I have been pushing hard over the last few months to achieve my goal of 500 followers and a rep of 70. Not quite there yet with the rep but I will be in a week or so.
The 1st thing I wanted to say is huge THANK YOU to those of you who follow my work. I am most grateful for this and promise to always produce quality content and respond to your comments, upvoting those I see as particularly strong.
Or just because I am in a good mood :) Which to be fair, is most of the time!
The 2nd thing I wanted to say is that many of my followers are inactive. Perhaps they are on holiday or they left Steemit after finding it too complicated? So while 500 may appear a glorious round number, my number of active followers is actually 340. Based on any activity in the last month.
How do I know this?
There is an awesome program (created by @mynameisbrian) called Dead Followers which calculates it for me.
What are my tips?
Post every day. More than once a day if possible!
Choose content which stimulates the mind, regularly making it relevant to Steemit & your own personal experiences.
Start taking pictures. Landscape not portrait, to better fit the screen. Whilst it is okay to use other peoples' pictures, quoting the source, this platform is designed to reward original content. And that includes the pictures. It is a good idea to start using a program which permits you to add your own words & PNG files on top of your image.
Strong thumbnail. Using this program, create Steemit branded images with a simple, clear description which sum up your post. Some people (like @sirwinchester) have created their own recognisable style with their main image. Which is a really great idea!
Strong title & opening line. The thumbnail, title & first line are the three chances you have to tempt potential new fans into reading your posts. So always dedicate a little time to this aspect of your work.
Use bold subheadings and bullet points to divide your article into chunks. This makes it much easier for people to skim and comment without having read the whole thing.
Post promotion. I know it feels like you are done when you finish your post, but you are not. Post promote your work in all the right categories on steemit.chat and discord. Also use the Facebook groups. You don't have to do this every time but if you feel your post to be strong, it is a wise move to get it out there as much as possible. And now with the 7 day payout system you have a whole week to post promote your strongest work.
Respond to your fans comments. I have noticed there are many who don't do this. Personally I consider it good practice to always respond when someone has taken the time to write something.
Interact with other users by reading and commenting on their work. You can watch any of the feeds: new, hot, trending or promoted. They will all provide you with ample opportunity to interact with others.
Put some time into constructing your comments. One of the wonderful things about steemit is the incentive to not only be kind to people but also to offer them support through your comments.
Start initiatives. Having just finished judging this weeks Steemit Culinary Challenge, I can see clearly the power of such initiatives now. They can grow to be incredibly popular and really boost your chances of finding new followers due to all the resteeming that goes on in this situation.
Use popular tags. You can create your own tags if you are posting regularly. I created a new tag with 'dailyquotes' and I also created a steemit.chat feed for this tag, and after having used this as my first tag on a daily basis for almost 5 months, I am getting decent rewards from it now. But if you are not going to use it regularly, better to stick to the main ones.
Okay, that's it for now. Hope this helped in some way and thanks again for all your support & upvotes :)
Glad to be one of the 500!
All valid advice! Sorry @nepd for abusing your 1st ranking comment. Trying to make a point with another tip :D
And I am glad to have you with me on this ride. Hope we can all rise together!
Have another upvote :)
Congrats!! I achieved 100 yesterday and that was already exiting. Can´t wait to be at 500 ;) Thanks for the suggestions! I am doing most of it already but there was some new staff too. Thanks! keep on like that, you are a great member here!
Congratulations to you too :) Thanks for the comment and I look forward to all of us getting rich together!
Have another upvote :)
Haha thanks :) I am fine helping people on my way and maybe getting some extras for my travelling ;)
Where are you traveling, Liza?
Right now I am in Mexico, than Part of Europe, Southamerica & Asia :)
Wow, that's really cool! Are you able to communicate with the locals in all those places? I mean, do you speak other languages apart from English? And where in South America? And where in Asia? If you are going to visit Taiwan some day, let me know.
