About an hour ago I Resteemed a contest post written by 
... underrated (low payout).... meaning that the rewards received by those posts are way lower than what the author (that means you) feels they deserved back when they published.
I had a check through everything I wrote this year and only a couple of Posts earned less than $5, a figure I've chosen out of the clouds to define a reasonable payout. Right now, $5 would mean somewhere in the region of 10 STEEM and 10 SP for the author, and if (like me) you are thinking that STEEM can again go higher than a dollar, the hour or so it took to write a post valued at this amount would mean $20 in the future - a decent hourly rate in most peoples book.
I've been very fortunate in that much of my work has earned 3/4/5 times more than $5, and so if STEEM were to rise in the future, this years efforts would show up well comparing time invested to crypto received. If I were to enter and pick three posts though, I would likely go for the following:
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The reasons for this include:
- The first of the series was my most shared Post of 2019 with 28 Resteems
- There were 345 comments across the 3 posts (172.5 if you want to exclude my replies, assuming I replied to everyone!)
- If you had gone full-on with the Tribes and used the approaches detailed you would now be looking at a decent stash of tokens and STEEM profits if a little cashing out had taken place
I have to admit, many of the Tribes have lasted longer than I expected with some even growing in value over the past couple of months. They were (are?) a '2nd chance' at becoming a large stakeholder without a huge investment and the approach I detailed, although time-consuming (nothing is free right?), has served me well in the 2nd half of 2019.
Anyway, i'll not write too much about the three as this isn't going to be an entry into the contest, but instead want others to put together a post for the chance to pick up some rewards for previous under-valued content.
And perhaps a list like the below will help?
| Link | Title | Comments | TotalPayout |
|---|---|---|---|
| link | Happy new year +  | 47 | 8.3760 |
| link | Accrington Stanley, Who Are They? | 56 | 5.9440 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 52/53, 2018/2019 | 9 | 43.4750 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 2019 🏆 - STEEM prizes & steem-bounty available! 🎁 | 154 | 16.9510 |
| link | Shout-out to  ! | 58 | 11.8640 |
| link | The 30 accounts that have the most Resteems in common with you | 84 | 6.2840 |
| link | Streamlined start to 2019 + giz a job already | 49 | 12.2280 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 1 - 2019 | 12 | 43.2210 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 - STEEM prizes & steem-bounty available! 🎁 | 135 | 24.8880 |
| link | Thank You Steemit Inc | 32 | 13.8280 |
| link | Steem: Account Claims Analysis | 31 | 51.3980 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 2 - 2019 | 6 | 49.3210 |
| link | Uninfluential Witness adds 384 words to Steem blockchain on recent events | 43 | 6.6780 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 STEEM prizes & steem-bounty available! 🎁 | 226 | 24.9360 |
| link | Some pies for you on this fresh Monday morning | 136 | 20.7790 |
| link | Are you mainly voting your early friends and/or do you still look out for newer accounts? | 114 | 26.4650 |
| link | How much Steem Power will you earn via Curation in December 2019? | 122 | 26.5030 |
| link | Enjoying the Winter Sunshine | 54 | 11.1820 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 3 - 2019 | 7 | 35.2860 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 STEEM prizes &  available! 🎁 | 160 | 31.4640 |
| link | Sad News from Cala Millor | 30 | 11.4810 |
| link | A Case for Stake-weighted Voting? | 102 | 14.7730 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 4 - 2019 | 20 | 42.1810 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 STEEM prizes & available! 🎁 | 236 | 39.8100 |
| link | Another Cycling Fail for the Collection | 62 | 10.0100 |
