This was my motto since the day I posted my first entry Me Intro which only earned me .10 dollars.
Yesterday I had by 1000th follower and my first post which made around 100 $. I used to get just 10 cents. Now I get at least a dollar so what changed? Here is what.
I was motivated by my 10 cent earnings as I thought from here the things can only go up, but as the days passed by and each and every one of my post failed drastically on Steemit so the Motto was getting harder to keep but not impossible.
I tried to resolve why exactly are my posts failing? What have I been doing wrong ? I was writing good original content, using amazing pictures and sharing on a regular basis where was I wrong? but then I realized I was still treating my account like an blog where does the community factor go ? I was not interacting with anyone, never used to read somebody else’s content than why would anybody read mine? Why would anybody spend their precious time reading my post from which I only aim to make money? I then started spending most of my time with the community and learned a few things.
"Steemit is not your blog, It is a community"
I actively started reading others posts, and commented heart fully on their content which I genuinely read or watched thru. I never commented very common things like “great content loved it” “thanks for sharing” “Wow I didn’t know that”, “Nice pictures”, Instead of commenting I added value, If I genuinely respected somebody work I never forgot to say it and in specifics of what I really liked, as a poster you can easily decide from the comments who have read your content and who is just here to drop a comment. People loved the way how I really read the content and interacted with them to their content and they came back to my post and read my content and showed their appreciation in a similar way. From there my posts where moved on from just few cents to at least a dollars, So let me drop a advice for everyone which is already been shared a lot.
"Don’t just comment, Add value to the post"
Interacting with the community really helps you figure out what you had been doing wrong all this time. For example for a health advices on my blog I never used to cite scientific evidence which surely made my post demeaning but I never thought of it and it was pointed out to me by few fellow Steemians for which I am very grateful to them I now tend to present citations if necessary. If I never would have interacted with everyone I would have not known many things like benefits of randowhale, Why I should I only up-vote content that I really feel deserves it, Why supporting the younger ones in the community is very much important or the fact that whales are just people like us and will be happy to support you if you support everybody.
"Don’t just be a part of the community, Interact!"
Today I am just a step more in the community from where I was in the last month, and I will make it further for sure not just by walking alone but by moving together holding hands with each and everyone. And I will never forget.
"If anybody needs some help be the first one to be there"
At last I would love to thank all the people who follow me and my appreciation to each and everyone who invested their time to read any of my long post.
“I am and I will always be happy to be here”
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