After such a warm welcome from my #introducemyself post and a bit of exploring I am certainly excited about getting into the flow of Steemit.
On my YouTube channel I will often set myself goals. One of my first goals was to reach 100 subscribers (Now 71,036). Another was to reach 1 million views and now that I have 11 million views my goal is to reach 100 million. But Being in quite a niche topic (organic vegetable gardening) it will probably take many years to get there. And who knows, @dtube might actually be the primary video platform by then?
I am sure that many of you are aware as to the reasons behind YouTubers coming to Steemit, the ‘adpocalypse’ caused carnage on the platform, but I have been experiencing declining ad rates for a few years which is why I am looking at releasing an online gardening course in October to diversify my income from the platform. But for now my focus is to continue creating content every week to help people grow their own food at home inexpensively.
@Pennsif is the reason why I am here today, he told me about a social network which was friendly and supported both the authors and curators through a cryptocurrency. What a wonderful idea? Whilst all the time being able to interact with people across the world. I really look forward to following a lot of people, particularly in the homesteading tag.
So what are my goals for Steemit in 2018?
Upload a video 7 days before it goes on YouTube
To encourage more people to join Steemit I will be announcing on YouTube and Facebook that my videos will be uploaded to @dtube 7 days prior to release on YouTube. Hopefully my audience will then realise that there are many other homesteading channels and join in the fun.
1000 Followers by the End of the Year
I have no idea with what to expect with Steemit so I will aim for 1000 and see how close I can get to it. This number is down do me making sure I interact and post quality content that you will hopefully enjoy consuming or take away useful information and ideas
Upload high quality posts 5 times a week
This will include 1-2 videos in @dtube and then posts about gardening, permaculture and homestead projects as well as the occasional post of social media experimentation for example sharing results of commenting on 200 instagram posts a day for a week. I think this could lead to interesting discussion and hopefully help you build your following
And for now I am going to stick with those 3 goals.
I don’t want to post too many and lose focus from my other initiatives, my primary aim is to just get into it and enjoy the experience. I am very grateful to @pennsif for offering a bit of a chat on Monday the 15th of Jan to help me with fully understanding Steemit. He has been a huge help!
I really am enjoying the community so far and I look forward to being a part of it.
- Image of our vegetable garden in early summer 2017