If you are new to Steemit your first month can be a bit daunting. The platform itself is home to so many fantastic creative minds earning large sums in both votes and Steem Dollars that an unrealistic expectation can begin to develop as to how you think your content will be received. So when you post that first short story or drawing and it doesn’t gain a large number of views or votes you can actually feel crushed or frustrated. We here at the Steemit Newbie Resteem Initiative are all about preventing that from occurring. We provide advice, support, and are always happy to throw our weight behind any new content creator to see to it that their quality content gets seen by as many people as possible. So here is a short guide on what to expect to help you get started on the best footing possible.
DON’T WORRY TO MUCH ABOUT NOT GETTING LOADS OF VOTES RIGHT OFF.
Once you get started one thing you will learn is that there’s something for everyone on Steemit. This means some may take or leave your newly submitted content and that’s ok. Don’t sweat it when you’re only getting comments and no votes. If you’re content resonates, or people can relate to or like your stuff, then you’ll get to chat with other like minded people on the topics you’re interested in. When that happens you’ll find their content and usually it’s pretty interesting work. Basically make your aim sharing and supporting others content. There’s loads to learn from a lot of people on this outlet so take it slow and follow the ones you like.
GET RID OF GET RICH QUICK IDEAS.
It is true that a lot of people make silly money on this site. From what I’ve seen most of them are from backgrounds where they were already established as folks who ran alternative media, prior publications, or brought their projects over to Steemit. In short, you’re probably not going to strike it rich on Steemit right off so don’t worry about it. If someone does up vote you to a massive degree then that’s awesome, but try to have fun. Time flies and you get to support others. Though your vote starts out quite weak you can still leave comments, ask questions, and have a laugh in general. The worse case scenario is that you have a blast in your spare time.
THERE IS A SORT OF ETIQUETTE.
You do get some users who are a bit beggy. Now some have a good reason and they crowd fund off the site for some really good reasons. But others will just outright get frustrated and start begging for votes. If you’re asking the Steemit community for help on a project try not to completely rely on the project funding coming from Steemit. Make sure your projects costs are already covered and when you let the community know about it don’t get to stressed by non-responsiveness. Make sure your inviting the community to be involved and have already made space for them to be. Don’t expect other Steem folk to just throw money at what you’re trying to do by voting.
If you are just starting out you will find new comers don’t have a lot of vote influence, but someone could give you advice that will streamline what you’re working on and that can be far more valuable than any up vote. There are some on Steemit that believe up voting yourself all the time can be seen as bad. Here and there it’s understandable if you worked hard on the content though. But as you gain influence remember you only have so many full power votes and bad voting habits will leave you unable to up vote other users awesome content. Basically stay positive and don’t get greedy. Again, just have fun and support others.
RESTEEMING, FOLLOWING, UP VOTING.
This is the important part. You get twenty votes a day and after that influence begins to wane a bit. So try to keep that in mind. You can always check your voting power at steemworld.org. You will find by checking on who is voting for your content you will discover like minded people as well as some real outside of the box characters with awesome content that’s always worth a vote. Everyone you follow isn’t going to follow you and that’s cool. Take it easy and potter along checking out the things you enjoy. If you find stuff you like then resteem it. It appears on your blog when you do this and helps the users who created it.
POST WHAT YOU LIKE:
There are loads of people on here who condemn some users for posting loads of videos that aren’t there design. It’s a touchy subject on Steemit, but as with most seemingly complex issues it has a common sense solution. If it interest you and you want to share then share it. Just don’t claim it as your own or expect loads of up votes. If you didn’t make it why should you? Always state the source of the content before or after the post or video to stay on the safe side and be respectful. That way if it’s creator does show up on Steemit some day you’ve given them the props they deserve rather than claimed their stuff as your own. It’s just being polite. Being aware of copyright issues does help, so a bit of light reading there does no harm.
Well new Steemers, I hope you found this write up helpful and informative. If you have just joined then welcome and we look forward to your amazing content. Best of luck and Steem on!