)
Thank you bud :)
Thank you for putting a smile on my face. It's always great to see other people being happy
thank you for visitng my blog das-fau I hope to see you in future.
@mrgrey This post was just what I needed. Thanks for the inspiration at just the right time. It's genuine folks like you that make communities such as #steem a success.
hey mobeer thank you for stopping by, if this post just touched one life like yours then I am happy, I hope to see you in future
Great post! Glad you were able to help your family with Steemit!
thank you for stopping by jj888 hope to see you in future:)
If you build it they will come! That's a pretty good wage for a comment!
well Im betting no blogger in the world has ever gotten that lol
Wow! Wowie! Wow! Wow!
I have been blogging for years, hustling jewelry I make on FB and Amazon and still cannot find a way to make enough money for cat food, much less a roof over my head. Seriously, life can suck. But I was led here today and I am hopeful. You, Mr. Grey, give me 50 shades of hope. Thank you!
Hi conscious, follow me I make a living on the internet, there are many ways its not always perfect but Im still here after 12 years :)
Amazing story. Funny how this post, where I find content to be more valuable, has gotten only $5 worth of upvotes. And funny how a few whales can make all the difference. I'll focus more on making good comments with whales, along with my own posts. So far I only made a few cents, but I am very new. Only a few posts and 0 followers or audience. :D
to be honest frankgold I do everything possible daily, a post brings in a bit then a few comments and curation brings in a little more and so my steem slowly builds, I also think its pretty ironic this post generates so little but hey I am not going to complain over a few bucks eventually my steem will build to whale proportions :)
That's fantastic! Thanks for giving us hope that if we keep being creative, we have a shot.
following your blog @mrgrey
thank you @juvyjabian
@jeeves upvote please
WOW !!!