Being a linguist I have always tried to find some speech patterns that unite the most successful works. Steemit has become a great place to investigate into the matter and learn more about what interests people most. Here are some of the results.
1. Heading
The heading is the first thing that catches eye of a fast and hurrying reader chasing for something worth their attention. But there is something before the heading that draws still more attention and that is the picture to the left. Some of steemers neglect the necessity of adding some image to their post which is a rude mistake. Images are often as informative as the text and can work for the best of the poster.
How to choose a good image for a post?
That is also a crucial subject as adding a wrong picture can destroy your wonderful text. On the one hand it should refer to the same subject as the text itself but still it should be eye-catching. For example, publish some photo of you first writing a post under hashtag #introduceyourself and choose horizontal pics: they look much better and are not cut by the system. I suggest choosing some bright but not acid pics; depending on the subject the main colour on the picture should also vary. Writing about your impressions from the system choose its brend colours: white and blue; that will boost the number of those who is likely to associate your story with some good-quality material.
Making up a heading
That may be a revelation for some but still not all upvoted stories are read through by voters. Many open the post, look at the heading and the pics (sometimes including the first paragraph) and go on. So the heading is very important, this is your chance to draw attention and make the person vote.
Be creative but not complicated; the idea standing behind the heading should be transparent, don't make people puzzle over "The moor of the moon in a mood". Well, that looks really nice but still too complicated. The only reason for you choosing such a heading may be a very informative image that reveals the idea behind your post. At the same time the heading should not be plain so that it wouldn't get lost in the depth of steemit website.
2. Length of your post
Never write too much or to little. As mentioned many users don't read the story to the end and so they can get either bored or not satisfied scrolling your post. If you have really much to write about - share your story into parts and make it a kind of Steem series when users will wait for the next chapter to be published. As for me it should be about 400 words long.
This is why I end up right now. Promise that new mechanisms will be unveiled in the nearest future:)
Blogging for a year for almost no money thought me this.
Copywriting is the most powerful tool one can have in his toolbelt. I literally copied many time a famous salesletter that was responsible for billions of dollars in sale just to get in the spirit of the writer and his style. Seems to have paid off now!
SCREW YOU ALL!!!!! https://steemit.com/investments/@resten/so-i-finally-realized-i-m-a-total-useless-idiot-on-steem-i-m-leaving
Some interesting tips here. Thank you. :)
I'm still trying to determine this as well. I'm thinking one good post a day is likely to do better than posting a bunch of posts. This is a hypothesis I haven't had a chance to test yet.
Practice, Practice, Practice...
Where your study falls apart is that a lot of the big people have bots that automatically up vote certain people because they have liked their post in the past. This may not be pervasive but I've read since I started here that it does exist. Inherently that should be their choice, but it does throw a wrench into trying to predict some things.
1 good post a day ? I am happy if I manage to write 1 good post in my lifetime XD
You forgot to say, talk about the steem platform or stupid shit, because that's what gets the big money upvotes. Or maybe, just copy and paste a tweet from someone else talking about steemit, then you'll get big money.
You've got a nice hook with that 400 word thing.
fk this putin xD
Why? Funny little guy...
Steemit is teaching us all how to be copywriters. I write copy for sales and marketing and it is pretty much no different, except here you actually get really good feedback instantly, which means that people are going to get better at copywriting much faster than ever before.
It's exciting to see copywriting become a valuable skill and so many striving to become good at it. It is one of the most invaluable skills in marketing, and now one of the most invaluable skills in social media.
I paid $400 for a copywriting course and I feel like I'm learning more about what is actually good copy from studying what i successful on Steemit.
Thanks for your post :-)
So true about not reading. I laughed out loud when people wrote irrelevant comments under my post. The majority here are money chasers. I am already thinking of a new social experiment. It's going to be fun.
The real STEEMIT formula is get the backing of a few whales. It really is that simple. You can have 150 minnows upvote your post and unless a whale or two upvotes you there won't be a lot of money flowing to your account.
Also, if you have a post that doesn't promote what makes the whales and their barnacles richer, it won't get voted on by whales. Don't mess with the whales or they will eat you.
good :)
interesting post, good recommendations.
what are your tools and how do you make your post with pictures in steemit ?
seems like easy to do it but i mean will be so usefull if you post also how you add pictures in your post
I agree with this post and like your ideas
hello all i am newbie please visit here https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@acung/introduceyourself-post-and-info-about-me
upvote my introduction post please, i releaased it first without picture, thanks
All bloggers started to write about how to create a cool post. But the other day one guy posted a picture of a girl in a bikini and has collected more than 1,500$. It was a "VERY" creative approach!
And by the way will ban for pictures /photos taken from the Internet and not your own?
As for the pictures taken from the Internet: I hope that some kind of proving the origin of the photos will be introduced. Otherwise Steemit is likely to sink into the marsh of low quality content. The exception is memes I think. As for the plot of the post: this is also a kind of scientific interest for me personally.
very useful information, thank you!
Good manual. Me next post will have heading "Zombie-Apocalypsys is here"!
And what is not right with my post? nobody likes it and reply((
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Good advise and will try out the tips, new to this blogging thingy! - thank you
This is success!!!
Thanks for you!
Wow what an awesome read....I'm new to Steemit and really didn't get it until reading your article...Thanks