How to Be a Triple Threat Like @coruscate - Deliberate, Determined, Daring

littlescribe (65)in #steem • 6 years ago (edited)

Guys, this chica isn't making it big because she just got lucky, or because she has great hair (although......no, nevermind).

@coruscate is doing well on this platform for 3 reasons:

She's deliberate
She's determined
She's daring

I've consulted with her often on what her secret is, and guys, there's no secret. Let's analyze what she's doing that most of us could take heed from. Be sure to watch the video above where she reveals one of her "secrets" to success at a recent Steem Creators Conference Presentation!

Be Deliberate

Every single post @coruscate does has a formula for success.

She uses Canva (a free online thumbnail maker) to spruce up her thumbnail photo.
She takes the time to take a fun snapshot of what she's doing, then assembles a nice little image that makes it interesting. So although she has a consistent feel with each post, they are all slightly different and eye-catching.
All of her titles make you want to watch every video she makes. She sucks you in with the title.
And she KEEPS you in because her content is actually relevant or meaningful.
Her text is thoughtful, well written, and articulate!

She takes TIME to make meaningful videos and text so you know she's not a cheapskate. She's a @coruscate. Ha ha!

She takes TIME to connect with her followers in a vulnerable, sincere way.

She takes TIME to generate new contacts, make new friends, and follow others.

NOTE - if you have a conform-type-post that really does need to look the same every time, go right ahead. There is a place for that too. You know what your audience needs.

Be Determined

@coruscate takes huge risks. Did you know that when she was first starting out, small like the minnows of the sea, she posted a video on D.tube every day for 4 months? You heard me...

Every Day for 4 Months!!!

When no one else was really doing it because it was slow to upload, frustrating to manage, and frankly a slight turnoff because it took EFFORT and there were technical hangups sometimes, @coruscate kept at it. She wasn't getting noticed either. No votes, really. But she kept at it for some God forsaken reason. Then she started getting a little bit of attention from D.tube after being on the platform for months. And now she is the top earning female on D.tube, and D.tube is doing phenomenally! You think that just happened? Like she suddenly got famous out of nowhere? Like she just lucked out and thought MAYBE d.tube would make it big?

No! She is determined, and she knows something good when she sees it! She pictures her goals in her mind as though they have already happened, and there is simply no room for it to be otherwise. Then she ACTS as though it is already in place.

She has refined her presentation day after day.
She is consistent, regular, and dedicated.
She eventually earned enough to purchase good recording and editing equipment
She put together a beautiful backdrop
She added music and editing splashes
She started taking advantage of online tutorials and apps that help with presentation

She put in the TIME to make her stuff classy and elegant. Her stuff didn't always look this good. She was doing all her videos from her iphone 5. And had crappy editing tools and recording equipment.

This is called determination, folks. And she's like this in every other aspect of her life.

Be Daring

Over the months, @coruscate has tried several different approaches to her content. She started with travel posts, but that fell off quickly because she found she was not able to travel as much as she had anticipated. She tried doing music posts, and those were fun, but not earning much. She tried crypto coverage, lifestyle posts, photography, tutorials...you name it! She has tried it all! Just like the rest of us.

She finally decided to stick with something she wasn't sure would work, but it "felt right" and it was "me" she said. And that was the NON crypto stuff. She just loved talking about regular life - health, work, money management, exercise, cooking, travel, photos, family, etc. The thing is, lifestyle posts don't usually do great on here, as a rule. And she knew this. But she was starting to gain some headway on D.tube by now, and felt that with her momentum, it was time to bring in something fun to the blockchain.

Enter...the Steem Sister Show, where @coruscate and her sister @maryjaney started taking questions from the audience and handling them with flare and fun. The two of them are such a darling pair! And the world ate it up.

I was lucky enough to have an opportunity to interview her on my Dear Littlescribe show a few months ago, and we hit it off! We had such a great time, we decided to do a show together! And now we co-host on the Fan Fiction Show - a LIVE show where we have guests read lore from the Steemmonsters canon, we discuss trading tips with @davemccoy, we present weekly music and art, we give away free booster packs to listeners, and we talk about upcoming steemmonsters gossip! It is such a blast!

