I remember my first week on Steemit. Trying to figure it all out, trying to get noticed and looking back now I wish someone shared some do’s and don’ts with me. So this is section of this course is dedicated to your first week on Steemit and is aimed at getting you started on the right footage.
Don’t worry if you are well past your first week. We can always go back and make changes.
But before we get stuck in this post is an extract from the draft of an upcoming video course that will be available free of charge on multiple course hosting platforms. I will be publishing this course on Udemy, Skillshare where I am an established instructor but I will also be trying a few other platforms too.
Publishing Courses on Sites like Udemy is not as simple as one might think. They have strict quality controls in place and for a course to remain available FREE on their website must keep above a student review and rating of 4.1 Stars. My personal reach on Udemy and Skillshare is 30K people, however Udemy boasts over 15m students. Once I do a good launch, Udemy will take it from there.
I am hoping to have this course published and live by the end of February. Some of you might have already noticed I have not been as active on Steemit or Discord the last few weeks and have been asking questions. Well I am just busy with work but behind the scenes I am also work on this course. A considerable amount of time will be invested into writing, recording, editing and publishing this course and I hope once I have got on top of work and this course published to become as active again in discord and on Steemit.
The aim of the course is to
1) Grow brand awareness of Steemit
2) On-board new users to Steemit
3) Increase the retention of Steemit users
4) Provide a valuable resource for Steemit users
At the end of this post you will find more details on the course outline
WEEK 1 on STEEMIT
What not to do
1) Don’t try and establish yourself or your brand
Before you can really establish yourself or your brand on Steemit, you should really spend a little time getting to know the platform. See what works and what does not work. Read a lot of posts in the topic you also wish to write about. See what works and does not work for other authors. Establishing yourself and your brand can wait just a little.
2) Don’t follow for follow
A pet peeve of mine is to follow for follow. I suppose this comes from traditional social media, where you follow your friends and your friend’s friends. But on Steemit if you do this, you will find it almost impossible to find good content. You see when you follow someone, their content and any content they resteem will fill up your feed. If the content is, well let’s just say ‘not up your ally’ they you will be scrolling though shit to find the good stuff.
3) Don’t Vote for Vote
Just because someone votes for you does not mean that you have to vote for them. The aim of Steemit is to reward good content
4) Don’t vote more than 10 times a day
I see many people coming to steemit and voting like crazy to get curation rewards or let’s say ‘be seen’. But you have a certain voting power and every time you vote this goes down. You can vote 10 times a day at 100% power and in your first week, well you will only have the option to vote at 100%. As your voting power reduces, so does the value of your vote, and so does the value of your curation rewards. It is a little more complex than this, but for the moment that’s what you need to know.
5) Don’t ask for votes
When you are in chat or a community, asking people to vote for your content is a put off and can be seen as spam. Sure ping people when you are trying to rally support when you have an exceptional post. But continuously asking people for votes is a no no. Most communities have a channel set up for post promotions. Use this, Don’t Spam.
6) Don’t copy content that has already been published on the web, even if it is your own content.
Taking from a mistake that I made, I took content already published to my own site and republished it on Steemit. I was quickly sent a comment by @cheetah letting me know this content was found elsewhere. Now this content was my own content, so it was not plagiarism, but seeing this comment on my post was uncomfortable. On saying that, I have had many discussion with authors and writers on Steemit about this, and some people do feel it is okay to post your own content even if you published it before.
7) Don’t do your introduction post
Again taking from a mistake I made. When I joined Steemit I wrote an Intro post, detailing who I am and what I was going to be posting about. But then as I got to know the platform more and figured out what worked and didn’t work, my focus changed. What I said I was going to do in my intro post is not happening….not really a good start if you ask me. Leave the intro post till your second week and I will go through it with you in a different lesson.
8) Don’t worry about your wallets or your earnings
When you see rewards on your posts at the start it can be rather exciting. But if your concerns are purely your earnings then you have to change your mind-set. Steemit is not a get rich quick platform and your earnings in the first week are not of importance. Understanding all the stuff around STEEM and SBD is also not too much of a concern at this time. We will cover this in a lot more detail in a different section.
