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Tips. Here is an answer to an inappropriately placed comment. You already know not to upvote your own posts, not to post links in comments, and now you know not to ask for money making tips in the comments section. This post is not meant to encourage unrelated comments, but rather to help others so they do not have to ask.

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Which fish would you choose to vote on? I choose the one that stands out the most.

My Perspective

I am not sure that I am the one to answer this question for you. I have been here for almost two years, curating for the first year and a half. I made a lot of money by voting alone. No posting. To protect my investment I look for, even search for, qualified posts to vote on. I vote on content that makes Steemit more valuable to the world, in turn making my investment more likely to pay off by doubling or tripling in value. I am holding SP for the future.

Several months ago, I dropped voting for some popular users whose work I love. I started supporting people who had nothing to eat. Their posts were not perfect, but they made an effort. The cause is important to me. I am talking about like those from Venezuelan who work eight hours a day by standing in line for food that would not be enough for one, but meant to feed a family. The paper currency is worthless, It costs many trillions for one bitcoin. I need posts to vote for, but there are frauds out there that I try to avoid. Opening every post would be cumbersome. Lately you have all met Little John whom I mentor as he learns. My curation income has not changed since I stopped voting on the popular content.

It is a waste to have 100% voting power, sitting there stagnant and unproductive. As long as I keep voting, I make good money and enjoy doing it.

I broke my silence four months ago when I hit 3000 followers. I am not an expert on making money on Steemit, but here is my take for those not willing to invest money. Invest time and earn!

Comments

Each comment is a mini-post that can earn money and reputation like any post. They can be transactional, annoying, or real as seen below:

People who vote on my post make short comments of no conversational value.
. they get a small vote-for-vote transaction (not my preference)

People who do not vote for my post and make a comment that is short and inconsequential.
. they get no vote or muted if they keep doing that.

People who make incredible comments, which prove that they had read the post.
. they get a vote even if they had not voted for my post, a larger vote if they did vote for me.

Which one are you?

Which kind will be more successful long term?

Posts and Success

A comment must be related to the post above it. A post, on the other hand, must be related to the tags you choose to use. Sounds easier. It is, but what will you choose and how well can you make an original post on that subject? What will make your post stand out? Are you willing to be attentive to incoming votes and comments after you have posted it?

To be successful without investing, you must post two to seven times per week, always spend a lot of time and effort to produce something that bleeds passion, radiates talent, or calls for the attention of the reader. Then it satisfies the reader, making it impossible for them not to vote on it.

If you are successful at the above, you must answer comments while it is running (seven days) - returning vote for vote, responding to comments and voting on the ones that are transactional or real.

It is a good idea to do the above while also reading posts from the people who support you and making comments that relate to them.

Then keep it up no matter how many of your posts make only pennies.

When you find yourself spending a couple hours making each post and six to eight hours attending your comments section, you will notice that post values are also in double or triple digits. And you have earned it.

Invest a Little

There is a faster way, but it requires an investment. The above process for success works faster as your SP grows.
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People are more likely to pay attention to you if have the power to hand out $100.00 worth of votes per day. (100 votes at $1 each or 10 votes at $10 each)

Why post only one per day or less? Because voters only have ten votes per day ,and they will not give them all to just you. Investors have more votes per day, but you would do better to receive 100% votes. Do you see the reasoning?

I hope this will help and encourage

For those who did not read this

Success path one: Invest hundreds of thousands in SP = Instant success.
. every vote makes money and ever post or comment receives tons of attention.

Success path two: Work hard, be passionate, review and eliminate errors before posting, answer comments, and enjoy the journey for many months until enough people follow you.
. then every post will be earning votes because you were persistent, but not annoying, and because your content has always been fun to read and appreciated by the many who follow you.

Path two flows much more quickly with some investment in SP

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Regardss @done

very helpful, making posts and a path of success in investing, I have gained additional roads and successful goals, while investing, in the explanation above.

I am also concerned, to friends who do not understand, especially before they grow, they have done "Power down"

I steemians aceh, has gotten a lot of useful directions, taking the time to read, by reading before commenting. I am concerned, they sometimes don't read the contents of the post, just come to short comments.

many important things they passed, for example
steemit Faq, steemit Faq, I have provided a link for a long time, in each of my posts, maybe it was very helpful to friends, who, not knowing where, had to start growing and developing in steemit. but along with making posts, which made it interesting for readers and followers.

regards @sultan-aceh

You are welcome to translate and post the above article into your own language and publish it.

thank so much @done
glad to hear

you are one of the Indonesian I know that have gone success with success path two mate.
And that is what I am intended to follow. : )

thank so much @ekavieka

Hey!! @done... It's very emotional for any Venezuelan to read your publication and why do I say this? Because there are many people who ignore what my country is currently experiencing, but you are one of those who really care about others and that is something to admire.

