500 Followers, a Reflection of Five Months and Steemfest.

I gained my 500th follower a few days ago so I thought ‘I need to make one of those 500 followers - woohoo lets celebrate’ posts.

Fives all around, five months on Steemit and 500 followers, but my interaction rate is probably 5%; are there any more fives I can add to this equation?

Possibly 7% at best is a better figure. We all know that most followers don’t actually do anything. I remember an incident during my first few days of joining. I was in a hotel room and posted an article. I visibly saw my followers increase, 11, 12, 13, 14, WOW – is everyone that interested in what I’m posting about?

It was genuine excited until I discovered these are the bog standard bots that follow every new Steemian when they start post. The excitement quickly faded when I got 3 votes for that particular article which had taken me some time to write, yielding me $0.00 in rewards.

I have rehashed some of those songs from that music article since I got noticed into newer posts; of course you get noticed if you persevere! Steemit is a tough place for new people, and you must keep trying if you want something to happen.

I was extremely fortunate enough to meet a friendly dolphin named @steevc after just TWO posts. If not for that connection, I would not be here and writing this article; that is absolute fact.

Now I am a dolphin of the lower ranks, but nevertheless technically of the same status. The encouragement that I got from this guy and a couple of others who incidentally have either left or have taken a break, was the difference of an increase in the abandonment statistics or another middle class Steemian.

It was late March 2018 and after just 3 weeks of me joining, and I was toying with attending the SteemCamp in Birmingham that @lloyddavis was hosting and advertising through his @steemcampuk account.

Was this some cult I was getting involved in? I have had brushes with the likes of Amway with their pyramid selling schemes and even Scientology at one part of my life, so was a little wary.

Several influential people would be attending, including @steevc, the host and @pennsif. The latter person did a no show on the day, but I got my feet wet just enough to convince me that it was worth pursuing. Maybe it was not a cult and maybe I would not be brainwashed.

The connection had been made, something had changed and I’m quite sure I will be attending the SteemFest in November to further those connections. That’s what this is all about people, connections. You can create great stuff and @curie may see you, and give you a monster vote but your next article might yield you $0.02 again.

If you want attention, then go out and find it, and if you want major attention then attend the SteemFest, as it will work wonders for your connections. We are human, sociable and we like to interact on a personal level. Meet the people, talk to them and communicate.

You can’t afford to attend SteemFest? If you are serious about your platform, you can’t afford NOT to go.