| link | 10 Questions Icebreaker Whatchamacallit | 73 | 9.5410 |
| link | Steem Power Growth - Chart Hack | 150 | 7.7910 |
| link | Faith In Commentary | 106 | 7.4790 |
| link | I created a token on steem-engine.com! | 76 | 8.4050 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 STEEM prizes & steem-bounty available! 🎁 | 200 | 32.8430 |
| link | Drugwars now on Steem! | 99 | 9.7980 |
| link | Can you be a drug lord and have a full time job in IT? | 55 | 8.0110 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 5/6, 2019 | 21 | 25.9320 |
| link | Briefly... | 34 | 3.3290 |
| link | Link me up and win stuff! | 65 | 8.7600 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 STEEM prizes & steem-bounty available! 🎁 | 239 | 55.9070 |
| link | Issuing ENGAGE tokens! - Update | 162 | 7.6590 |
| link | Sharing content on Twitter? Use Steempeak.com! | 23 | 2.9920 |
| link | Orca 2020 | 108 | 8.1280 |
| link | Burning Cards!🔥 | 35 | 6.0600 |
| link | 💊 Drugwars / Sleeping with dilated pupils and one eye open💊 | 136 | 13.4220 |
| link | Convince me why your top 5 voted for are who they are and win stuff! | 97 | 13.4440 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 - STEEM prizes available! 🎁 | 224 | 70.5440 |
| link | Your content is alright but your titles suck | 91 | 9.9600 |
| link | Your vote count / weight distribution towards Posts and Comments | 139 | 15.2740 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 7/8, 2019 | 10 | 37.6760 |
| link | Contests, Retention, Time, and the Reward | 43 | 8.9660 |
| link | 'Just checking if it works' | 54 | 10.1240 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 - STEEM prizes and Steem-bounty available! 🎁 | 228 | 54.5660 |
| link | Another go at not pissing it all up the wall | 71 | 27.9360 |
| link | 'Might' not be starting work yet | 98 | 22.9120 |
| link | Was the sacking of Jose Mourinho by Manchester United a good business decision? +  | 31 | 25.0520 |
| link | Earning cryptocurrency for up-voting or 'liking' content | 90 | 7.1580 |
| link | Using Sleep Cycle to document a week's worth of sleep | 52 | 22.7160 |
| link | Engaged Red Fish Analysis | 42 | 48.0380 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 232 | 69.1920 |
| link | My nomination for Marky's Make a Minnow | 61 | 6.3420 |
| link | Your Resteem Data - ENGAGE tokens required! | 51 | 19.2980 |
| link | Your personalised report for February 2019 - ENGAGE tokens required! | 32 | 18.3870 |
| link | How to win at curation rewards and lose at Steem | 97 | 21.0780 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 9/10, 2019 | 12 | 43.2570 |
| link | More androids up in smoke 🔥 | 33 | 6.4960 |
| link | Steem: Claimed Account Activity Analysis | 23 | 51.7760 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 234 | 68.3800 |
| link | VESTS, STEEM, and SBD in Charts | 89 | 28.3860 |
| link | On work, relocation, and when it doesn't go to plan | 42 | 10.9420 |
| link | This is pretty cool - how did I find it? | 41 | 22.3520 |
| link | I'd like some feedback and ideas on how to distribute my token, ENGAGE. | 79 | 27.1560 |
| link |  talks Steem and  at the Mallorca Blockchain Conference | 44 | 43.5820 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 156 | 72.5680 |
| link | Any plans for the day? | 118 | 7.2950 |
| link | Issuing ENGAGE Tokens + Comment Curators Wanted! | 72 | 20.1380 |
| link | Close, but no donut (7 pies instead) | 40 | 7.6900 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 11/12, 2019 | 8 | 45.6650 |
| link | Some for you, some for me | 95 | 14.0100 |
| link | Is this exercise equipment... | 80 | 3.5250 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 175 | 38.6720 |
| link | I should probably delegate to  | 54 | 12.5250 |
| link | I visited a Fort | 70 | 7.9140 |
| link | Crypto gays led me to the monsters! | 90 | 11.1390 |
| link | Would you rather eat a pie or get staked up in BEOS? | 67 | 8.1850 |
| link | More ENGAGE issued to these people adding positive phrases to the Steem blockchain | 97 | 9.3170 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 236 | 40.4100 |
