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Hey @derangedvisions. Glad you are not losing hope. I believe your talent will go far in steemit. What you need is exposure and the subscribers and upvoters will follow in drones.

You make superb content and your posts has good intentions. I've actually recommended you to be whitelisted in Minnowbooster and its the perfect platform for you to get exposure. :)

Thank you. I don't know anything about minnowbooster, but I have seen it on other people's posts. I will have to look into it.

Promoting your post is just as important as making awesome articles. For your awesome articles to be appreciated it needs to be seen by a lot of people thats where MB comes in and helps you.

Since you are now whitelisted . You can now use their service to promote your post. You can do that by sending your SBD to Minnowbooster with the link to your post as the memo. MB will then upvote you at around 2.6x the amount that you send. So a 10 SBD sent nets you $26 worth of upvote and 100 SBD gets 260.
If you do the math on the rewards assuming the STEEM price doesnt go down a 100 SBD boost sent to MB If we do the math You will get 96 SBD Back and 26 STEEM POWER!! ( I've already factored out the curation rewards ). This will not always be the case but in terms of SBD + STEEM you get in rewards it almost always results in profit for you.

The good thing about high voted posts is that more people get to see your post as they are reflected on the trending section meaning more exposure and followers and readers in the long run.

You can read more about them at
steemit.com/@minnowbooster

Thanks for keeping me motivated. Hope to be nearly as successful as you are after my 90 days ;)

Keep up what you are doing and I am sure you will do great. I have seen your work and it is awesome. The big thing is branching out in the community and getting to know people so they know you.

:) Alright, will keep on working. But its hard to get the attention from people who are already connected in the community, because their posts are very busy. Did you started getting to know people who are on the same (reputation) level?

Are you active in Discord? That is an amazing tool to get to know people.

Not yet, seems I have to check it out. Thanks for the hint

This is exactly the post they should link at the bottom of the Steemit FAQ - after all the Jargon nobody understands links to real post where real people came here and worked out how to progress.

You have come a long way in a short time, and this post is a real inspiration to people starting out on Steemit - I spent far longer then this getting less then a dollar for my posts when I started out.

I still don't fully understand how this platform works, but from experience I learned very slowly that you need to give to receive. When I started out I created posts and then just expected people to find them - when nobody did I wondered why.

Eventually I worked out my post's were just a tiny part of a much bigger puzzle, and to bring in an audience you need to actively pursue them. Comment and share is key - the more you remind people about you through comments the more they will remember you.

The charitable side of Steemit is fascinating, and real differences can be made to people's lives.

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Thanks @c0ff33a, it has really been a huge learning curve and a lot of time invested, but it has been an awesome ride so far.

Congratulations on your 90 day progress. More power to you! Steem on!

Thank you. Best of luck to you.

Sir I am inspired. Would it be possible to get the discord link for some of these channels that helped you grow especially the Alliance one with the school program.
I really want to learn these waves, and really connect with people on here.
Hopefully I might actually get to buy my first cam from my funds here.

BTW amazing photos as always

Most of the links expire after a certain amount of time and I don't have the ability to invite to most of the discords. If you check out @mbc-meps, you should find out how to join them in one of their posts. The Alliance has an application process that you have to go through, and you can find out how to do that on @thealliance page.

If you wanted to stay up to date with my contest and meet some of the people in that community as it grows, you can join here:

https://discord.gg/MpWstp2

Alright will Check them out now. Thank you very much

As I'm just barely making it to 2 weeks on Steemit, also as a means to share my photography and art, this was very good for me to read. Thanks for sharing!

Since you are a photographer, here is a link to my discord channel for my photo contests:

https://discord.gg/MpWstp2

It will be a good way for you to meet other photographers and you can win some SBD while you are at it. Welcome to Steemit.

Your growth in Steemit in just 90 days has been incredible. It was only necessary to have a bit of luck, but a lot of effort and study, I congratulate you for that. Thank you very much for creating a contest for new talents in photography, I will begin to participate in them.

Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing more of your photography as you grow here on the platform. You are doing amazing work.

Thank you so much for you support @derangedvisions. I'm a biologist, but photography is my passion.

This is very inspiring and I like your spirit

Thanks for stopping by and checking it out. Good luck.

Thanks for the mention! You are doing a great job on Steemit! You bypassed me and I have been on Steemit for a year. Keep up the good work and keep doing what you are doing.

Thank for being there for me and all the other vets here.

Coolest Post!

Perfect example of really rocking it here on Steemit and having the right mindset!!

Thanks. As Joe Dirt would say, "Ya gotta keep keepin on."