How to promote minnow account on Steemit. Real experience.

 Welcome Steemit newcomers! Today I want to talk about all the puddles I have stepped on Steemit, what would you have to be able to get around them.
I will talk about ways to slightly raise your account in the food chain Steemit without any serious investment.
 So today, let's start with what exactly is beneficial for all beginners:
All figures mentioned in this article are steemdollars (SBD), not a real American dollars.

@qurator - now it's safe to say that it works. Worth the monthly subscription 2SBD, during which the qurator votes for ONE post in a day with a power of $ 0.2-0.22. The math is simple. 30 days make 30 posts and you get 6 dollars, of which a$ 2.25 you get in SBD and approximately 0,4 in Steem Power. Add here the fact that @qurator does't vote immediately, but a delay of 20-30 minutes from the time of publication, it is possible to still save on the curator's remuneration. Additionally @qurator daily publishes on his page links to the most interesting articles, and he has 3200+.

 Please note that everything I wrote about the qurator is for the so-called basic level, which only requires sending 2SBD for a month. If you vote for the posts of qurator at least 4 times a week or delegate to him part of your steem power, you can expect up to$ 2.5 per post.
@drotto - this bot works a lot easier. Sent him 0.01 SBD and a link to the article in the MEMO. You will automatically receive a vote from $0.02 to $0.08. In an average month I got $ 0.05 per post, that advantageous.
@busy - gives free voice of $0.4, but according to her mood. Sometimes she votes sometimes not. Lile a girl. But it costs nothing, the only condition: need to publish your post through busy.org and not through steemit.com and use #busy tag.
@originalworks - this thing did not work last week, because now its owners want to change the algorithm. In order to cause his voice is necessary in the comments to your post, just write @originalworks - вrings up $0.1-0.2, but there is a condition. The post must be real and original article is of sufficient size.
@earthnation-bot - send 0.05 SBD with the link to the article in the MEMO and we'll get $0.2-0.3. It is important to know that this bot works only with minnowers with the power up to 500 SP. It gives vote ONLY ONCE a WEEK. If rushed, your bet is NOT Refunded.
@lila-wish-genie - worked till today well and bring 3X multiple of your bet. However, 01.02.2018 she changed the algorithm works. It gives a voice only to those who entered the community with complex registration and need to give your keys. I think this is due to MB (minnow booster), then here is a link to a great article where everything is very detailed about how to do this. Thank's to @ilyastarar for that great post.

 Move on to what still works well, but not always get the profit.

@randowhale - this eternally sleeping beast works in the following way. As soon as he wakes up, it usually happens when it reaches the voting power of more than 99%, you send him 1SBD and get a random power vote. Usually he votes for 10-20 seconds on specified in MEMO post. I managed to get 5$ what is beneficial and somtimes less than three bucks, which is generally not profitable, given the curatorial and dividing by SP and SBD in the payment per post. Well, he is randomly. The best way to track sleep the whale on the website http://steembottracker.com/ and here it is possible to make a bet.

 Now talk about the website http://steembottracker.com/. This is a very useful resource, which you can in real time follow up on all the boosters. You can see the current status of each booster (what the stakes are, how much potential benefit, etc.). I must say that to get a good vote with a real positive ROI is extremely difficult. I stopped playing in this casino for a while. Built-in ROI calculator takes into account the curatorial 25%, but forgets to tell beginners that the remuneration for the post 50/50 occurs in SBD and SP. The result of ROI is almost always negative. As soon as on one window is more bets than boosters's voting power, you will lose money.

 Now i will tell a concrete story. Yesterday I saw that the window in @boomerang is close soon. Is there a minimum bet of 1.5$. Built-in calculator for a minute before closing shows that will potentially get 4.5$, which is beneficial. i made a bet, and I got only 3.22$. That mean in the wallet will back only 1.20$ after all. Why? Yes all is very simple. Look at the results of the recent auction house window. In the last seconds of window, "some pundits" put as much as$ 30 and took the entire pool in a decent minus. Unfortunately, such a picture on almost every of Booster going on. But sometimes you might get lucky.
 There are other services on Steemit that I have tried to use. But they bring in your wallet less money than you paid. Here they are: @smartmarket, @lays, @smartsteem...

 If you love photography, you'll enjoy a daily photo contest from @juliank. Not only you can win the contest, but get for every photo around 5 points. As soon as these points accumulate 100, you get a level 1. From that moment on each of your post with the correct hashtags of the contest you will receive a vote. The higher your level, the higher the vote.

 Well, now that is not just profitable, but in General not profitable. I'm talking about the numerous accounts which they offer you for 1-3SBD to repost your article. They have alleged thousands of "live" followers. I tried @hottopic. A waste of money. Yes, it was 3-4 upvotes with low power. I got 0.02-0.03$ and that's it. I suspect that all such pay resteem services give approximately the same effect.
 Important tip. A regular "update" your post. Sometimes the qurator is asleep, or contest bot is sleeping. A some bugs may occur. And you sit and silently offended that they forgot about you. Click edit post, and send it again without making any changes. You will Wake up mot only bots, but sometimes a new subscribers.

That's all. Look forward to your comments.

Alexey