| link | English, Spanish hotel, speaking English... | 75 | 4.8070 |
| link | Steem Potty Mouths - 2019 Edition | 124 | 7.8740 |
| link | Step into my new office... | 77 | 9.9540 |
| link | : Pure chance, or is something else happening here? | 57 | 3.8340 |
| link | Steem: How to build a network and retain users | 58 | 52.2520 |
| link | I bet you can guess the reason for the rise in transfers on Steem | 44 | 10.0430 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 13/14, 2019 | 13 | 27.0340 |
| link | All aboard, the  | 135 | 16.4500 |
| link |  newbie alert! | 46 | 2.8190 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 173 | 34.4460 |
| link | No excuse not to go for a walk | 48 | 7.6760 |
| link | 32 Of The Most Beautiful Words In The English Language | 56 | 8.6660 |
| link | Steemit.com - fix your shit | 115 | 8.4780 |
| link | An early Easter break | 54 | 6.9160 |
| link | 🏆 The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 152 | 30.7420 |
| link | Distributing ENGAGE + you can too! | 54 | 9.7810 |
| link | Solar Powered Me | 45 | 7.7250 |
| link | Storms Stole The Sand | 41 | 25.1960 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 15/16, 2019 | 10 | 23.6420 |
| link | GoT Contest: Who Will Die and Who Will Survive Episode 3 - The Battle for Winterfell? | 38 | 5.4170 |
| link | HODOR / On Thursday I accounted for 0.000470588% of all the accounts that posted on Steem | 48 | 23.4560 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 117 | 34.3660 |
| link | Game Of Thrones - Season 8, Episode 3 Shenanigans | 54 | 18.9270 |
| link | What's Cooking? Steem Power Up Day! | 62 | 15.7700 |
| link | Curation Rewards 2019 | 115 | 19.3100 |
| link | Pool night | 41 | 15.2120 |
| link | You're nice can I have your number | 62 | 6.8620 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 199 | 30.6940 |
| link | Eat, Sleep, Steem, Repeat | 58 | 18.8080 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 17/18, 2019 | 9 | 23.7980 |
| link | Which way to sail? | 77 | 54.4960 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 172 | 36.7680 |
| link | Rain and Shine | 31 | 15.2040 |
| link | April 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 63 | 7.1110 |
| link | Promoting Steem on SwiftDemand | 10 | 6.3740 |
| link | Goodbye Beta, Hello Thailand? | 39 | 27.2540 |
| link | Games, games, games | 58 | 27.6560 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 19, 2019 | 6 | 29.4610 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 126 | 37.1940 |
| link | April 2019 - Top 10 Curation Rewards | 32 | 29.1660 |
| link | Distributing ENGAGE - Engagement League | 57 | 26.6820 |
| link | Would you be pissed off if I powered down and left without saying goodbye? | 124 | 29.7220 |
| link | 🚩+🌞+🚶♂️+👹 | 54 | 31.8720 |
| link | (edited) | 61 | 11.1860 |
| link | Have there been more downvotes since the button was relabeled and moved? | 71 | 34.1080 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 126 | 43.3220 |
| link | This week I like personal content the most | 66 | 40.2400 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 124 | 36.6300 |
| link | May 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 68 | 29.1340 |
| link | Goodbye again Mallorca | 77 | 35.5290 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 20/21/22, 2019 | 6 | 29.0010 |
| link | Happy Birthday Mum | 48 | 7.6820 |
| link | Steemit, Steemmonsters, and Partiko are maxed out on account claims | 73 | 42.2370 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 120 | 55.4440 |
| link | Be a PAL? | 92 | 40.8780 |
| link | More PAL and Partiko | 59 | 29.0080 |
| link | Photos from a sodden back garden | 43 | 29.1110 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 152 | 23.9190 |
| link | Earn PAL, Burn PAL, Buy PAL, Mine PAL... | 131 | 29.8420 |
| link | Meme On Point | 32 | 4.9240 |
| link | Distributing ENGAGE to Engagement League Superstars | 83 | 31.8740 |
| link | utopian-io: Weekly overview of the Analysis category - Week 23/24, 2019 | 15 | 28.8200 |
