The Key To Making It On Steemit Is...

in newbiersteemday •  7 years ago  (edited)


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What is the key to making it on steemit?

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Here's a clue, one newbie has figured it out already!

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Did you figure it out yet?

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2 "Must Be" Places To Be If You Want To Succeed Here

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Asher's League of Excellence

Engagement is the key to building any social network. The stats presented in a post by @abh12345 (The 201 most prolific commentators on the Steem Blockchain (2018)) show just how little engagement there really is here on steemit by the humans. If there was a lot of communication, 1/2 of all the top 50 humans on the list wouldn't be in Asher's League of Excellence #aloe.

Think about that for a minute.

One guy has 1/2 of the top "engagers" coming to his post every week. You now have one group which is the group to be in if you want to know the future connectors and influencers. The bottom line is that the people that engage the most will have the most real relationships over time, and that is a factor that makes Asher's League of Excellence hands down the best group to join if you want to meet other leaders.

(Join Now: Ask Asher to sign you up!)

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Steemit Comment Challenge

Another place that where engagement is key is @danielsaori's Steemit Comment Challenge #steemitcommentchallenge. In this weekly contest, players must visit another post selected as the "post to review" and the player must interact in both the "post to review" and on the Comment Challenge post as well. What makes this great is the sheer amount of visits and comments this post receives every week!

If engagement is the key, then finding a place that reaches weekly a thousand views and 400 comments is a pretty good place to start. Steemit Comment Challenge currently has a live game that you can view here:

(Join Steemit Comment Challenge #19 - click here!)

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Get Involved Now

For most of us, succeeding on Steemit isn't about what your post can do today, but rather who've you've met and made connections to. Too many times people underestimate the value of relationships and conections, and then wonder what it takes to get noticed. So here's the obvious secret...

Its takes friends and connections!

Join these two great experienced steemians and participate and engage! That's how you're going to be a force in the future, by mastering engagement. Its easy and free, and everyone is welcome, so there is no excuse to procrastinate, so do it now!

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Super flattered!

Thanks @davemccoy!

I should be quick to point out here that @davemccoy the reigning weekly champion in this league (I tried to topple him last week and failed), and unsurprisingly, he is also one of the most prolific commentators on the Steem Blockchain this year.

Please join myself and Dave, and a bunch of other fantastic engagers here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@abh12345/58vhut-steemit-the-curation-leagues-sbd-and-delegation-prizes (I reward the best engagers!)

Thank you again Dave for promoting this, let's see if we can get to 500 'contestants' in the coming months!

RS, max vote, comment, wooop yeah! :D

Dave is the man. "Prolific" is a great word to describe his commenting. I haven't looked at his comment feed, but I'm halfway convinced that he's one of 3 triplets who all take overlapping shifts on the computer so the account is always posting. They just keep talking to new people and if they don't remember making the comment, leave it for the brother who did. That way they can maximize their reach. It's ingenious! Now I just need to come up with two more identical siblings to help me with this. Good work, Daves!

ok @themanwithnoname ...I've got an idea for you and I...Bro :)

The @davemccoy's (1, 2, and 3 will never notice)!!

At the very least we could help let @abh12345 get a leg up :)

Yes, as long as we don't tag @davemccoy, he won't know what we're up to. :D

ok shhhh! And I see @abh12345, very stealthily picked up on the plan. Nice work guys :)

Don't worry... I never ever look at that ;)

(just keep plotting @themanwithnoname and @lynncoyle1)

haha... plotting against me huh farmgirl down in Mexico???

And I though you were so sweet!!!

Little did I know how that devious mind works... lol :)

hahaha... that is funny... very funny! And the irony is it was originated from the man with 2 names (and none)...

So is this "blondie"

or "Arch"

hahaha... Well I'm glad you like'd our plan about overlapping shifts, and all of us Daves really respect you 3 too! So as I know y'all are hot on my heels in the engagement league, don't forget that I know your secret too! lol

Have a great weekend Arch, Blondie, and the man who can't seem to have a name that he can remember! :D

hahaha @davemccoy! I'd like to plead ignorance here, but Blondie was always way smarter than Dagwood!! I was waiting to see what you'd come up with a reply and these are bang on!! Thanks for the laugh:) I'm sure my com padre may have more to say about it all!

