What is steemit for? Different people would have different opinions about this overwhelming platform but I believe that this platform not only gives you hope and happiness but also appreciates greatly your hard work and your dedication. I have heard so much about steemit from different blogs criticizing it that it requires you to buy upvotes and send SBD for a vote of a whale and blah blah! For me, when I write a blog, im filled with hope and when if it gets appreciated by just one person, it fills me up with happiness and I love this feeling.
I think, in my opinion, this platform is for specific kind of people and not everyone and if someone wants to become one of the successful steemians one should understand that patience is the key and focus on writing and creating quality content is the main deal over here. You cannot just come and write a few blogs and walahh! you got fame and cash coming in. You need to focus on your writing, write a blog and read it after you have wrote it and see whether you are enjoying your work or not, if you do think that your blog is awesome, job well done, just keep it safe for future, I have seen many great bloggers rewriting their old blogs which they adore alot, and if you think you need improvement then you should spend your time in improving your blog that means your vocabulary, content quality and your way of using powerful words.
vocabulary and words can be worked on but the real deal which you really need to work harder on is the quality content, which is bringing something new to the community and how can you bring something new, in a way that is new to the eye of the reader.
how can you bring something new? READ BOOKS.
You wont believe how many blogs you would be able to write by just reading one book, no other thing in this world has that amount of knowledge than these books. I would recommend you go to a Bookstore and look at your preferred section and pick a book, just read the review or introduction you will come to know what you want to write. Try it, you will love it.
Next thing you can do is to sit in a room and think about what is that you like to talk about the most, and start writing what comes to your mind then reread your work and be your own critique.
Over here you need to work hard in order to make an impact and if you're smart enough you will get the grasp in a month or so but if you are not, work hard you will get there when its your turn. Don't be dishearted and don't ever give up. do your work and wait for the right moment and as far as buying votes is concerned there is always two sides of a story. Try to look at all angles before jumping to conclusions, you need to buy votes in order to market yourself, in order to make your voice louder but it all depends upon you, there are zillion ways and resources, you need all those puzzle pieces to create your master piece.
Best of luck and I hope you got some useful information from my research and im still working on it and I will keep you guys updated.