| link | Can a post that is produced on palnet.io or tagged with #palnet earn more USD in PAL than STEEM? | 86 | 36.8090 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 115 | 18.4020 |
| link | Swapping Blue for Green and Grey | 43 | 11.4800 |
| link | What will your daily Steem activities look like in a year's time? | 56 | 24.2820 |
| link | Splinterlands Beta Pack Sales and Musings | 55 | 10.8680 |
| link | A New PAL Whale Splashes Down... | 127 | 28.0200 |
| link | Long Overdue Snax Registration | 21 | 7.3230 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 116 | 19.7400 |
| link | June 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 112 | 20.1490 |
| link | Splinterlands End of Season Card Rewards and Future Earning Potential | 52 | 10.4340 |
| link | Invested your PAL? Go stake your LEO! | 132 | 14.8800 |
| link | Managing the Voting Power of Multiple Staked Tokens | 238 | 20.2500 |
| link | and  Steemfest 4 Contest Status | 46 | 49.8740 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 244 | 11.9530 |
| link | BEOS Raindrop Complete - Have the Skies Cleared? | 28 | 18.0250 |
| link | Managing the Voting Power of Multiple Staked Tokens - 2 | 61 | 11.8440 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status | 45 | 43.4810 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 167 | 14.5450 |
| link | The #SupportHonesty Challenge | 27 | 11.3630 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 3 | 43 | 38.7120 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 113 | 17.0830 |
| link | Remember when tags were used to describe content? | 122 | 9.0220 |
| link | Heatwave and other photos | 30 | 5.3280 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 4 | 22 | 38.5590 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 143 | 13.7260 |
| link | Rewarding Engagement / Issuing ENGAGE Tokens | 46 | 7.0440 |
| link | Managing the voting power of multiple staked tokens - 3 | 46 | 7.5970 |
| link | Shifting sands and investment decisions | 74 | 7.6270 |
| link | Splinterlands end of season $$$ wrap up | 29 | 7.5200 |
| link | July 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 80 | 7.6300 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 5 | 24 | 33.0050 |
| link | Through her lens | 72 | 17.2460 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 168 | 14.7840 |
| link | Some numbers around those votes that are in the opposite direction to 'up' | 29 | 9.0700 |
| link | Got a job yet slacker? | 73 | 7.9570 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 6 | 32 | 42.7280 |
| link | Steem Engine Tribes Talk | 77 | 10.4030 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 229 | 15.1380 |
| link | RCs and Good Deeds | 54 | 7.7180 |
| link | The Minnow Power-up League - Week #46 | 88 | 5.8480 |
| link | Can I draw a picture, daddy? | 46 | 5.0240 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 7 | 25 | 39.1700 |
| link | Three years a Steemian | 101 | 17.5520 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 245 | 16.8800 |
| link | It's off to work we go | 54 | 6.1080 |
| link | Did I give you a vote last week? | 92 | 7.9060 |
| link | One more week of sunshine ☀️ | 53 | 6.4020 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 8 | 11 | 29.9380 |
| link | ENGAGE > Big Macs / LIFESTYLE Trade / Win some Tokens | 71 | 5.8240 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 183 | 11.3870 |
| link | Any plans for tomorrow? Holiday / HF / Tribes | 54 | 7.7390 |
| link | Steem account holders have transferred over $300,000 to one Venezuelan exchange since it opened at the beginning of 2018 | 87 | 30.9420 |
| link | Downvoting due high pending rewards and a lack of engagement? | 136 | 21.1980 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 9 | 24 | 34.6320 |
| link | More DV data + lists | 40 | 10.8840 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 151 | 16.3420 |
| link | Adjusting to working life - First days at the new place | 42 | 9.4690 |
| link | August 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 70 | 15.9040 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 10 | 19 | 36.3950 |
