One of the byproducts from being active on Steemit is following cryptocurrency and that can be a good thing and a bad thing. Like any addiction, you need to be careful.

I have been delegated 1,000 SP to help new Steemonians find Steemit Success. Over the month of September I will be posting daily about different strategies, tips and tricks to help you become the best Steemoninan you can be. You can start at the beginning if you want.

30 Days Of Steemit Success

For most people that become active when they get to Steemit, they feel almost addicted. The concept of making money to participate in a social media sucks them in. I know it happened to me. I spent 8-10 hours a day on Steemit when I first started. A pace that wasn't realistic.

Pace yourself. It is important to dive right into Steemit, but don't get down on your self if you miss a day of blogging. Just keep doing the best you can. I try to dedicate at least 1-2 hours daily now. It doesn't always work that way, but I am addicted... so I stay up late to make sure I get my time in.

When you are first starting out, one thing the Steemit addiction will inevitably lead to is cryptocurrency. For some they found Steemit because they were already into crypto and learned that way. Others came to post blogs about travel or reply to articles about science.

It doesn't matter what your interests where when you got here, almost everyone starts reading the crypto blogs and learning more about cryptocurrency.

When you start making some SBD and SP most people want to know how to convert that to money they can use in their bank account. Not everyone pulls it out, but they start looking at how to do it. Then comes the converting to Bitcoin and that opens a whole new can of worms for some people.

Crypto is the byproduct of spending time on Steemit, we all learn it to some degree and we are all familiar with it. But what does this have to do with Steemit Success????

Simple... if you are frustrated that you are not making more for blogs you know are good or if you are not seeing the growth you want... stop looking at Steemit through such a short amount of time.

Steemit is still in beta. It was formed just 18 months ago. Cryptocurrency isn't mainstream, in fact, we have a long way to go. So stop getting discouraged after a month or two, we're here to make this site a winner in the crypto-battles. We want STEEM to make it the long-run, so judge yourself in the long-run.

The thing is... Steemit is a gateway drug to cryptocurrency, but as cryptocurrency grows in popularity and use... at some point the paradigm will shift and crypto will be a gateway to Steemit. At that point, all of us where are still active could be in for a huge payday.

This isn't a sprint... it is a marathon so dedicate yourself for the long run.

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Today's Question

What came first... Steemit or Crypto? Did you learn of crypt here on Steemit or were you a fan of crypto and that is how you found Steemit?

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Thank you for reading Day 11: Steemit Is The Gateway Drug To Crypto. This blog is part of a project that @dragosroua and @alexvan are supporting. I am deeply appreciative of their support for my project. The 30 Days of Steemit Success will be a series of blogs posted daily on Steemit to help new Steemonians. All of the blogs will be put together to create an eBook that will be available for download in October for all Steemonians for free.

To my followers, you are my gateway drug to Steemit happiness.

Day 11: Steemit Is The Gateway Drug To Crypto (30 Days Of Steemit Success)

30 Days Of Steemit Success

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