Hi Steemians,
I just wanted to share with you what I feel about sharing educational content like guides, tutorials and descriptive posts. It's going to be a very short post (by my standards) on how I feel about it and why it is not easy for me to post regularly; even though I wish to.
Images do not always have to be professional thumbnails, right?
Educational posts have huge impact on readers. Their subsequent actions and application of the knowledge determines their success or failure. In plain words, wrong guidance can lead to loss of readers. This loss can be financial, reputational or of any nature.
That is why publishing such content is a huge responsibility. It takes time. It takes a lot of research. It should take a lot of research. And that is exactly why I haven't been able to post on a daily basis. It is nearly impossible to post guides and tutorials on a daily basis unless the author does not care about the authenticity of information and its impact on his/her readers.
I care about my readers and, therefore, I care a lot about accuracy of the information I share.
Some Posts and Research Behind Them
Some of my posts have rocketed to $400 and even $500+ in rewards. But is it a cooncidence or is there some reason behind it? Let me share three of my recent posts and how I created them.
- My second Utopian contribution was the Reputation Score 101 guide. It crossed $360 in rewards—my highest ever rewarded post at that time—but finalized at $300+ due to Utopian's 15-25 % deduction from the author rewards. I had studied reputation system for more than five days, reading almost all previous content written on the subject prior to my post. Yet, my post was not a copy of any of the posts that I read. Not even close.
- I wrote a post on why Steem will go big in 2018. I started reading and researching about Steem in the first week of December and started writing a week later. However, I kept reading everything from official sources like @steemitblog, @ned, @dantheman and from experienced Steemians including @timcliff, @teamsteem, @hilarski, @the-alien and @jerrybanfield etc. I finsihed and published it on Janauart 1; four weeks after beginning to research about it. It resulted in a $561 final payout; my highest ever till now.
- The latest example is the Steemit reward system guide which I posted this week in my Understanding Steemit series; a series aimed at making Steemit's system known for everyone including the newest members. I have covered reward system in past as well but not in such detail or accuracy as the latest edition. It took me eight hours just to compile it. The research behind it is not inlcuded in this time. The post shot past $520 in rewards in two days of its publishing but the downtrend in Steem's price brought the payout to sub $500 level. The post is still active so you can open it in a new tab and upvote it if you like. But it will rise back as Steem has gone up in last two days.
I love Steemit and I love contributing to the paltform. As you can see, my contributions receive good rewards. I am not alone though. My friend @jbn also noted that contribution based content—a concept heavily supported by @transisto—brings good rewards and more followers. But I do consider it a massive responsibility and do not wish to give false knowledge. That is why the 20+ post ideas sitting in my head right now will take months to come out.
I am just a human and can commit errors but none of them would be intentional. In fact, I love it when someone points out something debatable in my content. I, in fact, always ask for feedback. If you ever notice something doubtful in my posts or comments, please never hesitate to point it out. It will help me learn more and correct myself as well as refine the knowledge that I always share.
This post was a heart to heart conversation with my followers and fellow Steemians. I wish to be open and honest about what I do and why I do it. Please consider upvoting and resteeming this post to spread the essence forward.