Congratulations your account has been approved and you joined Steemit... You have probably made your introduceyourself post and may be more other 5 posts in your first 2 days!
You have made roughly 2 sbd on those 6 posts and you now feel like giving up....congratulations give up!!! No don't give yet!
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I am writing this today to all new or old people still struggling on Steemit.Let me start with the newbies,where do get the audacity of giving up just after one month? Like where???? Lets be serious here guys....just one f**kn month!!
Why are people treating Steemit so differently like that....you expect to join Steemit and make it big in 3 months?
It's fascinating to note that these same guys are above 12 years.....!! You might be asking yourself why i chose 12 years...Good question.I chose 12 because it's the least age so far I have seen on Steemit.
I am sure whoever is reading this now did not grow to 12 or whatever age you are in 1 or 2 months or even 6months.It has taken you the same years your age to be your age!
Let me ask other questions
How many times did it take you to finish your college or university studies......roughly 3 or 4 years.
How many years or months does a kid take to begin walking comfortably..you know the answer! They first begin by crawling and then there after walk.....then finally run later when grown up.
How months does one year have(this is an easy one!).
How many months does it take for a farmer from planting his seeds to harversting ? Roughly 4 to 12 months depending on the crop.
How many years or months did it take for you to amass the followers on your other social media platforms(which don't even pay😄😃).
How many days does a hen take to hatch new chicks....How many months does a human pregnancy take?
In all the questions above,i have realised it takes some reasonable time to achieve those feats.
Let me ask again...Why TF do people want to treat Steemit differently???
Is it because Steemit gives out money ...Here it is even supposed to take longer because you have to work for the 💰.
Why do people really expect to make a lot of money quickly on Steemit ?? If you are among those people,drop me a comment with your reasons below.
It's fascinating to know that all or almost all these people who want a quick buck from Steemit have never made considerable money anywhere else!!!
They think Steemit is one of those get rich schemes.
I am sorry to tell you the way it is....Steemit is not one of those get rich schemes you have been participating in out there!
I think i have rambled a lot,but I had to folks.I get nusiated with guys telling me how their posts are not making money in their first month!!!
I really receive these complaints a lot from my Ugandan community,all because i am the kinda the pioneer of Steemit here.I always give advice,but today I decided to pour my heart out and i will keep referring new folks to this post.
There was a friend who even asked me today a very ridiculous question.
What is happening to Steemit of late...as my last 3 posts have zeros in them.
I told him that am writing this post for him to read and find out more.
I always watch guys come with excitement and within a short time of posting they give up.
I have realised Steemit is like life itself ...you have to work .
If you have been giving up on many things in life....there is a guarantee that you will even give up on Steemit!
It's even easy to give up on Steemit because here you will be seeing other guys earning while you are not hehehe!
I have seen and heard guys saying that they have great content better than guys who have been here for more than 2 years....and i just give them this look below.
Forget What You Been Doing on Other Social Media Sites!
This is a completely different place since money is involved.You could post on the free sites and just expect likes,retweets and shares etc..The likes would make you happy.
If only likes could make you happy,why can't 1 cent make you happy here(after all 1 cent is bigger than 1000 likes,20 shares and 48 comments.
I have always wanted to write this post but hesitated until today when I read a wonderful article by 
I Will quote a few parts from the article here below.
You are in a new world, a free world, an uncensored world. A world where you have responsibility for both present and future but when you step in, the past is still going to affect you and potentially haunt you.
You can read more from the insightful article here below.
You know nothing.....yes you know nothing..!!
So What should I do To earn Some Money on Steemit?
I will take you to the basics before we continue.I would advice you to read again these two links below and i will bold them
Steemit Welcome Page
Steemit FAQ Page
I would strongly advice that you read all that even if it took you two days,it's worth the time folks.
I know reading through all those links above is tiresome because the articles are really detailed!
Let me ask you a question though.
If you were able to spend 17 years in school and you did not die studying...am sure you can't die reading only these few words!
I know some people spent 17 years in school and studied all that stuff but haven't got jobs!!!
How about just taking 2 days to read this links and learn how you can earn 5 $ dollars per day than spending 17 years and taking another additional 2 years before you learn how to earn!!! The choice is yours.
You might now be telling yourself how you will read tomorrow....don't postpone ,do it now.
Its okay if read them after finishing this article though, you are pardoned for the time being!
What To Do
1. Commenting
In one of those links above,commenting was stated as one of the ways of getting started on Steemit.