Undoing what you have done
I know many of you here have already spent a week on steemit and did much of the stuff I have told you not to do. But look, it’s not the end of the world. So if you have or are trying to establish yourself or your brand on Steemit. Stop. Take a step back and complete the rest of this lesson.
If you have followed for follows or are following a heap of people you’re not really interested in, then go and unfollow or mute these users. You can do this by selecting followers from your profile
If you are voting for people just because they vote for you, then stop. Vote for good content, use some votes for people that support your posts with awesome and relevant comments, as it will keep them coming back to your content. But don’t just vote to return a favor.
If you are or have been voting more than 10 times a day then stop. Stop voting completely till your voting power increases to 100% and then use your vote’s wisely.
If you are asking people for votes, stop. Stop spamming. Votes will come as reputation grows and your content becomes known.
Introducing Communities
(This will need revising when update is done on steemit and community features have been enable)
For me, I have found the backbone on Steemit to be the communities. I think the saying ‘come to steemit for the rewards stay for the community’ holds true. It’s been the communities that have given me the boost, the advice and the help. But the communities go even further than that and I can tell you from experience, good friendships are formed and fostered.
At the moment the ‘official’ Steemit communities can be found on Steemit Chat, which I will discuss a little further in a while.
You will also find communities housed on Discord, telegram, Reddit, and all the standard places like Facebook, twitter, google+, Instagram….
There are communities for everything, Writers, Coders, Artists, Data Analysist, and Photography. There are also geographic communities and sub communities, many of which hold regular meetups.
Finding communities at the start can be hard. But hopefully I can give you some tips and ideas.
First of all when you are reading posts, you will find many authors reference a community within the post. You might see a community logo or even a footer on the post with community details.
Geographic communities are relatively easy to find, Do a search on Steemit for your Country or city and have a look through these posts. If there is a community, chances are you will find it mentioned in a post in this tag or category on steemit.
What I can also tell you is that there will be changes made to Steemit that will allow for communities. Right now I don’t know too much but I will keep you up to date. When the communities feature is released, I will produce an update to the course.
One big piece of advice I can give you here is to obey any community rules. And I can also tell you like anything in life, the more you put into a community and get involved, the more you will get out of it, and I don’t just mean votes and comments on your posts.
Steemit Chat is also a good place to start and as you get to know people in here you will find yourself being invited to other communities. You can also ask people you meet in steemit chat, where else they hang out. Later in what to do in week 1, I will recommend some communities for you to join.
Lets take a look around Steemit Chat now. You will find many movers and shakers on Steemit hanging out on Steemit Chat. The official witness channel is held here, and so are Steemcleaners
Down the left of the screen are the different channels within Steemit Chat. You will also find any users and direct messages here when you scroll down.
If you do not have any channels, don’t panic, that’s because you have not joined any yet. If you do a search for your topic of interest you will hopefully find a channel.
In the center you will find the chat in the channel you have selected
Down the left you have icons that will let you see channel information, members, mentions, attachments and pinned messages.
Do keep all post links to the post promotion channel unless links are allowed within the channel. You might find the help channel of interest
Another very popular community is @Minnowsupport. Minnowsupport are housed on Discord and you can join with this link https://discordapp.com/invite/SjUdTV
They offer so much. First of all there is a voting bot, that when called will send a wave of votes towards your post. The value of these votes is not much, but the aim is to give some social proof on your post by way of vote count. They have a neat radio station, have a number of workshops and a good few interest specific channels. They run quite a few contests, have an awesome general chat area and go a long way in helping minnows get orientated with Steemit.
The last community I am going to mention here is @SteemitBC. SteemitBC are also found on discord and you can join with this link. https://discordapp.com/invite/JN7Yv7j
Steemitbc is where many Steemit Community leaders come together. There are interest specific tags such as Culturevulture, Blockchain Business Intelligence, amidakuji, social-investment, traders-lounge, Japanese & gems-and-minerals. Each one of these communities has an awesome leader and community.
