I've been a member of Steemit since August of 2017, and I didn't start posting until last month. I certainly don't know all the ins and outs, but there are a few things I have experienced that I would like to share with anyone who may be first starting out.
On following:
When I was new, I was eager to make connections. I followed whoever followed me, whoever upvoted me, and whoever commented on anything. Well not really everyone, but I suggest you don't do this. Following people indiscriminately will fill up your news feed with content that you don't care about. You will end up impatiently scrolling down hoping to see something that sparks your interest. Instead, check out the other person's blog first and ask yourself: Is this interesting? Is this someone or something I care about? Is there the potential for great content in the future? Then make your decision. As a result of following pretty much everyone I came in contact with, I now have to go back and look through many people's blogs and do a little purge. Granted, alot of the hollow posts on my feed are from resteembots, and I'll get to that next.
On resteem services:
So you've spent some time on your content. You poured your heart and soul into it and edited it to perfection. You have chosen or created eye catching images and when you're finished, it's your baby!! You're excited to share it, and you want others to be excited too!! Then you post it...one hour goes by... two hours go by...three hours go by and you've only got a handful of votes, views, and responses. Well, of course nobody knows who you are yet! You may be tempted to use a resteeming service to get more exposure on your post. You pay them and they resteem to their followers, and you usually have to follow them too... I've tried @minnowpond, @steembot, @funadda, and several others. When I resteemed this post https://steemit.com/family/@snowpea/wedding-day to @minnowpond, there were actually people on the other end commenting on my post and upvoting!! Not really with the other services. You may have a different result trying others but I'll warn you, you'll probably just waste your funds and even @minnowpond will not be necessarily worth it. I am unfollowing the other resteeming services soon, as they fill my feed up with junk. The exception of course is minnowpond and maybe resteembot. ;)
On commenting:
Always reply to other people's comments on your post. They've spent time looking at it and they want to communicate with you!! Comment on other people's posts too, but don't force it. Comment on the things that resonate with you and if you don't know what to say think on it a little. At first you'll be interacting with strangers and it might take time to find your footing if all you know is Facebook. This is much better than Facebook in many ways. I've been told sometimes it takes time to find your place, your niche, your people, and to build your following. Don't give up!! I am a little fish too, and we're in this together!
Much love, Snowpea 🙂😘❤
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If you've learned anything or have any advice you would like to give to a minnow, please share!
That's an awesome advice little fish.
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Thanks!! :)
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That's an awesome advice little fish.
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This is great advice! I’m glad you commented on my introduction to give me the opportunity to read this one of yours!
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You're very welcome!! :)
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Yes, I experienced the same thing. I also may need to do a purge to get to better content
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Yes strolling down your timeline is where you want to find things that interest you. There is a mute button but I have not used it yet.
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One thing I've learned is to be quite shrewd about which comments I interact with. The sad reality is that there are also bots set up to post random or triggered comments...just to collect followers and upvote Steem. And there are people who exclusively generate Steem by commenting and upvoting...without ever actually reading or engaging.
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Yes, thank you for bringing that up. There are bots and people who don't read your content and I think I have to be more careful of this... it's obvious when the comment doesn't make sense like the time I posted something serious and one of the responses was, "Haha, good one. Follow me and I'll follow you." Just ignore.
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What an ignorant person or programmed bot response!
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Appreciate the advice. I joined steemit a couple of weeks ago and have written a few posts and I had the same sentiment.
I poured my heart out and yet no one noticed my content.
In marketing they always say that content is long but no matter how good or bad you are if no one knows you or see its content then it is useless.
Then I see some post of just a selfie getting so much votes and comments of how pretty or handsome some is and you have your post not getting any traction and you feel bad.
I know we should not compare but I have to be honest it felt bad.
So I left the notion of needing upvotes and decided that I should be writing for myself and if someone upvotes then that is just the cherry on top.
I am now following people and commenting on posts that I like. I am making an organic connection and hopefully building a relationship.
I like the community so far as I have been inspired by some great writers who wrote from their hearts.
I despite some people on the other hand that just post and want to make a quick buck. There was this group that was posting like crazy and was critizing whales and who they vote for and get jealous when they see other people earn more. When I felt l was turning like them I knew I had to leave.
Thanks again for your post and keep being awesome.
