People Rarely Talk About Their Failures and the World Only Celebrates Success.

I think it is a tragedy that no one likes to tell the world about their failures. I think this sets people up for an unrealistic view. It does not matter whether it is blogging here on Steemit, having a successful business, being a recognized artist or a respected chef everyone has had to fall on their face to get where they are at.

There are so many new faces on Steemit. These new folks are looking around at the size of some of the payouts and I imagine they are thinking they could do the same with little effort. This is so far from reality. I want to give you my back story in blogging to bring all the new folks back to reality.

I started blogging back in 2011. At the time I was scared to death to put my thoughts on the world wide web. The fear was palpable. The first time I published a piece on Google Plus I was literally shaking. I was so worried about what people would think of my writing. I know I am not the best. For over a year the clicks would trickle in first 10, then 50, then a few hundred and then a few thousand. Guess what, I did not earn a penny.

At the same time I began to build my following across social media. Now six years later my accounts have a little over 500,000 followers and my personal brand accounts have around 150,000. I was also paid nothing to do this.

Over time my blog began to gain traction. At one time my personal blog reached a rank of 140,000 in the world. I was writing blog posts 2-3 times per week. My topics included precious metals, Panama and social media. Yup, you got it I earned nothing.

I built relationships across the web with other bloggers and influencers. We followed each other and shared each others content across the web to leverage the power of community. No one paid me to share their content.

What This Means for Steemit Users.

If a person tells you that you can get rich quick on Steemit. I want you to remind them of people like me who have written hundreds of articles prior to Steemit, over 200,000 posts across social media and have a few hundred thousand connections. Then realize that most of the people who are doing very well on Steemit were early adopters. They had the foresight to jump on the platform early. I was actually a few months late to the party. I still regret the decision to not join up earlier.

If you are joining the platform now you have to put in the work. Steemit is a free market economy. This means showing up, blogging, engaging with other users, commenting on other posts, sharing content across social media and overall being part of the community.

My Article, "How a Social Media Pro Joins a New Platform and 9 Tips for Success."

If You Fall on Your Face, Get Right Back Up and Move Forward!