Making a post on Steemit
Whether the post is meant to be educational, fun or thought-provoking – or more besides – a well-formatted post is easier to read and therefore will grab the attention of your readers – and KEEP it!
When I write my stories, they are typed into a document first. I have learned that Steemit posts can sometimes disappear into the ether and while it doesn’t happen often, once is enough to make an impact.
I usually write stories and novels that don’t have pictures, so the discipline of putting pictures in took a while to come to terms with, but I believe I’m there now. Get into the habit of dotting a relevant picture into your writing. Not only does it add a splash of colour and variation, it shows the reader what you mean, too.
It really does not matter if you can’t spell. If you use a word document and figure out at least the most basic settings, the doc will let you know when you’ve misspelled a word – it may even tell you when you’ve put a word in that’s the right word, but the wrong spelling of it.
Make the post short enough to tell the reader about the subject, but with enough detail to make it worth an upvote. Yes, I realise that’s a skill that needs to be learned, but hey, you’re getting paid for this, do the work!
My posts are usually around 800 – 1000 words in length, but I have been known to make both shorter and longer posts.
ALWAYS cite your sources! Whether that’s for the pictures or the source of your information. If you’ve copied ANYTHING, you MUST tell your readers where you got the info/picture from.
No... cite your source...
Don’t stray off the subject – it’s easily done. Keep to the subject in hand and if you think of something unrelated to the post, and need to write it down, do that – at the bottom of the doc so it reminds you when you’ve finished writing the post. Then write a different post if necessary.
READ YOUR POST AGAIN! - Come on, it’s not difficult – and you’ll thank me later. You may catch a typo or a mistake in your information if you read it through even once and it won’t take that much longer.
Learn basic html – please! It can make a little more impact on your writing, give a little more interest if you write a word or two in italics or BOLD or EVEN BOTH!
While you’re at it, you could also look at some of the irritating comments that my posts receive – take a look at a few of my other posts, especially the ones with lots of comments – ‘Nice post’, ‘great post’, ‘this story is wonderful’ especially when it’s NOT a story – these are all throw-away comments that mean nothing to the author of the post and can be insulting. This kind of comment could get your account flagged and/or muted. Please don’t do it.
Please don’t steal work and post it onto your blog in the belief that you’ll get away with it – you really won’t and as soon as you’re found out, the flagging starts and it’s difficult to stop that.
One last thing (and I know I say this more than anything else) DO NOT BEG FOR UPVOTES OR FOLLOWS!
Steemit is a wonderful platform and I know more people are actually making a business of it, so don’t abuse it. Be patient, work hard at your posts and eventually your audience will grow.
Have fun, STEEM ON!
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Its good information about how to post a blog on steemit. Really many people working on steemit did not know how to post. You told and fully elaborated. Its a great help for the steemians. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome :)
Well I did some of the mistakes you mention above,thank you for directing the right path.from now onwards I will keep in mind your suggestion and try to put my blog in more specific way.
I'm pleased my advice has helped you. Thank you for sticking around :)
This is a really wonderful post,will implement it in my writing and sure i would have a positive effect on my contribution,thank you a lot
You're welcome :)
That's some solid advice. Learning basic formatting definitely can change a post from average to great.
Personally, if I see a post without pictures. I generally move away from it very quickly. If there isn't something to break up the text, then it just becomes a challenging read. I don't know if that says something bad about me or not though.
And perhaps there should also be some advice in there about how to comment in a meaningful way on other's posts, that comment from @zarish really grinds my gears!
I've found that it helps to use a little formatting and the shortcuts are a boon! The tiny * is a useful tool. One on either end of a word or sentence can bring it to life.
Haha! I usually MUTE them after a little while. They carry on commenting, but I don't see them.
And then there’s this little guy # which allows you to create headings in various sizes. :)
There’s so much to learn here.
You are doing a great job @michelle.gent. You are always so helpful and a great inspiration for me. I am so grateful for your guidance and useful advice.
Thanks for being an excellent mentor and a great inspiration for me.
A very informative post, it does take time to find and use all the "little" bits and pieces of html/markdown code. And pictures, what a pain they can be at first.
Great advice. Oh I remember the days of every other post/comment disappearing- those were fun times.
I agree with everything you wrote in your post and after reading all the comments I believe you have your work cut out for you. Lol
❤️ I love the fact you are doing this.
Hello @michelle. gent, thank you for your advice, if writing on this wonderful platform should be taken as a job, just as you say we are paid to do it and we have to review well what we expose. The length of the posts has always been my very clarifying concern, your comment on this matter. To grow in any work we must do it with a firm step, without pause and without haste, thank you for your wise words.
A comprehensive guidelines for effective writing. I'll try to follow these steps to learn more about writing skills. Thank you.
You're welcome.