I have recently implemented a strategy that has put me on a clear path to my goals on Steemit. As some of you may know I plan on traveling and writing full time and because of this simple strategy, it looks like I will be to that point soon! I will be posting more about my plan when the time comes, but here is my simple growth strategy until I get to that point.

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Posts

Now is the time to grow your reputation and your Steem Power by posting. Some people might not be posting as much right now because the price of Steem is down and that is exactly why you should be posting more now - less competition. Sure, it's true that you can't make as much money cashing out your Steem right now, but thats just another reason not to do that or even be concerned about how much USD your making from your posts. The key is earning Steem and powering it all up because when the price of Steem goes up in the future, all that Steem you powered up will be worth a lot more than it is right now.

Steem Power

Unless you really need the money, the move that makes the most sense is to power up everything right now. Now that your power down time is only going to be 3 months, this is just another reason to be powering up. I have been using this strategy for almost 3 weeks now and I have made more SP in those 3 weeks than I made in the almost 3 months before that.

There are a few factors involved to make that happen of course. Part of it can be attributed to having more followers and a higher reputation. There is a feedback loop that really gets going once you get to a certain point and thats when the Steem really starts rolling in. Some Steemians even call it steem rollin. It's hard to say when exactly that point is because it depends how many followers you have, who your followers are, and what your repuation is. All that being said, what really matters is the quality of your content. The other thing really matters is consistency. If you do those 2 things everything else will follow.

After getting to 1000 SP, I made this my strategy and had a total of 2000 SP two weeks later. After that I got a gigantic boost to my SP from SteemFest and now I have 4500 SP! One thing about getting Steem that way though is that your reputation remains unchanged.

Reputation

Like I said, what really matters is making quality posts. Now, what is a quality post? Really all it means is that enough people and really the right people (whales) saw value in your post. I have noticed that it happens for me when I am not thinking too much about the whales. When there is something that I truly care about and I have been thinking about and I want to write it because I really care about it. I have been writing more in this way recently and my rewards and rep have seen a definite improvement because of it.

Consistency is the other key factor with your posts. Look at any of the big content creators on Steemit, especially the ones with the highest reputations and one thing they have in common is their consistency. Some of them have slowed a bit with the price of Steem, but that just leaves more rewards for us! I was stuck at a 59 rep for weeks, but now that I have started pushing myself to put out as much quality content as I have time for, my reputation has been steadily moving a full point every few days.

And of course this post, like all my posts right now is a 100% Power Up Post!