We've experienced great interest in Steemit in last months. An enormous amount of new sign ups, and Steemians getting active again.
BUT unfortunately it also brought some very aggressive promotion tactics to our community!
Recently I get multiple URLs posted into my private chat channels, each day. It is getting annoying!
I actually thought this only happens to Whales and Dolphins. I'm just a tiny minnow, with a ok reputation and a somewhat interesting amount of followers, but still my Steem Power is not that big, really.
To whom it may concern: I'll not respond to any of those URL posts at Steemit.Chat or Discord! I will not and do not open your posted link(s) at all. I may even remember your username and will not look at your future posts as well, even when they are of good quality.
I know, it is hard to get noticed when being new at Steemit. We've all been through this phase. I'm on Steemit for more than 5 months, and still putting in hard work to get noticed, to increase my follow base, to get votes in.
But, I do RESPECT my fellow community members. I will not approach them directly in a private message asking to upvote and follow. This is just too aggressive! Instead I use the appropriate methods.
Use the topic channels on Steem.Chat and Discord Servers (SteemTrail and others). Take the time to read other promoted posts in these channels and give them up-votes and comments if you like the post.
Read and digest posts, and create relevant and quality comments. Seek the interaction with the author of the post and/or the authors of comments.
I'll assure you, this will give a much better result.
And remember, it takes time to go from 0-60 or 0-100. Nobody here at Steemit was able to do this in record times. Dedication brings you further. Being too aggressive will bring you nowhere! Any marketeer knows that, hence you do not experience successful direct marketing in the real world. Any marketeer knows it is about engagement, about the interaction. Reasons why this is the marketing style adopted in the world.
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