Develop Yourself

It's all about timing. Had @coruscate started out jumping in to the things she's doing today, they might have fallen flat. But because she spent a lot of time establishing connections, making progress on D.tube, learning who she was, and earning reputation points and followers on STEEM, each thing "felt right." And she has positioned herself to really succeed!

You can do the same thing. If you ever have questions about how to become what you want on STEEM, ask someone who you already admire and watch what they do. They'll almost always be eager to share their "secrets."

And if not?

If none of these things had worked out, what do you think @coruscate would have done? Would she have thrown in the towel and said, "Nobody likes me. I give up."

Nope. She would have plugged away until something worked for her. And the entire time, she would have stayed true to herself and what is important to her. What "feels right."

I like to go where the energy takes me

~@coruscate

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6 years ago in #steem by littlescribe (65)

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coruscate (75) 6 years ago

This is quite possibly the kindest, sweetest most thoughtful write up I’ve ever seen! I was literally smiling ear to ear reading this. Thank you so much for all of the love and I’m SO excited that we have all of these fun Steem monster adventures together now! :-)

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rodneysreviews (52) 6 years ago

"Deliberate," "determined" and "daring," she may be, but those three qualities hardly capture Coruscate's essence. I mean, you make her sound like Errol Flynn in "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

If we wrote a song verse about Coruscate, to the tune of "The Robin Hood Song," I doubt derring-do would be the sole focus:-

"Coruscate Coruscate, posts without a pen
Coruscate Coruscate, sing your song again
Feared by no one, loved by stake weight
Coruscate Coruscate Coruscate."

There are accounts with the 3 qualities above that don't get similar loyalty and engagement. Why?

Not being an expert in words beginning with "d," I'll add to your 3 qualities that I think Coruscate is also: real and vulnerable, and more than that, she's caring. The last of these is critical :)

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littlescribe (65) 6 years ago (edited)

Good point! I think that is the essence of this girl! And I do believe that is the most important thing she addresses in the video above. But being vulnerable and kind are (in my opinion) NOT why she's successful. Sure, it's important to be likable, I guess. But being likable isn't what made her sit in front of her crappy video camera with crappy editing software and a crappy d.tube interface day after day for 4 months. That's called badass.

EVERYONE knows @coruscate as the girl next door: sweet, caring, kind, sincere, engaging, and open. But there are a lot of people who are those things and are not making it like she is. Why is she successful? She is those things, but she's smart as the dickens, she's shrewd, she thinks long-game on every single decision she makes, she shows restraint and patience, she thinks big in her sleep, she's humble as hell, and she doesn't give up. She always finds a better way to do things. Always improving. Always looking. Always finding the cutting edge.

That's why she's awesome. This whole cute @coruscate stuff is just a perk. You can't make it on here just being cute and vulnerable. You gotta be able to deliver. There's another D word for you. Deliver.

The whole point of this post was to demonstrate that she's a badass boss. And THAT'S why she is making it.

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rodneysreviews (52) 6 years ago

"she's a badass boss. And THAT'S why she is making it"

You're right of course, @Littlescribe.

I suppose it's just that two of those qualities are so workaday and self-help book: ie determined and deliberate. It's Tony Robbins, it's the USA, it's hard work made good, it's all true. As The Rock said: "consistent hard work" is the engine of success.

It's like you've got a saleswoman and she's carrying her bag, which is full of her wares, and of course, the more hard work she puts in, the less she takes no for an answer, the more determined she is, the more deliberate her plan, the more she is gonna sell. True.

But I wanna know: what's in the case? What is she selling? What am I buying?

Because I get it, selling is business, and the business of America is business, but I just don't care. What's in the case? What are "the wares?"

And the qualities I pointed out are what's in the case, they are the wares. That's what's worth selling. That's the value.

But there's that other d-word you mentioned, "daring." Now that's different. The moment I knew that Coruscate had something special in her case, something worth sharing beyond American business platitudes, was when she dared open it. It was when she did that free-write thing, and wrote about her "anxiety." That's when I knew she was more than salesmanship. She admitted her vulnerability, something we all feel, but few admit. And it took "daring" to admit that.

So if you wanna tell me that "daring" is where it's at, that's where we've got a meeting of minds. Cos while I value the qualities I espoused, vulnerability and caring, far more than two of the ones you did, I agree that "daring" is the most important thing of all.

Daring and sharing. :)