My previous post was definitely the best post I've written.
I even stated that in the post. The best post I have ever written. And it turned out to bring nothing more than average results. My average result.
I usually have results like these:
I have had some post with greater results too, but an estimation would be something like 40-50 votes and a few comments on every post I make. That's probably decent results compared to others on steemit.
Also note that I am not talking about the money. I talk about the amount of votes and comments. Upvotes & Comments are the reason I share things. I want to discuss things. I want to share things with people.. And I obviously want people to like what they read.
However, things aren't that easy on steemit.
Due to a discussion I had yesterday and because of a post I read, I'll shed some light upon this today..
Some people are discouraged when they get nothing at all.. MOST of these people feel left out. And most of them makes a handful of posts in attempts to gain something..
But if you can't get more than 1-2 upvotes on whatever post you make.. And you make 5 of these.. Then you'll end up leaving this place. It's unfortunate but it's the truth.
No one will ever continue to produce great content without getting any exposure at all.
Seriously.. It's like a slap in the face.
I can totally understand why most of these people will leave.
There's a huge difference between sharing content on steemit and on Facebook.
BLOG & EARN. The advertising trick to bring people to steemit. But it's also only half-true.. BLOG & HAVE A CHANCE TO EARN would be a better fit for this, but it doesn't gets the same attention does it?
- That's why we'll still go with "Blog & Earn".
It's easier to bring people to steemit with that kind of marketing and more people is what we're trying to bring. We want millions of people here.
What I personally feel, is that whales should upvote this sort of content too. Not mine in particular as there are hundreds of better authors out there.. But by making posts like this trending, more and more people will understand the true meaning of steemit.
You don't come to steemit and make a million dollars overnight. - And 90% of the users here will not be an overnight success. - No matter how hard they try.
Being left out..
If you create amazing posts, one after another .. Day in day out.. And you never get attention..
- What do you think will happen?
It's common sense. These people will utlimately have two options.
- Leave steemit.
- Continue to post.
We all know that most likely everyone would recommend to continue to post. Continue to produce good post and you'll have success sooner or later. I've said it myself too. Many times. Be consistent.
However, even if these people continue to publish new content.. The content will be of less quality the more they publish new posts without attention.
That's what happens everywhere.
If you are working in a grocery store and there are no customers.. You won't be sitting around in front of the cash register waiting for customers.
You'll do other things that has to be done. You'll clean the store, you'll do this and that.. But if there are no customers for the next 2-3 days.. What would you do..?
- The answer is nothing.
You'll spend your time with your phone in your hand playing games or reading a book or a magazine.. You'll do literally anything you can to let time pass.. But you will not work. You will be AT work without doing any work.
And the same things applies here on steemit too unfortunately.
Without exposure you'll start to do other things. And even if you are eager and hard working so you continue to produce content.. You will still have that itchy feeling inside: "This won't bring me any results either"..
And that's when things gets serious.
That's why more and more poor content will be published..
The bad news for all of us.. is that bad content will make good content disappear even more.
I'll go back to the first sentence of this post.
My previous post was definitely the best post I've written.
I truly believe it was. I felt good about it. It was the best piece of article I've published on steemit.. But that was my personal thoughts. What I personally believed.
I have more than 100 followers and got 50+ upvotes. 50% of my followers voted on my content.. If all of the votes were from my followers that is. Which it probably wasn't.
I have followers shouldn't they upvote my content?
The short answer is no. Followers should never upvote your content automatically. That would mean that you could publish whatever garbage it is and gain from it.
Followers like any other users, dolphin or whale, should vote on content they feel like voting on.. And that's probably why I didn't get more votes on my previous post.
I thought it was the best article I ever published .. But perhaps they didn't think the same.
Another explanation for it would be: Perhaps they didn't even saw my post.
With that being said..
I have published posts for more than 4 weeks now. Every day. Some of them better than other ones.. And some of them truly awesome.. In my personal opinion.
And I'll be honest with you..
- I know that I can't get good results from all of my posts.
- I know that luck & timing plays a major role.
- I know that people aren't online 24/7 reading posts.
- I know.. I know.. I know.. I know..
Since I found steemit I've been online for about 15 hours per day. Reading, posting & talking. That will stop.
I will stop to publish content daily because of two reasons..
- I can't spend between 1 and 4 hours writing articles each day without attention & exposure.
Hear me out before you judge me based on this sentence.
Rewards for me means more than dollars. Rewards for me means comments and likes (votes). That's rewarding! - Money comes in second place.
And yeah, I've had decent results based on my own standards. I already mentioned them above. But it's not enough for me. As a non-professional writer. As a person who started to write articles filled with personal stuff which I never done before.. I've come a long way in my journey.
I've developed my writing skills. And for that, I'm grateful.. But it's not enough. During the time I've developed my writing skills, during the time I've shared personal stuff.. And during the time I wrote the best article ever..
Something didn't change. I didn't get more attention. I didn't get better results. I've had more or less the same average results on all of my posts so far.
As the Freelancer I am, this is too much for me to handle. I understand that there's a learning curve, that you'll need luck and all of that.. But I don't have enough time to spend 2-3 hours writing one article. Not when I have 2-3 or even 4 articles to share each day.. Perhaps it would have been easier if I was native in English. If I was, I could've spent less time on my articles..
The second reason for my decision is this..
- If I stop to publish new articles everyday, others will have an increased chance of getting exposure.
Well, I know that my posts probably doesn't take up too much in the flood of new posts being published.. But it's at least 1 spot.. 1 spot for each post I make.
If I stop creating multiple posts each day others can take that specific spot.. And who knows. Perhaps that spot will bring others some reward.
If others would do the same, we would increase the chances for all of us.
This is my contribution to Steemit.