Woop yeah for sure!!!! :) ... I'm glad you like this post and feel flattered Asher! I'm happy to spread the word about The League to be in! You brought the "cool" back to metrics!

I know you know how important engaging is, I'm just not sure you realize how vital your league is going to be in the future! Here's a hint... Its going to be huuuuge! I can see these kinds of things, in case you haven't figured that out yet... ;)

I like your goal of getting to 500 contestants and I will consider it one of my missions here to make that number happen! Me and @beeyou have a couple of more surprises coming, so lets get to 500 so we can set 1000 as the next goal! ;)

Thank you for everything you do, and not just for me and the newbies, but for all of us that you have taught the importance of engagement! You are a key connector in this system and we all owe you our respect for the work that you do!

@abh12345, you should know by now @davemccoy takes every challenge head-on. He will come up with idea after idea until he reaches that goal. I like to watch from the sidelines, but he is pulling me into it this time around! Lol.

Whyever did I sign up to bee the cheerleader for our initiative? Cheerleaders cheer from the sidelines Dave!

Ha!

Yes I have come to believe this now, but that's fine - engagement is rising directly because of the cheerleading 😁

Thank you, great publicity!

It's a pleasure to shed some light on the levels of engagement, and provide something for all to aim for and thus increase engagement.

The post will be out tomorrow, I think we have around 15-20 new names this week 😁

Thank you!

Being featured by you is really an honor. When you talk about engaging I realize how important it is. I may not be earning here much in Steemit, but i feel very successful because of the relationships I am building in here.

Again, thank you for featuring me :)

Christian, you are doing very well and a very smart guy! I was so impressed that you added 'engage" to your tagline that you motivated my thoughts on the post! You are right about the relationships and just watch what happens as we all get bigger! ;)

Great job!!!

Its in the ABC to success sir:
A - ttitude
B - rain
C - onnections :)

Cool I like that... I will have to tell our ABC's of Curation about what their acronym actually means!!! @amariespeaks @beeyou @charisma777

I love it! @christianyocte you are the king of acronyms ! lol :)

@christianocte is good, and maybe we can make that an "official" title "King of Acronyms" for #newbieresteemday ;)

I love your interpretation of the ABC's @christianyocte!

Since I am the 'B' factor of the ABC's, I get the 'brain' component? Hehe, no fair since both @amariespeaks and @charisma777 are both very intelligent.

A - ttitude - @amariespeaks. Yes, deffinitely!
B - rain - @beeyou. No comment
C - onnections - @charisma777. Yes!!

lol... You have just give me an idea... stay tuned! ;)

I am wary of your stay-tuned remarks.

awww... that's too bad though... its good to keep people guessing! :D

great advice not just for newbies but for all of us!! :-D Even if you're not raking in the Steem - you can still be raking in New Friends! and I'd rather have the boost of positivism and support that comes with good friends than make a ton from upvote bots and fake accounts voting me up ;-)

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I love that phraseology "raking in friends vs. raking in steem"... I think you might see that out of me at some point. See @amariespeaks... You're a factory of innovation! ;)

lol thanks @davccmoy! Sharing is caring :-D feel free to tag line it at any time boss !

lol... they just keep coming!!! :)

Well said @amariespeaks! Love the boss reference. @davemccoy!

haha, I figured you would... @beeyou and @amariespeaks you both know that I am your servant!

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hahaha... you found me and @mudcat36 at our last meeting?? I'm the good looking one!

hahahahah

hehehe... lots of fun!

LOL, you and @amariespeaks have me laughing right now. Good thing I am working from home today. So no one will think I'm laughing to myself.

This is just as funny as @bashadow's 1% upvote. LOL, oh my. What can I say about our team.

:P I'm still laughing about that! @bashadow is awesome, I see him out there today stirring it up and he is relentless! I don't know how he isn't number one, he is everywhere spreading a helluva good message!

And yes.... lots of amazing teammates... I love the engagement part when its with such awesome people!

Stop here for more kicks and giggles @kismet2018. 😂

I agree, it is not so much the steem or the money or the power, it's all about meeting and making new friends even when competing, like in IFC, did you see the new art, I was blown away by what @yeszuzia drew for me because @kryptocek asked. One day, I hope to be able to get int the 500 votes and comments that dave does.