Together these leaders work for the benefit of all the sub communities though the Steemitbc account. Steemitbc run regular contests, shows support for quality posts by members with upvotes and resteems, gives advice in the chat channel and supports other leaders set up their own tags and communities on Steemit and does what they can to help you prosper on Steemit.
So that’s 3 communities so far. We will go back to this at another stage and look at other communities.
Introducing Contests
Anyone can run a contest on Steemit. It’s as simple as making a post about it, assessing the entries and announcing a winner. People run contests for different reasons. I have seen many contests for art work because a community is in need of a logo or something. I myself have ran contests. The first contest I ran was a Weekly Data analysis Contest. The participants had to do a data post based on Steemit data and there was a prize for the winner. At the time I had just started a new tag on Steemit, which is not Blockchainbi and I wanted to get some activity going in the tag. Now I have formed a whole community around the subject.
We mentioned communities earlier and contests are one way to find and mingle with others in communities. As well as meeting others with similar interest’s contests offer a number of benefits
- Winnings are often in the form of STEEM or SBD, if you win, it’s a fast way to grow you earning
- Contests give you something to post about
- Contests give you experience using steemit
- Contests give you the opportunity to grow your reputation
- Contests gets your name in front of people
- Contents can give you the opportunity to showcase your skills
If you are a member of a community keep your eye out for contests they are running. You should also check the category Contests on Steemit https://steemit.com/trending/contest
There is also an account @contests, where you will find contests for winning Whaleshares. We haven’t talked about whaleshares yet, but I will get to it later.
People to follow
Who you follow is up to you and should depend on the type of content that you like. We spoke earlier about the importance of not following people for follows.
The best way to find people to follow is to read posts. Do a search for the topics you like to read about and the topics you like to write about. Spend some time figuring out who the influencers are and follow them. But also follow new steemains that also share your interests.
The trending and hot pages on Steemit are good, but not great. Data studies have shown that to get to trending your post must have a high pay out value rather fast. We will look at this in more detail in a different section but there is significance to mention it now. It’s not easy to get your post on trending and you will be extremely limited to the number of authors you see if you just look at this page. Instead I would be more inclined to go to the hot or trending page within a tag. Again though you might miss many quality authors.
So really what I am saying is that the Trending and Hot pages are not always the best way to find authors to follow.
I have some suggestions on people to follow to get you started. You can find this list in the resources for this course. I would suggest you don’t just go off and follow these people but instead visit their blogs first. Have a read of a few posts and then decided if they produce the type of content you would like to see on a regular basis. If so then follow them, they are just a suggestion and this list is subject to regular change.
{This list will be found in the resource centre for the course and is also not the full and final list}
@inquiringtimes is an awesome author that regularly posts in both LIFE and STEEMIT. You will find him hanging out on SteemitChat, Steemitbc and @slothicorn on Discord. Always willing to help and loads of fun. One to watch as I know he puts a lot of effort into things behind the scenes
@RT395 post about cryptocurrency, gems and minerals, Japan and many other topics. He is an awesome community leader that heads up the Steemitbc account. He enjoys meetups and can be found hanging out on Steemitbc discord server
@stellabelle and @Slothicorn. @stellabelle is an awesome steemain that spreads goodwill and generosity. Her project is @slothicorn, which at the moment is not yet live, but it’s a game to teach creatives how to turn their creative energy into crypto coins using the tools in Steem, and other crypto spaces as well. The game will hopefully turn a semi-confusing experience of entering crypto, into one that is fun as well as magical.
@abh12345 is an awesome author, vlogger and curator. He often posts in Blockchain BI and about Steemit.
@eastmael writes data posts and is very active in the Blochchain BI community. In fact he is very active in a number of communities and is an account to watch in 2018
@mikepm74 is a top curator, always finding great post and engaging with others. This is another account to watch in 2018
@kubbyelizabeth is another account to watch in 2018. An active member of Minnowsupport and the radio station they host and also an active curator.
