Why You Aren't on the Trending Page
Welcome Steemitzen! How are you this amazing day? Let's get right down to it- you are not on the Trending page. You haven't even made it to the Hot page.
You spend hours writing a compelling post, find just the right images, double check your spelling and take a deep breath and publish. Your heart beats fast, this is it! This is The Post that will get you noticed, you can feel it! It is filled with golden information written in a witty way, totally worthy of sitting right in between @papa-pepper and @exyle's newest posts. Your info is fresh, unique, and will help and entertain every Steemian, you know it!
You refresh the page. 14 views in the last couple minutes, okay. You wait a minute, ok, a few seconds, and refresh again, and... two cents. You visit a post and speedread it to take your mind off things, leave a comment and rush to check your post. $0.17.
Rinse.
Repeat.
You know the drill, you do this every time. Your posts are making a few dollars or cents but you work so hard on them. You know they are worthy of more! What is wrong?
You keep asking yourself "Why am I not getting noticed?"
Have you tried blogging outside of Steemit? Purchased a domain name and installed wordpress? Posted every day and waited for an audience? Joined forums and advertised your new blog on facebook and Twitter and posted and posted?
The audience doesn't just appear. Poof!
No, you have to work extremely hard to get www.i'manewbloggerwithsomethingfreshandimportanttosay.com noticed. Lots of marketing and advertising and daily effort. It takes months to years before your .com is making a decent income.
Steemit is no different! You cannot be egotistical to assume you can just register on Steemit, write a couple posts, and be earning $758.00 per each.
The world does not work that way, my friend. Not on Steemit, not anywhere.
Steemit, like anything, takes time to build. It takes daily effort.
Everyone on the trending page worked to get there. Posted daily. Yes- there are some who simply invested a load of money into STEEM, but if you had that kind of cash to spare you wouldn't be reading my words right now, would you?
Come for the money, stay for the community.
I'm sure you have read that a few times by now. It's so true.
When I first started, just like you I was lured by the shiny danglings of the Trending page. After a while I grew frustrated. I tried everything. I was growing for sure. But my $ rewards were not reflecting that. In my mind, anyway. I wrote killer posts! I spent hours typing and researching and making them pretty!
But soon I realized that the Trending page is not something to base my Steemit success upon.
The quality of my comments and interactions with my followers is what matters.
Every user who makes the Trending page consistently is there because they put in the time. Months and months of posting daily for pennies. Daily interaction with peers. Joining groups and getting involved in the community.
To make it on the Trending page, you must follow these steps:
- Register and get approved on Steemit
Read a variety of Introduce Myself posts
Write an interesting and informative Introduce Myself post to introduce yourself to the community
Interact with each and every person who comments
Read a number of posts. Comment on each with a few thought provoking sentences.
Never comment "Great post!" You must talk with this person! You are building a community. You obviously enjoyed their article. Talk about it as you would a friend! Ask questions! Start a conversation- it may lead to a friendship ;)
Write your second post. Something you are passionate and know a lot about
Interact with everyone who comments
Read more posts. Interact genuinely with your fellow Steemmates.
Ask questions. Learn.
Join a group or two. Interact with the members.
Write more posts. Make sure your spelling and grammar are great. Use only legal images. Never plagarize or copy anyone's stuff. Be unique. Be consistent- write and post every day. Learn how to properly format your posts. Link them on all your other social media accounts. Research for more in depth posts. Be patient. Be yourself. Have fun!
Keep conversing with more and more people in the comments of their posts. Find likeminds and talk about your shared interests. Learn new things. Meet new people. Interact with your community.
Keep posting original, compelling articles. Be patient. Be consistent. Be real and be honest. And never badmouth another user. Be open. Relax. Improve your writing. Join a couple more groups. Enjoy the wealth of information your fellow Steemitzens give you. Treat them well- they are just like you. Be kind. And be patient.
You must believe in Steemit. You must have faith in STEEM, and see the unlimited potential of this amazing blockchain platform. You must believe in yoruself.
You want Steemit to pay your bills? This would make you a freelance writer. Your own boss. If you want to quit your job and live off your STEEM earnings and buy a car purely with crypto, well, then you must treat this as a job. Be dedicated. Work hard. Build a solid platform now that will support the huge growth you will attain by following my advice.
