How To Use The Steembirds To Keep People On Steemit And Make Them Fly Straight

Have you guys heard of the @steembirds? They are a new powerful musical duo made up of @jaybird and @dan-atstarlite who teamed up to bring you a bunch of comedic Steemit songs.

I'm really enjoying the music they have come up with and lately have been using their songs to respond to certain comments I get from mostly new people on Steemit who have not figured out how Steemit works yet.

For example:

Are you tired of newbies begging you to upvote them?

You know the kinds of comments I'm talking about. Someone who just jumped on your post saying something like, "Follow me and I follow you", or, "I upvote you post now so go please vote for me." or something similar and just as annoying.

Now when I get a comment from someone like that 3 seconds after I make a new 2800 word post that they obviously didn't read I'll respond with a comment like this:

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Begging for Follows for follows is a bad idea. You should read this about Steemit etiquette before you hurt your reputation. Asking for follows for follows is not a good approach on Steemit and doesn't really help your posts even if you get thousands of followers.

_{Upvote Yourself by the @steembirds}

If you still don't believe it read this for proof that even with 12,000 followers this guy got from begging for followers his posts still make less than a dollar.

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It usually gets a good laugh and makes them take notice of proper etiquette on Steemit.

When I find someone who is feeling a bit lost on Steemit and is hinting they are thinking of quitting because they are not earning any rewards and they can see the price of Steem dropping, I'll respond with a comment like this:

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It takes a while to build a following on Steemit before you earn any rewards worth getting excited about. Consistency and community engagement is more important than rewards when you first start.

Staying focused, being genuine, and taking a more longterm view is the best approach to making Steemit work for you. Forget about the money and add something that helps the community and you'll do fine. Rome was not built in a day and fruit doesn't grow on trees a day after you plant it. It takes time and energy to make this work.

The Steembirds put it best here.

_{Stcking Around by the @steembirds}

Stick around and ask yourself, "How much do you get rewarded for all the hours you spend on Facebook?"

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Feeling bad about the price of Steem dropping?

I remind them that the measly .100 Steem they earn today could be worth a lot more down the line so stay focused, once again, on bringing value to the platform.

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I can remember when the price of Steem dropped from $4.00 to .04 cents. I recommend you forget about all that and keep on adding value because that .04 cents could be worth $4.00 again in the future.

Or as the #steembirds put it:

_{Steem To The Moon by the @steembirds}

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You should check the @steembirds out but beware.

One warning about the @steembirds though. They may make you want to drink beer.

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