@krazykrista posts in writing & blog and a very active member of the whaleshares community that hosts some awesome chats shows on discord.
Leaving comments
When you write a post on Steemit and it gets ignored or no one notices it, it can feel a little shitty. But when you write a post that engages people and they comment and add to the discussion the feeling is fantastic.
So when you are reading a post you really should consider leaving a comment. Not only does it make the author feel good (if it’s a relevant comment) and gives them encouragement but it also gets your name in front of people.
Commenting is part of curation, and we spoke about curation in an earlier section of the course. Curation is not just about voting, although the cyrtop rewards can make it feel that way sometimes.
The more times someone sees your name the more familiar they will become with you. The more likely they are to read your posts, or upvote your comments. Now I know I said don’t worry about getting your brand out there and I am not back tracking on that. What I am saying is that we can get people familiar with you before you begin to promote yourself as a brand on Steemit. If people are familiar with you they will listen quicker.
Comments can also get upvotes, so that means that by commenting on other people posts you could earn steem.
There are some things you should avoid when leaving a comment. Don’t ask for a follow for follow. Don’t say something like ‘ I love you blog pleases visit mine’ because it really does not add any value and can be seen as spam.
You can however leave a link to a relevant post. For example let’s say you have read a post on ‘Mars’ and you have previously written a post on the same topic. If the points you have made in your post back up the points made by the author you are reading, it would be okay to leave a link. Also if you are disagreeing with points and there is a post of relevance that backs up your points, then it’s okay to leave a link. But random links, well they are not okay.
What to do week 1 - Tasks
To make your first week on Steemit go nice I smooth I have a few tasks for you to complete
- Find 5 people to follow. 2 of these people must be influencers in the topics you will be posting on. The other 3 must be authors on topics you like to read about.
- Leave 5 comments. But not little comments like nice post. 5 valuable comments where you share your thoughts on the post and give some additional insights.
- Vote on at least 5 posts a day
- Join Minnowsupport on Discord, introduce yourself and sign up for their voting bot. there is a little bit of a learning curve here, but the steps involved are things you will end up doing on steemit daily….
- Join Steemitbc on Discord, introduce yourself and enter their weekly RANT contest
- Find and Enter 1 other contest. This contest should be something that shows off your skills and requires you to write a post.
By completing these tasks you are giving yourself the opportunity to find your way around Steemit and gain experience on the platform. By commenting and entering contests you will be getting your name in front of people while figuring out how to post and vote and comment. You will get to showcase some of your work via the contest and also grow your reputation and following. By joining the communities you will get to network with other steemains and peers
Bonus Hack
This week I have two bonus hacks for you.
The first hack is a tool. Steemworld.org/@steemit
I made this video not long after the site went live, so you many notice now a number of new features that have been added.
The second hack is a tip. You begin as a very small fish on Steemit. The fastest way to grow your SP organically is to power up all of your posts. The default setting is 50%/50% and we will discuss this further in a later section. You can however change this to 100% Power Up. You will find this option on the bottom right of your posting screen – directly across from the Post button
Course Syllabus
The table below shows the outline of the course. As changes are made on steemit this course will be updated.
Feedback
I would love to hear your feedback on this. I have not yet gone into production and this is still draft. I’m really excited about this project and looking forward to seeing it come to life (been talking about it for a while so I’m making the sacrifices to get it done)
Hi @paulag, thank you for the great advice. I found your suggested list of Steemians to follow especially useful!
You're much more experienced than I am, but I think that the single most important thing for beginners is commenting. Without commenting, your visibility will be extremely low, and even if you post top-quality articles, they might get unnoticed.
Cheers! : )
yes i would agree, commenting on other peoples posts is so important
Excellent work - so much info, I wish more people would post in long-form like this, adding to the minority of posts on this platform that won't be an embarrassment to the blockchain once it's locked-in. Hopefully it'll get rewarded with a few more $$$
At what stage are you going to warn people about the high volume of BS on steemit and explain that many (not all) of the high payouts they see are because of votbots, high SP self voting and/ or whale-circles? Personally I think it's good to get this stuff in early and instruct people on how to avoid seeing it all (via their feeds rather than the trending tags).
