My latest geek project has been to maximize my curation rewards.
Steemit has had three distinct phases since I joined the beginning of the year.
Phase 1 was a 3 month commitment to try to figure out how to Steemit. It was winter, time was abundant.
Phase 2 saw a dedication to remain and continue to grow my account. It was Spring and time was scarce but topics to write about were abundant.
After Phase 1, I stopped reinvesting in myself. Most of my SBD was put into my Steem Power until this point.
I needed to have Steemit add value to my day. A good post doesn't just happen, the joy I receive from writing is abundant, but would fall into free time if that was all being measured. I needed to earn money.
During phase 2, I found a way to fit Steemit into my busy homestead days, but recognized the only way to do it was to maximize the value of the time it takes.
Begin Phase 3...maximizing my time and growing value on Steemit and on the Homestead.
Here's where my curation rewards geek project comes in. We all want votes! Votes are valuable to both the receiver and the granter.
This post is about the value to the GRANTER, Me!
Arriving as a new Steemian from the land of FB I had to learn the value of a vote. I voted away and had nothing much to show for it at the end of my three months trial in terms of monetary value. My curation total at that point was tiny, I have the number jotted somewhere inconvenient!
I was told about a time saving tool, Steemvoter and gave it a try.
Steemvoter grants a user a certain number of voting rules based upon their personal SP, delegated SP does not figure in.
I was granted 5 voting rules and entered in the folks whose posts I was feeling bad about missing. It certainly solved that initial issue.
It also opened my eyes as to how a vote can have value. I noticed my Curation rewards make a small jump.
I began tweaking my rules once a week. Learning how to give value and receive it an abundant flowing cycle.
I was learning to reinvest in myself through voting.
My only complaint about Steemvoter is that I can't seem to remove my account now that I am using another tool.
If anyone has a tip to share it would be welcomed.
These days I am using SteemAuto. I can vote for as many folks want it's just more of a matter of managing my voting power.
I initially tried their curation trail feature. After 10 days I ran some statistics and saw that this curation trail was not for me and my style. It left me missing votes or going below my daily power allotment. With no voting power left to go to discover new authors.
I shifted to the fan base feature only. I had previously transferred my favorite five over from SteemVoter. And I began to focus on finding the great folks that would help me reach my goals.
I am blessed to belong to several communities here on Steemit.
These communities are all formed with quality content as a feature they look for in their chosen members.
I have a pool of amazing authors to explore now, preselected by folks who share similar values and have quality standards.
I am adding auto votes to my fan base as I discover work I can support.
I am enjoying the tweaks and adjustments required as I learn to maximize my curation rewards.
This is how I spent my Friday morning... Happy in the Data... Making decisions.
I am curious to see what I can achieve.
~all text and images are my own unless otherwise credited
Just a girl...
Living, Loving and Dancing her way to Wholeness with the help of a Mountaintop and a Purpose.