@bashadow yes that picture is amazing ! both @kryptocek and @yeszuzia are such great people 😊👍 and her art is beautiful! the friends and sharing of skills, knowledge and talents is really why I came here the steem is just an added bonus 🙌

awww @bashadow, you are going to pass me soon... I can see you out there lighting it up! I love how you interact with people and change up your messages... You really are an awesome guy!

And yes I saw that art, omgosh that was amazing. You should be flattered big time! To me you are one of the great personalities here on steemit and I'm glad that honored you with that gesture!

Keep being @bashadow! You are a man that always knows what to do! :)

love to meet great and creative people like you, sure we will grow, the connection we build will someday get good results @davemccoy

Thank you @dijetechili! I'm glad you get it!!! There's a lot of opportunity and that's exactly what I was hoping that people understand! Connections and teamwork are good for all!

Do you know anything about Steemconnect? i dont seem to be able to use it

I know a little... what is happening to you on sinlg?

One thing you might be missing is that in different apps it will ask for different "keys"... So make sure that you read what "keys" they are asking for... (usually it is either the "posting key" or the "active key") ... and btw, for different apps it will switch so if you autosave your password then you just need to get the right key. I have that happen all the time.

If its anything else, just let me know and I'll try to find you someone that knows about it!

its so scary to give out active or master key
and when i tried using active key it says cannot log in... it makes you wonder

I understand... I am very leery of everything, but steemconnect is not one of them... Be sure to see which one steemconnect is asking for, sometimes they want the active key, sometimes the posting key.

I suggest you never give out your owners key or the password

wow great! This is helpful. Specially that Im looking for a community that fits me

Awesome @jemmanuel! I'm glad its helpful and yes its perfect for someone looking to find a community! Its like a melting pot of communities that are all in one spot for these 2 games! Check them out, both guys are great and helpful too! (and they "get it" when it comes to helping us grow and engage) :)

You are absolutely correct with this, you have to make connections in order to be successful here. Engage with other people, make friends, get contain in any steemit community and initiatives, that's the most effective ways and I can testify to that. No other secrets involve! Thanks for sharing this Dave.

Hey Tinkerino, its always nice to have you stop by and give me your thoughts. Your validation does a lot with the newbies and minnows and supports my point! :)

And its amazing that its so easy but yet many don't talk about it much!!! :)

Thank you for your help and I hope we stay connected too!!!

I agree you are a connector and influencer. The Steemit Comment challenge looks interesting haha

:D Thanks @maverickinvictus! I didn't mean it like that lol... we are all connectors and influencers ;)

And yes, you should check it out... Its amazing how many show up everyweek and give some damn good answers... Its a great place to meet people... Just like Asher's league!

Hahaha I am just teasing Dave but I love your program and what you are bringing into this platform.

I'll definitely do that and rack more comments so I can reach more than 500 comments in other people's posts!

Thanks Mav! That's nice to hear!!! And the great thing about @danielsaori's game is you get a two-fer (comment on reference post and also on comment challenge post)! How do you think I racked up all those comments?? lol ;)

Hi @davemccoy. Good roundup sir. Something that is not the usual. Will check on this stuff especially that League of Excellence.

Thank you Herbert! I agree... Its easy but sometimes we forget it ;) ... And yes, you should join his league, it is lots of fun and you will see how others are doing it and meet lots of new people! Plus Asher's a great guy!

Thank you for this information. Being new on Steemit can be overwhelming. It's tough to know where to start. It is all about relationships. I think that is why most of us are here! Finding others with like interests, community!

exactly @birdsinparadise! People spend so much time trying to make a good post, but forget to find connections so that they are part of a network! I'm glad you see it and btw there are some wonderful people on this platform!!! Have a wonderful day and a great weekend!!! :)

yes good men

thank you @anak123! You are welcome to join both of these places! Don't be shy, they will help you to meet new people :)

Helpful post men.

Thank you very much @princepr!!! :)

Your most welcome @davemccoy.

