Homesteaders, I have been reading and watching videos on how to increase homestead funding using Steemit as, not only an extra form of income, but as a base of income. We all know how hard it is to make money owning a small farm. I grit my teeth every time someone says they went grocery shopping at WalMart. I just want to ask them if they love taking a pay cut. yet, I just nod my head and refrain from getting all worked up about it (unless I know them).
We struggle to make ends meet and try to do the right thing. Keep our family well fed and pray that one day our crops and livestock will be in demand. At least I do. Then I say to myself - "... well I know no matter what happens, we will be ok..." Well I am sick of just getting by. I was about to take a contract to start traveling again, then decided to give this a shoht since I knew someone that was actually making money here.
I have realized that making money on steemit is not to difficult. I take an approach that others have said works really well for them, but I hate asking for any thing, a trait smashed into my head from my father., so I try to produce content that is quality based.
The upvote is the way we all make money here. Of course page views and comments are built into the algorithm as well, but the heaviest weight is on the upvote. So I have picked a few whom I upvote regularly for making money, because if your timing is right you can make moeny by upvoting others, especially if they are getting lots of upvotes, , its called curation.
You can also make money by upvoting others who are getting started, it is like investing. Randomly upvoting here and there is ok if it is done in moderation, but to make money on Steemit, you need to pick a few to upvote regular, resteem their content and get people interested. By doing this, it just comes back to you, you will find you have regular upvoters and return that favor to them. Upvote their comments, visit their content and resteem. Give back what you get and you will get more. It's God's way.
I recently ran out of power, I was wanting to upvote everyone all the time, but I was told it is better to upvote everyone, within your circle consistently but dont deplete your power doing so. I was given a website to track my money, my voting power and upcoming payouts - http://steem.supply/. These people will understand if you do not upvote every post, but keep steady with giving the love back that you receive. If you are consistently giving upvotes to someone who does not return the favor try another, see who will give back. Giving is one of the beautiful things about homesteaders, we are generally very giving people. I even have a hard time accepting money for eggs from people I know. The other thing you can do is adjust your vote's worth, give what you can, as you gain in worth, give more, I guarantee it will come back+.
I will be doing a post soon on timing, because you can time your upvote to mean more or less.
Well thanks for letting me babble on about what I am learning.
As always, have a great garden!
