Steem School EP 16 - How to Stand Out on the Steemit Feed Like a Boss!
It is not very hard to stand out in the Steemit Feed!
The recipe to stand out in the Steemit feed is this: A thumbnail in the right resolution with branding and a text large enough to read on it + a savage title + a first sentence that makes the reader want to read more!
Reputation and the right tags play a role as well: Read (this guide) to choose the right tags which even the pros get wrong to further stand out in the feed. The reputation can only be improved by receiving higher upvotes which I won't explain here because that topic deserves its own post.
A small guide to increase your reputation: Write 2 posts per day, learn more about Steemit for 10 minutes per day and form strong relationships with 10 people only works really good.
That is the recipe but the steps itself are harder to accomplish of course, so how do you create these things?
Two days ago I created a comprehensive guide on (how to create awesome thumbnails) for DTube, you can use that guide to create thumbnails for everything.
I recommend that you open that guide in a new tab and read that after you are done reading this post because creating a badass thumbnail is the first step.
For all the Photoshop pros that already know how to do the basics who just want to add an epic picture and a good readable text to it: You can download the template HERE and skip reading the thumbnail guide.
Creating a Savage Title
A good title is entertaining! A good title is a statement, a question and includes adjectives.
"Howto" titles are very popular and they still do very well and they will never stop doing well.
Here is a very nice picture that shows you tons of examples for very good titles, however, the titles miss savagery (they are not very entertaining) so make sure to add some fun to your titles if you can!
Creating a Hooking First Sentence
The first sentence is what a reader of your blog and the viewer on the Steemit feed sees! So make sure that the first sentence of your post pulls the reader into the article!
That means you do not answer questions there, you can do that in the 2nd sentence or later.
It is an ancient clickbait trick that is used since the creation of the newspaper. Why would anyone read your newspaper if the answer is already in the first sentence?
Newspapers would be 1 page long and nobody would read them anymore. People want to know more, they want to read the details, the backstory & they want to be entertained.
So make sure your first sentence hooks the people into your post!
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Great content, you definitely that steemian that provides valuable practical contests. Emphasis on practical, not just some compilation of theories.
Keep it up bro!
The last picture, I think people will be drawn by 'how', what happen before he escaped the lions' den than than after. He escaped the lions' den and that seems like the ultimate, the final chapter but what happen before/how will catch more attention.
Good points & I agree Golddeejay.
Nice comment!
Since the dawn of writing a good title and first line is KEY to success. You did a amazing job helping out some new members or users just having trouble getting traction.
Amazing work, keep it up .
Thank you Todd.
I now have that list of 74 open as a tab. This should give me even more ideas. Usually I try to be s creative as possible with the titles and so far they have worked but this helps too.
Thanks bro for the resources
Your titles are among the best here on Steemit.
Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge!
The templates, with a bit of messing around, are working great in GIMP after a few trial and errors.
All your school posts are now bookmarked. loll
Glad you enjoy them Snooky!
The SteemSchool website will be done at the end of February and there you can see all the archived episodes without having to scroll endlessly.
Oh! that will be so nice! I know how hard you have been working on it!!
and now I'm finally off to bed to pass out LOLLL
...and if you haven't realized that what I just told you to do worked on you then go back and read the article again! :)
You roped me in with that first sentence, so I know that what you're selling works.
Thank you.
So that is how you make a good title for your post. It seems I still understimated how to make a good title despite looking it up in the internet. I guess it's a good idea to ask people around you if the title of your article is catchy enough before posting. No wonder your post are always popular. These tutorials are just so useful. Thank you for sharing these awesome tutorials. God bless.
Thank you Riovanes.
the tricks are good, I will try to apply them from now on, thank you for sharing a very useful knowledge, success always
Thank you Markop.
I am starting to feel like I am stalking you! Seriously, great posts and great information, I have bookmarked a ridiculous number of your posts in the last 24 hours.
Thank you so much!
Thank you too Venture.
Ain't I just too blessed to have come across your blog? @valorforfreedom. Thank you for this tips,I hope to use them in my next post.
Learning ain't worth anything if you don't apply the lessons that you learned.
Excellent information, thanks for sharing!
Enjoy!