I will take the mystery out of the process of using bid bots, aka upvote bots so you can start to benefit.
Bid Bot List
As you can see by the list of bid bots below, you have plenty of options to choose from to market your post. Each one has different minimum bid requirements. Some show the upvote immediately, while some wait up to 2 1/2 hours to upvote when they are at their strongest in power. Please go to their blogs for details or look in other people's wallets to get marketing ideas. If anyone knows of more, put them in the comments and I'll edit this post to include them.
Additionally, 
These are the current numbers.
However, the minimum bid may change. Please refer to the bid bots' links to get current fees.
(You have a daily quota of 1.0 SBD with
*SBD is the Steem Backed Dollar, also known as Steem Dollar.
*You can use more than one bot per post.
*It's my understanding you can't use the same bot twice on the same post with most bots. However, with
*Only use bid bots on posts that have still not paid out.
Step by Step tutorial on how to use a BidBot, aka Upvote Bot
Go to your Wallet
Go to Steem Dollars' amount and click on your balance.
Click on Transfer
You will see this. Choose any amount over 0.1 for
You will immediately see that your transfer went through. Because
Once the upvote goes through, you'll see the % upvote in your comments feed.
The profit isn't just a monetary gain, it's also psychological gain.
To understand the psychology behind these bots as it pertains to Marketing 101, read this fun post by 
Using a bid bot to show support to another Steemian
In the example above, instead of upvoting my own post, I upvoted 
sweats Steem
I'm not the only one that wants to do more than my Steem Power (SP) allows. Check out this comment by
Assigning beneficiaries to receive author rewards for this post
I also recently discovered I could create beneficiaries for this post and give a percentage of my author rewards to others. So, I'm giving 
I'm keeping 40% for creating the post. I want other creators to see that if they supply their talent and sweat equity, they can help others with funding and earn a little Steem Backed Dollar to pay some bills while they are at it. A win for everyone!
This is the first time I've tried it. I will be back to share the results of this significant experiment.
If you watch a vlog or two, you’ll be hooked. The open road, the sense of possibility and freedom of the Power of Steem is palpable. There’s something about
Update... 8/5/17... the ride is over but what a great success... where one project ends, another one starts!
Today's crazy day- over 70 miles and stopped by the cops. This is why I buckled down to get this post out.
Shout outs
for the awesome 3d artwork from his Free Illustration of the day collection. I chose this one because I think it represents
for directing me to https://steemwhales.com/post/ so I could create beneficiaries.
for first telling me about
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Remember to upvote, follow, resteem and comment to show support. :)
Much luv,
