Steemit Things I've Learned In My First 8 Days - #2

I'm going to write a series of things I've learned here... as I learn them. I will keep them short and to the point to not waste too much of anyone's time. They are obviously meant for the new people because frankly they (like me) probably jumped in and have to learn on the fly. (Note: this is the 2nd in the series, if you want to see the others go to the bottom of this post for the links)

-If you have any questions about what I discuss, ask them in the comment section below

-If you like what I talked about and think your followers would like to learn from it, "RESTEEM" it.
(note: you don't get paid to resteem something, you just help to spread around a message that you like)

-If you have another topic you would like me to cover next, then also reply that request in the comment section

Here goes:

Resteeming Facts And Purposes

First, what is a resteem? A resteem simply means to resubmit someone else's post to your own followers by placing it in your blog. Since people that follow you will go to your blog to learn more about you , you can add interesting content. (and they will get your posts in their feeds too) This serves 3 purposes:

-----One is to help the author of the post to gain views and eyeballs (because you like their content).

-----Two is to help your followers to receive good content (because you want them to have a good experience and see interesting things).

-----Three is to help you to "define" yourself by what you find interesting. People will figure out who you by your blog, so just keep it real.

Resteeming is very simple and all you have to do is to hit the resteem button in the post (see below)

Note: for frame of reference that is the line where you normally would upvote a post and right next to "reply".

Do I Get Paid To Resteem?

When I first started I thought that I could get paid to resteem, but it took me 7 days to figure this one out. You DO NOT GET PAID when YOU resteem someone's post. The purposes of you resteeming (listed above) are valuable, but they don't directly affect your payout. Indirectly, they help you by increasing your reputation, building your brand, and helping your own followers.

While you don't get paid to resteem other people's posts, there are other ways TO GET PAID from the resteem feature

Free Resteem Account Services To Resteem Your Posts

While I am new and still only have limited information, I have discovered 2 accounts that are here to help the newbies like us (and there maybe many more that I am not aware of). They will resteem your posts for free to help you get more attention and reach a wider viewing base. These 2 particular services want to HELP you if you are posting something that is original and good.

The first one is Hive account@resteemable (Resteemit.com)

In order to submit your post (or any post for that matter), you just go to the url of the post (see pic below) and take out the https:// and replace it with "re"

A closer view:

So just delete the highlighted portion and insert the 2 letters - re

If Hive account@resteemable thinks it is a good post, they will resteem it to their followers and give you a much better chance to get more votes (and maybe even more money!)

The second one is Hive account@gaman (New Steemians Project)

You just follow him and maybe reply to one his posts like this one to let him know that you want to work with him:

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@gaman/new-steemians-project-launch

I don't know all of his criteria, but I do know that he has resteemed quite a few of my posts and helped me get attention.

Summation

Resteeming is a valuable tool to get authors of content more views (thus more votes), but it is also a tool for us newbies to develop content for our blogs, help out our favorites, and build a reputation. Thanks to services like Hive account@resteemable and Hive account@gaman, resteeming also helps us to get seen from far bigger networks of people.

I like the feature and very glad that steemit has added it as a feature to the platform!

This is just another tip of something I have learned in my first 8 days. I have many more things I've learned and if people seem to find it interesting, then I will continue to prepare more of these tips that I find. It is up to you in the community to let me know if it is useful.

I want to point out that I am by no means and expert and I am just offering my humble advice based on what I have learned. If any more experienced users have more to add, I welcome them to do so and help everyone out!

Thanks for reading and I hope I can help a few people along the way :)

Prior Posts on Steemit Things I've Learned In My First Days

#1 https://steemit.com/steemit/@davemccoy/steemit-things-i-ve-learned-in-my-first-7-days-1