EP. 7: University of Greatness – 7 Things I Will Do Differently If I Have a Chance to Write a New Introduction Post

Introduction posts with #introduceyourself tag on steemit is a popular culture that has been laid right from the beginning and it’s a nice concept for an interesting platform like steemit.

Just like any other steemit noob, I was eager to put up my introduction post and see how much I could make and the level of exposure I could gain as well.

Steemit greatness begins with introduction post and most new steemit users screw it up right at that opportunity to gain the right people attention and just explode like a wild fire.

What constitute an Introduction post that will be successful or go viral on steemit and make a lot of money varies and it’s both functions of technical, financial and intellectual knowledge of the steemit platform.

In my case, I had one of the best write up for my introduction post because prior to that I had done a lot of research to see how introduction posts in the past that got breakthrough did it.

Starting on steemit I didn’t have any mentor nor was I in contact with anyone I could get close to and learn things from. However I manage to write an introduction post that made $8 and later dropped down to $5 after some price fluctuation in steem price.

Fast forward to this moment I’m tempted to review and see things I would have done better and differently if I am to write a new introduction post on steemit with the knowledge I have amassed so far.

1. I would use a professional and clear photos

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I was in haste to write and publish my introduction post, I had join steemit for some days and did nothing while my days on steemit had already started reading like a Nigeria electricity meter.

I couldn’t wait for my Smartphone to be around because the screen got smashed and I sent it out for repair. I called on my junior sister and told her with excitement

“Bae, you’ve got to snap me some pictures right away because steemit is waiting for me to come and post something about myself and they will be paying me to do that so you get a tip too”.

She got up and gave those pictures I uploaded here.

But they weren’t cleared enough and in addiction to that, those pictures couldn’t get my own attention, how then can they get the attention of others? So if I have a chance to do another introduction post, I would definitely get some nice pictures from a good camera.

2. My post would be properly formatted

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I don’t know anything about markdown text formatting language prior to joining steemit and upon joining, I didn’t feel the need to learn this dead-simple formatting language that could add glory to my posts.

I opt in for the editor and used the “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” formatting language to write my post which had limited text formatting options.

If I’m to write a new introduction post, below is some markdown formatting style I would use:

• I would arrange my 11 reasons for joining steemit with order list like this example

I would center my images with the < center> </ center > tags like this example

I would bold the important words to emphasize my points with ** bold ** like this exmple

I would use underline --- to create sections for my post each like this example

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I would use > to make quotes and mentions like this example

I would use [link here ] ( http://bania.com) to create beautiful and clickable links to other great resources I have found prior to writing my introduction post like this example

3. I would dream bigger and follow on my dreams quickly

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I have always been a big dreamer right from childhood. Dreaming big for me is almost becoming a life style. Same was with me coming on steemit, I had big dreams to collaborate with the top guys of this community that I know then and put their names here.

So far, I have been able to attract the attentions of the people I had dreamed of having around me on steemit except for Jeff Berwick of @dollarviginate (please anyone close to this man to help me inform him, I need to have in my network :) ).

It’s not quite easy to have the attention of the right people but well I did and I won’t stop growing my network.

People I would love to connect with that I didn’t add in my introduction post because I didn’t know them yet then are:

@TrevonJ
@Craig Grant
@Jerry Banfield
@Team Steem
@sweetsssj

4. I would promote my Introduction Post

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When a new introduction post is made, instantly it will get attention from some great steemit curators and users that are always browsing through the #introduceyourslef tag looking for potentially great steemit users to follow and support.

One could be carried away in the ocean of this overwhelming welcome and loads of response coming in and most minnows might not bother to promote his or her introduction post.

If my introduction post had little promotion in the appropriate places, I believe I would have at least gain steemit mainstream attention. Some of the places I would promote my introduction post if I have the chance to do a new one is:

• Discord: I would join many steemit related servers and use the #post promotion channel to promote my post

• Steemit.chat similar to discord; the most important thing is I would use only the #post promotion channel and wouldn’t spam other interesting places or else I will ruin my chances of getting the audience I want.

• Facebook steemit group: there are loads of them I didn’t give attention to but they are good place to network with other great steemians and promote your own post.

5. I would think beside the box

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Yeah while writing my introduction post, I was thinking outside the box and that gave me wide inspiration but if I had think beside the box I would have gotten even wider exposure. Thinking right beside the box might mean different things to different people.

But what it means to me is that: I would have checked not only on people I categorize as doing well on steemit and wanting them in my circle, I would also look for minnows like myself with much potentials that could benefit me more.

By thinking right next to the box I would not only check the wallet and profile of whales to know what they are doing by looking at the history of their transactions, I would do same for some great minnow ahead of me too.

By thinking right beside the box, I would have spend time immediately after publishing my introduction post going around steemit and dropping nice comments on introduction posts that look great like mine. That would have given me some connection with more great and interesting people.

I begin to do this only after my introduction post, I begin to look for minnows like myself with great potentials and interact with them and give them all my best support even if it little.

6. I need you to help me out with number 6 and 7

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What will you do differently if you are to write a new steemit introduction post? This is the episode 7 of university of greatness and we need to make it seven points. I hope you guys will help your boy out.

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University of Greatness is a new blog series on steemit by @bania featuring combinations of motivational articles and stories of a young Nigeria boy sharing is experience and that of others as he journey through the school of greatness. Check out introduction episode here, episode 1, episode 2, episode 3 episode 4, episode 5 and episode 6. You can support me by following, commenting, resteeming and upvoting this post to encourage me to strive more for the best and share great stories here.