Categories That Make YOU Money on Steemit!

If you're new to Steemit or have been around for a while and  haven't been rewarded much do not despair.  Keep posting your interests,  engage in the community, build your reputation and you'll eventually be  rewarded.  Whatever category you're focused on, one of your posts  should eventually get noticed and gain traction.  Furthermore, when the  payout distribution from the whales spreads to the dolphins  who are greater in number and consequently have a greater diversity of  interests, there will eventually be a broader distribution of payouts  that you'll benefit from.  That said, it's also smart to be strategic  with your posts.  If you can create unique content in the higher payout  categories you'll have a much greater chance of making the big bucks.    Below are the best categories to consider: 

The Top 3

The hottest categories are ones that involve the Steem blockchain,  or the Steemit website.  Naturally valuable news, projects, ideas that  inspire, help or motivate the Steemit community will be rewarded.  In  the past there have been grumblings from members about having too many  Steem posts, but incredible value is generated in many of these posts. Steemd, Steemle, Steemstream, SteemImg, @xeroc's Piston,  are among the technical projects that have been developed and rewarded.   If you're a programmer this is a great platform to get rewarded for  building something useful for the community.  The community will also  reward any well written posts about how to improve the platform.  Lastly  ideas or marketing initiatives to acquire users are incredibly  important.  Most of my personal success has come in the marketing  category.    

Here are just a few ideas you might think about:    

What can you do to help Steemit?    If you're a programmer you can  build a useful project and be rewarded. If you're non-technical you can  share ideas or lead an outreach initiative.   If you have a huge social  media following share/tweet/post about Steemit.  Whatever you do let the  community know!

Think of something creative to get some attention from large  groups of people and online communities.  

Reach out to a celebrity.    The more publicity you can get Steemit the more you'll be rewarded!   You might even gain the courage to do your own publicity stunt for Steemit!  The next most important category is  #introduceyourself where you should post your introduction. @cryptoctopus shares some great insights here: The Secret Formula to a Successful "IntroduceYourself" Post...And The #1 Mistake to Avoid.  These  days you need to verify yourself to the community.  The more you share  about yourself with photos or videos the better you'll do.  You only  have one chance to make a first impression.   Your intro post is the  foundation of your reputation on Steemit.   A lot of people give short  introductions without realizing how important it is to get this right.  If there is one post to spend time and effort on it's the intro post.    Don't worry if your intro post doesn't earn a high payout.  It could  get lost in the crowd and may not be seen by a whale.  However having a  good intro post will still set you up for success in the future because  people will likely look back at your intro before being comfortable  enough to put a lot of Steem power behind your newer posts.  Steemit is  about reputation and the bigger reputation you have the more likely  others will vote for you and the more likely you'll achieve a high  payout. 

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The best way to know what works is to follow the top writers in  each category.   If you look at the Popular posts in each category and  then look for the highest payouts you can identify successful writers to  see what it takes to produce high quality and interesting content.  For  example in the very high payout Travel category you will see @heiditravels & @anwenbaumeister have a lot of great travel posts with pictures and fascinating insights.  @msutyler joined about a week ago and seems to be doing the same in Travel.    @masteryoda @pfunk do well in Photography.  @guerrint spearheaded the initiative to bring females to Steemit with her intro post and had the highest payout in history for her makeup tutorial.  Many here are from various blockchain/cryptocurrency communities so  topics about the blockchain industry can achieve high payouts.    Categories With Payouts Above $1,000

As you can see there are many other categories that have received some attention and good payouts.   Trailblazing  I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.—Strode Just because there have been high payouts in certain categories  doesn't mean it will remain that way.   If you write about what you're  most passionate you'll most likely have a unique and personal  perspective on a topic that will stand out.  There was a recent martial arts tutorial from @andrarchy and @anwenbaumeister started a health blog.  @stellabelle has a secret writer blog.  

 There are plenty of trails to blaze so you may be just as successful  sharing your passions, interests and personal experience than trying too  hard to fit in a high payout category.  Conclusion  The payout data shows that the best areas to focus on continue to be  posts about Steemit.  If you can find ways to help Steemit in any way  there is a good chance you will be rewarded.  

The next best category to  focus on is the  #introduceyourself  post to build your reputation.  The next high payout tier includes:  Travel, Life, Beauty,  Photography, Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, Money,  Funny, & Philosophy.    Finally there are plenty more categories in  the payout list that have a decent chance of a high payout post, but  don't forget to just share your passions.  You may end up popularizing  some new categories.   Happy posting!