Of course you have to point out that a money-first approach isn't a healthy starting point, but people are going to see nothing-posts earning a fortune, if they know why, it might aid retention!
NB typo alert under 'undoing what you have done'
Totally agree @revisesociology. Detailed posts like this are invaluable on the blockchain.
@paulag - I am running a 5 week course on steemit in a local community venue in west Wales. Would it be okay to borrow some of your course structure and ideas?
sure of course it would
That's great, thank you.
And the face to face community schooling is an excellent idea of course!
sure of course it would
i will be making it clear from the start that this is not a get rich scheme and not to expect much in terms of finances at the start. hence the part about not worrying about the wallets and rewards
This is my fifth month here and there are still things I need to learn. The comment above being one. We have a small community with my friends and am looking for a platform or course to direct them to for them to get started. I have not produced online content for Udemy and so don't know the effort that comes with to produce it. Looking forward to learn more.
P.S.
This really was a long post and composing and writing it down in such an organized and smooth flow is already a feat in itself.
I like to script out a lot of my course, especially if the video is talking head type video and then i use a teleprompter to read the script when i am recording
It's fantastic that you're doing this, Paula.
It's exactly what a lot of new-comers need.
There's nothing quite so horrible as realising you've broken some taboo in a community you're trying to join.
Particularly if your reputation has taken a beating.
Starting off on the right foot, armed with sage advice from an established success; that'll give them not just the skills but also the confidence to forge on ahead.
thank you very much for the feedback
I love this post and I love your hard work dedication to the platform. I would disagree on the intro post. I waited a couple weeks before posting mine and I wish I had done it sooner then did one of those reintroduce yourself post. I think we change everyday and an intro post is just that. An introduction into who you are today and what you aspire to be. As you change, as your writing change, your message to the world will too, but your core identity doesn’t. Neither does your steemit lol :) other than that, you were pretty spot on. I would love to have you as a guest host/teacher on Tuesday during our minnowuniversity session.
Hi @kubbyelizabeth, thanks for the invite to the show. I would love to be on it. But timing at the moment is not good for me, will be taking a little step back from steemit till the end of feb to catch up on work, but after that I will take you up on the offer.
As for the intropost. I understand what you are saying, and yes you core identity does not change, but I still feel rushing into an intro post is not needed. Sure I didn't even do mine right and then got called out for tag spam. Its a learning curve, some of which I learned the hard way. I have also noticed that the payouts on intro posts created by people on steemit a week or more is higher on average than those that post one straight away. So I have two reason for waiting. 1) just get to know steemit first and give your self a little time to get it right. 2) to boost moral by having a higher than average payout on an intro post. As part of the course, the intro post will be done in the second week, so its not really that long
Yeah why not do it the first day?
I will put a reminder note to ask again in a month. Also on the topic of intro post I actually agree with you. I wanted to disagree so others could see both sides :)
OK keep me posted.
lol I like your tatics
I've loved Udemy in the past. I'll be sure to check out your course and give you a solid review on it. I have had some early success on Steemit, but I know that I am still learning and need help.
Feel free to transaction message me for 0.001 Steem or whatever when you drop the course (just in case I miss it or gap out) or find me on Discord if you can. I really want to see it. Also, I have trouble teaching friends about it, so I'll be sure to recommend it if it's good at explaining things to them.
We need some solid educational tools for Steemit. Thanks for taking it upon yourself to make this happen.
And to people reading this, the course launches are super important on Udemy, so help out by reviewing if you can!
All the best,
@ChrisMcCron
thank you, will for sure let you know when the course is live. Im hoping to be published by the end of feb and can do with the support for launch. The more users I bring and the more reviews I get, the more Udemy will promote the course for me ;-)
Amazing post! Like you, I wish I would have had the possibility to read an article like this when I started. And still there are many useful informations and advices for me in your post! I am going to share this - to find it easily later on when I would like to read it again and to make it more visible. Thank you!
