Celebrating 1000 followers - my road to this number... and my tips for beginners!

Hi Steemians!

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Since few days I was looking at number 999, waiting for that one more person, 'who will do me a big pleasure' ;)

That person was @eadieneill - Thank You!

To celebrate the round number - I will gather few essential tips which helped me to reach the position I am now.

I know, that 1000 followers isn't something BIG for many of You - but for those, who think it is - keep reading, I hope I will help You a bit.

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MY HISTORY:

I joined steemit / steem blockchain 10 months ago.
I was shocked at the beginning, that there is something like blogging platform, which rewards the author's in REAL money - well, in crypto currency, but as I checked after my first bigger payment - everything worked well and this dream become reality :).

After first WOOW and WAAW's I got the point where I stuch in a position of an author, who put all the efforts in sharing his best works and getting really small upvotes or follows... Then I begun to read - and gathering informations from YT movies.

In the beginning I also thought it is possible to quit the normal job, and doing really great posts - gather enough money to survive or even live normal life. It was the time, when one of my bigger gallery got huuuge support and was upvoted by 230$ ! That time, steem was worth more than 4$ so the real worth of the upvotes was as high as 920 USD!

You can check this particular post here:
https://steemit.com/photography/@photovisions/my-photovisions-1-frozen-worlds-macro-ispirations

I was shocked, I got amazing feeling that finally I can start doing what I love and make some money on it.

This HYPE didn't last long...
That huge upvote was a single case and I learned a new thing - how unstable the money and rewards are.
In 7 days, from 230$ left something around 140$ ...
It was the time when BitCoin dropped on its head, followed by all other crypto money.
I was really green in crypto world, but I started to learn how it looks like, what is it and why it exists... but this is subject for other post anyway...

I still had a big hopes with the project and even now, when STEEM is far below 1$ - still have this hope and the feeling that one day I won't regret the time spent blogging here.

Something which cannot be transfered to money is a lot of great people I met, passionated about what they are doing, great amount of inspirations and positive energy in all support actions. Also the feeling that my works can inspire others. These cannot be changed or valued by $$$

Money...

I learned that as a photographer - without any investitions in the platform (I paid 50 Steem in the beginning but took it out after first payments to check if its working) is really hard to earn big money.
I am not a crypto expert, I am not a great programmer, I am not a reach person, I am not taking part in any big projects - I am just a photographer, a traveller, who share the shots and stories. This is hard position to start, but as You can see, it is possible to grow, maybe not so fast, but always forward!

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During these 10 months I learned a lot and I knew the way to success on Steem - want to read it in few simple steps?

This is of course my own observations, my own thoughts and advices - don't treat them like "the only truth".
It will be nothing new, but these things helped me, maybe they will also help You.

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From the beginning:

1. Good #introducemyself post - first line of catching the whales ;). Try to do it properly, be honest, be a "human" not so random user. Steem is not a facebook - here, only people who have something to tell or show matters - it is brutal world but this is how it is...
2. You will need a lot of time! If You will do it from time to time - don't expect good results. Posting, commenting, being part of the community, answering comments, upvoting other posts - all of this taking time. Don't spare it!
3. Quality content matters - this is the biggest secret and the biggest tip - produce quality and You will find followers! It don't matter If You will do everyday blog from Your life, travel blog, share photos, make food, being Santa Claus or chasing rabbit - If You present it in a quality way - it is half of success!
   Original stuff is very much welcome here! Not like in FB or other social platforms - where only colorful, beautiful stuff maters - here - every hobby, every way of living and thinking is warm welcome!
4. Next step - socialize - this is something I learned during the process ;). Find people that interests You, comment their works You like, be honest, be supportive.
5. Go to Discord, join the groups, chat with people, read the news and annoucments - this will hepl You to find people to follow and to learn much about the platform and plans for future. Do it, it is great to be connected and to be "informed"
6. If You are photographer - take part in all contests! Check @customnature @czechglobalhosts @photocontests - keep Your eyes open on where other photographers posting photos, try to spy them a little to find new contest sources ;)...
7. Most supportive communities and curators - to get higher upvotes, being more visible, got great support and many new followers - visit pages of best supporting projects. Here are some of them I know and appreciate for great supporting work:
   @curie - amazing huge supportive community operating with many different matters, check their projects and follow!
   @c-cubed @buildawhale @appreciator @ocd-resteem @postpromoter & many others - visit their pages - see what they offer, follow and learn how they works - it is worth it!
   Community projects! - Not only great support for Your posts but also great people behind them!
   @photofeed @photomag @photocircle @photofriend - great places to be for photographer - You can tag Your posts with photography to get noticed and be featured by them! Join their Discords, introduce Yourself there, I am sure You will get a lot of support! Especially @photofeed! :)
   @travelfeed - in my opinion the best community created to support travellers - read about their projects, plans for future, join community on Discord - and if You are posting travel content - always tag with #travelfeed ! Great place to be!
   Update: Also check @steempeak project and their great steem operating platform - which has much more useful features than Steemit in my taste.
8. Don't trust any promotion methods "send us 1 STEEM or 1 SBD and You will get 200+ upvotes!" - I tried many of such offers, to check how they works - and it is totally waste of time, they operating on empty accounts, their votes are worth nothing and You wont even get back this 1 or 2 invested SBD or STEEM. If You want to boost Your post - use @buildawhale @smartsteem or @minnowbooster services - check their sites, learn how they works - they are trust worthy and I can reccomend them to all who want to boost the posts faster. But first, You have to learn how they works.
9. Almost finish here - be patient! Perseverance, consistency, determined. Time is running fast - I remember when I joined and now have a 1000 followers here, without investing nothing more than time and sharing nothing more than my passion to traveling and photography.
10. GOOD LUCK :). Stay positive, don't treat this as a source of money! Don't read too much Trending posts! Do Your job but keep Your eyes open, be hunger for knowledge about the platform, experiment, share the knowledge and gather positive energy sending the same to others!

That 10 tips and advices I would like to send to all the Steemians!

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Hope some curation will help the post to be more visible and easy to find by beginners-steemians ;).

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Thank You all for everything, I will be here until the end, I am sure, hoping for bright future for Steem and all the Steem platforms!

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Thanks for watching and have a great day!

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Upvoting, Resteeming and Following are the best way to show the authors that You like their work, it supports them not only finacially but what more important gives a huuuge amount of positive energy to create more interesting posts and work on future projects!