Why Powering Up Is The Secret To Your Steemit Success: It Is Imperative!!!
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Most of us do not come to Steemit with a huge social media following. If you are one of those people, congratulations; you are ahead of the game. However, for the bulk of us, coming to Steemit means we are embarking upon something on our own, perhaps followed by a couple family members or friends.
Many newer people complain there is no way for them to get recognized. For some odd reason, people think they should come to Steemit, put up a post, and make hundreds of dollars. Of course, the reality is that when you put up a post without a following, you earn very little. That is the nature of the mechanism and something we all go through.
Yesterday I wrote about powering up and how it can put people in the 1% of users on here.
To read that article:
One of the comments in that article caught my attention. It was posted by @swissclive. What I noticed about that comment is he referred to what Steem Power really does for one on here.
Those who can, should, buy steempower as soon as they can afford it. The more you have, the more you will be looked at. If your blogs are looked at by more people, that will bring followers. Beyond a certain point, followers follow followers so you base will start to grow by itself.
Steemit is a compounding system. Each activity that one does builds upon what went before. One who just signed up has few connections because their activity is zero. Of course, this is reflected in the amount of Steem Power they have since their contributions to the blockchain are non-existent. It is only when one starts to contribute that one sees things change.
The STEEM White Paper explains it this way:
Steem operates on the basis of one-STEEM, one-vote. Under this model, individuals who have contributed the most to the platform, as measured by their account balance, have the most influence over how contributions are scored. Furthermore, Steem only allows members to vote with STEEM when it is committed to a vesting schedule. Under this model, members have a financial incentive to vote in a way that maximises the long term value of their STEEM.
It goes further by adding:
everyone's meaningful contribution to the community should be recognized for the value it adds.
It is a rather simple concept: the more you add, the more you get. The entire system is designed around giving to Steemit it as opposed to taking from it. This is why, in the beginning, it is imperative for one to get involved. People are not going to flock to you early on. In short, you have not proven yourself worthy of that.
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And that is where SP comes in.
What is it that every new person wants? Recognition.
What gets recognition on Steemit more than anything else? Steem Power.
Those with large accounts are the ones who garner the attention. Wearing funny hats might put the eyeballs on you at a party, but it does nothing here. Being loud could work in a bar but, again, nets nothing on Steemit. Even writing a sensational article could get you a lot of acclaim on Huffington Post does very little on this platform. On Steemit, ultimately, the true attention getting is Steem Power.
I must interject the concept of reputation. This is an important idea and ones with higher reputations are shown the be meaningful contributors. Reputation is garnered by getting upvotes. However, one can have a high reputation and little Steem Power. That means, ultimately, that person's influence (i.e. voting power) is not as much of an impact.
Which brings me to the second aspect of Steem Power which @swissclive covered so well.
Steem Power is the path to followers. Again, all newcomers want followers and the typical approach is to follow the world. I know this is true since I was also one who did just that. New people believe that there is the "if I follow you, you will follow me" trade off present. I found that really the only ones who follow back are other new people. Those with serious Steem Power do not engage in this behavior. In fact, the opposite happens; they are turned off by it.
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The compounding aspect of Steemit is really evident when looking at the followers. As one's Steem Power grows, people will less Steem Power start to follow. This creates a situation where one's upvotes increase along with the earnings. Naturally, this will attract more people causing the effect to repeat itself. Eventually, when your Steem Power gets high enough, the attention of some more powerful people happens. In other words, you now have proven yourself as a meaningful contributor to the blockchain.
Now be forewarned: THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A WEEK!!!!
Steemit takes time and effort. One will not see massive effects until after 90 days, at a minimum. More realistically, unless Steemit becomes a major portion of your life, the timeline is closer to 6 months. The mantra is post, comment, upvote. It never changes. I always tell newer people do that for the next 90-180 days and watch how things change.
Therefore, it is not suggested that you power up, it is imperative. If you have any desire of making STEEM a part of your income stream going forward, you must invest in it now. By invest, I do not mean putting money in which, of course, is not a bad idea. What I am referring to is committing to working the system as it is designed and keeping the STEEM in the system. This is how long-term success is achieved.
So you want your articles read? Steem Power is your answer.
You want more followers? Steem Power is your answer.
You want to get rich from this? Steem Power is your answer.
