My Steemit Journey #1 - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Each week I'll be posting about my Steemit journey so far, keeping a diary of my progress and thoughts on the platform as I learn more!

Hi everyone! My name's Jordan Simons and I just joined Steemit this week. I'm going to be keeping a diary of my journey here, documenting my thoughts and lessons learned in order to help anyone else who signs up in the future. Without further ado, here goes!

Through the looking glass.

When you first hear about Steemit it can seem a little bit overwhelming. The idea of Steem Power, Steem Dollars, Steem, Crypto, Dilution, IPFS, JARGON ARRGH it can all be a bit confusing. BUT because of the incredible community here, there are so many posts that help to explain all the scary words and help it make sense. At first I felt a bit like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole but after a few days, I think I'm getting my head around it all. There's still a lot to learn of course, but I'm getting there!

So it's 4 days in and I've made 3 posts so far (4 including this one). They've collectively received $245.32 in upvotes at the time of writing this post. Now I'm no expert (like I said I've been here a week) but the fact that anyone can make roughly $250 in their first week of using a social media is incredible to me!

A bit of background

I joined YouTube a few years ago because I was amazed at the possibility of being able to share whatever I find interesting and get paid for it. After a lot of hard work and about a year of receiving nothing - i.e. I worked for free every day, putting out content and building followers without making any money - eventually I turned it into a business and started making money. Not a lot, but enough to get by.

Fast forward to right now - IF I were willing to cash out from Steemit, I would've made in a few days what took me a year on YouTube. I'll say that again, In a few days on Steemit I've made the some amount of money it took me a YEAR to make on YouTube.

The Community

Of course the potential rewards aren't the only draw of Steemit, I've also been massively impressed by the community spirit here. People seem to genuinely want to support and encourage each other, offering advice wherever possible. I find that pretty refreshing and it makes me want to post more content and to give back to the community.

Anyway like I said this is just the beginning and I still have a lot to learn, all I can say so far is that I'm happy and excited about the future!

Here are some of my first impressions:

• The rewards are incredible and seem like they will only get better in the long run. Definitely worth investing your time in.
• JARGON IS SCARY. But take a little bit of time to learn it and it won't seem so bad.
• The community is great and people seem to genuinely want to help each other.

Some questions:

• Should I set to 50/50 or Power Up 100%? - So far I've been doing 50/50 but have heard various things.
• Should I convert everything to Steem Power in the beginning?
• What posting frequency would work best? Daily? Every two days?

Thanks all!

You can also find me on:

YouTube - 68,960 subscribers
Instagram - 31,300 followers
Twitter - 8,850 followers
Facebook - 17,660 followers