Advice for migrating bloggers on posting Existing Content onto Steemit

As an existing blogger, you may be thinking; what of my existing blog is worth bringing across to Steemit and how can I avoid pitfuls when doing it.

Here are a few tips that come to mind

• BE SELECTIVE: Don't just repost everything on your blog. Repost stuff that would be interesting to people NOW (whenever 'now' happens to be).

• SENSE CHECK CONTENT: Be prepared to tweak your existing content so it reads correctly in the present day. If you wrote it a year ago and have reference's to things that happened 'yesterday' or 'two months ago' you may want to change that. Alternatively it may make sense to add the date you originally wrote to blog to your title, so Steemit readers understand the context in which it was written.

• RE-FORMAT: You may have spent an eternity getting your original post to look perfect on Wordpress or Tumblr. SteemIt uses markdown for formatting text. It's likely that your current blog will not be formatted differently. Whilst it may be a chore to have to re-format your blog post. That bit of effort might be the difference between an up-vote and a Steemit reader going elsewhere.

• TAG APPROPRIATELY You may have order and tagged posts just so on your site. However it is worth taking time to peruse the tags on Steemit and ensuring your blog posts are categorised appropriately, this will ensure you get maximum exposure to the audience you desire. You first tag will be your main tag, so choose this wisely.

• REPOST, DON'T JUST LINK: Whilst it may be tempting to say 'screw it' and simply post a link to your existing blog on Steemit. This is unlikely to capture the up-votes you require. Even if the reader clicks the link, reads your post and likes it, they are unlikely to thank you for having to navigate away with an upvote.

• ADD GENERIC CLOSING PARAGRAPH: You may want to make reference to your existing website/ social media handles. This will allow other people to see other content you have. It may be worth templating a closing paragraph that you copy/ paste to the end of each post. Depending on your content, it may be equally appropriate to add a generic opening paragraph in the summary field.

Whilst there are no 'rights' or 'wrongs' about how you bring across your content, just a little effort around what and how you are re-blogging can make a big difference to your earning potential on Steemit.

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