As one of the many newcomers and 'minnows' here I actually try to read a lot and curate to get a feeling how steem works and whats involved to be successful here.
I checked out a lot of you guys, whales 🐳, dolphins 🐬 , minnows 🐟 and all in between to see what strategies lead to success 🥇 and which will probably fail 👎.
There's a lot of different ways to become a successful steemer but I won't cover them here. Maybe later in a dedicated post.
The general conclusion I made during my first 3 days here is, that the most important thing is
Authenticity
Just be who you are will bring you the most traction because everyone else will feel if you stand behind your words.
All this plagiarism, copy/paste, imitating strategies of people with a different mind set or trying to please everyone and so on rarely ever lead to success here. ❌
Sure, some will gain attention from similar fellows, but its never a long term success story. If you know one which is, let me know!!
I like to say and write things in my way and it doesn't matter too much if everyone likes it. Some will and some won't. But thats how it is in life and being authentic will lead you further than anything else. Period! 🙏
Happy Steeming 😃