These Dos & Don'ts won't make you a billionaire but will sure make you a better Steemian

Do you want to become a better steemian capable of gaining more followers, attention and money?

In this article I will introduce you several things to do and do not do that I have assimilated during my journey on steemit by experimenting myself and observing the behaviour of more experienced users.

Are you ready? Let's get started!

Dos and Don'ts on Steemit: Many know, few apply.
After reading this article you will not automatically become rich (or maybe you will 😵) but surely you will realize you are making some mistakes that in some way or another are not allowing you to increase your reputation, the number of followers and the earnings of your posts in making which you put a lot of effort.

I invite you to write down these 6 fundamental dos and don'ts:

What you should be doing

1. Comment
2. Stay Active
3. Join Steemit.chat

What you shouldn't be doing

1. Plagiarism
2. Spamming
3. Crap Posting

#1 COMMENT, COMMENT AND COMMENT!

Steemit unlike other social networks such as facebook and instagram, is a community.

Some people miss the meaning of this beautiful word so I would like to paste Wikipedia's definition:
"A community is a small or large social group that has something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity. Communities often share a sense of place that is located in a given geographical area (eg a country, village, town or neighborhood) or in virtual space trough communication platforms.

When you join steemit for the first time it is likely that you have found the platform yourself and do not know many people. If you are like me, you will not know anyone at first.
Which better way then commenting on other people's posts, to connect with them?
Take a look at some of the tags that interest you, find people whose writing style you like and add value to their article by writing an original comment that comes from your heart.
Fake Instagram-Style comments such as "cool" or "well done" will not bring anything back if not a negative perception that people will have of you being recognized as someone who's in it just for the money. 💸

Don't beg for followers or attention either. That's totally not worth doing on Steemit!

I really like how @stellabelle breaks this down on her article The Ultimate Guide to Killing it on Steemit or Anywhere Else. She said: "Pestering people, begging and whining for attention are bad strategies. Don’t do them. It will get you nowhere. Lifting others up is the best way to get followers"

#2 STAY ACTIVE

As with any social network, constancy is one of the key elements for success. Would you like if your favorite singer stopped writing songs or singing at concerts? Adele just announced she will not go on tour anymore and her fans are so bummed about it. "Yeah right Steven, you're talking about Adele while I'm a Steemit blogger."
Well, big mistake. If you are thinking like this you're not starting off correctly! When you start writing and someone starts to follow you, it means that your content is appreciated. No one pays users to follow you, they do it spontaneously. Do not keep them hanging!

Moreover, posting constantly will allow you to pile up some Steem Power in a healty frequency! 😉 😉

#3 JOIN STEEMIT.CHAT

Top right of your screen, next to you avatar. See those 3 lines? Click on them, scroll down to Steemit.chat and click that as well. Register and start chatting!
This represents another awesome way to earn visibility and make new friends. Bring value to the chat room amd you'll most likely grow your following!

These are tips on things you should do to get the most out of your time spent on Steemit yet all the effort you will put into doing these things will be vain if you continue to commit one or more of the following mistakes.

#4 PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is not only a totally immoral thing, especially if you take an economic advantage, but it is also absolutely unacceptable on Steemit: you will be flagged and lose reputation points very quickly or even get banned.
So all the time you spent finding, copying and pasting other stuff on you "blog", and all the money you earn by doing this shit will be lost.

I personally rely a lot on the word respect. Before doing any action, especially if another person is involved, I try to put myself in the shoes of that person to figure out how I'd feel if what I'm doing was done to me.
Know put yourself in the shoes of the person you plagiarized/stole a content from. Blatantly whistling while spending time on the internet you find yourself on Steemit reading a post. After the first line you realize that that post is yours and that the bastard who used it selfishly also earned $ 50.
Well, you would feel bad. No doubt!

#5 SPAMMING

Spamming your link on other people's comment section is not an intelligent way to attract the attention of whales and people with influential voting power.
You will be recognized as the lazy one who wants to get results as soon as possible and without commitment. You know that in the long term you will not get anywhere by doing so. Also Steemit is still in beta. There is still room for improvements and be assured that people who do not bring value to the community will be the first to be selected out naturally. As stated above, be genuine, be consistent, be patience you will be rewarded!

Also, even in this case you might be warned by running the risk of seeing your score drop and become insignificant.
And trust me, people will flag you. They will assure you are copying and pasting the same message all over the place and flag you without any kind of warning. Imagine infuential people such as @jerrybanfield, @exyle, @donkeypong or @firepower who's posts are very popular and get hundreds of comments. A lot of people like to read comments including the autors, so you won't get away with spamming for sure. Nobody likes it!

#6 CRAP-POSTING

Do not write just for the taste to see your earnings increase. Write about stuff you are really passionate about. Write about the topic that fascinates you the most and you would like to read articles about yourself.
If you don't like the subject in the first place, how do you pretend others to enjoyed it?
If you have nothing in mind it is preferable that you skip one day rather than write anything just to keep pace.
Go out for a walk, take a break. You'll find inspiration eventually!

If you follow these advices you will definitely become successfull on Steemit!

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