9 TIPS TO CREATE ENGAGING AND TRENDING POSTS ON STEEMIT
Hello steemians
So like i promised in my "return from vacations" post, it is time to give back to steemit community by helping newbies and even pros on how to create engaging / trending posts on steemit.
I have prepared a few tips in this regard and if you follow these tips to the letter, there is no reason why you should not earn a healthy amount on steemit daily.
Choosing a catchy title is the crown of your post. For instance, i would not click on an article whose title sounds average. Grab your audience right here and you will be successful.
The world has moved on from reading or writing long sentences. People like to absorb information quickly and for that to happen, your sentences must be short and crisp.
Precision is the key to success of any blog. Like i said in the previous tip, today's fast paced world likes to absorb info quickly. If your article is lengthy and cluttered with irrelevant material, readers will lose interest in it.
Unless you are a known philosopher or your content demands it, there is no need for you to go "v for vendetta" on your post as far as vocabulary is concerned. This a global village and many people do not use English as their first language. So avoid using heavy words.
If you have written a good piece once and then you start dishing out bad content, you will lose your followers for sure (and ultimately your precious upvotes). Yes, a bad day on blog is excusable but your graph for pushing out good content must have an upward trajectory.
Formatting is the backbone of your article. If your article is not formatted properly, readers will lose interest in it. No matter how good your content is, it must always be supported by good formatting i.e. visual aids, correct font, correct font size and spacing.
Did you see how i used visual aids to write tips instead of writing them in plain text. Attractive.. isn't it?
You will soon realize that many people would be posting about same topic on steemit at a given time (for instance price fluctuation of bitcoin or upcoming hardforks etc), yet few would earn 50$ from it and the rest will earn something like 20 cents. Why?
Its all about angle. Give your post a personalized angle to attract the audience. Steemit is not a news channel. People would love to hear your different and unique analysis on a story rather than the story itself.
Conclusions are the feet of your posts. Failing to wrap up your article in a smart way would result in absolute failure of your article and believe you me, your posts WILL fall down (face first).
Aah, this is the most bizarre thing yet the most important one. If you have done everything right but have failed to use relevant hashtags, your posts will never see the light of day (unless you have some humongous following).
Instead of choosing popular hashtags that have no business being on your article, use relevant hashtags. Who knows a single whale following that hashtag will make your day ;)
Conclusion
There are tons of other tips and tricks that you will learn along the way. However, these are the most important ones that i have shared above.
Read these tips, memorize them, make it a habit to create posts based on these tips and once you do, there is nothing that can stop you from becoming successful here on steemit.
Definitely great and quality post! Loved the visual graphics,really good article!
Thank you buddy. I hope it has helped you to make your blogging experience better.
Great tips, well done!
The post is gorgeous, too :)
Yayy.. a rare specie on my blog. The arbitrary-kitten is in the house.. ;)
Thanks for having me, the pleasure is mine :)
Pure quality! What a post! The blogger in me loved reading this post. What's even more impressive is the entire post itself fulfills the criteria of an engaging post.
Nice use of visuals there. They are cool and likeable. Each point is concise. Effective overall. If followed, these tips will surely help readers.
Resteemed for others and upsteemed as a token of recognition. Keep sharing your knowledge the same way and I can see you going up there.
Thanks man.. it means a lot when a blogger of your caliber appreciates a post.
To compensate for my meagre vote, I got this post from a voting service that I came to know about lately. Quite profitable for smaller boosts.
This is so wonderful.. everyone should follow your example.. :p
Really a very nice post, using these tips we can prepare a good post, all points are valid to convince audience. Thanks for sharing such a informative post @jbn
Thanks man.. glad i could help..
Welcome bro
thanks for the information @jbn. very useful for me @husnulkhatimah. I like your posts.
Thank you for the kind words
a great post and much needed for the newbies and those who are striving to write quality posts, you have explained each and everything so precisely and in a vey nice way, thses are some really useful tips.Thanks for this great post! your post is a visual eample of all that you have shared in it!
Thank you very much.. you are so kind.. i wish nothing but success for newbies who are striving to make a name here on steemit.
Best wishes.
I don't think that people use tags on this site. Could you prove tip about tags, taht they work?
Actually the 5 tags at the end of any post are the hashtags..
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