STEEMIT 101 - A SIMPLE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

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Hello beautiful Steemians. I hope you all are having a good day. Well I am. I am @oredebby and I joined Steemit in January, 2018, close to about 3 months now on Steemit. I'll really like to welcome the newbies here and I have some few tips for you that will really help you in your journey if you take to it. I'll like you to go through and understand it. Thanks so much.

As newbies and minnows, we are like new born babies here and we really cannot differentiate our left form our right. Some people joined Steemit to learn, some to make friends, some to market themselves and so many other reasons. But we all came for a particular reason which is making money. Yea, we all did. So what happens when a newbie is told he/she is coming to make money and the money isn't forthcoming at the initial stage,one might get tired and frustrated. Are you in that category? The tips below are just for you.

INTRODUCTION

First of all when you join Steemit, the first post you are meant to do is your introductory post. Make your introduction really catch and very interesting for people to read. Your name, Country, Job/Business, Hobbies, and other interesting part of you should be highlighted.And that will make people know you more and relate with you better.

RELATIONSHIP

Here on Steemit, relationship building is key. You really need to start mingling with people early enough and build a very good relationship with other Steemians. Love of the people will make you stay put here.
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CONTENTS

One thing you should note is that your contents must always be related and original. Do not spam. Be yourself, write your article, use your words. Don't be fake.

Some people say "Oh I am not a professional writer", " Lots of people in the community are better than me", "I do not know how to write" and stuffs like that. No, don't say that. No one is an island and Rome wasn't built in a day. Start from somewhere. Learn to read, learn from your environment, there are a million and one things to write about, just that you've not discovered. Be open to learn new things each day.

First "Learn", then later, you remove the " L" and begin to "Earn". We learn every single day of our lives. The day any man stops learning, he starts dying.
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TOPIC

Make the topics of your post catchy enough for people to want to open it and of course it must be related to the post you are writing about. When your topics don't interest people or have low visibility, it may make your post less likely to be noticed especially if you don't have many followers yet.

TAGS

You have the space for just five (5) tags. Five (5) related tags to your post. Note that the more relevant your tags are, the more relevant people will come across it, read it and ofcourse upvote the post. Your first tag is especially the most important tag.

Make sure you use tags intelligently. For example if you are writing about a car, then you might find that "cars" is a more popular tag than "automotive" - in that case it would make more sense to prioritise "cars" as a tag and only use "automotive" if you have an unfilled tag.

PICTURES

Pictures have a way of catching people's attention to anything. Especially the first picture you use, it has to carry some volume of what your content is all about. Make your pictures interesting and beautiful for every eyes to see.

REFERENCE

Incase you want to bring up someone else's words or quotes, please be sure to acknowledge the person appropriately so it won't seem as though you wrote it. Especially when everyone knows who said those words.

CONSISTENCY

My sincere advice to you is to be persistent at what you do. Not everyone gets noticed at the initial stage. Just keep at it, keep up the good work and be optimistic.

PAYOUT

Talking about the 50/50 Payout and 100% Power up, If you choose 100% option, your payout will only be in Steem Power(SP). As a minnow that option is not advisable. The option is best for Whales and Dolphins in the system. So as a minnow, choose the 50/50 option which means that out of the 75% of your payout, 50% of it goes to your Steem Dollars wallet and the remaining 50% goes to your Steem Power. The remaining 25% out of the total 100% is shared among your curators, that is, those that upvoted your post. That is just how it is.
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UPVOTES/VP

Please be sure not to upvote every single post you see. Make sure you're using your upvote power to reward content you find genuinely awesome. Apart from that, your upvote gauge is like a stamina bar. When you vote every post, your Voting Power (strength) reduces and it goes up slowly over time. Please use them wisely.

Lastly before I stop, please take note
•Do no beg for upvotes
•Make good comments/replies
•Stay focused, do not be discouraged
•Note that Rome wasn't build in a day
•And finally, Readers are leaders

Thank you so very much for reading. I hope you enjoyed every bit of it. I'll appreciate comments please and do well to resteem this post for other people to read and learn more. I love you all so much.

