How Minnows and Newbies can get lots of Upvotes
Yay!!!!! Us little fish don't have to survive on scraps anymore.....
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Hi everyone...... I have been a Padawan of the Steemit Star System for nearly 10 days now..... And boy I have experienced some thoughts and feeling I thought I never had before lol......
Being a freelance web content and ad writer who has lost a lot of business and income due to the economic down turn over the last year, life changed a lot for me. I am an extremely busy professional person who speaks to audiences for a living. That takes up most of my business hours. During the busy times for writing I would spend a good chunk of my after hours producing content. But that was ok.... I was driven by a one of the greatest motivators..... money!!!! And most of it was in cash. I am not a greedy person.... But I did like the ability to spend comfortably when I have a growing son.....ageing parents who no longer work.... a new wife at the time that was totally dependant on me and had to sponsor for education. Most months I made extra cash ranging from $6000 to $10000 on top of my professional salary.
It felt like having the weight of the world on my shoulders.....
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And as the writing contracts dried up.... I was left most evenings to watch TV, read a book, or go out and do something nice...... That felt great for a few days or even a week or two.... But I was not used to it..... I was left twiddling my thumbs with a residual momentum to be productive for all of my waking hours.
About 3 weeks ago I met up with an old friend who is big on markets and trading...... we spoke about cryptocurrencies...... we spoke about my side career as a writer.... He then said a word that has my full attention for 15 hours a day now.....
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Without knowing anything I thought.... what a concept.... I spend a bunch of time on forums and facebook anyway. It's a release...it's a habit... they are like fidget spinners for adults.
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But steemit... a social media platform that rewards people with real money... wow. It took me a further 2 weeks before I took action and joined. And I was hooked... I get to blog, and chat with people and browse fro other people's blogs and feel good from building a following... and most of all... instead of just feeling the buzz of a like and a comment, I can get paid if my articles are good.. So off I go..... lean and mean... keen as beans....
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So, I read everything there is to read, looked at examples, chatted with other people in steemchat when it was still working and off I went.
- I wrote unique articles
- I used pictures to make it interesting
- I used gifs to make it exciting
- I wrote on topics that were popular
- I wrote about things I am passionate about
- I had fin doing that
- I wrote a lot
- I commented on other people's articles
- I responded to comments on my articles
- I connected with people and got a small following that is growing slowly
- I learned a something new everyday and applied it...
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Result????
- Low numbers of views
- $0.01 to $2.88 in upvotes and sometimes zero
As a minnow, whatever I did... long well thought out articles that take a couple of hours to write.... volumes of quick and light hearted articles... My content was visible for may 20 to 40 seconds before they sank under the weight of the huge volume of content created every second.
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Yeah.... it was frustrating........ Even after the HF19 few hours of excitement died down. It was a bit better, but I is still no fun to be a minnow.
And what was I doing wrong? Well.... nothing!!! I and countless other minnows are doing everything right? My content was simply just not seen.... I am still too small at this stage... and there were too many that are much bigger.... It's like a normal person with normal savings trying to start a casino in Las Vegas and trying to get a percentage of the proftis to be had
I mean, have a look at the assortment and volume of content I created in a week and the range of topics I wrote about... Check it out.... https://steemit.com/@yoda1917 I slept less than I ever did for a week, and I think I gained less than $100.
But then I came across this..... The minnow support project....... https://steemit.com/steemit/@tech-trends/newbie-special-hf19-minnow-support-project-do-you-want-upvotes And here is a chance where the all the minnows in this huge community can be part of an automated system where a technology strategically help each other out with upvotes.
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Here is a chance for a minnow to have content upvoted at an acceptable standard while we carry on blogging. By no means is this a set and forget lazy approach.... that works with nothing in life for very long. One still must write good content, add value to others, connect with people, and build a following....
Getting this all set up was fiddly but not difficult.... I am not the most tech savy person. But I followed the instruction from this:
This one is also very useful with instructions:
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@diverse-thinker/it-takes-just-5-steps-to-be-big-whale
And when by the time you have done a couple of steps and joined DISCORD, there are wonderful people there that are more than willing to help if you get stuck.
If you found any of this helpful please resteem it and let more people see it. Give me a follow and an upvote. It will be much appreciated and remembered :)
Chin up and steem on brothers and sisters.... Hope to chat with you in comments soon. Stay safe everyone.
Regards
Yoda
Good job plugging along, I was helped out a lot in the beginning. Than I had to take time away from SteemIt and lost what little following I did have. Basically, I'm having to take the long way. Good content and lots of interactions with others. Use your momentum and keep pushing forward.
How, if you don't mind my asking, does one lose one's following by taking time away from STEEMIT? That's a little concerning.