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I feel you. I wrote a funny take on how to get Americans to watch Soccer (A "sport" we hate ) I put hours into it, and nothing. Not even one comment. Zero, zilch, nada. Then I did a ton of research On Josephine Baker, and another on James Dean, I migh as well have yelled into the wind! lol! I was working up to posting daily, but decided to slow my pace down, and only write when i feel something strikes me.
Writing is fun. But it's odd, the only people I do hear from, all seem to come from the same country, and have Steemit sites filled with copied material from English-speaking websites. They are getting attention. Everything I write, comes from me. Period. I do feel I'm growing very slowly, but naturally.
I do many rewrites. Finding just the right image can take a good hour. And I still wanna tinker with it some more, so I have to force myself to stop and publish.
I know if we keep at it, soon we'll reach that tipping point and leave the Minnow pond for deeper waters. Hang in there, even Whales get full eventually and may share some juicy morsels with us! :)
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I just read your piece on James Dean. Well done!! I see what you mean as not many people even viewed it. I think I'll head over to the Minnow Support Project discord. I can have them upvote my post and they share a link if I remember correctly. It may help you and some of the other people here.
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Very nice of you to do that, thanks. I just looked at it now and saw I spelled Donald Turnipseed's last name wrong and linked it! lol We'll pretend we didn't see that. Selecting that picture of Dean took 20 minutes. It had to be the right one, and not a pic that had been seen too often. I feel like I gave birth with that one! :)
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Of course the bot wasn't working. Here are a couple links that may help: https://discord.gg/HYj4yvw and https://steemit.com/@minnowsupport
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Yes, I think I registered with them and the bot with a "b" was the one that worked.
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Same here. Oh well. :)
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Yes, it's just not right to see empty meaningless posts get tons of votes just because the people are popular. Other times you see someone posting junk constantly throughout the day for the pennies to add up. I don't think there's anything that can really be done to change this, aside from people like me and you coming along and leading by example by posting what our passions are and upholding the integrity of the community where we're at. Thank you for reading my post and sharing your experience of steemit thus far!! :)
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Yes, this is what I have been noticing too. Thanks.
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Thank you for the advice @snowpea. I had thinking myself seriously if those resteem services worth the time or not, to be honest. Some I think have some good use like the @OriginalWorks one, although I think it isn't exactly a resteem service per se. Others like "hey give me one SBD and I will resteem" I think they are pretty useless. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it! :)
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You're welcome!! I'm glad you appreciated it! :)
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awesome advice @snowpea. I started in September and, like you, I went all out to follow everyone I could find in hopes that some would follow me back, and some did.
I created (what I thought) were some awesome posts that flashed across the screen for a few minutes before new posts bumped my posts out of sight.
The posts got a few views and a few upvotes, but for the most part the responses to my posts were very disappointing, especially when compared to when I post on Facebook where the likes from Facebook friends keep coming in for hours and even days later.
Watching my results, a couple of things became obvious. My time was better spent finding people with similar interests who posted about things I'm interested in - and - replying to their post with a related comment, upvoting their post and resteeming it and following that person so as to see more posts like that going forward.
From a self-serving point of view my time has been better spent and the benefits have been greater by commenting on more of other people's posts and posting less of my own. I've gained more solid connections, and gained more compensation.
And you answered a question I posted a couple of days ago about why some of the bigger players 'unfollow' others and have only a short list of people they follow. [here's that link -https://steemit.com/follow/@watertoncafe/golden-question-why-unfollow]
Thanks for posting this, it's some very good advice for any newbie Steemers.
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Thank you for reading, and for sharing your own advice and experience with Steemit so far!! You're right about Facebook...likes and comments come in for days and it can feel a bit disconcerting when you first make way over to Steemit. :)
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I just read your post @watertoncafe and I'm not sure if that really did answer the question haha! I haven't ever heard of that strategy before.
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Great post my friend @snowpea!! Sorry I haven't been visiting as much as I'd like. Been very busy replying to the #gratefulvibes comments and posts.
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I totally understand! :) I've been meaning to do a #greatfulvibes post, you'll be hearing from me soon!
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I agree with you 100% about checking the other content people post before following them. I’m really new here, just 4 days old, and I already have prevented myself from following a few questionable accounts by checking out their blog first. Thank you for the post.
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Welcome to Steemit!! I'm glad you're not making the same mistake I did. You're off to a great start!! :) Thanks for reading.
