Dear minnows: A breakdown of pay for vote bots and if you're not using @bellyrub, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!!

Seriously, how have you ALL not been jumping on this?? Have none of you heard of @bellyrub yet? If not, seriously just click on the link right there and go check it out, like, NOW!

If you're still reading this then lemme' explain a little bit:

We'll start with @randowhale

Surely you've heard of @randowhale right? Steemit's dice rolling bid bot? You send Rando 1SBD or 1Steem (which is a steal, it used to be 2!) and rando drops a whale vote on you anywhere from 2-5% of his voting power. Great to do when you first launch a post (if you're a low level salmon like me and can afford it) because it will likely jump your post payout at least as much as you sent him, which ramps you up the hot/trending ladder (albeit a tiny amount, but it's good exposure anyhow). Also if you've been doing this a while then you will know that folks are more likely to vote on things that are already displaying "value" or that already have a large amount of votes, so by using the service you are likely increasing the chance that others will vote your post as well. (Hell, I'm gonna use him to upvote this post!)

And follow that with a lil' @minnowbooster

Well, if you've heard of @randowhale you've probably head of @minnowbooster. The difference with minnowbooster is that the vote they send to you is directly correlated to how much you spend, or at least it used to be. @minnowbooster now caps how much it pays out, which is not great for salmon like me, but awesome for minnows like you! They are spreading the love and doing a great job, go check them out! They also have an entire freakin micro economy of features that they are making public like SP delegation tools, it's pretty amazing.

Now we can chat about @booster

(Can't find booster's logo so here is a meme I found when I googled "booster")

If you've come this far and you know about the others, it's highly likely you know of @booster as well. Booster is a different kind of bot, called a bid bot. What booster does is vote on all posts that submit a bid within a given time, breaking down their voting weight per bid based on the amount bid per person. Here is the example from @booster's front page:

"bids open every 2.4 hours. Ex: @Axe & @Bob both bid for the same voting batch. If @Axe bids 4 SBD and @Bob bids 2 SBD, @Axe will get 66.66% and @Bob 33% etc."

The thing with booster is that it is quite popular, and there are many salmon and dolphins bidding for votes, which means that even if you bid like 4SBD (an incredibly high price in the current market) you're likely (in my opinion, and from my own personal tests) to not make that money back with the vote that you receive. The problem is that there are too many people vying for a piece of the pie, which means that each piece is becoming much too expensive. It's still an option though, if you can afford it, or if has worked for you so far.

Which brings us to @bellyrub

Well, I have honestly debated making this post for a while because I feel like @bellyrub is an undiscovered gem here on Steemit, and I have been greedy for his votes ever since I discovered him, but that's not right, and I feel he needs to be recognized more by the community. @bellyrub is a bid bot, almost exactly the same as booster, but with one big difference: @bellyrub is affordable for minnows. Bid's for a slice of @bellyrub's vote start as low as 0.01SBD which is waaaaay affordable! Plus (right now anyhow) for a bid as low as 0.1SBD you can receive a significant upvote. So why would I not share this sooner you ask?

Well, when people start finding out about @bellyrub they are gonna jump on it like breakdancers on a subway car, and the bidding is gonna get fierce just like with booster. But the point is that right now @bellyrub can make a significant impact on your post for an insignificant price, so what are you waiting for, go give that little bellyfish a pat, I'm gonna do it in two seconds!

Do it now!!!

P.s. I am in no way affiliated with @bellyrub, this is not some promotional thing, in fact I don't think @zeartul (bellyrub's administrator) even knows I exist, I just think that @bellyrub deserves more attention than it is getting!

P.P.s If any of ya'll bot owners have an issue with me using your official logo photos in my post just let me know and I will be happy to take them down, not trying to steal/plagiarize in any way.