I am a technical person but i will try to explain what benefits people have when using Steemit so everyone understands it:
What is Steemit?
Its an online community comparable to Facebook, Twitter, Quora.
You can make money on Steemit by creating great content. Some are earning thousands per post.
Why should i use it? Especially since my friends are not on here?
Everyone of us has valuable things to share for the world. Sometimes even more than we think.
Consider the fact that you are giving away free time & content to Facebook & Twitter without hardly getting anything in return. These corporations monetize your content without you ever seeing one dollar.
Some benefits that you won't be getting on Facebook or Twitter that you will get on Steemit:
earn money posting your most favourite content
instant audience for what you write about
the money you earn for great content can be transfered into Euros or Dollars or whatever currency you use
How does Steemit work?
You click on "Submit a Story" and you post whatever you like. The more interesting for others and the more you enjoy writing it the better. When you wrote your story add one or more tags like "travel" "fashion" etc. it allows people to find your content quicker.
Benefits of posting to Steemit
you earn money when people like and upvote your content
the money is instantly at your disposal
you gain a following / fans with your posts
you can link to your own blog or other social media profiles in your post
nobody can delete your post because steemit stores it in a database which makes copies of itself all over the world (decentralized blockchain)
What type of content is best?
content which is either informative, entertaining or historical. The more authentic and emotional the better for entertaining posts. Take your time writing in detail
What can i expect?
It takes some time to learn how to make great posts. Don't be shy and learn how to write better and better posts with each post.
How to add images to posts?
just copy & paste an image link directly into your post.
Example: http://www.blabla.com/image
if you need a quick way to upload an image go to
http://www.steemimg.com and create an account there
What is Steem and Steemit?
Steemit.com is the online community. Steem is the currency behind Steemit. The currency can be converted to any type of other currency and cashed out.
steem is a digital currency secured by encryption. Soon all currencies will be digital currencies so its good to get an overview. A good site to see all major digital currencies is http://www.coinmarketcap.com
Should i just be on Steemit and abandon Twitter & Facebook?
Steemit is a very new platform unlike Twitter & Facebook. But why put so much time into Twitter & Facebook when you can develop your skills creating great content on Steemit and becoming better at it and maybe even make a living with Steemit. You can then create great content from anywhere in the world.