SteemPress - Earn Crypto Rewards From Your WordPress Blog (Media DApp Review)
Blogging has become a part of my daily activity, for over a year now, and that's because of the Steem blockchain. Before I got to know of the Steem blockchain, writing articles and expressing my view to the world was always on my mind, but having no way to monetize it(my blog) demotivated me. When I first heard of the Steem blockchain, I couldn't believe it, I couldn't believe that there was a platform that could actually reward the effort I put into my blog, and that just sparked my creativity. I know there are lots of quality bloggers around the world, that are about to quit blogging because there are not getting the much needed reward to motivate them. If you are such a person or you know such a person, then this article is made just them. I'm about to review a DApp(Decentralized Application) that could literally change their level of motivation and creativity towards their blog. I introduce to you guys, Steempress, a platform that rewards your effort and work, you put into your blog. This DApp is currently ranked number 3 on the State of the DApps Media Category ranking. For those, who are into blogging, this review promises to be super interesting and very informative, so I would kindly advice that you find somewhere quiet and sit back and read through this super interesting Media DApp review, that I made just for you(smiles & winks).
What Is SteemPress?
SteemPress is a DApp that is built on the Steem blockchain. SteemPress is a platform that connects your WordPress blog to the Steem blockchain. WordPress is one of the most popular free open source software/website that bloggers from around the world make use of. Most bloggers make use of WordPress to spread their ideas, their thoughts, their feelings in form of articles, and don't get much or any reward from it. Some people may say, "I'm doing it for the fun" Yea, most bloggers including me, blog for the fun of it but won't you be excited if you can blog and also earn extra cash while doing what you like? That's an obvious, Yes. That's the goal of SteemPress, to reward the efforts of bloggers.
"SteemPress connects your WordPress blog to the Steem blockchain", those that are not into cryptocurrency or blockchain technology, might find this difficult to understand, I would try and break it down. The Steem blockchain is a decentralized social network that have many DApps(Decentralized Application) within it. SteemPress connects to one of the Steem blockchain DApp, called Steemit. Steemit is a decentralized application within the Steem blockchain/network that rewards content creators with the platform's cryptocurrency tokens called Steem and Steemdollars a.k.a SBD which can be traded in most of the cryptoexchange platforms. During this bear period, which has been very rough on many cryptocurrencies, the Steem token worth about $0.47 and the Steemdollars a.k.a SBD about $1.
With SteemPress, you can now be able to monetize your blog. The time and effort you put into creating articles in your WordPress blog won't be for nothing again, as your articles can be cross posted to Steemit, where you can earn extra cash for your effort. This would also create more awareness for you as author, as you would have a wider audience. During early last year, 2018, when I joined the Steemit platform, although the Steem and Steemdollars a.k.a SBD price were not at their peak, but it was still worth quite well, it was about $3-4 then. With the help of the tokens and some good friends I made within some lovely communities, I was able to pay my rent, without asking a penny from my siblings. I just shared this story with you guys, to let you in on how amazing the Steem blockchain really is, and how you can easily monetize your WordPress blog with the help of SteemPress, and earn extra cash which you can use to help yourself in what ever way you want to.
Why Should I Install SteemPress On My WordPress Blog
Before I installed SteemPress on my WordPress blog, I did ask myself, why should I install this platform of my WordPress blog?. As at that time, I didn't have so much reasons, but having spent some couple of months using it, I can now tell others of the benefits I have enjoyed using the SteemPress plugin on WordPress. I have benefited quite a lot, but I would give you guys just some few benefits of this application and just maybe you might be motivated to install it right away on your WordPress blog.
- Extra Cash: Of course, this must be the first benefit I enjoyed(smiles). Earning extra cash from your articles is quite some motivation to write more articles, and that's what SteemPress gives you. Instead of hoping and depending on Google or other content monetizing schemes, to earn rewards, install Steempress. Funny enough, you would have the opportunity to earn from both blogs, it's a win-win situation.
- Wider Audience: It's quite logical that you would get wider audience, because you would be operating two separate blogs from two complete different worlds. The reason I said two different worlds, is that, cryptocurrency is like a whole new world, with different people and different brilliant ideas. Apart from the wider audience which you would enjoy, you would also get to know more new people from around the world. Steemit platfrom has helped me get lots of friends from almost every continent around the world. If I want to travel to Greece now, I would give a call to @fotostef. With Steempress, you get connected to both worlds.
- Permanence: Some bloggers have experienced their contents been taken down for no just reason but With Steempress you don't need to worry about losing your data and contents because you are connected to blockchain technology(Steem blockchain). I have enjoyed permanence with SteemPress, I can still go in search of my very first article, and I would still find it, because it's going no way(smiles).
How Can I Get Started
It's quite simple, for those who are not already on Steemit, create a Steemit account by signing up through Steemit, Steem.ninja or Steemhunt Steem account creation interface. Among those 3, I would recommend signing up via @Steemhunt, as they would delegate 15 SP to you for a month and it is faster and easier. After you have gotten a Steemit account, you download the SteemPress plugin and then activate it once the Wordpress plugin has been uploaded. Once you have activated the plugin, go to settings, and then key in your Steemit username and private posting key(not your Master key, your private posting key only), and then save the setting. And you are good to go. Just go to your dashboard as usual and write your article, as you are about to publish your article, tick the box to publish on Steem, and Voila, your article would both be published on your WordPress blog and your Steemit blog(Make sure you don't forget to tick the box to publish on steem because if you don't, your article won't be published on the Steem blockchain).
Why I'm So Impress With SteemPress
SteemPress is really one of the most useful DApp, I know of. SteemPress would add so much value on the Steem Blockchain with more quality contents from bloggers using WordPress, reason been that, bloggers on any WordPress platform are professional bloggers, and with the help of SteemPress which have connected those bloggers to the Steem blockchain, there would be more quality contents on the blockchain, and that is a big plus for me.
There are some bloggers who have concerns, that with SteemPress, they may be facing Search Engine Optimization(SEO) issues, because they don't want their Steemit blog to outrank their WordPress blog on google visibility. Well, Steempress made provision for that, with the delay feature. The delay feature helps you to delay the publication of your article to the Steem blockchain, so that google doesn't outrank your steemit blog's article ahead of your WordPress blog's article, or choose your steemit blog's article as the original one. With the delay feature, google would be able to recognize your WorldPress blog as the blog with the original article, which would then definitely outrank your steemit blog. I would recommend you set the delay feature to about 6-7 days.
Conclusion
SteemPress is really an awesome DApp, with amazing features and potentials. I love the fact that SteemPress has awoken so many WordPress bloggers, by rewarding them for their effort. SteemPress has added so much value to the Steem blockchain with quality contents from WordPress bloggers. I tried to find a Con on this DApp, and to my amusement, I couldn't find even one, and that shows how well designed this DApp is. SteemPress would soon become one of main application that every blogger around the world make use of.
I rate this DApp a massive 4.9 out of 5.
Useful Links
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Project Repository: https://github.com/drov0/steempress
My Github Profile: https://github.com/menoski
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