The "How To" of Steemit Posting (Is is what you know, or who you know, or a bit of both?)
This is a new series of posts I am starting to (1) help out the African community with a few tips (2) Help out anyone else who needs some advice and tips of anything related to steemit posting, commenting and curating. If there is anything you would like me to post about, comment it below and I will do so. I want to share my knowledge and experiences with you and hopefully they will help you to
Today's topic of this post and "how to" comes from: @yaanivapeji, "How can you attract a lot of streemians to your post apart from making a great post? Thank you."
When it comes to posting on steemit, what you know may not be enough to get views and value on your posts. The best would be a combination between what you know and who you know.
The 3 Ways to get views on your post
Out on my experience on steemit thus far, there have been 3 main ways I have found. These work, but some work just a little better than the others.
Spam
This is one of the worst of the 3, but I have seen it work quite well for some, for others, not so much.
Here are some of the things you can do:
- Post every hour on the hour
This works because you will always have a post in the new section and it becomes a lot easier for others to notice your posts. Do people get irritated? YES!!!
- Sending everyone your link
This is great because some people will actually open it and read your post, maybe even upvote. Is this a good idea? NO!!! This is the easiest way to get flagged, if we exclude plagiarism, spamming people IRRITATES them, a LOT!
I do not recommend using this method!
The HARD Way
So bam! you on steemit putting our your first amazing post. You have added everything in there and you know people will love it, but you only get 1 view and vote (your own vote)... You hope that tomorrow will be a better day. You put out your next thoughtful post, 2 views 1 vote, things are getting better.
If you are creating amazing content, it will eventually be seen by someone and shared with others. This could take a few days, weeks and, sadly, months. In the early times of steemit this was they way it was done, there was no steemit chat. Although there was a chat that only a select few were in.
This one is a great idea, as you add value, but it is hard and you can get easily frustrated.
The SMART way
From steemits early days, sprung out many different projects. @donkeypong leading this with the first project of providing spotlight on other authors. This then lead to the Daily pick of hidden gems (done by myself and @gavvet). Soon after featuring authors came along, started by @gavvet, to help out those who needed money. Once steemit chat came out things really started to happen, then curie came... This was the huge turning point, the first ever community involvement project (by @donkeypong).
This is where the "who you know, and who they know" comes in. Communities is the easiest way to get support and attract attention to your posts, they have to be good quality though or else they will get looked over by the curators in the community. Friends are a great idea, I have friends which I had made when I first started and they vote for me now. Keeping a connection with others is really important.
Networking is the best way to get others to view your posts and get them seen.
Just on a little side note for self improvement. I will be doing pushups, situps and squats for the amount of $$$ (ratio;$1:1) I earn on this post and will give a short feedback every day at the end of each post. This will be split in equally between all 3. Any not done will carry onto the next day.
These tips are really deserving of gratitude, thanks man, @dragonslayer109.
What you know, who you know, and who they know. New mission: get to know a lot, get to know a lot of people, get the people you know to also get to know a lot of other people! There we go. Lol.
@dragonslayer109 - Very practical advice as usual. I definitely have experienced the encouragement and support provided by other Steemians through networking. Taking the time to read posts, providing meaningful feedback and creating quality blogs are the three essentials of Steemit success in my view. I am a newbie so, perhaps I err when I state the three essentials but perhaps they can provide benefit and certainly no harm. Thanks for this guidance. Looking forward to more such posts from you with tips. Upvoted
nice post and good science @dragonslayer109
Spam is the preferred way for new comers, then for hard workers they try to use the second method and the third method is only used by a few @dragonslayer109
I think contests are one of the best ways for new steemians to get involved. the easiest is to just invest and upvote your own posts because it seems like no wrong can be done with that. people with decent steem power earn on every post.
Excellent :D
very useful article i have been wondering about this for a while now i have been leaning on who you know
Very helpful! I'll use this in the future
yes this is great and i think the smart way is the best
upvote and resteem
Networking the important message i got for attracting steemians, aside great post. Thank you
Thanks for sharing these tips. So far the conclusions I have come to is that one should wisely use the tools at their disposal to promote their articles, and of course write quality content. Appreciate the tip on writing for the love of it. When all we see are $ then our views become clouded, we get discouraged and give up. If we keep trying and keep growing, I think eventually we are going to get somewhere.
The tools are there for everyone to use, yet people neglect to use it. Just posting doesn't do much, but a little involvement goes a long way.