Hire me! I cracked it in 2 weeks! :)
These are facts. But I see, some are still doing these errors after few months of steemit activity, not one or two....
Thank you for the shout out Paula. I am not sure I deserve it, but I sure will take it!
You continue to do tremendous work for the Steem Community! I have to agree with Kubby, taking the time to do a basic introduceyourself post is useful, even if you don't lay out what your plans are going to be for Steem. If people didn't introduce themselves, I wouldn't have anything for Fresh 5 content.
Keep up the great tutorials and data analysis!
of course you deserve it :-)
I gave a more detailed reasoning for the intro post above under Kubbys comment if you would like to have a read
Wow, I love your passion to impact knowledge. I learnt a lot from this post. I will mute unnecessary follows and follow more people like you who can give me valuable information. Thanks...
Wow finally!! After 3 weeks of seriously sleepless nights trying to search everywhere for the right info and advice nearly threw my lap top at the wall and sobbed like a baby at the age of 42 just because I was so desperate to learn so i could simplify this for a load of other people that are coming in. The weight is now so much lighter and this link will get posted into our discord room where I have been simplifying everything that I have come across. Thank you so much. A member of my team was good enough to pass this on hooray im back of the canvass lol :)
Very happy to help ,just make sure you get some bloody Kip.
thank you for such lovely feeback
You are welcome in my mission to find out more I came across your material very well presented and now I have this link pinned to my Discord channel because I have been creating an educational channel for a team build of talent scouters and new people so i have gone through a crazy learning curve but surrounded my self by a few good people yesterday to take the load. And what I want to do is just 5 to 10 minute elephant bite size pieces so thank you again we need people like you reaching out because we are the new blood and I see to many newbies making mistakes here loads. Im fortunate that im a pretty smart fella but yesterday i have to admit i was almost sobbing in tears lol
Do not upvote more than 10 times a day. Previously I did not realize maybe do more than that, after reading this post will learn little by little and more carefully in the act.
I cracked it in 2 weeks! :)
Thanks for sharing it, very useful for all interesting Post, always successful greetings @paulag
The program is pretty good, hopefully running smoothly and in accordance with what is expected.
Good luck ...
Wow this is an incredible, accurate and in depth post!
Very will done @paulag
Looking forward to learning more!
thank you so much akrid. Hope you like the course idea because whaleshares will be featured
I saw that. I can't wait to see what you have!
Let me know if you need a hand with anything
Sometimes I see a really good and informative post and all I could think of is "nice post". I don't want to look like I was just fishing for upvotes so I tend to hold back commenting and just upvote it.
oh I get that. i too have read posts and enjoyed the read but have nothing valuable to add. This can be difficult as you want to let the author know that you enjoyed it. Maybe try expand on 'nice post' with 'awesome read, really like the style of your writing, I don't have anything that adds value but I wanted to let you know your content is appreached'
Well, I'm gonna try now :)
Awesome read, I really like the style of your writing it really captures what the readers feel and seek. This is my second week and this is really what I need, people to follow, communities that are responsive and you've done all that in a single post. Thank You!
Nice and very comprehensive! Thanks for your effort!
New users are very lucky to have Steemians like yourself who takes time to offer such a course (for free). These are things I hope I knew when I was just starting. Sharing this with my few followers. steemworld.org is badass! Thanks for sharing that.
thank you for sharing, the more people this post can help the better
Its look nice! please follow me and about my post @bestrakibul2
did you even read this post, because by the looks of this comment you have not taken note of what I say about comments?
Fine work @paulag. That's not surprising tho'. You're awesome!
