You know what I mean, right?
There are lots of people who are creating a very awesome content in numerous of spheres of life. They are trying so hard and spending so much time, and at the same time they are avoiding uncomfortable truth.
The truth is that you are going to be rewarded if and only if at least one of the whales is going to endorse your post. Minnows, no matter how large the number will be, are not going to affect the post enough. However there is a problem, in my opinion, which comes along together with this statement.
The problem lies in probability. What are the chances that your post, even knowing that the content is truly valuable, is going to be liked or upvoted by at least one of the whales?
I guess to figure that out we need put together all of the factors that can make an impact on the whale decision, which is to upvote or to ignore.
Factor #1 – catchy title + images + valuable content
This one is the most obvious.
By having a title that you wanna click on, amazing images and a helpful/original/entertaining/interesting/unique content you definitely increase your chances of winning on the Steemit platform.
Unfortunately, most of the Steemers stops on the first point, which is a huge mistake. I’m still learning here, and that’s what I found the most crucial lesson so far.
Factor #2 – level of expertise
This factor increases or decreases the chances of upvoting a lot. It is a lot easier for a person to approve that your information is worthwhile when he knows what you are talking about.
For instance, assume you’re writing a post about creating a stunning sales letter, and the person who is reading this have never done sales or have never heard about this. In this way a reader can only make a decision based on overall composition of the text. Because it’s not fair to judge a content if it’s not an area of your expertise.
On the other side, if you’re writing something about Blockchain technology, and the whale who is reading this is also familiar with it, he can evaluate your work not just based on the way it’s structured but also based on the actual material.
Factor #3 – interest
By simply understanding a human psychology, I can tell that not every post is going to be interesting for everybody. Even if the content is well-structured and is touching the level of expertise of a guy who is reading it, not all of the time it can be interesting for him/her.
The golden rule is this: whatever you think is interesting, may not be interesting for everybody.
Factor #4 – time
Have you ever counted the amount of posts that are generated every minute? I didn’t but I guess it is huge. Therefore, it’s just simply impossible to keep on track of all of the posts that are created.
Whales are also human beings, they are not robots that have to read everything.
The question is though – what is the most suitable time for them to read?
Evening, morning, night? Everybody has its own schedule and we have to respect it.
Factor #5 – reputation
Every time when a whale is upvoting some post, he always consider the fact that it may go viral and stick at the top of trending page for a while, which is going to boost or decline a reputation of the entire platform.
The reason make-up and marijuana posts are getting trending is because whales are trying to test a potential market on Steemit.
For instance, travel, additional tools for Steemit platform, #introduceyourself posts, inspirational stories, Steemit updates and other news related to Steemit are very hot almost all the time.
However, topics like food, art, poetry, music, motivational etc. are struggling significantly.
Probably the content may suck but what if it’s not the case? Then it’s just not interesting for the whales or they think it won’t be interesting for others.
The most interesting question is why whales are not trying to test posts from all of the spheres? There are a plenty of good content that is waiting for your help :)
Conclusion
Therefore, by combining all of the factors you can find out that indeed not every single niche is going to be endorsed unless some of the whales decide to.