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Excellent advice! I appreciate it so much. I am a music and political blogger. I've been using minnowpond and have tried a few other ones, but I also try to read through many posts and resteem, upvote and comment as much as possible.
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Thank you!! And you're right about not just advocating your own work but other's work too!! :)
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Good tips. I'm reading from a @minnowpond resteem by the way. :)
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Thanks! I like minnowpond, didn't have much luck with the others and the content seems better. :)
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Yeah me too. I just used all those services for the first time to see what would happen and minnowpond was the only one I noticed.
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Hey there! Your favorite INTJ here! I´m actually using other approach to content right now: Since steemfollower requires me to follow a lot of people I don´t quite care about(but gives me also good results of people following me), I won´t purge my followers just yet. However, I´ve bookmarked in my browser people who regularly post good content, and I regularly check their blogs to see what´s up. You made the bookmarks! Good posts snowpea!
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Hi @wolfenlord!! My INTJ! :) That's a great idea to bookmark your favorites. I've never heard of steemfollower until now...yes so much left to learn haha. Thanks for reading and I'm honored to have made the list. :D
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Well, steemfollower exchanges follows automatically, so the more people you follow, the more they follow you. Of course, it doesnt force people to actively engage with you, but its hard for your post not to be noticed once you have 5000+ followers. Here is my referral link in case you wanna try it: https://steemfollower.com/?r=4655
A word of caution: it will make you follow LOTS of people too. But I believe its worth it in the long run, and I´m here to stay!
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Want a boost? Minnowbooster's got your back!
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Thank you for the advice :)
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No problem!! I hope it helps! :)
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Thanks for the tips! ;) I'm fairly new here too so all tips help! Cheers!
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I know the tips seem so obvious now but when at first I didn't know what I was doing!! And still don't half the time! 😂
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Nice. 👍👍👍👍
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A good post with solid advice. If anybody want the best sport updates follow us @worldofsport
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Hello snowpea. I hve the same experience with you.. I am just a member here for about 2 weeks i think.. And like u , i keep on upvoting amd comenting on my friends posts. I dont really know until now how this blog works.. They just told me to keep upvoting, commenting and also posting to earn. Most of my friends keep posting foods, landscapes, sports etc and there i questioned, is this a contest for photography thou they told me its better than facebook. ?? What can u say about the photographic post and that contest or any advice po??
As i read what u have posted i can see clearer the purpose of this group. And you are right, just post what u want to share that can influence others in a positve way..
I appreciate so much your advice. Thank you for your concern.. I want to follow post about Godly and positive things. Can u recommend people to me dat i can follow ?? Im still on my way learnig about steemit. :)
thank you again for your concern :)
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I know what you mean about there being a lot of photography here. It's not really my thing maybe in part because if I don't really know the person and a nice picture shows up I don't even know if it's original or not. I like when the photo has something personal (what it means to them or a little story so I know it's original) to go along with it but that's just me. I don't often know what to say and I'll think about it I bit while I go off and do something else. Other people can just spit out comments no problem. Like I said, don't force it. :) I'm not going to say something I don't mean just to get an upvote. Maybe that's not the best way to earn steem but that's just me haha. Sorry if that doesn't help very much!
As far as wanting to post godly and inspirational material...maybe if you look for the tag inspirational, Christian, or christian-trail and see who's posting there, comment and follow them. A lot of people do daily Bible verses or inspirational quotes and you could learn by observation. It will come! Just be patient with yourself. <3
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Oww.. I see . Ist better that we will post more of our personal life events so we can also be true to our steemit friends. Ive seen some of your posts mam and i hve known you are a Christian. I want to follow you so i can be blessed by your verses. Thank you again mam and God bless :)
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Yes I am a Christian. God bless you too!! You're off to a great start. :)
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Thank you!! Hoping i could be a channel of blessing as u are through this community :)
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Thank you for sharing!
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Absolutely!! :)
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Thank you for the advice :)
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No problem! And if you think of anything to add feel free! :)
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A good post with solid advice. If anybody want the best sport updates follow us @worldofsport
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Nice. 👍👍👍👍
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Excellent post @snowpea thanks for the read
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Thank you! :)
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thankyou!!!
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You're welcome!! :)
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minnows unite!!!!
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Yes!! POWER TO THE MINNOWS!!! :D
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