What you say at the beginning of your post is totally true, we made huge queues to buy some food, the money you earn in a job is unfortunately not enough and many of us find ourselves in the need to perform other activities to survive.

I told you that until recently I worked in a firm of public accountants, the work was very strong, my boss constantly humiliated me and the pay was not enough for anything. I had to leave my job and it was until then that I got to know the Steemit platform, thanks to God and to the people who have supported me in the platform I have managed to "overcome" the situation that is still difficult.

Steemit has become part of my day to day, many people within the platform have valued one of my talents which is singing and that is something that no one had done outside of Steemit.

Unfortunately it is very true that there are people who do not bring anything good to the platform and it is something that we must accept, but there are also others who bring quality content and value to the world of blockchain.

On the other hand, thank you very much for letting us know some facts on how to succeed in Steemit. I give faith that everything you say here is true because I have been applying it and it has worked for me, we must have patience and over time we will reap the fruits of what we have sown with much work and perseverance.

I say goodbye not before thanking you for this publication, I appreciate having you among my followers. It was a blessing to see the post of @lvj because I realized the quality of person that is you and him. Greetings from a huge distance. The best of my wishes for your life... Greetings @done

PS: Sorry if there are errors in what I have written, but I don't speak English. I use a translator to be able to communicate in this way. :D

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I use many forms of speech that translators do not convey well. I would never use a translator to write a post but I translate some of the comments using yandex.com all the features of google without all the PC, opinionated, bias.

I followed you a while back because you are real and you stand out among the crowd! For other Venezuelans, I have friends who help me choose those who are obviously hungry and they provide a list of the needy in Venezuela. I am easily taken advantage of so I ask native speakers to tell me who is struggling.

My dear friend @done! Absolutely all Venezuelans are going through a strong situation. I'm just going to give you an example. In order to eat a good breakfast, lunch and dinner in one day you have to spend a month's salary... Another example, 15 SBD is the equivalent of the monthly salary of a Venezuelan and unfortunately many of us don't achieve that goal every month! Anyway, as you can see, a salary is not enough for anything! The situation is critical, we hope all this can happen at any time and have our beautiful Venezuela back...

tnx for upvote

Hello friend, what good advice.

And indeed you have hit the target. I always say that in Steemit and in life the key to success is the "Law of sowing and harvesting".
If you want to be voted, vote.
If you want to make good comments, you should make good comments.
If you want someone with a high SP to vote for you, try to increase your SP and vote (show your commitment).
If you want quality followers, be a quality follower.
And so, the list goes on.

A hug, Blessings.

I've been in Steemit for 15 months.
I keep writing and keep writing in Steemit, both with very low or expensive steem prices.

I keep trying to update every day. unless I'm very busy or my head is dizzy.

Writing has become my habit even with a few short sentences. Because by writing I keep keeping my head and mind working.
My head is like a knife, if not used, then rusting and becoming blunt is useless.

Great comment! You are doing exactly what you should be doing. Your numbers on your blog show it too. I recommend that you vote for every post that you comment on. (find an app that gives you a percentage option)

Some authors, myself included, look for those who have voted and commented to show how much they like a post. Those who voted for me are first in line for vote-backs. The others get votes only if I have any voting power left for the day.

The Account is as Fake as @rachel1998

  • Reasoning Female name with Man Pic Avatar.
  • Wasn't a Faucet Account.
  • The Account was created by @pudys

There are a lot of Con Artists coming from Bangladesh
9 out of 10 phished accounts are from there.
That account Smell.

Up for Awareness !

Number of Accounts Created By @pudys

Please read this post before you please @bullionstackers

https://steemit.com/life/@rachel1998/hello

I hope there is better investigation when someone new starts on steemit and has someone else set up an account for them. I have seen and heard of this before. I personally do not see anything in @rachel1998 wallet that would lead me to believe that this is a fake account.

I have seen more and more of this attacking newcomers, down voting them, and flagging them without any conversation or inquiry. Why is this necessary? Do some just not get it that some people need to get help setting up an account?

And use of the name rachel1998 seems inconsequential. If your logic is accurate then bullionstackers is not human, because no human would have that name. Besides many names are used male/female depending on culture.

Did you ask @rachel1998 anything or are you just planning on flagging and down-voting.

This kind of crap drives people away (which may be the plan), and in the long run gives steemit a black-eye or negative image.

