Have you been using tags wrong this whole time?

Hey guys,

I'm in no way a steemit guru so please take this post as a suggestion on how you can think about and use tags in the future.

Steemit is the future of social media and blogging, at least in my eyes. And we have only gotten started which gives us an amazing opportunity to be among the first steempreneurs (my own made-up word, feel free to use it 😉).

Hellooo are you paying attention? This is important

Are you using the right tags for your audience?

I guess we all are familiar with the 5 tag rule by this time and now we need to know how to use them as wise as we can.

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We can move forward with two different strategies. The quantity or the quality.

The quantity strategy are based on using tags that have a big following and a big payout.

The pros of using this tag is that a lot of people are using it and probably also looking at the trending/new/hot page.
The short time your post is there it will probably be shown to a large number of people and hopefully, some will read it.

The cons is that due to the high amount of posts that keep on coming it will soon be pushed down by the new ones. If you have many friends who have you on their voting bot you can probably be lucky and make it to the trending page.
The risk of getting lost in the heavy flow is big and your post might not get the attention it deserves.

The quality strategy is based on using tags that have a smaller following, maybe a smaller payout but more loyal readers.

The pros using a tag that has a smaller following is that it has less chance to get lost in the huge flow of posts.
People who read it will most likely upvote, follow or resteem (if your post is good) since they are really into the subject
People are more likely to see you more times and get curious about who you are.

The cons Not as big payout as the larger tags and not as big audience.

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So how do you choose your tags?

I have made a guide for you here.

If you click on trending, new or hot you will come to the post page.

Scroll down and click on all tags

When you have done that you should get a list of all the most popular tags on steemit.
There you can choose for yourself which ones you would like to tag your post with.
However these are not all tags there is.
You can always make one of your own.
Or use tags that are not on the list, it's all up to you.

Tags are a great way to reach out and get new followers.
But it's really a game of trial and error to see which one works best for you.

It's always a good idea to use different tags depending on the subject, make sure that they are relevant to what you write about.
for example, if you write a travel post about beaches it might not be so relevant to use a food tag just because a lot of people follow that tag.
If you however write about food while traveling you can very well use the travel tag.

By trying new tags you will reach out to people who are not following you and hopefully get new fans.

Switch it up sometimes and try something new to spice things up.

Do you have any other tips on how to use tags?

I would love to see it in the comments 😊

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Thank you for taking your time and read my post. It means a lot to me
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Lots of love to you all / Nicole <3