Till I come your way next time...
I remain your sugar lovey dovey @oredebby

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Good stuff.
I am still learning.
You can add tag inside your post.
Just like this #steemit, #promo-steemit.
Thanks for the reminder

Wow thanks so much for checking. Thanks so much for the added info too @pouchon you're the boss #winks😊😊😊😊

Ce que j'aime le plus chez toi, c'est ta réflexion. Un super article et une bonne idée. continuez.

Lemme goan resteem🏃

Lol. Would have preferred that in English though. Thank you all the same

What I like most about you is your thinking. A great article and a good idea. Keep it up

Interesting, educating, so full of great information. You shield more light to things we don't know.

M glad I did shed light to some things you don't know. I hope you take to it. #smiles

Thanks for educating we newbies @oredebby. This information is timely and highly helpful.

Awwwww u're welcome. You showed me the way here. M forever grateful to you blood @fadiji09

Wow...... Very good post.
I am a newbie and i made many of these observations in less than two weeks on steemit.
Very nice post. You can check mine out https://steemit.com/steemit/@kerry777/welcome-to-steemit-what-newbies-should-know-do-to-enjoy-steemit-from-the-word-go

Thank you so much @kerry777 Wow amazing

Thank you.
Still learning daily

This information is really helpful, well done dear.

Thank you ma'am. I'm happy it is.

@oredebby my gee! I have always liked you but I don't know why I like you until now. This is one of the best newbie tutorial I have read in recent time. Good job dear. Just like peak milk.......'it's in you'

Awwwwnnnn thank you @kingsolo Sir I'm loyal oooo. Thanks so much for reading. Hahahahahah thank you oooo. Lol

Lovely post. Thank you. It was indeed insightful

You're welcome. Thanks for reading

Wonderful lady.. You are doing so much for steemit.. Keep it up!

Thanks so much @happymichael We win together

Everyone should read this, newbies should go through this before making any post. Amazing job here @oredebby

Yes o. The information is fundamental for us to know. Thank you @aristokratos I'll appreciate if you resteem this #winks

Steemit is about adding value and I'm glad you are helping the newbies out there. Keep at it hun!

Thanks so much ma'am. I really didnt know I could do this until I finished typing #smiles

Es un buen post, muy educativo. Gracias @orodebby

Merci beaucoup

Thanks so much... your write-up is indeed very helpful

You're welcome

Wow! I am amaze with this information and i want ro tell u now and openly that u will be my next womancrushwednesday for ur powerful motivation and encouragement and free ro ask or communicate with me and feel free when i do same to u. Thanks @oredebby. Love u

I still have a lot to learn from you sis, your record and wallet amazes me, many people have done what is stated above and they still far behind people like you.
What do have to say.

Well thats where relationship, interaction and consistency comes to play. Relate well with other people people's posts and comments and stay positive.

this is so educative well detailed and explained thanks a lot

U'r welcome @oliverwilliams

This is FANTASTIC information for new users! Excellent job. The post layout is very easy to navigate, and you have a lot of very useful information. I can tell you really want others to succeed, and that is the kind of attitude that we need here. You are going to do great here on Steemit, I am very glad you joined at the beginning of 2018, just a month after me. This is going to be a great year for us all!

My favorite quote from this blog was : "First Learn, then later, you remove the "L and begin to Earn"
That was very clever, wonderful writing.

Wow wow wow thank you so much for your comment. You really encouraged me with this. M grateful. Thanks so much. We win together

@abuja-steem just upvoted this post. Help us to do more by upvoting this comment

Well detailed post @oredebby, it's been a while, thank you for taking out your time, investing in we the newbies and you sure gonna see the result soon.

Steem on dear Sis

wow good information and piece u got there @oredebby
You made a good point...i wish newbies and minnows could take their to read it...tnx for sharing...THUMBS UP!!!

Thanks so much @vickyrich I'll appreciate if you resteem this #winks