You want to make a good income? Steem Power is your answer.
You have a chance to be in the 1% of all users on here. The only way to be in that group is to stop taking from Steemit and start contributing. This starts with the commitment to power up at every opportunity.
This is the secret to Steemit success.
Again, as @swissclive put it:
The more you have, the more you will be looked at. If your blogs are looked at by more people, that will bring followers. Beyond a certain point, followers follow followers so you base will start to grow by itself.
If you want Steemit success, it is imperative that you power up. That is how you get into the 1%.
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Yeah I 100% agree, I spend the first year on here not cashing out, and almost 50% of my posts were 100% SP power. Once I had collected a little over 12K STEEM Power I started cashing out any SBD I earned, however I have never once powered down, and that has put me in the top few hundred accounts on here in terms of voting power which is important to me so that I can support the content creators I enjoy.
Thank you for the resteem @titusfrost.
It is always good to hear from those who enjoyed the success of what I write about. Powering up is a fundamental concept on here if one wants to really make an impact.
Congrats on making to the top few hundred in VP...that is a wonderful accomplishment which enables you to really do a lot.
I think your content over the past couple of years has earned you a place in the top accounts, @titusfrost. Your work on youtube against all sorts of obstacles has been appreciated and you were one of the first I looked for on steemit. Congratulations, you have earned every SBD and SP you have at your disposal.
Thanks that means a lot. I am glad you enjoyed my work over the years.
Very much, you were were go to when I wanted pizza updates...
For newbie who are not prolific writers, should start with writing good comments on the trending posts, established whale or dolphin's post. Some whale or dolphin's do vote on good comments, therefore, newbies have to find them (e.g. @cryptoctopus). There are numerous contests where just by participating one can earn some SBD or STEEM. There are many ways to earn in STEEM ecosystem. One can Google "How to earn in Steemit" will find many useful ways to earn. For example, if one has large number of influential followers, just posting his/her blog in busy.org will earn buys's vote. Another way is to use PALnet minnowsupport bot for free vote. I can go on and on.
However, those who are prolific blogger but new to Steemit, buying some STEEM at low from the market may accelerate the earning process due to the attention he/she might grab. After some time, it may risky but possible to use bot votes to get attention. It is similar to advertising, if one thinks his/her blog is well written and will attract audience, buying bot votes may well worth taking the risk. However, as @taskmaster4450 said, one has to spend 90-180 days to acclimate to Steemit blog-sphere before getting attention and earn some valuable STEEM, having/buying more STEEM just helps to accelerate the process.
Finding a whale that shares the same interest as you and commenting on their posts is a good way to earn money and maybe that whale will follow you back.
Spamming useless comments in the hope for attention or asking for upvotes and following could work against you, however. SO if you are going to choose this route, be considerate, make your comments counts and don't comment on every single post and comment they make hoping they will notice.
The best thing that i started doing was to take part in a daily writing challenge. It got me posting regularly, gained me followers from that challenge and increased my earnings. I also started commenting and voting on others in that challenge and gained more from steemit.
At the start i powered up everything that i earned but when steem rose in price i moved it to an exchange to buy crypo so that when we had an inevitable price dip i could get more value from my next steem purchase and gain more sp.
That looks to be very soon with the market in decline so i should be able to buy about three times more steem than if i had just powered up straight away.
What do you buy when inevitably all crypto are dropping like today? Tether? The idea you have to earn more steem makes a lot of sense at times like today. Thanks.
Thats the best time to buy. Ideally you want to get into the market when it has dipped not at it's peak. For myself I have a good spread of crypto, about thirty different types from iota, ripple, neo, verge... So when the time comes that I want to buy more steem the chances are that at least some of those coins will be in profit and i can gain the maximum amount of steem power possible. Even today with the huge drop in the markets a lot of the coins i bought before the xmas are still higher than i paid for them using 7 dollar steem. If they have fallen i will use a different coin and wait for it to pick back up.
I see so you diversify. I find it difficult to keep track of all the different wallets that way so have been avoiding to buy multiple cryptos. I think I need to settle on an exchange and start trading for more crypto. Thanks.
Well the ledger nano can store all the major ones and the smaller ones that i have are split across a few exchanges, to spare the effort of using all the wallets. Bittrex is handy as it trades steem so it's easy to pick up bits and pieces as you go along.
