It's been a wild ride this first week+ on Steemit. I went from excited to discouraged to excited and determined. I started as a hopeful pawn, trying desperately to make it to the other side of the board. Now I control my own destiny, and I stealthily crawl from position to position, knowing that only time stands between me and the kingship I desire.
When I first started, I did a little research, but not enough. I knew it was a numbers game, but when i upvoted, I never got a curation reward? Why? Because as the number of Steemian faithful continues to grow, so does the Steem Power required to make profits on upvoting. Besides the fact that I do upvote quality posts even though they aren't worth anything. But I kept trucking along, playing with my timing, putting every dollar made from MY posts back into Steem Power at first.
Now, I have gone from a reputation of 25 to 52 last time I checked. I have gone from a little over 3 Steem Power to over 121. I have made around $200 SBD. I've had some hits and some misses. I've been both amazed and curios as to some of my results when posting. I've noticed a few voting trends that seem to be fairly constant, and defy logic in the normal sense. I suppose posting on Steemit is a bit like advertising on TV, it's all psychological, and the subliminal counts!!!!
As I continue my journey from Minnow to Dolphin, I'm sure I'll learn some more tricks and strategies. This is after all a chess game in social media. The board is ever changing, and the winning gambit today may be a fools errand tomorrow. Stay tuned for more updates on my journey from me and Max the Wonderdog in the frozen tundra.