Hi Steemians,
I just wanted to share with you what I feel about sharing educational content like guides, tutorials and descriptive posts. It's going to be a very short post (by my standards) on how I feel about it and why it is not easy for me to post regularly; even though I wish to.
Images do not always have to be professional thumbnails, right?
Educational posts have huge impact on readers. Their subsequent actions and application of the knowledge determines their success or failure. In plain words, wrong guidance can lead to loss of readers. This loss can be financial, reputational or of any nature.
That is why publishing such content is a huge responsibility. It takes time. It takes a lot of research. It should take a lot of research. And that is exactly why I haven't been able to post on a daily basis. It is nearly impossible to post guides and tutorials on a daily basis unless the author does not care about the authenticity of information and its impact on his/her readers.
I care about my readers and, therefore, I care a lot about accuracy of the information I share.
Some Posts and Research Behind Them
Some of my posts have rocketed to $400 and even $500+ in rewards. But is it a cooncidence or is there some reason behind it? Let me share three of my recent posts and how I created them.
- My second Utopian contribution was the Reputation Score 101 guide. It crossed $360 in rewards—my highest ever rewarded post at that time—but finalized at $300+ due to Utopian's 15-25 % deduction from the author rewards. I had studied reputation system for more than five days, reading almost all previous content written on the subject prior to my post. Yet, my post was not a copy of any of the posts that I read. Not even close.
- I wrote a post on why Steem will go big in 2018. I started reading and researching about Steem in the first week of December and started writing a week later. However, I kept reading everything from official sources like @steemitblog, @ned, @dantheman and from experienced Steemians including @timcliff, @teamsteem, @hilarski, @the-alien and @jerrybanfield etc. I finsihed and published it on Janauart 1; four weeks after beginning to research about it. It resulted in a $561 final payout; my highest ever till now.
- The latest example is the Steemit reward system guide which I posted this week in my Understanding Steemit series; a series aimed at making Steemit's system known for everyone including the newest members. I have covered reward system in past as well but not in such detail or accuracy as the latest edition. It took me eight hours just to compile it. The research behind it is not inlcuded in this time. The post shot past $520 in rewards in two days of its publishing but the downtrend in Steem's price brought the payout to sub $500 level. The post is still active so you can open it in a new tab and upvote it if you like. But it will rise back as Steem has gone up in last two days.
I love Steemit and I love contributing to the paltform. As you can see, my contributions receive good rewards. I am not alone though. My friend @jbn also noted that contribution based content—a concept heavily supported by @transisto—brings good rewards and more followers. But I do consider it a massive responsibility and do not wish to give false knowledge. That is why the 20+ post ideas sitting in my head right now will take months to come out.
I am just a human and can commit errors but none of them would be intentional. In fact, I love it when someone points out something debatable in my content. I, in fact, always ask for feedback. If you ever notice something doubtful in my posts or comments, please never hesitate to point it out. It will help me learn more and correct myself as well as refine the knowledge that I always share.
This post was a heart to heart conversation with my followers and fellow Steemians. I wish to be open and honest about what I do and why I do it. Please consider upvoting and resteeming this post to spread the essence forward.
I really appreciate your hard work and all efforts that you put to make very complex things simpler and step by step guides for all of us.
Your tutorials and guides about how the platform works are very helpful especially for the newbies.
I have learned almost everything about steemit from your blogs.
Love and prayers for you. <3
Thank you so much for these kind words. I am glad to have been able to spread the knowledge that I learned and practiced.
Excellent post. I always encourage people to write their posts which contribute towards betterment of platform. And these posts dont necessarily have to be about steemit. They can be about anything. Even a DIY guide on how to repair some specific brand of phone can be a contribution. Your such posts can bring a lot of traffic to steemit once they show up on google searches..
Thank you for the mention in the post. Keep up the amazing work..
Steem on 😌
I am planning to diversify my blog a bit this year. I will write about finance, life and education more as I learn more about these topics. Thank you for your feedback.
I hope people respect the way you do things - quality over quantity - and all the thought and effort that goes into such posts.
The ones I have read so far have really been informative and engaging, so please do keep doing things the way you feel is best for you. :)
Thank you so much for your feedback. The post reflects everything I feel about being responsible so that my followers and readers can benefit.
@ilyastarar Firstly I would like to thank you for you continuous work on providing guidance for newbies like me ! I have learnt a lot from your tutorials. Secondly - You are 100% rights, a good piece of content takes days, even weeks to prepare. I personally spend at least 4-5 hours writing an article and I don't even provide tutorials. Crazy how many people post just to upvote themselves and earn a SBD or 2... I prefer the long-game !
I would be very happy if you can check my content and share some feedback with me, as I have a lot of respect for you and your opinion would bring me great value !
I have your blog open in the next tab and I will surely have a look at it. Expect feedback in comments to your recent posts.
Thank you so much for your feedback.
I am very happy about your success on steemit.I personally like to read and follow your posts and they are full of information.Especially for newbies who are struggling on a steemit platform.
Thank you so much for your kind wishes and great feedback.
Sir Really appreciate you for the knowledge that you are sharing with us. thumbs up. I know you work hard. and this the result of hardworking. everyone can touch this level. if we work hard and put our time wisely here. once again thanks. and keep going like that. <3
Thank you so much. I try to do things with care and dedication. It takes time but is very rewarding in many ways. Such feedback is a reward too so thank you!
always welcome. sure will follow you. because I am a newbie here.
knowlegde indeed can never be a waste. Your time and effort used to put up this post is a nice one,have learnt from it and so educative.I strongly believe if people value and respect your idea to the way you portray things then we all will succeed in all aspect of life.All the best thanks.