This is "fecking" a no brainer, why does the average steemian have no brains?

hahaha @erodedthoughts... I have no "fecking" clue! ;)

Nice to see you stop by, its an honor!!! :D

You need better flaking standards if I am an honored guest, lol.

Love the idea here and it is truly how I got started too. People just have to keep trucking and admit if they goof. We are all just humans unless we count the 78% bots.

haha... I do have flaking good standards, and you since you are so firking fun, then you can always be my honored fanking guest!

and lol we are all mostly human if we exclude the bots (some I'm still unsure of) ;)

Some bots are funny at least and some are just allowed spam.
I don't care if 100 people used boosters in an hour, the same spam comment on 100 post IS SPAM. Multiplied by x number of boosters equals thousands of spam comments daily and many have links but we don't have a steemcleaning service for those replies! Anyone know how to make a useful bot we can delegate to just to flag those spam replies mentioned above?

Hot damn! Ask and you shall receive, THANKS GUYS!

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Wouldn't that be nice? LOL

You are a wise man @erodedthoughts.... but maybe you also have the power of ESP... Is your real name Kreskin???

Hey, my favorite jokesperson @erodedthoughts. You, I like! (So I remember you)

My guess is the average steemian used up their alloted brain cells to upvote spend reading cryptocurrency news and sweets travel blogs. Only so much available in one given day. My talented mind is wiped out by the end of the day, so I need @davemccoy to remind me about the importancce of engagement.

And to check on his blog. Lol. Dunno how I missed this. No one stops by my blog, as you are already aware, but I will happily resteem so any newbies that read my blog will learn of this secret. Dave, you saved me the trouble of writing myself. That's why I resteem so many of yours and Asher's posts. (Shhh, that's my secret to success, let others do the writing. Simply resteem.)

We all have our own method and plan to stick it to the man. The key to engagement is looking for the like minded response's and not the ones who have the largest up votes. Some people run out of voting power but still choose to engage and make bonds. Keep up the good work guys, hope to see a few in the top ten of the 201 list.

All bots up there @erodedthoughts! No way can any of us out-comment the machines. Next 'real' name is jerrybanfield..but one has to ponder that one too. Our world will be ruled by the machines. Dave might be the last man standing.

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ohhh you do plenty of writing.. and reading too! I'm glad you are spilling your secrets though, we all love to know how that beeyoutiful mind works!!! ;)

You sir, have earned yourself one day of not boycotting from yours truly.

I am so so happy... Tomorrow will be a glorious day (for me at least)!!! :D

Wowww cool ..
I didn't know I have been missing a lot since I join the Steemit Community...
But am happy am involved in all of your updates to keep me updated ...
Thanks for everything ... Really shown me the way.... Thanks so much

Hey @juliagold, I'm glad you liked it and you are paying attention! I really hope you follow my advice and join Asher's League of Excellence and enter the Comment Challenge by @danielsaori. You will see tons of people that you will get to know and it will help you branch out and make lots of friends.

And doing what you did here by commenting with good comments, every time it makes new connections and friends and helps you to get known! Also if you haven't gone through our feeds, its a great place to find other people also looking to meet each other: #newbieresteemday and #newbiegames... Both are great places to meet some cool people!

Nice to meet you and I look forward to seeing you around!!! :)

I thought I engaged a lot until I saw all of this. It looks like I am going to have to up my game a bit..lol.

Hey Emily, nice to see you! And the funny thing is I didn't know how I stood until I joined @abh12345's league. In the span of 2 weeks I have learned a lot about myself, but I have also learned about many of my friends and connections. Plus I have learned about how we rank compared to others in the system. That is the thing that I find so amazing, we (the engagers) will be connected and as time goes on we all get bigger!

Also if you haven't played @danielsaori's game it is very fun to not only do, but to read all the replies from everyone else. That's a good way to find people that match your personality. :)

Sage advice from the guy that has made it almost impossible to catch in Asher's "League 2."

Ohhh I've been pre-occupied this week so I have a hunch I'm going to lose the title! I'm ok with it though, it will give me something to shoot for next week! ;) Are you going to be the one that wins it this week? I have no doubt you can match me step for step crypt! :D

Probably not to be in the neighborhood I would consider a real honor. I think I'm going to jump up quite a bit in the curation race even though I gave away the curation value of almost half of my votes by voting my fellow "trailers" right away. Oh well, I just have to go get some more SP lol.

