How To Make A Killer Post on Steemit

How To Make A Killer Post on Steemit

For those who hate to read more than 50 words, I am here to tell you, all you need to do is WRITE.

I noticed a lot of people, myself included, wants to earn $500 or more with that single post that gets everyone upvoting. But the reality is most posts are too generic, they lack substance. You could easily see that the author is in a desperate bid to earn rewards without offering anything in return.

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So I am dropping some ways to write a killer post.

Write about a familiar topic

Because Mr. Jon wrote a killer post on how to plant rice in the desert and made $300, does not guarantee the same result when Mr. Kon writes on the same topic.

It would probably not turn out so well trying to replicate his success by writing on the same subject without the knowledge of rice farming which Mr. Jon seemed to have in abundance.

Create content when you are relaxed

I wrote this lying down on my very comfortable bed. Yeah, it's the weekend, I may not leave this bed anytime soon :)
When you are under pressure to write, there is a high probability that it would affect the creative side of you.
Ignore the voice telling you to write when you are very uncomfortable, there is a chance that the post would look forced.

Write in simple language and grammar

I have observed that most bestselling books were written in simple easy to understand English language and grammar. Using simple words makes it easier for your readers to understand. A post in which everyone keeps searching through Google to understand what you meant may not get the desired response.

Use an optimum article length

There is no set rule to use in defining the optimum article length. But there is something that should be taken into consideration here.

If your post is less than fifty words, the likelihood that it would attract enough people to upvote is quite slim. But like in every circumstance such as this, there is no rule or one size fits all fix. A 50-word article accompanied by a video of you doing something awesome, like jumping off an airplane with no parachute, may just get you that $100+ upvotes.

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This is not a call to put up a 1000-word article describing how you wake up in the morning.

The summary is to make sure your posts are not too short and not too long to bore your readers. Striking a balance here is a very important to your success as a blogger.

Put some image in your article

A picture they say is worth a thousand words. A picture on an article could serve a wide range of purpose.

Some may be used to make the reader see a visual representation of what the writer was describing in words. There is still the use of images just for entertainment purposes. Others may be to break the monotony of reading only texts.

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The latter is easily overdone, as I have seen an article of fewer than 200 words with four different random pictures. It made the post looks like a kindergarten coloring book.

High-resolution free images could be gotten at https://www.pixabay.com,https://www.pexels.com, https://unsplash.com , etc.

Format your post

It only takes 3 minutes to read about Markdowns here:

https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/

That would make all the difference between that amateurish looking blog that people glance through and exit, to that awesome blog where everyone loves to read and upvote.

I would like to stop here, thank you for reading and do leave your thoughts in the comment section.

Authored by: @greenrun