Make It Easy - I Doubt That Will Happen.
We read the posts all of the time.
"My post gets lost", "Nobody Votes for Me", "I can't get visibility", "the Whales will not vote for me"... etc.
Earning Steem is Hard... It is hard and I am glad!
This is a good thing, nobody values what they get easily or for free. Yes, if you compare your post value to those on the trending page it might create feelings of competition, frustration and jealousy.
At the end of the day, the harder it is to earn Steem the more value it holds. I don't know where you heard about Steem or what was said to you about it, but it is much more than making a post and waiting for people to upvote it.
Most of our whales are not sitting at a computer wading through the "New" tab looking for fantastic articles to upvote.
It is your job to figure out how to get your fantastic content upvoted and there are many ways to achieve it. No, it isn't nor will it ever be all about "Quality". You can't just post your content and wait. It is your job to get discovered nobody is going to search for you, find you and make sure you are earning and if that is your vision of Steem you are likely going to get frustrated.
There is no easy button and Steem isn't some alternative universe with different economic laws. It takes an investment to make money anywhere you go. The investment might be time grinding or terrific content or money, but there will have to be something that makes you stand out and be different from all the rest of the posts and that attracts special interest in your post.
The front-ends are coming and they provide many different forms of content, videos, live streams, memes, photography, news articles, etc.
These front-ends might help you to find people with similar interests. However, it will not make it easier, it is going to get even harder.
I have done plenty of Research, Testing , Experiments & Development. ( Whalepower Project )
Want to hear This?
NO-ONE CARES!
@whatsup,
Definitely we should not wait to get upvotes from whales! It's better we increase our SP and do our own business! If we do better whales will give their attention on us!
Cheers~
The thing is, it's actually MUCH easier to get noticed here on Steem right now than anywhere else I know of. You just need a relatively small amount of capital for promotion.
Try publishing your same content somewhere else and see how much visibility you get. On Steem, though, promotion is free. Spend $100 promoting your post and see what kind of visibility you get. Assuming your post is actually something people want to read, it will be a lot. The best part is that you'll get nearly all of that $100 you spent back when the post pays out.
Yes, I understand that many people do not have $100 to spend on post promotion, but the point is that I don't know of any platform other than Steem right now where it really is that easy.
@yabapmatt
That's not True
This post has received a 61.9 % upvote from @boomerang.
That's true.
how do i do the payment...
guide lines please
@sirkollins you can see many options to promote your posts at https://steembottracker.com
Yes, it takes money to make money.
Hi @yabapmatt,
I'm Jose, senior analyst at AmaZix (https://www.amazix.com/ // https://www.linkedin.com/in/ze-macedo-15b1b175/). I was referred to you by @jga, I'm working on a forum project based on the Steem blockchain and have benefitted and learned a lot from your posts about how you built Steemmonsters - very cool project btw. We're looking to do a similar implementation using soft consensus and I'd love to talk to you about it and get your feedback/advice if you've got some time. Do you have an e-mail or Telegram you can be contacted on?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Jose
Yeah, excellent points. One can still gain visibility
HAHA, there is no such thing as free promotion. There is a lot of money to be made in real advertising. What you are describing is vote selling to get on trending pages that only noobs and trolls bother looking at (I think I fit into both those categories).
I only comment these days, writing posts or in my case making videos is not worth the time.
Oh yeah, I like to downvote the shitty posts on trending. It is so funny to see how angry people get over losing less than 0.005 Steem from my pathetic downvote.
Definitely true. It's hard to earn and I'll tell you what really makes me uncomfortable..... when I see people that have the same rep as me, that post similar content to me that are somehow zooming up and getting those votes.
That used to be me doing that!
The other thing that I feel is a lot different than last year is the fact that no matter how much you invested, it always felt like you were eventually going to hit that bull run. Nowadays I think people are so afraid that the Bull Run is not going to come they're completely scared to put any Fiat in at all.
Still, it takes time. If you don't have time.... it takes money. The best thing though is to have both time and money. Two of the hardest things to come by.
am confused about this whole thing...
help please
I still feel like we are just going up and down with the markets. I don't really think we've yet made a case for ourselves in the crypto world. I think good people are starting to work on it though
"nobody values what they get easily or for free"
Yes, the whole principle of luxury goods, is to charge more for a thing, to get people to value that thing more.
In a way though, if Steem is to be a luxury item that is valued, that means that earning on Steem should be about "quality," after all.
It's just that the definition of "quality" isn't about producing some masterwork that the writer can read to (himself or) herself in bed, and have a self-congratulatory fit about how clever they are. Nor is it merely the work that must be "quality," but instead, every action and interaction in the Steem eco-system.
Surely, a luxury Steem content creator is someone who brings the greatest value to the greatest number of Steemians, through not only producing useful blog posts, that improve the knowledge and/or mood of folks, but also through every action taken on Steem, both before and after the post, designed to enhance the delivery of value into the lives of others.
To do all that is most definitely not easy, so thanks for doing it, @whatsup. Even if it isn't easy, it is easy to watch someone else do it, and almost as much fun. :)
My son #ryan313 has been a member of the Steemit community since June 2017. He is the one who got me involved with Steemit. The selling point for me was that he said " Dad, you can leave an account of yourself on steemit that will be there forever."
I worked as a special education teacher for 30 years, working with emotionally handicapped children and loved every minute of it. Having a family of six and trying to make it on a teacher's salary was impossible. Side work was a must. A year ago both my wife and I retired. Now I have the time to do something like this. I have been a member since May 2018 and when I look back at the posts I have completed it gives me more satisfaction than I could have ever imagined.
The satisfaction comes from realizing that my blood will have a chance to get to know me a little better as I leave an account of a very small part of my life. Generations from now will be able to see their Grandfather, Great Grandfather and so on.
For me leaving memories is what it is all about. Don't get me wrong, I feel that I post some very good content and it is nice to be recognized by others. My father once told me nothing in life is free and if it seems to be, give it back because it will only cost you down the road.
Interesting use case! Welcome, nice to meet you and I love the pitch...
I think bots and @dustsweeper help.
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Totally agreed.
Due to challenging financial times running my own business, I have not been able to spare cash to fund my STEEMit business. So, I have striven to produce quality content and spent most of my time networking. Quality content will be nothing without some networking spent and vice versa.
Find people like @whatsup and other interesting folks who have something going on. Contribute to that community and don't be in a rush to get rich......unless you are already. In that case, buy 500 STEEM and power up and start the way I wish I was able to!
Great advice!
^^ This right here is definition of value...