Welcome to Steemit: Living the Dream Through Steem & How You Can Too

Basics of the STEEM-O-VERSE

In the post to follow, we're going to walk you through some of the basics of the STEEM-O-VERSE, share why blogging for a crytpocurrency, Steem, makes so much more sense compared to platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram where you can never earn for your content and are in fact making the people who run those companies millions of dollars off of your creativity!
We'll also share some tips about how to succeed on Steemit (hint hint: it's all about engaging in and being connected to awesome communities which we'll list below!).

We entered into the world of cryptos with just a little trepidation. Being homesteaders more than techno wizards, the technological world and crypto based platforms seemed like a slight departure from our passion and comfort zone. And to be honest, Steemit frankly seemed too good to be true -- Could we really earn through blogging and vlogging?! That said, we were willing to give it a go and know how important it is to do the very things that we are apprehensive about. So we dove in.

What is Steemit?

Uncensored platform for expression

Unlike on Facebook where you can get flagged and your account gets suspended, on Steemit there are no centralized forces that decide whose content gets seen. There are upvotes (like likes) which boost your content and actually equal awards in the form of Steem/SBD (more into that later) and flags, but your content is never permanently deleted.

Outlet for Creativity

Did you ever think about the Infinite Nature of Creativity?
Our minds are capable of producing an unlimited supply of thoughts which can turn into value on the blockchain.

On Steemit, your thoughts and creativity have a place. By unleashing the power of your creative potential and building community here, your creations can earn you money. This incentivizes creation. Imagine earning for your writings, photos, videos, etc!

Networks and Support Groups

Through hashtags, creators find each other in similar threads. Whether #travel, #photography, #food, #homesteading or #cryptocurrencies are your interests, you can easily find people writing and sharing on topics that interest you. There are also a plethora of groups and networks where you can connect and develop relationships with likeminded individuals (more on that below).

Structures for financial compensation

"Content is dependent on Curation which is dependent on Quality of Content"
Posting on Steemit literally makes you money. When you create content, it is curated (voted on) by other members of the community.

As mentioned earlier, each upvote that you receive gains you Steem Tokens in the form of Steem (live price) and Steem Dollars (live price). Each of these can be exchanged on cryptocurrency trading sites to BTC, ETH, LTC, etc and/or then converted to your currency whether USD, EUR, KRW, etc.

Minnow Support Project (MSP) and their Peace Abundance and Liberty (PAL) Discord.
Helpie
Adsactly
The Alliance
Promo-Mentors
Asher's Curation and Engagment Leagues
Ecotrain #ecotrain
Homesteaders Online & Offgrid-Online - #homesteaders-online #homesteading
The New Alchemists - #thenewalchemists
Steem Sugars
Newbie Resteem Day #newbieresteemday
OCD - #ocd-resteem
Curie