Time & Effort.
Fellow Steemians, I recently read an article about an author's success. Well, the lack of their results. - This specific author wrote a superb article and got almost no attention at all. - So the results was identical to most new people's results.
This article got me thinking..
So I tried to find others who was facing the same issues. - It took me about 10 minutes and I could easily find a handful of people who all were struggling.
I read all of them and I also read the replies.
A few comments mentioned two vital ingredients for success on Steemit.
Time and effort.
One would think that most people would tell them straight away to put in time and effort right from the beginning, but I was wrong. - Most people didn't tell them that. They told the exact opposite.
Due to the amount of followers people have, they told them to basically not waste their precious time on writing detailed articles or replies, because it wouldn't give them the necessary exposure they needed to reap decent rewards... - And personally, I think it's wrong to say something like that.
I know, I'm one of those people who doesn't have superb rewards and perhaps it is because I'm doing it wrong. - But I strive to encourage my readers and I believe in two things. Quality and to be consistent.
Most of my articles I publish on Steemit takes me approximately 2 hours to write. - I'm not native in English and I struggle to find the proper words to use. - I deserve rewards too. - However, even if I get $2 or $20, I've been rewarded more than I ever would on any other platform. - So I'm satisfied at the end.
If I don't put in time and effort in my articles, I wouldn't produce good quality. - And if I don't provide good quality, I wouldn't gain so many new followers that I got either... - So to me, it's obviously better to spend time on everything I do.
With that in mind...
I don't recommend people to spend 5 hours to write one article because that wouldn't give them the exposure they needed. - And definitely not the rewards they're looking for either.
But come on, of course you should put in time and effort in everything you do on Steemit. - How else would you be able to reap rewards further on?
The most important thing to keep in mind, is that you most likely will not end up with great results your first couple of articles and it could take you tons of time to reap rewards. - It's a struggle but it's also a long term commitment.
Don't expect the world for every piece of article you published. - Established Steemians reap the rewards they do due to the time, effort and quality they spend and produce.
This is a total no-brainer to me. Time and effort will bring you results long term. - Poor quality can give you a nice payout if you're lucky, but you'll be trapped in a sink-hole by doing that to yourself.
It's harder to start producing quality if you started out with poor quality. It's harder to go that extra mile if you haven't done it before. It's harder to put in the necessary time and effort if you haven't done it in the past.
Time and effort is vital. - Followers are vital. - Make sure to make the best out of your time you spend on Steemit. But make sure you do it for the right causes too. - Don't expect the world for starters. Don't expect a single cent until you've produced good quality & until you've got yourself a decent following.
Feel free to read my Steemit 101's, in case you missed them:
This is a new series of mine. My Steemit 101's are basically a crash course for minnows.
You're right, and I can't believe people would ever say that to anyone. Oh well, the less people that try, the more opportunity for people like you. Keep plugging away, you will get noticed, and then suddenly it will be like a snowball effect :-)
Cg
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The reason, at least from my understanding, was that it's a waste of time to write for 2-3 hours and get basically nothing for it. - And they won't be rewarded for it due to the followers they have. - However, I strongly believe it would be better to produce quality content and gain followers for starters. - That's how I believe you'll reap rewards in the long run. Followers is way more important than $, especially in the beginning.
However, thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it. :)
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Yes, you have to find a balance, I think 2 hours is probably the maximum when you're new.
Even me, I try and keep it to 2-3 hours; although sometimes, with research, finding pictures, resizing and all of that, it takes longer.
Cg
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I hear you! - Balance. That's a word I'll have to use more often. Thank you. :)
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Ha ! I just wrote a post about this exact subject and then found your post that pretty much answered my questions !
I fully agree with what you say, but it is hard to post reasonable quality stuff when nobody even reads it. Maybe starting off it's best not to go full-gas and ease your way in. Writing tons and tons of content will probably do nothing but burn you out and make you frustrated at the total lack of response and rewards.
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Nice :)
Well, I do agree with you. However, I truly believe that you should put in both time and effort in everything you do. That being said, I wouldn't recommend writing 2-3 hours for starters.
Perhaps do a "mini series" about you, why you're here and your life. That way you can easily do like a 3 or 5 different parts. - And that means 5x more expsoure in total.
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Thank you for providing the links. Very helpful.
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You're welcome.
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This an excellent article and it deserves a lot of upvoting. It explains exactly my observations and questions and it takes a lot of pressure off of me. I try not to compare me and my results to others. The quality has to be in a way that satisfies me before I finally post the article. I have to admit that I lurk at other people's success and I try not to be too impressed and demoralized but to be inspired... (by the way: same here with english ...)