If you build it, they will come. If you are consistent and dedicated you will grow. The more you give to Steemit, the more will come back to you. Nobody here owes you anything. You must earn it.
STEEM ever onward and upward!
And remember to be patient and kind with all users. You get what you give <3
may the cryptos be ever in your favor
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If you want to be a success here you have to keep grinding.
Constant interaction with others, comments, votes and quality posts. Those who think it'll happen overnight are going to be disappointed.
It's an unbelievably rewarding place and not in the financial sense although it obviously can be, it's the people. They're different her, Steemit has attracted some of the most talented, generous and kind people I've ever come across.
Everyday I'm astounded by this place.
Nice work Kitten ❤️
You are so right, in how rewarding it is being here, and how amazing the people are! Steemit attracts the most quality types.
I'm happy and thankful to be here every day along the fine folks of Planet Steemit :)
If someone wants to earn quick, they can start working on utopian-io or start uploading videos on DTube that upvotes your video if you upload them consistently. There are so many applications now through which you can earn easily without begging for an upvote. I myself have been submitting my contributions to utopian and it's working for me.
In short, people can start earning from the very first day if they are consistent and determined.
Great share on utopian and Dtube!
But yes, wherever you are, whatever you do, to be great you must be consistent and determined :)
You had to say must be, right?
Oh, yes, oops! Stupid autocorrect lol.
Thank you for pointing that out for me :)
Interesting, so what is utopian exactly?
It's actually a project where you can contribute to the open source technologies by posting tutorials, video tutorials, blog posts and much more. There are total 12 categories through which you can contribute and if your contribution gets approved, you get an upvote from utopian ranging from $20 to $50. Infact, I saw some contributions making more than $100
Sign up on utopian.io with your Steem account, read the FAQ and rules section carefully and see what other people's work.
DM on Discord if you need my help, I am with the same username @ghulammujtaba
@arbitrarykitten Awesome. Excellent post and yes, absolutely being consistent is key here on Steemit. I thank you for everything youdo for our community. My Together We Build Contest 4 is open I hope to see you there and all who read this. Together, we make each other stronger.
Together we make each other stronger. Precisely :)
I'm going to go check it out!
I made it Trending twice this Summer. It was awesome. Haven't made it to Trending since, but hey, it's ok. I've made enough to cover my basic expenses fro 2018 and a few extras. I made myself a budget (oh, I need to add hair dye in there) of things I want and will need, like a new camera for picture taking if I want to cosplay more professionally. I already paid for my Ledger wallet, just waiting for it to come in, in March they said. So I know that I will earn the amounts I need. Hopefully, I can have a few Trending surprises and get some bonus money that I can use on more expensive projects ;)
This is awesome news to hear!
Absolutely brilliant post. It took me 7 months of dedicated daily networking on Discord and on Steemit itself.
Every single day I did this. I've made great friends, and great contacts. Only now am I seeing the fruits of my efforts.
I read up on crypto so I could join conversations. I read the crypto news daily so I know what to buy and what to sell.
You have to be prepared to put in the effort. You will get posts that tank. Posts where you have poured your heart and soul into and it makes $0,26.
Take it from me, do not give up. You carry on and you don't give up! Not for a second.
You will be successful. I guarentee you that. Roll with the punches.
I'm Upvoting AND Resteeming this!
Never give up~ Precisely.
You do all the right things.
You wouldn't write an article anywhere else online and expect it to rake in the dough. You have to build it and keep posting and grow :)
Since I met you here, I've wondered why you're so hospitable, now I know, well it's certainly difficult here, many think there's a reservoir of money here, so when they registered they didn't quite get it so they became faustrated
I've learnt a lot here, amazing stuff you got going here
I sure don't know the groups to join, nobody really wants to help
Oh, I'm just me :) I'm the same here and in real life- you can ask any of the Steemmates I've met :)
I don't believe in waiting the time and energy pretending to be someone else on line. I am totally consistent and transparent, life is too short for anything less <3
I think we all get frustrated at some point. But just like with business- those who persevere will be rewarded greatly :) And Steemit isn't for everyone- those who can't hack it or just came for selfish proposes will soon leave for the next get rich quick scheme.
