“I used to earn like $10+ a posting when I first started, these days I get so low, why ah?..”, “I am losing steem now, I get demotivated seeing such low votes..”, “Why some boring postings gets better upvotes leh?..”
First and foremost, a disclaimer: This post is dedicated to all Newbies (and not so newbies) that feels down every now and then because they feel they dont get upvotes. Take this as a boost to keep you going!
It can be disheartening to read or hear newbies asks questions like this. Some were just on board like few weeks to months ago. Can’t blame them because everyone has their own reasons to come on Steemit. These are valid questions nonetheless.
Certain expectations and unexplained reasons resulted in some talented Steemians leaving or spend less time at the platform.
There are a lot of reasons why some postings gets more upvotes and some don’t.
On the ’WHY’ part, below are just my general observation, and they may or may not be true. I am not an expert. If it offended anybody, I apologise in advance. Below observation is no way to imply on any one or party in particular.
Some Steemians who were already on board have already build their own followers, so naturally when they posted something on the platform, their followers will automatically respond accordingly (comments, upvotes).
Quality postings (contents) and catchy headlines works to pull people to read and respond.
Some Steemians prefer to read from the same authors or group of Steemian friends, so they only look forward to postings from the same gang, hence they may missed the postings of newbies.
Some high steem powered Steemians may have set bots that auto upvote their favourite Steemit contributors.
Some Steemians may left comments on postings but forgot to upvote.
Some Steemians are new and their upvote doesn’t carry much value yet so when they upvote, the value is less although their intention is sincere.
Some Steemians upvote doesn’t carry much value yet but they didn’t realise they have enough SBD to power up but they either don’t know how to do it or didn’t bother to do so, and as a result of this whenever they upvote others, the value always remain the same.
Shorter voting period (7 days) for Steemit’s postings to earn through upvotes. Although it is crucial to get everyone to upvote your postings within that period, it really depends on their free will and if they enjoy your postings they will upvote and leave comment. If you don’t have many quality followers (those with high steem power) or active followers (that follows and reads your postings religiously) chances are you won’t get much upvotes.
Don't expect to accumulate lots of upvotes when you only posted like 5 to 20 postings so far. Check out other established Steemians, most posted like hundreds to thousands of them.
Honestly, there is so much to learn on Steemit platform that I had so much fun reading the postings of other Steemians from other parts of the world. They are usually generous with information and willing to share their experience exploring certain methods to grow their potentials on the platform.
I must admit, some postings can be mind boggling for me to even process. This is due to the jargons used and especially those that involves technical.
To the newbies, here’s what you can do to keep your mind off the disappointments. I am not an exception myself as I am still learning everyday as well – just like you.
Be mindful of your expectations. Steemit is not a quick rich platform. It is built on contents and contributions from Steemians all over the world.
There is no money required to open Steemit account and yet you still earn, even if it’s just 0.02 on some days. When you accumulate all those earnings and convert to $$, nobody can give you that much of a cash freely.
Spend some time to read other good Steemians postings learn from them what makes their postings interesting.
Engage with EVERYONE. When people leave a comment on your wall, make sure to reply back and upvote accordingly.
Make new friends, not just the same group of people that you know. Those who are able to help poorly voted talented Steemians, do help them whenever you can afford.
Upvote sensibly. Well, you can't upvote everyone on the platform. There were like thousands of them out there and most of them write well. You need time to replenish your power to upvote too.
Have fun. Don’t dishearten too easily just because others earn better. There isn’t really an exact answer as to why they earn more although their postings sucks. The only reason I could think of is that they have the stellar support from the same followers/fans that voted for them.
It takes time to build followers/fans. Perhaps ask yourself what is your niche or what are your talents and what are you good at and build followers/fans around that area/niche. Say if you are good with Mahjong game with tips and tricks to win, focus on that. There will be Steemians that takes notice and engage with you.
Don’t rely 100% on Steemit to earn. Look for other alternative or ways. Don’t put all your eggs into one basket. Content writing is not for everyone, some are just talented with it and some may take years to be good at it.
Stay positive and be in good spirit always. If Steemit doesn’t work for you, there may be other areas that you are good at that you have yet to explore fully. Look out for it.
While putting my thoughts down on this, I came across a thought provoking article to read. You can read it HERE if you wish.
The writer made a choice to leave Steemit and he articulated his points. So whatever your reasons to come on board, only you know how to manage your expectation and outcome. It is always good to try and then later decide what’s best for you.
Phew! I hope you will take time to read this and understand the good intention of it. This is by far the longest posting I ever made.
I wish all of us the best on Steemit and may we learn/earn well.
Perhaps you have workable tips to share with other Steemians on how to:
- Increase good followers?
- Get into the good books of Whales?
- Get more upvotes from high steem powered steemians?
- How to come up with good contents and catchy titles?
Share them below!
Something About Angiechin28
Angie Chin is an Alpha Mom with a mission and founder of WonderWomen.Asia (coming soon), the first online portal in Malaysia that connects Women to affordable online learning, community activities, shareable contents, events, jobs and go-to market opportunities. At home, she’s a mommy to a 10 year old daughter, 6 furbabies + a grown babe. She loves travelling, cooking, exploring new food, reading and watching re-runs on Youtube.
Regularly posting up her ramblings and sharing contents (current favorities is Facebook & Instagram), she fell head over heels with Steemit after realising it’s the only platform that allows ANYONE to earn cryptocurrency by creating and posting up contents, even by liking, voting or commenting other people’s contents!
whatever you do on the platform, you will earn. Isn’t that awesome?
To start earning, sign up for Steemit already! Post up your original contents and you can almost start seeing the ka-ching in your account before you know it.
Best of all, it is FREE (Love the word FREE).
Life tagline (for now): Never be afraid to try anything once!
Drop her a note at wonderwomenasia@gmail.com
