A few hours ago, I introduced Steemit to, let's call them, "friends" for now.
I obviously showed them proof of payments, some trending posts and I shared some of the most successful crowdfunding articles I've seen so far.. - I did that, because I know that "success stories" and proof of being legit is what it takes to convince people.
The thing is, that most of these people already heard about Steemit.. And they heard of it last year, during the time some authors got INSANE amounts of rewards for their posts..
- So, what could I do?
I clearly couldn't show them my own results nowadays, as I immediately figured that these people would be interested in $1000+ amounts and nothing less than that.. So I did what I thought was a smart move.
- I showed them my previous results. Rewards I got in the beginning of my Steemit career.
Rewards of $400, $500 and even $900..
They wrinkled their eyebrows and said something like: "That's decent but it still sucks compared to others.."
Instead of arguing with them, I agreed on the things they said. My results might actually "suck", compared to others. - That's true...
However, as I've even said in some of my previous posts, I don't compare myself with others. I don't compare my own results with other people's results.. And I don't do that due to several reasons.
One of the reasons are, that I'm not heavily invested.. So I won't earn as much as others because of that simple reason. - Another reason, is that if I would compare myself with others all the time.. - Then I would become very miserable.
The next thing I did..
Was to simply compare the different platforms they are using today.. Crapbook, Twatter and Instablame. They truly love these platforms.. Because "they are so awesome!"
One of the first things I asked them was:
- How much have you earned from your contributions on these platforms?
Have you ever been rewarded with anything besides a like, share, retweet or a couple of nice comments? - That was my next question.
Just like I knew, they wouldn't be able to respond..
So I continued to say, "if I earn 1 single cent on the things I share.. Then I'd be making profit.. And I would earn more than you."
They agreed on that, but still thought that my success on Steemit was poor.. Because they compared me to other people.
These people will probably not join Steemit at this time...- And honestly speaking, I don't care if they join or not..
I have almost 600 followers now.. And that's about 300 followers more than they have on their instagram pages.. - Wouldn't that count as a success? - I guess not..
Some people are just plain stupid.. And I won't spend time with people who doesn't care to understand the things I say.