That just leaves us amazing and hard working rebels :) And we will get from Steemit exactly what we put in!
Join groups based on your interest. What do you like? Are you on Discord? I'd start with PAL, minnow support :)
Well it's a quality, it would have been quite a beautiful experience if I had met you in my early days, God I made many mistakes.
And even when I ask questions, a few dolphins lashed at me, many didn't even reply.
Here you are being cheerful and down to earth as possible, what could be more better.
Thank you for even the moral support
Well thank you :) I appreciate you appreciating me for me
Hey, even an "old dog" can learn ;). I like to think of myself an Eternal Scholar- the only way to succeed is to keep growing and learning :)
Seriously tho, if you tell me a couple of your passions I'll point you toward some community groups.
Well I'm a poet, and well sometimes I write articles and yeah basically I'm a poet, and I'm not to blow my trumpet, I'm quite good at it, if you perchance have time, you can see it please or I'd show you.
Thank you for writing such an amazing post explaining the in's and out's of how Steemit works. I absolutely loved the honesty. People come in here posting one picture posts and writing two sentences as posts and expecting to earn hundreds of dollars. Just like you said, it does not work like this in REAL life, and it sure does not work like that on Steemit.
You have to be patient, write quality posts, something which people will enjoy reading. Don't just post to post. Most of the time just quote you did not write or create. Be original, be inspirational, write from the heart. That is what will get you somewhere on Steemit.
And, most importantly, stop focusing so much on the profit side of it. Make friends, create relationships, have fun, don't make Steemit just another job. Make it a happy place where you share your thoughts with some amazing people from all around the world.
I absolutely loved this post. The honesty and tips for the users willing to listen. Keep on educating and sharing the TRUTH.
Have an amazing day. :)
Thank you so much :) Have a spectacular day yourself!
You are more than welcome. And, thank you :)
Such an inspiring article. It's kind of impossible to not want to write something great after reading your post here. Also, "Steemmates" must be the smartest term I have read in a while, will definitely plagiarize that one off of your article ;)
The thing I could add that has helped me greatly in connecting to people on steemit is not browsing the "trendy" things, but instead search steemit for your topics of interest. And then comment on what you find, even if the article is months old. Chances are, you will build your tribe effectively because through your passions you will automatically connect to the right people, who probably have a high chance of being interested in your stuff as well.
as for progressing:
It can not be repeated often enough, it's like learning any skill: the beginning is tough and many people will give up. Only the ones who pull through the tough beginnings get to come out successfully. and it's probably perfect that way.
Starting to play the guitar will make your fingers hurt, your arms cramp and nothing will sound remotely like your rock heroes - it's frustrating to say the least. And then, after a few weeks if you stick with it, you notice you kind of get the hang of it, while many others have dropped the instrument because it was too much work ;)
Yes. Yes. And yes! Everything you said
There are only a few rock gods. And they earned their title because they stuck with it ;)
"You cannot be egotistical to assume you can just register on Steemit, write a couple posts, and be earning $758.00 per each.
The world does not work that way, my friend. Not on Steemit, not anywhere."
100% agree with this
Everything needs time and effort
Without efforts we don't get the desired results
Great and helpful article
Thanks for sharing
I am so happy you find this helpful!
And wonderful meeting you!
Thanks :)
Sound advice. Whenever I start feeling a bit envious of those who write on similar topics to mine but make (way) more per post I go and look at their blogs. And invariably (with one or two lucky exceptions) they've been here for far longer than I have and continue to provide exceptional content on a regular basis. So it will come, in time. Right now, my mission is to start trying to film some of the awesome wildlife moments I am fortunate enough to witness as my job and start narrating those pieces with interesting scientific facts. The challenge of course, being to capture them!
At any rate, I plan on being around here for a long time to come so it will only improve (both my work, and the responses to it 🙂)
I absolutely love your idea! I think that will go very well here! Will you use dtube?
I think so, yes. It may be a bit tricky this season as I've basically only got an iPad to use so would have to get pretty close to my target, but that said, I have my eye on a very wily little elephant shrew that inhabits our field site. I just need to ambush him, lol. I've only seen them a couple of times before and they are fascinating little creatures so I'd love to get some footage of him!
Oh that sounds amazing! Lol, and intriguing!