Yeah great post.. I caught what @swissclive said yesterday and noticed it.. and it stuck in my head.. Followers follow followers... as I've been thinking about it I noticed the correlation they were thinking of... people with a lot of SP aren't asking for followers.. in fact most have 3-5 times more followers than they do following.. why? The same reason I started following some people.. they have a lot of SP and that means the potential for a good UV... maybe more if I really make a impression.. in fact I just brought 2 new people to Steemit and told them they needed to power uo.. that was first and foremost on their list of things to do.. mentioning them here so they can read this and realize that even though STEEM dropped in price they still made a great decision in purchasing almost 600 SP each... @mamabear72 and @hustleking please read this article.. if you have any questions feel free to ask.. @taskmaster4450 is preaching it and you should listen..
I am starting to notice that too @davedickeyyall.
My followers have gone up a great deal which is ironic since I havent been spending as much time going around to others posts. Most of it is basically spent upvoting and commenting upon those who comment on my stuff (and scouring my feed when I can).
I think anyone purchasing STEEM, especially at these prices will do well.
@taskmaster4450, i understand the importance of powering up, but i just recentlly thougth of an estrategy: powering some steem, but keeping some in my portafolio in order to trade...
In that way, i get in the highs prices of steem to convert into bitcoin, and then trade back when bitcoins gains over steem...... even tho is risky, it could be profitable in orden to bring more bitcoin into the system, money into our pokets and accelerating the potential growth on Steemit.
Im courious for your opinion, or anyone in this article that could answer... could ir be a good idea... ?? or im missing something?? and maybe its just really best to power up, and go for the long term...
Just some thougths... thanks again for the nice content!!
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The answer to joining the elite on steemit is by powering up, the answer to making waves here is to power up. Power up is the way to go. Giving to receive is the way of steemit. Thank you again for sharing
As always thanks for this post...I am on my 67th day as a member of Steemit and still with insignificant Steem Power. I hope to achieve more before my 90th day here at least. I always hope for the best and I do not get tired of contributing everyday even if I am getting not so much recognition. I like to write so I am not getting tired sharing things here in Steemit and your post like this one gives me some more encouragement to work further with full of hope and aspirations. :)
Thats exactly the attitude to succeed. The more that you put in the more that you will get back. My first 3 months on here were sporadic and i gained very little but from more frequent use in the last 2 months i have seen huge improvement.
Indeed sir! :) As what a friend of mine said, “steem isn't a get rich quick thing but a get rich slow thing.” In order to succeed, the key is patience and perseverance. I, myself is still new here and i went through a lot of challenges, I once got a blog with .04 upvotes but still, i continued. I’ve read a lot of blogs, posts and information about how to succeed in steemit and by that, i was able to cope up with the challenges :) and until now, I still do this.
Even though im still new, i’m aiming success in this platform, hopefully :)
Thank you for this another informative and helpful post for us who’s still new here :) upvoted and resteemed :) God bless you sir :)
My suggestion is to comment as often as you can. Provide well thought out comments like you did here. Keep doing that and people will get to know you. Over time, that will add to your account...you will have more followers and some with some SP who can give you an upvote that carries a lot of weight.
Thank you sir @taskmaster4450 that’s actually what i’ve been doing :) keep
Steeming sir coz you really inspire other people :)
I am here for almost six months and still get 0.02 cents on a blog post. LOL. So do not feel bad at all. Keep steeming.
Yes thank you :) i bet we cannot expect our blogs to have high values at all times. Just like a wheel, sometimes we’re up, sometimes we’re down lol anyway thank you for making me feel better 🤞😊
I recall about six months ago it clicked when I read the white paper. Powering up is like investing in your own business. It means you are investing in your own reputation and that will ensure you make better decisions about your activity on Steemit.
It is like staking in the crypto market, but better.
I believe it helps to democratize the Steemit platform.
Please keep these posts coming!
I miss just being able to click the 100% power up button. It seemed obvious to me that you do that when you start. They way I first saw steem was they were trying to harness the benefits of power users, without ending up the common problem of power users having no stake in the platform and milking it dry. I want move up that ladder.
But the importance of giving yourself steem power is the reason steem holds value in the first place. You have to buy/earn a stake in the ecosystem before before the ecosystem will start seriously rewarding you.