Thank you for your opinion on the topic. I agree that knowledge and hardwork does not go waste.
I am a new member and trying to explore steemit. Your efforts to make steemit simplified is very helpful for newcomers. By such posts this community will definitely expand. Upvoted U, although it may have a little impact....
Thank you for the feedback. I am glad that I am contributing in some way.
thank you for taking the time to write these. Steemit can be very confusing to newbies and it takes a while to get a handle on things. Posts like these have helped tremendously.
Thank you for your feedback. As I learn more and more, I will share that knowledge with the Steemit community. It's something I owe to Steemit for what it has brought to my life.
It is a good job endeed. I finally found info I've been looking for. Thank you
Glad you found help. Do share your feedback in comments.
Actually, I followed a link to @calamus056 's post and find all details about how curation reward is calculated. Thank you!
You are doing a great job on the platform. But do you think a newbie can just post really good post and get such high payout on his first post?
Two of my posts went beyond $200 in my first week. So, it is possible. I was a blogger for one year before joining Steemit though.
People with high following or celeb status get $1000+ on their first posts. I have seen that happening.
That is amazing... You are definitely someone I should learn from
I think your posts are well written and are full of good information for newbie minnows such as myself. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your positive feedback and appreciation.
Wow!! You have done a good job. I appreciate. Keep it up. upvoted. Thank you @ilyastarar
Thank you for your appreciation.
WoW you are the first person whom i followed, you know why?. your blog is one stop shop for newbies on steemit. keep it up.
Great and inspiring i voted you please do same thanks
nice bro :D
Great article Sir, Putting all the necessary things in the simpler way is the beauty of your article.Hope it helps the steemians and the newbies on steemit to better start the journey.Also it helps the community to grow in the better way.Thanks
It's really great to see your success here and your posts are ver informative. It was through one of your posts that I discovered Canva among many other things.
Keep up the great work!
Hey Ilyas,
I am really impressed and proud of you. The way you are progressing and putting hard work it is just great. Your guides are awesome and I checked your other posts too, I just loved them.
Yes, the point you are trying to make here that we should be responsible and share learning content with full seriousness is very important.
Good...👍👍👍
Man Steemit is complicated though. If you are just starting out, didn't invest in Steem, and don't use upvote bots it's a tough road to getting anywhere. I think the most confusing part though is how you are rewarded. I found that the posts I put the most amount of work into, the most research and the most time, got pennies. When I posted dumb, impromptu, somewhat silly acting and singing tutorials (which weren't all crap admittedly, because I am an expert on the subject) but dtube started dropping some huge rewards on my videos. Then I began to receive criticism from fellow users for getting huge upvotes from dtube on my "selfie videos" so I decided to switch gears to offer Steemit something more useful, which is why I started the BuzzSteem news series. Steemit has now become a nearly (second) full time job because it takes hours to compile the information for my videos. Then there is the writing and filming, editing and uploading. And now, dtube has lost interest in my vids because I'm no longer doing "catchy tutorials". So in essence, I have upped the value of my content, but lost any earnings on it that I had been making. It definitely doesn't make me feel particularly motivated to continue releasing higher quality content when I got paid regularly to film 5 minute impromptu tutorials.
I'm not sure how Steemit can change that, but I think it is responsible for a lot of the low quality posting on here. Everyone keeps using the words "persistency and consistency" and I agree with that to a degree, but really it's more about consistency. Steemit seems to reward those who post daily, and it absolutely does not have to be quality posts. I think you are an exception to the norm in this category!
I do wish that exceptional quality was rewarded, because Steemit would be a far different place. Most of the top rewarded videos are people just literally yapping into a camera about nothing of importance (like I did) or vlogging daily their plans to get rich here. I fail to see how that's adding anything. It seems so narcissistic to me, but people eat it up and dtube rewards it with a handsome sum every day. It can be very disheartening and confusing getting those kinds of mixed signals from the website.
For me now, it's less about money and more about trying to build the platform, creating daily news that gets people excited about what is going on, and one off videos about how to improve Steemit and save Steem in the long run.
Anyway, I didn't mean to high jack your comment section, I just got to thinking about a lot of this from what you wrote, and well, just had to share I guess. Thanks for all the wonderful content you regularly put out! I would much rather have quality than quantity.
I really acknowledge your hard work and effort to make this community more wonderful and amazing. keep sharing @ilyastarar
Greetings. My name is @ilyasismail from Indonesia Steemit Community Chapter East Aceh. I am very happy to read your content. Because after I read it, I got a very valuable education. to change the way I write so far that I sometimes ignore the in-depth research. Thank you.
good story broo@ilyastarar
Bad comment got you flagged.
I apologize if there are comments that are less interesting
A comment should always speak for itself that it is genuine and has been written only after reading the whole post. Your comment did not hint any of it so I had to flag. The next one is more meaningful so I upvoted it.
Hope you get the message.
thank you for remembering me. hope forwards to be better again
I am @babangsunan really like your post every there is your post I do not forget upvote thank you friends have shared things that visit my blog @babangsunan interesting i love you
I am not sure if it is a human comment or a bot one. Seems like bot. No upvote for you.
Just checked your comments. You lazy person are copy pasting same comment everywhere. Flag for you!
hi friends all i know newcomers in steemit please upvote, follow my steemit @mulyadedi thank you.
Welcome to Steemit. Such comments get downvotes not upvotes.