Following my post on building your tribe on Steemit, a conversation was sparked and I decided to do a 4 part series:
You can read the post here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@temitopebanks/are-you-building-your-tribe-on-steemit
being the mummy candy that I am I thought it wise to break it down for you my friends:
Dear friends your tribe is a group of people;"Fans" "Haters"(lol) "Friends"; basically human beings whose worldviews resonates with yours. This relationship is usually established through a platform of your choice; a blog (duhhhh Steemit), Podcast (Dsound someone) or any SMT token platform yet to be developed.
You see my chocomilo darling, the platform isn't the issue per se cause you could build your tribe on any platform, the main issue is building a community of people who want to listen to what you have to say whenever they see you regardless of which platform you choose to deploy.
Let me let you in on a secret; "don't mention it to anyone who isn't part of our tribe o" you need to build trust.
Yes oh TRUST! Seriously I need to earn your trust first before asking anything of you. That's why I don't ask you to upvote me (Hehehheehe from now on that is) because I want to to earn your trust first. You know ern to get people to trust you these days is kinda hard especially on this platform where we are all nice to each other so we can get the upvotes,so we need to go a step further.
Oya now "Tope stop playing with us how can I build my tribe" I can hear you saying in your mind. Sideeye allow me take my time Hahahaha:
On a serious note here's what to do:
Be Original: Nows the time I need my ladies to get in here, you know in Naija, there are different classifications of Makeup brands in the market; we have:
a. Original (The real product from the factory)
b. Original fake(High grade counterfeit)
c. Fake origina(Low grade counterfeit) d.Origio (Hmmmmm no hope counterfeited counterfeit hahahhahaha)
I know I know I play too much, oh well the point is be the real deal. Be yourself. Don't try to be who you are not.
- In your posts talk to your audience as if you can see them. Don't become a bot because you want upvotes. We humans like to connect with our fellow brothers and sisters. So plx epp us.
- Don't be a snub:Respond to us when we comment on your post, like we used from our small bandwidth to comment naaa, We understand you are busy trying to come up with the next trending post but plx be accessible, now that you have earned 1000 SBD doesn't mean you have become a super human who can't play with the little humans anymore. Ok my point is don't be a snub.
- Let's See You Are Human: Drum Rollsssssssssss the most human whale award goes to
" My goodness the Bros knows how to show his humanness even though he is a whale oooo.(Accept my heartfelt condolences for the loss of your mum)
- Don't say I am the one that said you should come and be telling us all your family secrets(interpretation wash your dirty linen in the name of being human, I will deny you) The point is let your scars,pains be felt when communicating.Be vulnerable sometimes. "Let Me Be Vulnerable with you Hahahaha my preggy tummy won't allow me write this post in peace,I have taken different sides on this bed just to put down my thoughts and we have been here for almost an hour " Don't know if this counts as "vulnerability " but you understand ba?
Stay Relevant To Your People:
I know you have so many ideas on what to write about or create content about, the sad thing is these humans are only interested in what matters to them. They really don't care about you and I sobbbsssssss I have dried my eyes thank you. So if we want to attract an audience we need to begin to think about helping people solve their problems and not what we think they want to read.
To achieve this:
Find a niche or create one
Focus on your niche
Exclude others not part of your niche.
Concentrate on doing this and your tribe would become like houseflies to mangoes on a hot sunny day.
- Earn The Permission To Speak To Others: Let people anticipate hearing from you; don't just barge into people's space asking for upvotes or resteem, dear friend have some self respect! Spamming activities would drive us "humans" from you. If people are not genuinely anticipating your content they will tune out. I have certain accounts I love on this platform because I connect with them. They don't have to beg me to upvote them, I do it willingly because their worldview resonates with mine.
In conclusion when you make your platform about other people,they will reward you massively.