Ever thought how some people reach high rewards on almost all of their posts, consistently? So did I, and I would like to share these 4 easy ways of boosting your posts with you, so let's get down to business...

What are the 4 ways you can boost your posts?

The 4 ways of boosting your posts that I keep on mentioning are the 4 upvote bots we currently have available.

The upvote bots are basically pumped up accounts, that run a script of sorts in the background, and automatically interact with the users, by upvoting their content whenever a payment is done. The whole concept is that a whale account, such as an upvote bot, has the power to vote for quite high amounts and yield the recipient with pretty high rewards. Now, as with any account, the voting power does get drained the more it is used, and so we need to first check the voting power available before you go and send the payment, as you might only end up breaking even and not getting anything more than what you paid for.

You can check the voting power of any user, including whales and bots here:

• http://steemnow.com/@USER
• http://steemd.com/@USER

Now on with the show I guess...

Do you know all 4 upvote bots currently available ? I'm sure only a handful of users know all 4 of them...

So let me put all of them here, and then I will further explain how they work, so you can just skip to the ones you don't already know. Sound fair right? So let's see:

• @randowhale
• @booster
• @minnowbooster
• @whaleshares

@randowhale

@randowhale is the easiest to use, and the most known out of the upvoting bots.

It's very intuitive and straight forward. Once you send the 2 SBD, which is a fixed amount every time, the bot will upvote your posts depending on your luck. It is currently set to be between 1-5% voting weight.
The only condition is that your post is not less than 12 hours away from it's payout (7 days old).

Here's how you use it:

• Go to your wallet, click SBD, select transfer
• Put the recipient as @randowhale (randowhale not randoMwhale)
• Put the amount which is 2.000 SBD every time
• Copy-paste the link to your post in the Memo box
• Submit, enter password, confirm, DONE!

Keep in mind that the payouts of the @randowhale bot are not always worth it. So check it's voting power before you decide to use it at that moment, with it's current voting power left or not. Worst case you will break even, but don't expect some miracle.

You can find more info here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@randowhale/randowhale-s-voting-range-has-been-increased-reward-your-friends-with-an-additional-vote-today

@booster

@booster is my personal favorite right now, as it is designed to keep itself at 100% voting power at all times, and here's why...

This bot does not vote your post instantly like the others do, it actually has a time frame of 2.4 hours (the same amount of time it takes for to go back up to 100% after a round of voting) in which it gathers payments, and then starts voting right after the 2.4 hours are up, and starts getting ready for another round of voting.

Basically it will upvote everyone in that time-window with a 100% upvote divided among the bidders and give a stake-based % on amounts received from you. For example if there was a total of 100 SBD sent in that time-window, and you sent 5 SBD, it means you will receive a 5% vote. Easy, right?

Here's how you use it:

• Go to your wallet, click SBD, select transfer
• Put the recipient as @booster
• Put the amount - whatever you want
• Copy-paste the link to your post in the Memo box
• Submit, enter password, confirm, DONE!

The nice part of this is that you can send whatever amount you want, you can send as low as 0.1 SBD or as high as 10 SBD. It's up to you to decide. But I have to tell you the rewards are worth it, and they are fair. It's a new bot, so expect it to be boosted more in the future.

You can find more info here:
https://steemit.com/booster/@booster/if-your-post-needs-a-boost-use-booster-this-is-how-it-works-beta-0-1-0-0-this-is-what-you-need-to-know

@minnowbooster

@minnowbooster is another interesting upvote bot, that I've just recently found out about and tested.

It works pretty much the same way as the @randowhale one does, but it offers you the flexibility of sending any amount you want as well, and it is advertised that you will get back 5 times as much as you sent when the voting power is 100% - which will never be 100% :)

At 100% voting power the bot will give your nominated URL an upvote worth 5 times what you paid in, with the received vote value decreasing proportionately as VP decreases, ie 80% VP yields 4 times and 60% VP 3 times, right down to breakeven at 20% VP and a loss if you pay in when the bot has less than 20% VP. (These are gross percentage values, please take into account that on Steem 25% of the post value goes to the curators, in which case the NETT breakeven is actually at 26.67% VP)

Here's how you use it:

• Go to your wallet, click SBD, select transfer
• Put the recipient as @minnowbooster
• Put the amount - whatever you want
• Copy-paste the link to your post in the Memo box
• Submit, enter password, confirm, DONE!

The nice thing about @minnowbooster is that it was actually designed as a STEEM POWER ATM, where you can borrow delegated SP for a period of 1 or 4 weeks, to use in your curation efforts. It's a very nice tool, and I highly encourage you to check the full guide on how it works and what it does - the upvote bot is just scratching the surface.

You can find more info here:
https://steemit.com/minnowbooster/@minnowbooster/introducing-minnowbooster-beta

@whaleshares

@whaleshares is not a conventional upvote bot, as it works a bit more complicated than that, and it is not yet available to the open public...

The reason why I say it is a bit more complicated is because it does not work the same way as the other 3 upvote bots work, where you just send some SBD and receive a vote. It works using WhaleShare Tokens, which are based on BitShares, and you actually need to get your hands on them. Now, the reason why it's not released to the public yet is because the tokens can only be won through contests hosted and sponsored for the community behind @whaleshares .

Putting that small roadblock aside, it is a pretty strong upvote bot. Every 1 WhaleShare Token that you want to use to upvote your content will get you a 1% vote - so you're in full control over how much you want the vote to be. And also how much you want to spend to get it of course. For now I suggest doing some research on the subject, participating on the Discord channel and maybe trying your luck in a couple of contests. After that I am sure you'll figure out what to do with the tokens :)

You can find more info here:
https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@jphenderson/what-is-whaleshares

I sure hope you found this post valuable, and helpful! Give the bots a try, you will for sure like them!