I guess, I didn't lose my following as much as other people kind of step of up and filled the little gap I had been in. IF you are a really big name then it probably wouldn't make much difference if you take time away.
I'm not. : ) Not yet.
Exactly I'm new to so I can definitely relate to your blog post . This community is amazing with all the information everyone is willing to share . I wish everyone the best of luck in their adventures
Thank you very much. Please please resteem this for me. THe more minnows have fun the bigger this community grows and the bigger the value of steem becomes :)
Nice post mate! Have an upvote! I am in the same boat as you. The minnowsupport group is really nice and I am also a member of Pal. My one post that has over 300 likes and too many comments to count still haven't reached even $30. It's a post helping fellow minnows explaing voting power and that they should be careful when voting. Still, discouraging as it is. I don't like to rant and rave about it. Helping minnows doesn't seem to be that profitable. I still like doing it though. Howto guide here and there is funt to make and makes me feel good when others find it useful. Even if they are minnows and have low voting power. I still get to brag about my upvotes I guess. Just not my earnings :P. Nice post mate
Tell me more about Pal.
Check this out --> https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@minnowsupport/minnow-support-project-problem-statement-vision-statement-mission-statement-and-plan-to-help-you-grow-from-minnow-to-whale-with
Thank you I just had a read of that and it is necessary and informative. Does tis mean that there are higher levels of membership?
The more steem power you have the more your vote is worth. So with very little steempower your vote is worth only a few cents. With a lot of steem power its worth many dollars
Oh yes... I was hoping there were premium memberships for Minnow Helper with better privileges....
Wouldn't that be great...
So is Pal another system like minnow support. Or is PAL the Discord chat platform?
Pal is basically minnow support. Its the channel name for the group on the Discord chat platform.
Ahhhh....... thought so, thanks
Wow thanks for the help! This newbie needs all the help I can get!
Hi Crystal. Thanks for your compliment. Please please please resteem this article and get this out there to more minnows. None of us can grow alone in this. We can only grow collectively. May I please have an upvote and a follow. Let's keep in touch :)
Resteemed!
Thank you :) Hey I tried to check out some of your posts to make some contributions. But it says you have made a lot of posts but no blogs... is that right?
Thanks for your help and effort in this post. I finished and used this for the first time today. In addition to utilizing minnowsupport I am currently teaming up with new members who are likeminded and want to help each other grow. We are team #minnowtowhale Check us out here 👉🏼 Team #minnowtowhale
Let me know if you're game. I resteemed your post to show my support :)
Thank you so very much. I will definitely check it out. Follow me as part 2 of this article will be out in a few hours. I am just finishing it off now :)
you got it man, you are obviously spending your time to help others grow so I want to be a part of that and move in the same direction. Its win/win. I'll repost your new work too.
I see light at the end of the tunnel!
I certainly hope so... spent all night and all morning working on this. Resteem this for me bro please
Your work is paying off. Nice job!
Thanks man.... means a lot
And for those who read this article the first time I did this... this post got 43 posts and $72.66 Oh my fucken God!!!!! With only 15 actual views
LOL
where did those votes come from?
From the Minnow Support Project. Go through and actually do the steps in my article. Hey man when you make a ton of money share $100 with mel I am that confident.... Can you please please resteem this? If more minnows are having fun, this community will grow... Steem demand will grow. all of our steem will go up in value
Worth an upvote?
I had join this. But usually not get that much from the voting bot.
Some say it was lucky, I don't quite know but I put my heart and soul into helping people with this article. Hope quality still applies
Holy crap, I seen when this 1st posted it had like 3 upvoted. How is this possible??
Dude... follow the instructions of my post and the links within the post....
And please resteem this so more minnows see it. more people will join and our steem will go up in value.. Please please resteem
And worth an upvote? ;)
Thanks. Resteemed. Followed. Ill try to implement this as well :)
Thank you for doing that. Please let me know how it goes. :)
wonderful work.
Thank you for your compliment.... Please please resteem this so more minnows find some joy and this community grows. Only then will our steem grow and it will be for all of us.
Worth a follow and an upvote? ;)
Your welcome
Awesome post Yoda! I have just discovered @minnowsupport and PAL. I think its a great way to give us minnows some fish food and some confidence!
It is great have a look at how much I just made on this post. Please resteem this for me so more see this and steem goes up that will be good for all of us . Worth an upvote? ;)
Hood info you have there... @yoda1917
Keep it up
Thanks :) I will give my very best as my deepest belief is to assist other and myself to empower ourselves and be free from the conventional system.
Please follow the process I was taught. I will endeavour to find more and share more. May I get a follow and an upvote from you .. And please please please resteem this article so more minnows can see it. It is only through collective growth that we can all benefit.
Keep in touch :)