Not all people from a given country are con artist. That sounds awful racist to me

The first question was disruptive and inappropriate and poorly placed. I did not down vote the account, but rather took time to give the question a forum for discussion. I spent a couple hours answering rachel and the person did not even acknowledge even one of my thoughts or ideas meant to help him/her. They only asked me to be at their side.... That would help....
(translation "give me votes.")

I am not cruel but I already have my friends and family at my side.

I originally commented on the thread from @bullionstackers not your post. You will see my response is under his/her comment and not yours.

Also try and keep in mind language barriers. Translation software does not always work at it's best in interpreting in one's own language.

It is good response @r2cornell, it is necessary to do deep investigation before "kill" someone else character and reputation. And again it is really not nice to mention certain country doing such inappropriate thing, because one or two account doesn't represent the whole steemians from that country.

I fully agree that nobody should be killed off the platform without investigation or a even a chance to change and come back to be successful. I rarely down-vote anyone. But, this post is not about rachel. The question posed is the subject. The answer given is to help the masses.

I had planned to answer comments and spread my votes around for those who are reading my post. That is what I will do today. If the he continues to comment on this post, I will continue to clean it up so that my post does not look like a food fight.

Tomorrow I will investigate, and even upvote this person's posts if they are real and genuine.

I knew it, that is why I made two different comments on this post of yours. Say hi to little john, if you meet him, from Aceh Indonesia @done, some of my friend asking, is he real, and I asked them to check your post. best regards.

Please review the following, which I recommended @rachel1998 do to prove he is a human being:

https://steemit.com/introducemyself/@rachel1998/introducemyself

I find it interesting that he has used his real face consistently, bullionstackers does not use his real face. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks you for that @bullionstackers. I wrote this post for the greater good and only mentioned him / her because that is what prompted me put all my thoughts together on the subject. I wanted people to know what works and what cannot ever work. A picture of their dog followed by nervously waiting for the millions to roll in does not work.

I will remove focus from the account you mentioned.

I was writing with a google translator. I
wanted to tell you one thing. It has
changed.

I am sorry that I am sorry for my mistake.

I am not upset with you. Be yourself and make posts! You will succeed. My post was about your question. Many would like to know some tricks and tips.

My post was not about you or your account. For that reason you are at the bottom for now. I will put everything back within a week if you do not cause further disruption.

@done
All Accounts have to work their way up and work hard.
There is no short-cut.
My accounts , normally use for Curation / Moderation.
I have been helping many accounts during my 2.5 years here.
They need to Power up rather than sending the Steems out of the system.
My question , All they see is Free $$$ rather than working to Power Up their Account.
Those found sending them out will not get my support.

Then, once you begin to see success, don't assume you're at the top and take it all for granted. There's no top to this mountain. The way up is slow, the way down can be instant, if you start slipping.

This sounds crazy and probably not required but I once spent 36 hours straight responding to comments. That was recently, but the post was on fire and hard to put down. I hate it when I miss a comment, but it does happen. I know I feel bothered when I go out of my way to say something and go completely ignored. If I'm just leaving a little one liner joke, having fun, I don't expect much of a response, so that's fine. It's rare, but sometimes I'll post to tell everyone I need to charge up my voting power and take a rest. They don't seem to mind when I'm not there to respond, because again, it's rare.

You are one of the top five serial commenters on Steemit. I have seen both your serious and humorous sides, always related to the content, and I would guess that you enjoy making comments. I have some sort of front runner thing going with mine, I get a lot of votes within an hour after I make a comment - any comment. Not sure what that is about, but I don't need the money.

I also have to let my power recharge. I do try to give everyone a worthy vote and sometimes it takes the whole six days to accomplish them all. The best to you.

People who want to know how it's done?

See @nonameslefttouse

I get these little comment votes as well, not sure what that's all about. Not sure if it's a bot or just a fan of the things I say...

I don't mind talking to people. If I had more time, I'd probably do it more.

You got quite the reaction here. The message was a breath of fresh air. Normally I'd see people telling others to purchase their votes and take the shortcuts. Posts full of false promises and misleading nonsense. Advertisements disguised as helpful blog posts. So many of those people lose money, start treating it like gambling, become addicted. They seem to think their next post will be the one that pays out, like a slot machine. Then it doesn't and they just keep pushing those coins down the slot. Eventually, they leave, and we're left with dead accounts.

I always appreciate folks who go out of their way to tell the truth, even though the truth doesn't sound like much fun.

This is a great post @done. As a minnow, I discovered that the best way to incrase your Steem Power when you are at the beginning of the journey is by commenting.

Also, and I've said this time and time again, in order to succed here you really have to fall in love with your Steem Power and be happy whenever your SP increases, it doesn't matter if it's just a small payout or a small curation reward.

