The type of post that are popular or highest paid on steemit are post that are arranged and formatted well,they are also able to offer value to members of steemit,they may include how to,funny videos,dairy and other post that deal with life experience
This post should also have the right tags attached to them as well as the use of proper tags that are able to target the right audience and not just some random tags
It is also important to add a call to action at the end of your article to move prople on what to do next after reading your article
You should be polite when asking them and not to ask them as if they owe you a favour to vote you
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