:-)
There will be a surprise for you in this course too....you are mentioned in one of the list one week....will ping you when I have it done, although im not sure I will be publishing it all here on steemit
wow,, what a nice post it is! i really like it.its also very knowledgeable and informative post for me. so thanks for sharing..... great job
Great course content so far, @paulag! I love it! I'm pretty new on Steemit but I'm starting to understand things enough to know my way around. It helps that I have had a technical understanding of blockchains for some time.
One thing I would suggest for your course is to remove the advice to power up 100%. This is currently bad advice as long as the market value of SBD remains above $1. New users can grow their accounts more quickly by exchanging the SBD for STEEM on the internal exchange.
This helps new users, but it also helps our platform, as the SBD's utility as a dollar-pegged debt instrument is currently compromised. This may be a great thing for rewards, but it hurts credibility for the platform at large. If all that value goes into STEEM instead, the price of STEEM will rise and we will all enjoy higher payouts and vote values organically.
Aaaah thanks for explaining that, that actually makes sense
there are always exceptions to the rules. I do not see SBD staying above $1 for every. It is meant to be pegged to the us$ and in week 2 of the course this is covered in a lot of detail
I try my best to engage and leave valuable comments but in the last few months I just can’t seem to get enough traction on my own posts(initially I was getting tons of votes). I’ve tried changing topics, posting photos, writing stories but no luck. Maybe I’ll just focus on engaging via comments.
comments are an awesome way to engage, keep it up and you will get there. Overall the number of comments on posts was on a downtrend for the second half of 2017
Thanks for outlining all what a new bie like me have to do and not to do in a week...you have answered most of my questions ...looking forward to your next post..thank you
Thank you! This is a very in-depth discussion that many steemians need to know. I have been here for months already but I'm still learning the ropes. Glad to come across your posts.:)
Thanks for this eye opener posts @paulag
How i wish i knew all these in my first week. Though i fall victim of some of the things that shouldn't be done but with this posts and guidelines that follows, I will definitely get things done right from this moment.
Thanks for your efforts
Regards @funkylove
Great, much needed post! I was happy my intuition has told me to hold off on doing my intro post...also great to learn the drawback of follow for follow. I guess I was naive in thinking everyone following me really wants to build organic relationships. I look forward to learning more from you. Thanks!
Nice tips for newbies.
Sometimes people ask me what they need to do to get somewhere on steemit and I usually tell them that they need to engage their audience.
I'm glad that you listed some places for people to actually build an audience because that's something important too.
engagement is so important and can be difficult to achieve. I have been lucky in the fact that I have been working online for 10 years so I understand the value of online communities and building relationships
Really great post. I thank you. I now have Discord and I am chatting.. Thank You Very much.
Saya telah membagikan postingan ini karena cukub menarik@paulag
Great advice for struggling minnows like me thanks :)
OMG! Where have you been @paulag? I Have Always Expected Steemit To Have An Established TEMPLATES As This For Newbies Like Us Not To Get Carried Away With The Goodies The Platform Promises. It Is Imperative That One Knows What Are Required Of You As A Fresh Steemian. If The Community Can Adopt This Post And Attach It To A Welcome Message, It Will Surely Help The Newbies To Have A Clear Understanding Of What To Do And What Not To Do. Your Content Is Well Packaged And Comprehensive. It Is Worth Looking At Everyday In Order To Digest Adequate Information As To How One Can Become A Successful Steemian Within The Short Period Of Time.
Thank You For This. I Am Inspired.
wow what an awesome comment. i am glad that I have inspired you and I hope that I can inspire more. if we can help more people and improve the retention on steemit i will then be able to say that I have succeeded
Then We Shall Stop At Nothing To Preach The Gospel And Make STEEMIT An Enviable Place To Be At All Times.
Thanks @paulag for taking the time to write this, it must have taken a considerable amount of effort, the amount of valuable information in your post is very generous. It was also quite engaging I found myself reading everything. There is actually so much I will need to go back and read it again lol. The voting 10 times will take a little practice as I always feel so many people deserve votes! How do you choose and make it fair to your followers, just house best content on day? What if it’s the same people every time?
All of the advice you have given is very true. When I joined last year, I did all the wrong things and could not keep up, so I gave up.
