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I joined steemit in mid June this year. For the first few months my only target was to keep going.
Then about 6 weeks ago I began to realise that I really should take a more strategic approach to my activity on steemit.
While I didn't at that time consider my activity on steemit to be a job or business, with the time and money commitment I had made it was certainly more than a casual pastime.
I was spending upwards of 30 hours a week on the platform and I had invested approaching US$1000 to power up.
It was time to get serious.
At that point I decided to set myself some targets for my activity on steemit. I can't recall exactly where I was at the time but I set myself three ambitions for the end of the year.
These were to reach 5000 SP (and thus to achieve Dolphin status), to gain 1000 followers and to obtain a reputation of 60.
Yesterday by converting my little pot of Bitcoin Cash I reached 5000 SP - now I am a dolphin.
I still have 10 hours to go before the end of the year but it is looking like I won't quite make the other two targets.
I have 977 followers and my reputation is 59.881. Tantalisingly close on both counts - but not quite.
It is a shame not to have achieved all three targets by 31 December but I should hit them in the first week or so of January.
The key thing with targets is to set them early. If I had been on to those 5000 SP / 1000 followers / 60 reputation targets 3 months back they would have been easy to achieve by the year end.
So heeding that I am going to set my targets for 2018 right now.
They will be ambitious but I believe achievable.
2018-Q1 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q4 | |
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SteemPower | 8000 | 12000 | 17500 | 25000 |
Followers | 1500 | 2200 | 3000 | 4000 |
Reputation | 63.0 | 66.0 | 68.5 | 70.0 |
The only one of these that I can totally control is SteemPower.
That will be grown through a mixture of rewards and investment.
The rewards will be dependent on the quality and quantity of my posts and comments - and how much I contribute to the community. The investment will depend on how much spare cash I have during the year - and how much the price of steem increases.
The steem price is the kicker. I of course want it to increase ... but not too quickly before I have had the chance to buy more.
For the followers and reputation I have less control. They will both be a reflection on the value I can bring to steemit.
That brings me on to what my goals are for my activity on steemit and the wider steem platform for 2018.
While my point of origin on steemit was very much the homesteading and prepping community I have over the past couple of months spread into other spheres of activity.
To do them justice I am going to make a separate post on each of these areas but for now here is a summary of how I am looking to develop my activity on steem during 2018.
Homesteading & Prepping
The Homesteading and Prepping Community is a really great place to call home on steemit. I have got to know some really excellent people through this community. Based around the Homesteaders Online Discord server there is a lot of mutual support, encouragement and sharing of ideas there.
I am looking to continue with the initiatives I have already begun there such as the mentoring scheme, and also develop some new ideas.
Currently I am just embarking on a 'virtual tour' of every one of the nearly 300 steemians on the list of Homesteaders and Preppers on steemit.
SteemCommerce
Being from a business background the whole area of promoting the use of steem for off blockchain business activities really grabs me.
I have kicked off my activity in this area with the first list of businesses accepting payment in steem.
With no fees and its fast transaction times steem is so well positioned for greater use in business.
More use of steem = greater demand for steem = increased price for steem.
Charitable Giving
I really do think steemit and steem have great potential as a vehicle for supporting charities and charitable endeavours.
In November I experimented with a small scale A Dollar A Day giving project. A few other steemians (including @gmuxx, @mother2chicks and @hopehuggs) joined me on this and between us we managed to donate around US $800.
My focus so far has been centred on the work of @schoolforsdg4 in Bangladesh, @papilloncharity in South Africa, @tarc run by @rhondak in the USA, @surfermarly's @dreamsoftheocean project and @SirCork's new blockchain charity initiative @YouAreHope.
I am looking to explore new initiatives for charitable support through steemit in the new year. Stay tuned on this one.
Radio Show
Since doing an interview on @Ma1neEvent's show about 3 months ago I have been dabbling with the idea of doing an Alternative Lifestyle show.
Over the past three weeks I have been co-hosting with @globocop on a 1960s series of his Frequency Waves 432 Hz shows. That has been great fun and has given me confidence to move forward with my own show.
Technicalities being willing my Alternative Lifestyle Show should be launching on MSP Waves Radio early in January.