Yes, he's engaging and that's the key to Steemit. If you are not constantly getting out there and meeting people, or talking with ones you already know, you're not going to be able to succeed. At least not quickly.

exactly... I think one of the coolest things that's happened is that we've kinda discovered these things together and we are willing to pass them along to others. It makes the message consistent even though there is very little coordination! To me that is one of the beautiful things I've discovered here!

Always good to hear from you my friend ;)

One person told me a very simple metaphor yet powerful.

You don't treat a stranger to a meal.

Treat = Upvote/Resteem
Stranger = Other Steemians

If I don't know you, it's very unlikely that I'll upvote or resteem you. Unless your content resonates.

How do I know you? You comment on my comments, you comment on my posts and I mean thoughtful, genuine comment (inspired by @davemccoy), and then we start to comment each other. And then we start chatting on discord.

What we're doing?

Forming friendship.

You are very very wise Tifa... I knew from the first post, you were going to be great! (and I'm getting more right with each passing day) ;)

Keep up the communication and spreading your messages... you have a very good balance at such a young age in life!!!

Thank you Dave for your kind and lovely words. You're a great person himself! Thank you, I'll keep it up!

buen post, lo intentare si puedo concursar?
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Couldn't esteem at Asher. Resteemed this. 😇

lol.. you can resteem Asher by going to his blog... @abh12345 ... He's a good guy and would love for you to resteem and help him!!! :)

I have previously. Thanks, I do go his blog when I've time. At moment am still trying to find the list of the fifty that may be entered in the sixteen names on lotto grid. Several answers,nobe of which were much help. Basically, How To bring that list of newbiegames@ to screen, please.

I've been trying to work this one out. I'm a bit thick with some of this computer stuff. I had asked, Asher, I think, where I might find the list of 50 on newbiegames, at @ I've been unable to find a list. ¿¿ If you get a minute, please write me a simple instruction, thank-you.
Friendsofgondor followed voted and rested MN ed 1st post from 5 days ago, here. Today, now 1730hr Sat 3/3😇

Let me know what I can help you with. Some of the people get a bit busy so perhaps let me know exactly what you are looking for and I can give you a quick answer :)

OK, cheers @plushzilla, I understand totally, I get busy trying to navigate, and all my time is gone.
Well, a game was proposed about a week ago that a lotto be drawn of a grid made up of sixteen names drawn from 50 registered on @newbiegames. I, however, cannot seem to find such a list. How to, find that list is my 'now' query. Thank-you.
--I am not a computer user trained or oriented and have been on steemit two weeks longer than even venturing on internet. I found fb to be shallow and full of sad 'like me' posts and ads and ads and ads and ads. 😂 My laptop crashed within five hours of entering internet and I lost two years of photographs so that is mainly why I have not used many or gifs. I'm still learning how to use this Oppo.

I have an Oppo phone as well :) It was the only dual SIM card phone I could buy because I have two numbers and was sick of carrying two phones around.

If you go to the @newbiegames account you should see the information relating to the account displayed below the name of the account:

The number of followers displayed is a hyperlink that you can click which will then take you to a page which all the people that follow this account/user:

At the time of the contest there were only about 50 followers on the newbiegames account, but as you can see the number has increased by quite a lot, which means that if you create a contest and share it using the tag #newbiegames then the people who follow this accoutn will also be able to see it.

Hope this helps :)

Thank-you for that, I will attempt it when I finish replying. I may not begin a comp but to enter (I think) @davemccoy lotto comp for @newbiegames I needed to choose sixteen of the currently listed names, about fifty. And I didn't know how to find list. Thanks again. 😇

OK, no listing
----mit.com/@newbiegames
And no bar as you show at all, just the black name box with followers and posts and followed.

Sorry, I showed a screenshot from my laptop so it might look a bit different, but if you click on the followers link below the account name it should show you a list of users that follow the account.

OK, cheers. I'd not thought of that. Unlike the kids who push every button just to see what happens, I think I tend to not push any unless I know which when 😃

That's okay, I wouldn't want to push a button unless I know what it does, but some buttons that people tell you to push are can be just as dangerous for you :D