This January, I found a community in my town and I started all over. They taught me some of the things you have written here. Thank you so much.
welcome back to steemit so. Its does take time and effort but its worth it in the end
I have already done the mistake of doing the introduction past. The worst part is i did it even without uploading profile picture and did not add a thumbnail either. My fault. I know.
I am planning not to establish a Niche. I have already done that on Youtube. Here i want the freedom to post what i like, just like i would on any social media. If i want to participate in photochallenges then i want to do that. If i want to talk about politics then i want to do that. If i wanted to post on science then i want to do that also. I know this comes at a cost of loosing some earnings but i guess i may have to lose some to have fun writing what my heart wants to.
Wish i would have found this post when i started on here so i shared it with my little community on discord we are all new to steemit and trying to figure it out.
I would like to ask whats your opinion on upvote bots?
This was really helpful. Thanks for taking the time
This was an absolutely awesome post and should be considered for the general faq/orientation sections that you first run into.
I’m sure everyone that runs across this will benefit, if only just to get their minds working. It also serves as a great refresher for some who have been around a little longer ; )
Great job and good luck with the coming year!
Really useful for all the new folk that have arrived over Christmas!
Resteemed!
thanks for the resteem :-)
What a fantastic article for the beginner...oh and me too. I have re-steemed this as it is very informative.
Thanks
Really interesting !
I had gotten most of what you said on the first week as I took time to observe and read alot !
But the intro ducyourself post seems to be always important and others really promote it for the one thing to do as you get on steem !
As for bots i am not really comfortable about it yet , only 15 days I have been here but I will read carefully all about it as soon as I have more time .
STEEMIT TAKES TIME !
I think I should now start again about my the persons that I follow, I have a bunch of people whom I follow as I once enter a community that says to follow all the members so now I followed almost 500 persons. The feed I was seeing doesn't really catch my attention because we are all new to the platform and just posting and posting and posting. I also should change my point of view, I think I need to unfollow some of the persons that I followed as they only cover good and quality post that I must give an eye with.
From now on I'll make steemit users to follow me with my knowledgeable post
Very helpful post. I would so love to see the full course you're launching. Admittedly, I've done lots of blunders from the intro post (which I thought was an immediate requirement) to the no-holds voting spree. I certainly need to set a pace and stick with it! Can't wait for the rest of the course. Awesome work. Thank you!
Hello @paulag my name is Afolayan Stephen and an relatively still new to Steemit but learning everyday. I love the way you have articulated this post to deliver the most information. My opinion is on the 50/50 payout option or 100% power up which you chose the later. I read also in an article here on steemit that the 50/50 default payment option is actually more profitable than the 100% power up and the article backed it up with a mathematical formula to present the facts. I can't remember the name of author or post but I will try and create more publicity for it on my timeline soon. Do check out my posts. Thank you for this post once again. Stephen
AMAZING post! I actually just posted on how it is important to support minnows in order for the steemit community to thrive. Of course, you are way ahead of me since I am only a week old and I have already done a couple of mistakes. For example, 7) Don’t do your introduction post. OOps!, I learned otherwise so it was my first post and realized it was not a good idea after all. But I mean like you said, it's ok, I can always go re-introduce myself later. I am interested in following your course on Udemy. I followed another course before creating an account but it evolves a little too much on the money aspect in my opinion. For me it is important that quality posts are taken seriously on steemit, like you mentioned, since I am actually trying to become a professional blogger.
This has the potential to be a great course, thanks so much @paulag ! Luckily, I'm still in Week 1 and found this post in time... Thanks for being so supportive of us minnows!
How awesome are you?!? Seriously. Awesome.
You need a tag of your own. #ifyouarenewSTARTHERE, or something like that.
I've spent countless hours trying to piece it all together! The only consolation I have is that I have found your series and I KNOW I will be saving time. and energy. and time (OH how valuable it is!)
The learner in me salutes the teacher in you.
For your contributions, I Thank You.