Steemit in Wales
In November @stephenkendal kindly sourced a list for me of all the steemians identified as being in Wales. Although that list had over 60 accounts on it only 15 of them turned out to be active.
This got me going with the idea of a meetup to connect with existing steemians in Wales and to promote steemit further here.
With the support of Stephen and Matt @starkerz the first meetup is now planned for 10 February.
Alongside that I have begun to look at ways of promoting steemit under the #promo-uk banner to help grow numbers here.
I am very much looking forward to working with the #promo-steem team on this in 2018.
I see a very bright future for steem and steemit in 2018.
I very much hope I can play a small part in shining a light on this amazing platform.
You might also be interested in some of my other posts :
MSP Waves Radio : Pennsif on Air with Globocop : What happened in 1965 - the home movie edition
The Festive Follower Freebie - a Festive Season Giveaway for all my followers (update)
The Homesteaders Mentoring System is underway - first two mentors now available
Homestead Plans for 2018 : bees, solar panels and an electric car
Family Holidays in Wales 1964-65 (including Aberaeron and Aberystwyth)
Do you want to buy your baked beans with steem? You can now if you live in the UK
Vive la révolution - steem is here (or why I haven't been so excited for over 20 years)
[FICTION CONTEST] Christmas Day in 2050 - Announcement of Winners
SteemRadio - schedule of all the steemit radio shows - week beginning 25 December 2017
Homesteaders & Preppers on steemit - heading towards 300 by the new year? v11 [23 Dec '17]
Steemit coming alive in Wales - First meetup taking place on Saturday 10 February 2018 in Lampeter
The Steem is Rising - 2018 is going to be a good, good year - are you feeling the buzz?
SteemCommerce - Businesses accepting payment in steem (v 1 @ 15 December 2017)
SteemTowns - connecting the virtual with the reality - would it be possible?
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I am in the market for buying steem directly.
I can pay by BACS, PayPal, or Amazon Gift Cards.
For more details check my post :
[ graphics by @pennsif ]
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congrats brother... i think you are doing fantastic... dolphin or not!
cheers mate
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Thank you @meno, much appreciated.
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Glad to see this post doing well and you deserve everything of the best for your giving heart! Blessings also to @gmuxx @mother2chicks and @hopehuggs we pray that 2018 will realize all of your dreams! We also thank you for your kind support to the work of @papilloncharity Blessings! Stephen and Marian Smith (Upvoted)
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I look forward to learning more about Papillon in 2018.
I hope the new year brings you much good fortune to continue with the valuable work you do.
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@pennsif Thank you for the kind words! You are welcome to visit our website my friend. If you send me your email address, I can also send you our latest newsletter that contains some stats.
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I've sent my email via Discord to @papilloncharity#7077
Hope that reaches you.
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The numbers are not critical. You are making great progress anyway. Next year could be epic
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Thanks Steve. I do like numbers - it helps me focus and stay on track.
Yes, I reckon 2018 is going to be a good, good year...
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I just put you one step closer to your Followers goal with a follow. Happy New Year and best wishes for a prosperous 2018... and in reaching your Steemit goals. Me, I just plug along One Day at a Time!
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Thank you.
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congratulations on a successful 2017 and I predict 2018 will be even more prosperous for you!
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Thanks @goldendawne - I'm thinking 2018 is going to be a great year for all of us on steemit
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Congrats Penni! Wishing u a happy new year filled with more growth and success!
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Thank you @djlethalskillz - looking forward to tuning into your radio show when you are ready to roll
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Congrats on the milestone! That's a big one!
Thanks for be a driving force in the Homesteaders Community. Your comprehensive perspective and approach is inspirational. Bravo!
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Thanks @aunt-deb, very kind words. I totally enjoy being part of the Homesteaders community on steemit - truly one of the best communities on the platform.
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Very inspiring. I only joined early December but I got up to almost 200 followers and 47 almost 48 rep.
A goal for end of Jan is to have at least 2-300SP and double it or more every month after if possible till a few K are in there.
I gave you a follow and look forward to more posts and good luck getting to whale status! you got this!
:D
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Thank you for the follow and good luck with your goals.
