Hi! My friends call me Max. It's hard for me to believe that I have completed 1 full month at Steemit. It feels as though it was just yesterday when I signed up, waited for a day and then logged into this new world.

But first a little about me since I am not a well-known figure on Steemit and my earlier introduction was just a post to say that I have left Facebook and joined Steemit. I have been online for about a decade now. I started out from my full-time job's office using time during breaks and between meetings when I used to explore the content world on the web. I got to know that there are various kinds of businesses flourishing on the web.

First I started my own sites, mostly small websites on different topics and earned through ads. Soon it became my favorite part-time vocation. After a while there were various changes on the web including Google's policy changes with respect to smaller sites and their own ads. I moved on the ecommerce by creating websites to sell products and used ads to promote my products. I decided to take my part-time work more seriously and made it my full-time vocation. My time became completely flexible and that I could make my own work schedule.

I've been online since then and stumbled upon Steemit about a month ago when I was reading about cryptocurrency online. I had heard about Steemit before but I somehow didn't quite get it at the time and thought that it was another revshare site. It was only when I read a few posts on Steemit itself that I actually saw that it was a completely new world.

So here I am after completing my first month ready to dive deeper into Steemit. But first I would like to thank all my followers who read my posts and upvote me. All those who commented on my blog posts and replied to my comments anywhere on the platform - thank you to you too.

My Performance

I have close 142 followers and have made 296 posts with a reputation of 48. That may not be the among the best numbers at about 9 posts per day but I have been consistent. My earnings have not been much to write about but not nil either. Steem Power is what you would expect from a beginner who has not invested anything yet.

Except a few odd days I have been posting every single day. I could have made short posts of a few lines each that is more in vogue on Steemit but I chose to publish lengthier ones and hence the lesser number of posts. Same with comments since mine are usually more than a few words long. Some of my recent posts have been long detailed posts and I will continue to keep it that way since I find good appreciation for longer posts with a lot of details in it.

Here are some of my previous posts that were long, detailed articles:

=> Curie Vs. Buildawhale: Curation With A Difference?

=> The Steemit Success Tips I Learnt From Jerry Banfield

I started from scratch here and did not bring my own followers from outside - and it has been a constant struggle for views with every post that I make. Most of my posts disappeared from the feed in a few minutes. But they did start earning eventually thanks to a little help from the upvoting bots. Starting as a minnow, I was happy to look at my post without a big zero in pending payouts next to it.

What Could Have I Done Better?

Create more posts and maybe comment even more. The number of comments I have made may look like they're less as compared to some of the stalwarts some of whom have thousands of comments under their belt in one month - because I have a habit of writing 100 words or more quite often for a single meaningful comment.

As I mentioned above, my blog posts are also a bit lengthy compared to a vast majority of posts I've seen here that have a few lines maybe 2 or 3 paragraphs or nothing at all except a gif or an image. I did try it myself, but gave up after posting only one image once and a few two one-line comments because it just didn't seem right and even worse, made me feel like a spammer.

Goals

I have set up some goals for the next 30 days and beyond.

More Posts

I intend to make at least 1-2 blog posts every day. You can't get noticed if you don't post on Steemit every day - period. Same with comments - need to comment a lot on people's content. I am aiming at a total of 500 posts for my second month.

There are two advantages of commenting - you get paid for them besides being noticed. I used a tip that I had read, that advised to only make comments in the beginning because with a few followers making blog posts is no use because of lack of visibility - a common newbie mistake.

More Followers

You need at least 500 followers for your posts to be seen and voted on to trend, as far as I have observed. I have 141 followers and I intend to make it 400 in the next thirty days.

Initiatives

I have planned some initiatives and have also volunteered for some. I must give back to Steemit instead of expecting big returns from the first day here like many do. Facebook never gave me a penny, but here I already have posts that have earned me some SBD.

Higher Rep

A rep of 60 would be nice and I am giving it time till the end of September, which is more than a month away. I am aware that the algorithm makes it tougher as the rep score rises. But if I tie it in with the rest of my goals and increase my efforts I should get to my goal of 60.

Conclusion

I have been excited to be part of the community from the first day here. It has been positive for me and I look ahead with confidence and even more excitement. Steemit is quite different from other social platforms and I am happy to be here.

Thanks for reading. But before you go please wish me luck!

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