Its about 11:00PM Friday night, and I'm 4 beers deep pre-gaming before going out to the city to meet up with friends. I somehow get into a conversation with my brother about WikiLeaks, and then it hits me - "I should make a post about this on Steemit!"
So that's what I did. It took me all of 5 minutes to write and post.
Here is the post in question. https://steemit.com/politics/@cashbandicoot/wikileaks-needs-to-post-on-steemit-julian-assange-needs-to-post-on-steemit-to-keep-real-journalism-alive
I posted it, took a walk to the local WaWa, came back, and it hit $100. I refreshed the page... BOOM - $300 bucks. Wow!
This is my most successful post, and I'm going to give you the run down of how I formatted it. Copy this formula for great results (probably) Ready? Here it goes!
DRINK BEER!
Duh. Once you've got that liquid creativity flowing through your veins and mucking up your brain, you're good to go. Remember, many great writers were alcoholics (Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway!)
Make It Anti-Government!
The folks on Steemit seem to like Anarchy and Libertarianism, and have a deep distrust of big government. Put some of that in your post, and you're well on your way to appealing to these readers.
Champion Liberty and Personal Freedoms
This goes hand in hand with the Libertarian thing. Big gov goes against personal freedom - that's a no-no. The great readers of Steemit believe the individual is always in control of their own destiny. I'm inclined to agree. Talk about this in your post, and you're hitting a key demographic twice. NICE!
Conspiracy Stuff
This is like, the chemical X in the mix (shout out PowerPuff Girls). It's either hit or miss. You can browse the conspiracy tag to see what I'm talking about. However, connect a few threads, yada-yada-yada (Seinfeld reference), you got yourself something that can kind of make sense if the reader doesn't know enough to dispute it. I talked about #Globalism in my post.
Have Another Beer!
Because, why not?
PRESS POST AND HOPE YOU HOOK A WHALE!
I'm gonna be honest with you - no one on Steemit has the secret recipe to getting a post to the front page of trending. I certainly don't, I'm just here to be satirical and sarcastic. Good content is completely subjective, and to think you can generalize an entire community like I did above (reiterating satirically) is probably about as helpful as technical analysis of a brand new coin.
So, my advice to those looking to hit it big on Steemit - crack open a cold one, write something really quick, hit post, and HAVE FUN! That's why we're all here isn't it!
Thanks for reading! Have a good day!