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Glad to see your progress and for aiming good at 2018. Thank you for being part also of my little fan club hahahahaha (as followers)
Happy New Year to you @pennsif and God bless to you and to your family this 2018.
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Thank you @dante01. Let me know how it goes at the Tribal Village.
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How great it is then... More power to you sir.
We are quite delay with the toilet project because of 2 storms passed by. We'll be back anytime this week to finish it.
We already opened the mountain treking for start so that it could finance to the next project. We've been granted with 10 hectares of land to develop a mountain resort. This will put more income to the tribe. The arranged business side is aroud 70/30. 70 to them and 30 to us. However the 70 will plow back first for more developments... Agriculture projects and reforesting project...
We are excited with the little progress we're doing 😍
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Impressive goals, but I have complete faith you can reach them! I'll keep doing my bit to help you out just as you have helped me so much. Anyone coming under your mentoring will be extremely lucky.
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Thank you so much @frugallady. And good wishes for your new business enterprise. Your planning looks very impressive. I am sure you will succeed.
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Thank you - I hope you're right about that. :)
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👍
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You did it! Congrats!! You've inspired me...I've been on this platform too long not to have reached certain milestones by now. I need to figure out what my problem is and step up my game! Happy New Year!
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Thank you @uniwhisp. Just keep at it...
Looking forward to working with everyone at MSP Waves with my new radio show.
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yeah!! It'll be great to have you join the dj club! :D
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You buy Steem? I will have to remember this!
You've done great things so far in your Steemit career, including the uplift you've given to TARC. All of the support we've lacked in our own community has been given and then multiplied here on this platform. Thank you for all that you do.
I think you nailed it right there. That's the secret. Strategies vary, but the benefit of implementing them does not. I'm glad you posted this article.
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Yes strategies are useful. And I like numbers. They go together well for me.
Yes I am still buying steem. Just cracked the US-UK issue on that today.
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Very helpful and inspiring info for a newbie. For me it is like learning a new language, and I think I learned a few key things here. Time now I suppose to think about what goals I might like to accomplish too. Continued success...
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Always so much to learn on steemit. But always plenty of great people around willing to help out with the learning.
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Congrats!!!
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Thank you.
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I love your numbers. As a new steemit member I also set some goals and will try to achieve it with quality content :)
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Good luck!
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I think your are somewhat of a messiah! I am so pleased to read you achieved some of your goals.
Hopefully 2018 Wales Steemit will help you achieve them =D
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Haha, thank you. Monty Python clip incoming...
Look forward to meeting you at the meetup on 10 February.
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So close to my experience... I started just to have fun and because I had bought some STEEM tokens to flip.. my friend who isn't on Steemit told me it's a place like Facebook where you can get paid for posting... what? Really? Ok sign me up...
Then as I started getting into it I really started enjoying it.. the people I met.. the information I discovered... unfortunately I wasn't getting any exposure... duh... so I buckled down at all 3 of my other jobs and started investing.. and investing... and more investing.. not much... $20 here... $50 there... I used my tips from work... before I knew it I was spending 5 or 6 hours a day in Steemit.. that's really when I started seeing some value ... I connected with a couple really great people.. got involved in a couple communities.. but I was stool worried because I wasn't making hardly any money... then one day I got a phone call from a lawyer in Florida.. I was fixing to inherit a large chunk of money... life changing money for me... at that point I quit even worrying about how much my post paid... or how much a certain comment was worth..
I have since quit one of the jobs... today is the last day on a second job... I still spend 6-7 hours everyday on Steemit but now I'm doing it because I want to help others.. if this is the year STEEM goes to $100 a coin cool.. if not also cool.. I'm no longer here for the money per se... I'm here because I have made some incredible friends... I'm here to help others.. to try and make this fucked up world a better place for everyone...
My goals for 2018 ... I don't really have any yet.. I have tons of ideas and daydreams... but I'm still in a holding pattern waiting on my money.. no worries.. every day I can scratch one day off off the time that I have to wait to retire for working for the man and start working for myself...
As much as we all want STEEM to go to the moon I'd like to see it stay where it is.. or maybe even drop to $1... so I can buy a bunch of SP...
Peace out ... and now your only 22 followers away from your goal.. better get busy today lol.. good luck in 2018.. I look forward to it just like you do..
