Many of you already know what happened to me in the past few days so you can skip ahead where I talk about where I am now and what the future holds for me. I would be happy if you'd help me figure out which direction I should choose. I am a friendly guy, open to criticism and suggestions. Talk to me! :D
Yo, who the hell are you?
For those who don't know me, nice to meet you, I'm Steven, 25 yo Marketing student, blogger and freelancer.
Joined Steemit 17 days ago and lovin' it since day one.
I'm not writing this to put myself on a pedestal. I mean this post is to inspire other new users like me.
Until a few days ago I was struggling to earn $ 1 on my posts which engagement where very low.
It was frustrating so I understand everyone who's thinking of quitting but DO NOT do it! Stick with me!
Wednesday was the day that everything changed. If your curious to know in detail how things went, I recommend reading this article "It's not just money that I earned from yesterday's viral post" (and the comments of that article, as some are really informative and supportive) but to make it short: I wrote an article on which I worked for 2 days.
Once published, interactions and views were almost null and you can imagine which direction my feelings took.
Taken by emotional malaise and frustration, I wrote another article in which I expressed my disappointment by linking the original article. Magicly people begun to respond and upvote, resteem and follow.
But what did I learn from all this? That clickbaty title is everything on Steemit.
No, just kidding guys. Do not do that!
That would be one of the "don'ts" on steemit that I should add to yesterdays post.
The take out is: you need to be patience.
It is not matter of how good your post is, as a new user, you won't have many followers and your reach is gonna be very low.
What will I do with my $250?
That's a good question. I'm not usually a plentiful planner. I like to live day by day and take things as they come.
But in this case, despite the payout is in a few days, I've already figured out what I'm going to do with the money I earned: I'll have them invested in the platform. I'm a big Steemit fan. Not only do I wish it becomes a top social network, I believe it will.
Steemit is a great place to meet so many beautiful people. Also, if I manage to create good content and maintain high and eventually higher earnings, I could seriously think of fuck off everything else and become a full time steemian. Just a dream for now, but who knows, maybe it will happen. As we say in italy, "hope is the last to die"
And now what?
This account (as you can guess from the name) was created with the intent of providing interesting content about marketing. During the first few days I thought my name choice was totally wrong and I created another account (still waiting for registration). Then I thought instead, that there is nothing wrong if I share non-marketing related topics on here. At most non-interested followers will not read!
When I then created the viral content that made me gain the majority of the followers who are currently sticking with me, I thought now my path is still to be defined. Several doors are opened in front of me and I have to chose the right one! This is where you come into play, my friends.
I'd love to keep talking about Steemit, about how I can make my way through the millions of article posted every day and how you can do it too. Also, almost all of you have started following me because I started writing about this stuff.
At the same time I think tutorials or "how to" on this subject are so many already and I don't want to be trivial.
So I am asking you, what are the most fascinating subjects you want me to talk about?
I value your opinion a lot, you guys are the real supporters so please don't hesitate to connect with me and share your thoughts!
Till next post, Love ya all.
~Steven