STEEMIT 101 - ARTICLE WRITING - CRASH COURSE.
Fellow Steemians,
Today I will present the first of my Steemit 101's.
I will not go into any basics about how to sign up on Steemit or thing like that. - All these 101's will function as support and help you to gain more experience after the sign up process.
Today's topic is: Article Writing.
You've just signed up to Steemit and you've seen some amazing rewards. You've seen thousand dollar posts and I'm sure you're eager to get one of those posts yourself. - You want a big piece of the pie.
I understand where you're coming from. I've been there myself too. - When I first signed up, almost 1 year ago, I saw insane payouts and truth to be told, that's the reason I signed up in the first place. - I just had to see if it was possible and if it was true.
- I did what so many others are doing.
I published my first article literally minutes after my registration. I made $0,18 on my introduction post. - And truth to be told, I saw introduction posts with hundreds or even thousands of dollars in reward... - So that was a huge blow.
However, I couldn't just stop there so I spent some time analyzing other people's articles. As I'm not native in English I figured that this would be almost impossible for me.. - But I was definitely not willing to give up so easy.
My second post earned $39,89.. And that was truly amazing!
With that in mind..
I am a living proof that Steemit works for everyone. No matter your native language, gender or age. - Another cool fact, is that I've never seen myself as an author, even though I've published internet marketing guides and things like that. - I've never seen myself as a "blogger".
However, I can relate to people who's anxious or afraid to publish articles. - And I can relate to people who hesitates. - But there's nothing to worry about, as long as you are true to yourself and publish quality content.
Let's begin, shall we?
When you feel ready to write your post, click on "submit a story" in the upper right and you'll see this:
You'll have three different fields. Title, the actual text you want to write and the tags.
- You will also be able to change the rewards but I will explain that in another article.
The Different Fields..
The title is your headline. It will be the very first couple of words people will read, before, they read your content. - I will not go into any major details about different titles, but you should always try to be as accurate as possible. - Describe what you write about, or the problem you face.
The field where you'll enter you text is obviously your entire article. Make sure to write as good as possible and have in mind that a good quality content often contains 400-500 words.
If you want to know how many words you've written you can easily do that by using: "https://wordcounter.net/".
Tags.
This is easy to understand for most people but I've seen tons of people using wrong tags or used tags that doesn't really realate to their articles. - Make sure to use accurate tags at all times as this will have a huge impact on your results.
Not only will proper tags increase your chances of exposure, but if you're using incorrect tags, you'll also face the risk of being flagged. - And that's a bad thing!
What to write about.
That's basically the best part of Steemit. You can write about whatever you want. If you're looking for ideas, I'd recommend looking at other people's posts. Look at the trending page. Look at the hot page and check what other users are writing about. - It's easy and you'll often get inspiration by doing that.
However, I do recommend that you write about something you know. Something you have experienced or something about yourself. - Don't write about things you don't know anything about. - Be true to yourself and don't try to be someone you're not. - That will not work.
That being said, you can write about things you know nothing about, as long as you write that as a question. - Questions are always appreciated and there's thousands of helpful Steemians all over this place eager to help you. - What I mean by not writing things you don't know anything about, is that you should never try to be someone you're not.
If you've never played football. Don't claim to be a professional football player.
Expect Nothing.
When you write your post, make sure you don't expect anything from it. Don't think of rewards. The only thing that will happen if you do, and if you end up with poor results, is that you'll feel miserable. - You'll feel sad and you'll lose motivation.
And even if you're lucky enough to receive hundreds or even thousands of dollars in rewards.. - Don't expect to reach the same results on your next post!
Be Consistent.
Don't write one post and expect the world. Don't write one post and wait for several days or weeks before you publish your next article. - I recommend publishing articles every day. - That's literally the best way to get most exposure, but I will go in to more details about that in an upcoming 101-post in the near future.
I understand that you might lose confidence, motivation and inspiration.. And you'll even lose hope if your hard work leads to a big fat zero.. - But that doesn't matter. It's not you. - It's due to several reasons. - Just keep at it!
That's it for now!