| link | Tumbleweed for Sale / DV+Comment+Bid-Bot data | 62 | 44.2120 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 250 | 15.9850 |
| link | I brought some stale sugar back from my holidays | 50 | 14.0220 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 11 | 13 | 38.4920 |
| link | More #newsteem data - downvotes / content / Bots | 51 | 32.6000 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 126 | 22.1520 |
| link | HF21 - Bringing the earnings of maximizers and other curators closer together | 40 | 28.2980 |
| link | Are delegations to bid-bots falling since the recent hard fork? | 62 | 13.6210 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 12 | 25 | 36.5230 |
| link | Travelling in the sunshine to see friends | 36 | 18.4380 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 100 | 23.2330 |
| link | Steem-Engine and my Tribe tokens | 79 | 14.9850 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 13 | 17 | 33.7410 |
| link | Home town glory | 18 | 13.4630 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 185 | 16.4040 |
| link | September 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 102 | 13.3350 |
| link | 1 Kilo lighter today | 53 | 12.0360 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 14 | 25 | 30.0260 |
| link | A steady start for  beneficiary contributions? | 20 | 9.9490 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 173 | 15.7240 |
| link | A day at the Fair | 46 | 12.2850 |
| link | Steem Engine Token Charts by  | 34 | 5.8550 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest Status - Update 15 | 23 | 38.9760 |
| link | Hello | 86 | 5.7110 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 119 | 17.0350 |
| link | and Steemfest 4 Contest is now closed! | 21 | 30.0000 |
| link | Rewards will be sent to NULL | 13 | 0.8040 |
| link | Rewards will be sent to NULL | 22 | 0.7480 |
| link |  and Steem Fest 4 Ticket Draw | 42 | 40.0300 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 105 | 20.6350 |
| link | SMT2020 | 16 | 9.5290 |
| link | 12000 + New job, maybe | 83 | 7.4000 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 121 | 16.7630 |
| link | Ready for winter? | 41 | 15.3790 |
| link | Mum, can you leave the light on? | 38 | 14.0200 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 250 | 18.7030 |
| link | October 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script | 77 | 20.6570 |
| link | (Another) New Job | 69 | 18.0620 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 86 | 16.7220 |
| link | Settling In Again | 52 | 15.2990 |
| link | A few things for a Saturday post | 47 | 17.1670 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 87 | 17.0700 |
| link | Spread 'em, it's Christmas! | 21 | 19.6440 |
| link | Your Out-going Vote Weight History - Excluding Self | 184 | 12.2100 |
| link | Pies. No pies! | 38 | 9.4230 |
| link | Silly Old Fool | 38 | 8.3390 |
| link | Who's been chatting away since the hard fork? | 111 | 15.9590 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 114 | 18.0060 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 117 | 20.3330 |
| link | November 2019 - Monthly Steem report via script 📝 | 74 | 19.9770 |
| link | Short days, colourful skies | 60 | 19.4800 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 118 | 23.8450 |
| link | Birthday Present 🎂 | 105 | 14.9560 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 135 | 18.8690 |
| link | Why I'm Here On Steem - A #snookmademedoit challenge | 40 | 19.3990 |
| link | 40k and the Tribes | 91 | 14.9430 |
| link | The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆 | 90 | 0.0000 |
| link | Your 2019 report via script 📝 | 98 | 0.0000 |
(0.000 payout means the posts are still to pay out)
Still here? If you would like a list of all your top level posts from 2019, let me know in the comments below. And don't forget to enter the contest: https://steemit.com/busy/@anomadsoul/contest-or-my-2019-the-last-2019-showcase-weekend-or-hundreds-of-steem-in-prizes
Cheers!
Asher