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Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it! :)
I compared my results with others when I started here. In fact, I joined due to the rewards but I stayed because I could see some amazing potential. And I still see amazing potential and I've witnessed beautiful things I never would have seen if it weren't for Steemit and this awesome community. - But I would never compare my results with others nowadays. I compare today's results with yesterdays. - That's the only thing that will work for me. And that's also the only way I can improve. - If I compared myself with others, I would be ashamed, sad and depressed.. And that would literally shatter all my chances of making something out of this.
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Thank you! You're so right!
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In my brief time on steemit, I've found that it's also important to be yourself. The two posts that received the most upvotes so far were posts on topics I'm genuinely passionate about. I'd say that as newbie, I've learned that it's important to put time and effort into your post, be yourself, be patient and let your community find you. Thanks for posting this article!
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I'm glad you liked it. Thank you :)
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nice post, I dont know whether we are in the test to see how things go phase and then the master plan will be unleashed but for me at this stage as a start up I feel as this is meant to be a blog and get paid site, new people will leave in their masses when it comes to work involved to get them going, unless they are a hit straight away. The problem is seeing the people and the fakeness around followers, I want people to follow me cos they like the stuff I write or the video pictures I produce not because they hope I follow or upvote back and they need followers and votes, and vice versa to be honest. Also its meant to be social media but its doesn't feel very social because everything moves to quick. Just my two pennys worth :)
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Maybe its just cos i am old and not down with the kids no more :) and youtube doesn't help the amount of time uploading takes, if you could uploads your movies straight to steemit it would save a lot of time and help people produce better content.
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this is a perfect example of what i am talking about this article about who to follow for the most upvotes just posted a few minutes ago https://steemit.com/steemit/@jigarparmar519/61reqg-best-whales-to-follow-for-upvotes
it feels more like a game than a social media platform
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That's basically a list of whales. If you get votes from them your rewards will rocket, that's for sure. But that doesn't really matter if the whales don't see your content.. Or if they see your content but decides not to upvote you.
But yeah, I can totally see your point about this being a game. In the past, people often called Steemit a huge lottery, and in some terms, it is. - But you can increase your chances to win this so called lottery by having several tickets. - In terms of followers and quality articles. - That's how you'll increase you chances and that's also how you'll make sure to win the lottery, at some point.
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I like it in ways, but thats probably just because I have had a few posts do ok but your right in the time and effort part and just think the way it works at the minute and effort involved in having success, is that people wouldn't be interested given their busy lives anyway. However if everybody did get on board and it was a massive success it could be huge, it could be like facebook, paypal, ebay etc all rolled into one everything using steem as currency, you could loan money to friends etc. Like I said, hopefully improvements are to come. :)
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wtf you have a randowhale vote and your post is at a bit more than 2 bucks with 9 votes... It seems the whale has becom worthless after today`s correction...
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I got about $1,80 or so for that vote. So I lost $0,20 ;) - But it also counts as a whale-vote, so I push my content higher in categories. - But yeah, I got more earlier.
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Been saying that since i been on, its hard work and patience as well, no one "has" to like your stuff, hopefully if you are informative and entertaining they "will" like your posts.
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Very well said!
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Sometimes we put in so much effort and time but it doesn't pay off..
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I know what you mean. And during that same time we can see another author with a $100 reward for an article that's pretty low quality compared to the article you've written, right? - And that's sad, but it's also the reality on Steemit.
However, everyone can get lucky. - You, me or the guy next to you. Now, tomorrow or a month from now. - But if you continue to bring quality content, you'll also have a greater chance to be rewarded for it. - That's why it's important to keep producing good quality content.
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I guess keeping hope is all we can do and keep striving to do better.
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I applaud you for your effort. Taking that amount of time to create an article and then translate it into a non-native tongue should be rewarded. A great example to follow for any bone-fish or minnow.
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Thank you, I appreciate it. Honestly though, I do get rewards for my efforts. Sure, in terms of pure $ I wouldn't mind if it would be more.. But for each article I write, I also increase my writing skills so I basically get paid for self-improvement. :)
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That's a great way to think about it.
That's similar to my feelings about programming, I can't really learn it unless I actually do something with it.
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New people and their articles hardly ever get seen. Thats a big issue
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It is a big issue. That's why projects like #minnowsupport / @minnowsupport are great for minnows. - Check it out in case you've missed it! :)
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This post received a 1.1% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @hitmeasap! For more information, click here!
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I came to steem to get away from the ads, paywalls, begging, etc. I write only when I have something to say that others might be interested in. I choose tags that allow people that are interested in that topic to find my writing. I ignore all the useless articles and read the ones that I'm interested in and upvote them if they're good. I hope all the me-toos get discouraged and leave steem. I get tired of endless blog posts that are boring and tell me nothing interesting.
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Great post !! will follow :)
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