Right now I speak German, Spanish and English. Asia all the way from Philippines till China and then back down to India I guess. I will let you know when I am around. I will also do posts about it so you will know where I am at - following me ;)
Great advice @samstonehill
I'm upvoting and resteeming this!
@shayne
Thanks very much. Appreciate the comment. Have another upvote :)
Man, you are quite amazing. Your spirit drives the Universe, not the other way around, I bet! ;)
The energy that springs out from each your post and video is very uplifting. No wonder, people like you. Thank you for the tips, which I will follow closely. Good luck on the journey of further improvement.
By the way, thank you for following Pillow Peace, if it deserves in the future. :)
I have an offer for you:
https://steemit.com/quotes/@pillow-peace/quotes-that-touch-chuah-ding-jing-or-therapeutic-real-time-reading
Thanks for your touching comment here. I do feel particularly connected with the Universe these days. I am lucky to be guided by many angles. But I had to sell my home and possessions, start walking the earth, go vegan, start sun gazing and not wear shoes for the last three years to find this connection.
But it is of course different in the way it happens for each of us :)
I am glad I have no home to sell, but would love to follow into your steps when it comes to wearing no shoes. It is a bit difficult here, in Taiwan. From your video about morning rituals I infer that you live in a place without paved roads, which is worth envying. :)
Sun gazing is by all means doable in my situation, without much hassle. Did not wake up early enough yet, and I prefer sunrises.
Thank you for your reply, Samuel.
Really good content!
I am also hoping about 100 followers for now,
Many thanks for the comment. Keep working hard and I am sure you will have many more follower soon.
Have an upvote :)
Party. Already doing all the above!
You got it my friend! Parrrrrttttttyyyyyyy!!!! Steem just went to $0.37 :)
Have an upvote :)
Congratulations man! That's awesome!
Yes, feeling a little proud of myself today :)
Appreciate your comment very much and have sent you a little upvote to say thanks.
Thank you :)
Congratulation!! You achieved a nice goal. I achieved mine a few days ago. 100+ followers now. My next goal is also 500.
That's it my friend. If you aim high you hit high ;)
Appreciate the comment and have given you a little upvote to say thanks.
Appreciate it! :-)
Good Job man, I know I'm one of the more recent followers. Glad I found ya.
Keep Steeming!
Thanks very much.
Have an upvote :)
well done and great advise brother!
Thanks bro :)
You are a great member of my group and I have always appreciated your support.
Onward and upward!
Great Post, Congratulations, I really like the tips.
Appreciate your comment here my friend.
Glad my list helped you and I am looking forward to some more great posts from you :)
Upped you.
Nice advice and congratulation for 500 followers. :)
Couldn't have done it without your help brother. You have been a top member of my group and for that I am most grateful.
Wish I could give you two upvotes right now, but I can only give you one!
Ha...ha...! Just give one upvote is enough. :)
Upvoting for you! Steem on!
Congrats and thank you for sharing! It's a really useful info :) have a great weekend!
Thanks very much. I almost forgot it was the weekend!
haha. have an upvote :)
Resteemed!
Many thanks for the resteem ;)
Congratulations dear friend @samstonehill for your achievements, thank you very much for these advices.
Continue your success !!!!
Thanks for you message here. Happy days for all of us right now. Though I see the price is dropping fast now. It will settle eventually and will start rising again :)
Steem on brother!!!
Mea culpa in some of those tips hahaha. I am guilty on most of them, and that WILL CHANGE thanks for this @samstonehill followed
Thanks for the comment my friend. Yes, I also am guilty for not doing many of these things, but I would if I had the time. Currently I am looking after 2 babies and a full time job, so not as much time as I would like, but we are getting there!
Thank you so much! I'm taking it all in...I have so much to learn!
My pleasure and best of luck to you. Work hard and you will be rewarded ;)
Thanks for your tips
Thank you for sharing :) I will focus on these tips...