A simple trick to grow your Steemit following
Starting out on here is tough - it is difficult to get upvotes on your blog. If you want to have a successful blog on Steemit, you need to grow your following. When starting out on the platform, I think your best bet is to engage with other users frequently.
- Leave thoughtful comments on their posts.
- Give them helpful advice based on your own experiences and knowledge.
- Have conversations and make genuine connections.
If you write decent blog posts, this kind of engagement should get a lot of followers.
The following trick may help to increase your following with each of your blog posts.
I have done some testing and have found I get more followers when at the end of my post I put something like:
“If you enjoyed this, please follow me for more.”
“If this piqued your interest, remember to follow me for more.”
“If you liked this, please consider following me.”
But, I got even better results when at the end of my post all I put was:
"Follow me @shenanigator"
I don’t particularly like putting just that at the end of my post because I feel it’s a bit abrupt. But, as long as it’s the most effective I’ll probably stick with it.
Something I haven’t experimented with is putting a GIF or photo at the end of each post. It’s possible that this will be even more effective than the simple “Follow me @shenanigator”. It'd certainly be more appealing!
This post will begin my experimentation with a GIF:
Good info, thanks for doing your part to spread Steem knowledge and tips to help others. This type of collaboration is the only way steemit becomes Main Stream and widely successful. I upvoted this for sure.
Thanks for checking it out!
Thank you @shenanigator
Great information for this newbie. It is very satisfying to comment on a new person's post with suggestions and see them learn and improve...and get more noticed. It helps me to learn, improve, and get more noticed, as well.
I love the GIF at the end. I will be using it and will give attribution to @son-of-satire and you...will be giving him a follow, too.
Thanks for this GIF, @son-of-satire and @shenanigator.
Cool Bro, I followed you, can you follow me? JK, I think @moderninvestor was curious what he would do if he saw this again???? Anyway Thank You for the great info, I did all of the above and I hope you don't mind me giving that gif a test run.
Just updated my post template. let's see how it works : )
Are you trying the "Follow me @runrudy"?
Really useful information, I can't wait to try it out.
Thanks.
I have upvoted, resteemed and followed you. Don't hesitate to check out my page and if you like any of the posts, don't forget to follow me for more........ 😏
Haha, taking my advice I see! Thanks for the support.
And I do this:
To not to miss anything subscribe to my blog
Follow?
That'll grab your attention!
Haaaa=)) THK, @shenanigator=))
Great tips, I think I'll start putting something like 'If you liked this post, please consider following me at @jen8' or something like that.
That's a nice gif by the way. What program did you use to create it?
It's the work of @son-of-satire. He released the code on his blog for others to use.
If you want to try it out, check out creatr's comment on this post.
Great, thanks!
I think that "Follow me @shenanigator" works well because it is so fun to say "shenanigator"!!
Your advice to engage people through the comments sections is spot on. I try to comment on at least ten or so posts per day, as well as interact with anyone who comments on mine.. Keeping the social part of Steemit alive is one of the best ways to get your blog out there. :)
Haha, you might be right about being fun to say.
If you're really active like that, it's going to get people to click on your profile. When they click on it, if they see you have some good blog posts, I think it's pretty likely they'll follow you.
However, if you have no blog posts or if your posts are low quality, then it's probably not going to do much for your following. At least, that's my opinion.
Keep on keepin' on, my friend!