I have heard about the popular quote or saying that time is money but I think I understood this clearly when I joined steemit. It feels like I'm loosing a lot of money when I excuse myself from the platform for a while. We all know that every minute on steemit count when you are able to utilise it very well.
Today I would to talk about little things people ignore but very profitable to their journey on steemit . I believe these are some things are that helpful to your growth on steemit and it is something we should always consider.
BEING A READER
Sometimes I ask myself whether people actually read post on steemit. You visit a post and see a huge number of votes but no comments or just two on three comments and you wonder whether they actually read it or not. Are some steemians interested only in voting?. I believe reading is very essential to discovering more on steemit. I discovered most of the things I know about steemit through reading and I must say doing that has been very helpful.
Many post contains great ideas and secrets that can help us discover more and grow fast on steemit but often times we ignore the essentials and focus on just making huge curation rewards by upvoting.
My introduction post alone fetch me $111.98 dollars in few days because I had to read many introduction post samples to discover what will make people show interest and vote massively, it is not like I knew how the turn out will be but then reading made me do a good job.
Here is how I introduced my self , a link to the post can be found here and here is a screenshot:
Everyday I try to read more post especially from people who have made it on steemit and each day I discover something new that is useful to survive on steemit. You cannot do away with reading on steemit.
BEING A GOOD COMMENT GIVER
A lot of people only think about posting and waiting to receive some dollars and ignore other ways by which they can make money easily on steemit. One of the best ways I have earned more is by commenting. Commenting alone to me can even give more beneficial returns than even posting.
Just few days ago I decided to dedicate my time to view other people's post, read them and give good comments and to my amazement, it was like I should scream when I saw that about six comments I gave had all received about $2.60 each in just one day which sum up to $15.56 this was incredibly good and it really motivated me... Here are the screenshots as a proof:
I have been to many post and I have seen this idea working for people. Here is one comment @berniesanders which actually gave the writer $211.84, an amount perhaps a post wouldn't have fetched him.
It really feels great when you see that people have enjoyed reading your post base on the comments they give and this always move you to give some reward. If fortunately someone who is good and have a high SP finds your comment to be interesting and nice he easily gives a good reward.
Here is an example of good comment @surpassinggoogle took delight in and as a result rewarded handsomely:
And here is another one:
BEING A CLOSE FOLLOWER
I have about have 522 followers now and the number is increasing daily. Do you think I will be able to notice everyone who is following me now? Honestly it is really difficult noticing all your followers unless you are also following them all.
People take delight in the fact that you can be spotted ones you follow someone of influence(a whale) on steemit. Unless you are following a person to learn something new, upvote their post you see on time or discover new ideas from them then following doesn't guarantee that you will be noticed by them.
However something that helps them take notice of you is when you start visiting their post regularly. Voting someone's post is helpful as it gives you some curation rewards but it becomes more helpful if you combine my first two points to voting: reading and giving good comments.
With the power I have now I don't think voting a whale daily will make him notice me quickly, other whales or dolphins will surely be taking the lead.
Look at this picture and tell me I will be able to know all the other 207 people who voted this post, let assume I'm a WHALE already...lol which I will be one day! , perhaps they voted on time than those whose ID have surpassed them and have appeared first.
Though any author can use steemit helpful tools or apps like the steemd.com, steemnow.com, esteem app to know all those who voted but do you think he will have the time for every post?
Here are all those who voted for me on this post when I used the steemd.com to check:
But the question is: how many people will always get the time using this site to know all those who voted for them. This is why it is necessary to follow closely if you want to be noticed by a whale you follow.
So how do you follow closely?
You follow someone closely by: visiting their post regularly and upvoting, reading their post, Being first to comment or always commenting - this part is very important and necessary especially for minnows and resteeming their post.
I have tried it and has worked for me and may be it will take some time but will eventually get you noticed whales.
Do you have any suggestions or any useful ideas to share; I would like to hear from you
it's @collinz from Ghana