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Hi Dave, fascinating to read your story. Totally enjoy reading your #OpHumanAngels stories. Keep on at it.
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Oh I will.. I am really enjoying it
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Congratulations! I look forward to seeing your work this coming year. I didn't know so many businesses accepted steem. How do you go about doing that? I have an Etsy shop with digital prints and would like to accept steem to download prints.
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Thank you. I am currently researching the different ways of transacting with steem.
DM me on Discord details of your Etsy shop and I can include you in the next list of businesses accepting steem.
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Okay will do.
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Congrats on the Dolphin status sir, well deserved. I'll be doing what I can to help you achieve those SP figures as I'll be hoping to cash out some steem in order to get some much needed assets on my little "homestead" over at @notquiteafarm
I look forwards to interacting with you more in the coming year :)
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Good to know you StormRider. I am sure we will be talking more in the coming weeks.
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congrats on the amazing work you've done! that list of honesteaders & preppers has been such a value to so many of us - myself included. cheers to the new year, and go get those goals, honey! 😁
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Thank you. Good to know the H & P list is useful.
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CONGRATULATIONS! 😊
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Thank you very much.
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You are doing a great job. Really appreciate you very much. I am not a homesteader, but do some homesteader type stuff in my small apartment. I vermicompost inside and outside. I make my own beer thanks to @rakkasan84 and also do my best to repurpose as much as I can.
Yes I am a treehugger.
By the way my foster mother was originally from Winscombe Hill in Great Britain which I believe is close to Wales. She said she had girlfriends who were Welsh when she was a little girl. Mom also spoke Welsh.
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Hi @sgt-dan, thank you. Good to have got to know you.
Brewing my own beer is one of the things I want to learn this year if I can.
Just checked on Winscombe Hill - I didn't know it but it is not so far away.
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Congratulations on accomplishing a lot in what seems like a relatively short time! I hope your goals for 2018 come true. I am all about the power of positive focused intention, and that's not only the message of my ministry, but the message we are always trying to pass along to people... you can DO this!
Bright Blessings!
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Thank you.
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I love when people set targets and Hit them, I cant control the other values but I can join your followers list to bring down the margin. Maybe in the next few hours you might hit it. Count down to 1000 followers, I just joined your followers list.
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Great, thank you for the follow.
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Excellent initiatives @pennsif. I work closely with @starkerz and @stephenkendal, and am putting together the new promo-steem site, along with some cool new tools which should help all promoters of steem. Will keep you posted as to whats happening.
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Just been reading the latest post about the new website - looks very exciting.
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Congratulation!
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Thank you.
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Ha! you Powered up at just the right time with the steem price action today! I think all your goals are achievable but from what I am reading after the 65 reputation score it takes MONTHS to move up -- like 6 months to go from 69 to 70 - with posting everyday, and being a whale to boot. I am not saying this to discourage you , I just don't want you to be sad all year if your rep is not moving as fast as you would like!
I am just focused on getting where you are at , so its all perspective - and you obviously reached your rep and followers goals in the two days grace period :)
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Yes the Reputation could be the toughest one to achieve.
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Upvote and resteem done done.
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Thank you for your vote and resteem - much appreciated.
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Fantastic post... Having goals is a great idea. I think we should all complete this type of a post to help focus efforts.or at least I should. Feels like I'm all over the place. Too many shiny objects :-). Thanks for setting the bar.
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Thank you for coming by and commenting.
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You're consistency and achievement are great! I think your goal is within reach but it will require a quite a bit of work. However, if it is worth it to you then it's worth the work right?!?
I'll keep an eye out and if you ever start an initiative that I am able to help out with I'm more than willing to join in!
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Great, thank you. New ideas popping up all the time. Keep tuning in...
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Congrats @pennsif. Seeing it as a business opportunity is the way to go. Your upcoming show will help growing your account.
Well done!
Happy New Year.
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Thank you @globocop. I have so enjoyed being part of your Saturday show. That has really got me fired up for my own show.
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Good post, I am a photographer, it passes for my blog and sees my content, I hope that it should be of your taste, you have my vote :D greetings
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a very nice post my friend and happy new year please visit my blog for this new year
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Thank you
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Yes you are welcome
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