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Good advice and suggestions to improve, thank you for appreciating the quality of the publications of my Venezuelan brothers and the effort we made to publish, (general power cuts constantly and internet failures), thank you for what you did for Juancito, God heard Our prayer, I see Juancito different,

You taught him how to fish.

I saw this comment which you quote from this account, I could remember when I first got here on Steemit, it's very hard really as you can't defined what will happen in each day, bit with perseverance and patience and persistence I kept the good spirit none stopping, the journey has not been easy, few days, weeks, month's going I met with a kind person who always strengthen me never to lose hope, he advises that I should keep going with good quality of contest, and like you said good contests will attract support, that is how the journey started, I participated in my contest especially nature photography and writing that is how I kept going.

As for the issue of bad economic in some various part of the world, steemit has changed many lives and I believe the good work is continuing, I respect your kindness towards the little and struggling steemians here, there are many who has huge VP and concentrating mainly to vote for vote or support people of their caliber, but since I got here, Snr. @xpilar has been been a tremendous job in supporting many alot of minnow's by initiate contest, both in Photoshop and imaginary writing which many of us did benefit. Through believe in Steemit I started to power up little while I can do, because many of us can't afford to buy huge VP but little investment here bring earning, I wish I could invest more and more, but all is fine, support from kind and supportive people like you make the stay here blessings for many us and we keep growing up with good reputation many thanks to Snr @xpilar and all who support us to make something from our commitment and effort.

@done you are typically for many here's as well, I understand how Its hard to grow here which is why I do try my best to support low reputation below me when I came across such... I do welcome introduceyourself (newbies) on their post with little power I had, and that makes me happy I could help someone even with my little voting power. I will employ you to continue do what makes you happy by support powerless, hopeless and homeless. Many blessings to you.

Appreciate your kindness towards minnows, but I want to urges minnows to avoid phishing and scam so they won't discouraged you. Keep the good work.

To many lows reputation reading this comment: ***Never lose hope, believe in yourself and your ability, you can do it and grow up here in earning and reputation, continue putting your best, be committing and persistence and thriving towards your goals of joining this wonderful platform.

Thanks for share @done.

Think of Steemit like a grade-school party. The kids all arrive and nobody is talking much. They eat snacks and all wonder what will happen.

Then one of the parents starts them playing "pin the tail on the donkey" or "musical chairs" in order to break the ice.

Everyone starts out with no friends on Steemit. Then after the games and contests, real bonds of friendship and cooperation start.

I agree with you with your illustration! Everyone got here with no friends or family...but great contest and good content connected us, and we can say we have friends and Steemit family.

Thanks for reply.

Today I come to your blog, and it is very interesting the opinion you give to achieve success in steemit, I am Venezuelan and you have told the reality of what we are living now, I belong to the elderly, we have no right to work, so we are in way to do it and we want to continue productive. I like this network because through it, even being new, I have some friends, who little by little have come to sow the virtual seed of friendship, I love that they answer my comments, because I think it is the way to do a job that every day brings us to improve our work by making better publications and improving our comments, and every day making this network a work tool. I can not deny that people who are in economic crisis help us overcome one more day, in the face of so much adversity. I am pleased to read your publication that guides us to achieve success in steemit. So thank you for giving me seeds of knowledge and I hope to follow your very good instructions. Greetings @done

Greetings in return. Friendship is the key here. You nailed it! I have a translation of this post in process for tomorrow so that more from Latin America can understand it.

Thank you very much, here I put my writing in Spanish. Thankful for your great support. @done

Hoy llego a tu blog, y es muy interesante la opinión que das para lograr éxito en steemit, soy venezolana y has dicho la realidad de lo que estamos viviendo ahora, pertenezco a la tercera edad, no tenemos derecho a laborar, así nos encontremos en forma para hacerlo y queremos seguir productivos. Me gusta esta red porque a través de ella aun de ser nueva tengo algunos amigos, que poco a poco hemos llegado a sembrar la semilla virtual de amistad, me encanta que contesten mis comentarios, porque pienso que es la forma de hacer un trabajo que cada día nos lleva a mejorar nuestro trabajo haciendo mejores publicaciones y mejorando nuestros comentarios,y cada día haciendo de esta red una herramienta de trabajo. No puedo negar que a las personas que estamos en crisis económicas nos ayudan a superar un día mas, ante tanta adversidad. Me satisface leer tu publicación que nos guía para lograr el triunfo en steemit. Así que gracias por darme semillas de saberes y espero poder seguir tus muy buenas instrucciones. Saludos @done