If you are looking for how to make money on Steemit, you are in luck because today, I will be showing you how to promote your post and gain more earnings.

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Let me take this opportunity to thank @dante31 for inspiring this write up and guys like @ehiboss, @destinysaid @gbenga @onequality etc who has taken out their time to ensuring the #Nigeria community on Steemit are up and doing.

You must have come across several articles on how to make money on Steemit and a particular one that caught my attention was the post by @samuelcole90 which was written sometime last year

In the post, he gave new users seven (7) ways to make make money on steemit and I summarise below:

1. Build your steem power
2. More creating, less voting
3. Don't be lazy
4. Comment
5. Use photos in your post
6. Stay active
7. Keep your steem

But Argggggghhh!!!!

This article got 210 upvotes and it is worth 1.01 dollar. How? Why? What's the trick? Yeah! I know you are wondering too. Why someone earn thousands from their first post? Read on...

How To Make Money On Steemit By Promoting Posts

Yes you can promote your post to gain more earnings on Steemit and hit the ground running g. The promote option would put your post out thier like Facebook or twitter ads. With as little as $1, you can earn as much has $3. See example in the screenshot below:

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HOW TO PROMOTE POST ON STEEMIT

There are Steemit bots which provides upvote services to steamians. Bots like @booster, @randowhale and @minnowbooster can give you upvote. But you would have to put in some steem dollars. Read this guide on how to purchase steem with bitcoin

So it is the same process for any of the 3 bots mentioned above. Once you have your the needed steem dollar in your account, use the guide below to promote your post.

A. Go to your steem wallet and under STEEM DOLLAR, click on the downward arrow as shown below:

B. It will expand to show other options. Click on transfer.

C. On the next page, (a)add the bot name e.g booster, (b)input the amount you want, not less than 1SBD (c) put the url of your post and (d) submit.

D. Your wallet is now funded and ready. Create your first post and bear in mind these 3 tips as a new user

E. After publishing your post, stroll down to the bottom and locate the PROMOTE BUTTON, click and submit your post for promotion.

Not too difficult, was it? Now, give it a try.

One more tip, you can help upvote another person's vote using any of the bots. From feedback, profits can be $1 = $1.99, For minnowbooster and $2= $3.99 etc.

To understand more on how these boys work, read up these articles:

https://steemit.com/booster-update/@booster/booster-back-online-and-stronger-than-ever-enjoy

https://steemit.com/minnowbooster/@minnowbooster/6rt2mn-introducing-minnowbooster-beta

https://steemit.com/steemit/@randowhale/randowhale-is-now-only-1-steem-sbd-per-vote-spread-the-news

Don't forget, keep the steem and be unique in your content!

BEST OF LUCKS!!!