This has always been and will always be my gospel to new and old people i bring to Steemit .
I always tell these people to learn and start commenting on other people's posts so that they can make friends. Commenting is really underrated here guys.
Benefits of commenting
I wrote an article 4 months ago that recommend all new people to read,i will high a few points here though.
1. Commenting Increases Your Reputation
If you read previous links I shared above,i should knowing what reputation is by now...okay It's that number adjacent to your username(mine is 60).
If you give great comments and people upvote them,their is a likelihood of your reputation jumping from 25 to a higher figure which is great news.
2. Commenting Earns You Money!!!
Yes you read that right folks....the easiest money you can make on Steemit comes from commenting.This should have been even the first benefit!
You might have made money on your intro post....chance are high that your 2,3,4 and even 5th post will make 0.00$(it happened to me!).
As a beginner I made money from commenting and this motivated me the more.
I know all or most of us came here because of the money! Go comment and make some money.
3.You make Friends who will upvote your posts
When we all start on Steemit we have no friends and we have to make them,some of you call friends followers!
I have observed something with new people here,they hit the post button and write all they can and submit...they go and come back later expecting votes on their posts!
Let me assure you that no one is paid on Steemit to upvote your posts....You guys post and think like their are people here on Steemit just waiting to upvote your posts....come on guys.
There is no one on Steemit idle just waiting for your post,we're all as busy you are!
So don't expect uovotes to just come out of the blue hahaha....
I have a friend I have been telling about commenting and he could not believe me.He always posted and expected people to vote his posts....which didn't happen.
There is this day he commented on a whale's post just because he had a great insight into the topic written...guess what happened.
He received an upvote of 5$ on that comment and not only that, the whale followed him and even upvoted his latest post by then by a whopping 7$...
You should have seen the smile on this guys face....he was like he had won 1m $ deal.....all this happiness from commenting.
As I had said you can read more about commenting from these two links below(do not upvote them because they're old!).
4 Reasons Why All Newbies Should Learn Commenting
4 Kickass Ways of Commenting on Steemit
2. People Skills
Let hope you've heard of this word somewhere..if not check out tho below.
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You might be asking yourself what people skills is ...
In simple terms it is how you effectively relate with people!(my definition).
You can check out the Wikipedia definition here of people skills.You can also read more from the link of the image above.
As you saw from the above image,your success in life or business is 85% how you relate to other people.Steemit is no different because it also has people hahaha(and moreover online!!!).
To succeed in Steemit,we need to learn how to relate effectively with others.This relationship is developed from commenting above.
Do you again realize that commenting is very important? Learn the art folks and you will have an easy time here.
You have to develop a great relationship with the influential people on Steemit and again you are asking me how(i again answer by commenting!).
I advice you guys to strive to create relationships and the money will follow shorty.It takes time to create meaningful relationships though(even in real life).
Why I am I stressing on this people skills or commenting thing,you might ask!
It is the people you create a relationship with that will upvote your posts....
No one gives a damn here of how great your content is...go create relationships and see the magic.
If you are stuck on this people skills,just go to Google or YouTube and search ........!!! That's the reason these tools were made.
3 Add Value To Steemit.
There is this favourite saying by Jim Rohn i like and it goes
You are paid for the value you bring to the market place..
In literal terms,money goes where there is value.This means strive from the start being a beyond average Steemit member.
You should look for a of adding value to Steemit guys.I 'll leave this as an assignment for You(as if i will mark it hahaha)
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I want you guys to look for ways you can add or do something valuable for Steemit and the upvotes will flow your side.
You cannot just sign up freely and come expecting to earn money out of the blue!
This same thing happens in the real world,have you ever wondered why some guys earn bigger salaries than others....it's the value factor.
Now i know the skeptic in you is asking how am adding value to Steemit....hahahha
I can tell you that one of the ways is writing this lengthy post that am sure might help one or two of you here.
All those guys you see earning big moneys here have added value to Steemit by either buying Steem or other ways the Steemit community seems valuable.
As I stated above,give Steemit some time like you have given your other social media platforms and the same way you did to your 17 year in school.
This has been really a long post and hope it helped you in a way.Let me know in the comments below and may be can forge a relationship.
It's fascinating how after spending several hours coming up with this post and it makes less than 10$ hahaha....I am also still learning Steemit.
If you lived this post upvote and resteem
Love
Jarau Moses