Yowzers has it already been one month on Steemit? Time sure flies when you’re innovating on the Blockchain, doesn’t it? It feels like only yesterday when I spent over a day filming and editing my five-minute video for my very first blog post on Steemit. I’ve definitely come a LONG way since then and I have learned loads of useful things that I will of course share with my favorite community in the universe! This is also a great time to talk about my plans for the next month and so as an extra special treat for all of your love and support, I’ll also be previewing my upcoming Steemit adventure. Let’s hop to it then!
How have I done in my first month?
Stats wise, I’ve done fairly well in my first month on Steemit: 350+ followers, almost 1000 posts and a few decimal points away from Level 50. All of this was only possible thanks to a TON of hard work every single day of the week. Since joining Steemit on May 29, I have NOT taken a single day off. That’s right folks – to achieve success and greatness on Steemit, you can’t take any days off. Moreover, it’s especially encouraging when you get comments like these from one of the most hard-working and successful Steemians:
Talk to everyone – comments are your best friend!
Don’t wrap yourself in bubble wrap and resign yourself to simply publishing blog posts without interacting with any of your fellow Steemians. First of all, you’re not going to get any new followers that way. And if you can’t get others to read and follow your posts, you won’t get any helpful comments nor too many up-votes. Remember Steemit is more than just a social media site – it’s a community! So you must go out there and interact with your fellow compatriots – you’ll learn more than you could possibly imagine from the most successful Steemians as well as gain a nice fan following that will welcome each of your posts with open arms! Plus, if you concentrate on producing high-quality and helpful comments, the author rewards aren’t too bad either.
Don’t pay attention to the number below your post – always keep an eye on the number next to your name
When you first start out creating new blog posts and writing useful, thought-provoking comments, don’t pay any attention to the amount of money you’re initially making. The money DOES NOT matter at all when you’re still a newbie to Steemit. Instead, keep an eye on that little number in parentheses next to your username – your reputation score. That is the single most important number you should work on as you continue to create high-quality content on Steemit. The more you participate through blog posts and great comments with your fellow minnows, dolphins and whales, the faster you’ll climb in Reputation Score and the more you'll get noticed across the community!
On the flip side, if you’re doing naughty things like plagiarizing, promoting hate speech or in general just being a douche, you’ll get cleaned up so fast by Steemcleaners and Cheetah that your reputation score will be blown to smithereens, down to even single digits. So watch your reputation!
Stay original and use plenty of cool and relevant photos!
To make your posts more readable and always very aesthetically pleasing, you have to incorporate enough photos into every post to separate huge blocks of text and amplify the information you’re trying to convey to your readers. But please bear in mind, these photos must be relevant to what you’re discussing! You can’t be tossing in random dank memes unless they have some relevance to your post. However, I’m not opposed to using funny gifs and memes that are both relevant to your post and help lighten the mood when discussing a particularly serious topic. Just remember that whenever you take your photos and gifs from another website, always cite your sources!
ABC - Always be citing! Always be citing! Always be citing!!!
And in case you don’t want to cite, be original and take your own damn photos!
A HUGE Thank you to all of my followers and new Steemian friends!
Thank you immensely my Steemit family! I could never have gotten this far without your unyielding support and awesome comments and feedback. For all of my 350+ followers, I appreciate your support and rest assured, I’ll reward your loyalty with even more awesome, high-quality content in the weeks and months to come. And to all of the Steemians with whom I interact on a daily basis, whether in the comment sections of posts or in the Discord chat, you guys are truly inspiring and always motivate me to do my absolute best whenever I create a new post or write up a new comment. I can’t wait to meet most of you (if not all of you) at SteemFest!
What do I have planned for next month?
June 29th will officially mark the completion of my first month on Steemit. Since this has been a truly remarkable and successful month on Steemit, let me share with you all a new project that I’ll be working on this month….
As early as this week, I will be starting a new fictional series with my friend 
Also, since the story will revolve around a journey to a Latin American country, I’m also thinking of translating and posting each chapter in Spanish. I’m hoping for a successful bilingual story and look forward to your comments and suggestions every day. So get pumped and get ready because this is going to be EPIC!
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Until next time, keep acing life!
