✴️ HOW DO YOU BECOME A DOLPHIN ON STEEMIT? IT'S SIMPLE AS YOU THINK!
Success isn't always about greatness. It's all about being very consistent on your goals and if you work hard enough, greatness will come ~ Charles Fuchs.
What up STACKERS!
So what the hell is a "Dolphin" on Steemit and how do you become one? It's very simple to answer, a person who has over 5000+ Steem Power (Minimum). 💁🏼♂️
There are many reasons why becoming a Dolphin 🐬 from a Minnow 🐟 🐠 is very important on Steemit. You will gain a type of "Status" and "Influence". 🤩
I knew instantly when I first started, becoming a dolphin was one of my main goals to accomplish on here... I knew if I hit this "Status" it will attract more people and other "Dolphins" to my profile.
Why is that Important? ... because they have the more Steem Power than 95% people on here and one upvote from them can make your day! 📈
There are many ways to become a "Dolphin", you either earn it or you just "Power Up" by investing in Steem .... all you need it 5000+ Steem Power.
Once you hit this status, you will see a signifiant increase in your followers and especially in your upvotes. Why does this happen? Well to be blunt; people will like your "upvoting power" 🤣 ...
... "But Charles, 5000+ Steem is currently around $15,000+ and I don't have that kind of money to invest and if I try to earn by posting, it might take me a year to earn that!"
Well, I never said it was going to be easy to become a "Dolphin" but it's quit simple. Invest in to Steem power and earn your way up.
The simple strategy I used was talked about me a few months ago and that method was dollar "Dollar Cost Averaging"... If you dug up my old posts, I was buying Steem Weekly. 📆
I was just simply buying "Steem Power"... $100 worth, then $300, then $50, then $200 per week.... it did't matter the cost of Steem, I was accumulating my positions while earning extra Steem by posting content and curating.
After a few months, I became a "Dolphin" fast, I didn't even realize it because I was busy posting tons of content and just kept "STACKIN" Steem! 💰
You guys have a huge opportunity right now with SBD price being so high, your posts can generate so much money... you can easily power up faster than ever before! ... did you know it was 10X harder to accumulate Steem in the past, now it's easier than ever!
Hope this helps all the new people to set a small goal and make becoming a "Dolphin" in 2018 by using my strategies.
It's kinda cool to be in the top 5% of Steemit and I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in the "Dolphin 🐬 Club" one day.
Keep STACKIN That STEEM! 💞
P.S. For those who are interested in following my "Daily Activities" that I do in very "short form". Follow me here: @charles-fuchs.
I wanted to say this, maybe I'll write an article... I get these minnow guys unfollowing me out of the blue (I don't even know they were following me in the first place, because they made zero effort to introduce themselves).
Dolphins are too busy upping their game to do follow 4 follow or vote 4 vote, and the way to get on their radar is usually to visit their posts and say something useful and thoughtful.
Minnows unfollowing me? Fine, but please don't hold a grudge against me because I didn't notice you were there. Speak up! I'm constantly on my grind, whether it's steemit or my business or life in general, I'm not trying to be unkind, but I don't typically have time to zero in on this or that minnow in particular.
It is what it is. I still like upvoting comments and supporting minnows, just please make the effort to be more visible.
Allright! Thank you for your clear words! I think I‘m starting to react like you although I am a new one and only on level 45 now. It‘s good to get helpful information as this one. I‘ll keep on going. Greetings from Austria!
And muting you! You forgot to mention xD crazy people everywhere xD
They get so emotional instead of becoming more rational, they are their own worst enemy EVAR!
I know where you are coming from... we are so busy putting up content and upvoting so many people that we may miss lots of stuff. They get mad very easy lol. No worries, they will come back and keep doing your thang @overkillcoin! :)
that great enjoy for you.
I follow you... you follow me?
I have this same thing. Like... I didn't even post today, why you unfollow me? Some of these people who have been on Steem for 100 days and have 53 SP.... I dunno. Sometimes I wish Gina could pole these people to find out what exactly it is they think they were going to get from me that they didn't so decided to unfollow. With 20k delegated SP (for a couple more days anyway) if they engaged with me and did something worthy of a vote, I probably woulda voted for them.
Oh well.... those of us who want to grow will do so, the rest can fall away to the side of the road.
It just takes time to grow. You just have to be active. A lot of people dot understand that. And I’m starting to figure it out. But what irritates me with the few followers i do have, they aren’t active and dont comment or anything. This platform is about community and being active. Why create an account if you dont do anything? But ill just keep chugging along
No worries, Hardfork 20 is coming and communities are getting built. People will come and go, but that leaves more of us :)
Yup. This platform is growing slowly but surely
Yeps... So just as a test, I did upvote one of these unfollowers and they followed me back... Do they think it's my responsibility to keep track of someone who never comments on my posts? I guess so haha...
And how about that Gina-bot - thanks for letting me know about it!
yeah I dunno. Maybe they followed me cause I found them randomly and upvoted something they said, but then I failed to continue upvoting them on a regular basis or something. It's all good. If they were inactive, I don't miss them. Followers is just a number.
Yeah Gina is pretty legit. hahaha. Glad you got set up and enjoy her services!
I stacked with you man, $50 / $100, I think the most was $200 one time.
Just felt like the right thing to do, now we Dolphin!
I didn't even realize you were a dolphin man! I haven't been paying you proper homage.
haha :D
yeah I don't like to gloat. F**K YEAH I'M A DOLPHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You the man! I even bought steem at $2.00+ and it dropped to .90 for a month... I was in STACKIN mode and didn’t care and look at us now! 2018 will be the year Bossman! 😎
$3 will look good next year for sure! Respect for Stackin in 2017!
thanks for resteem and one time lol.
The high SBD prices helps a lot indeed. What I find helpfull aswel, keep setting little sidegoals like +100SP in a month, or lets say: want to have X number of SP at a given time period!
Great work... I'm powering up with every bit of Steem or SBD I receive!
It’s so easier to become a Dolphin right now with the SBD prices so high... people need to powerup and look at us a long term deal 😀
The way you write is pretty similar to Gary Vaynerchuk where you know you gotta put in the work, you gotta hustle and network, get followers and keep churning out content.
Steem Power and that number right next to your name dictates if people will follow you, connect and upvote your post. The lower it is, the less the chance you have of winning that person over.
Sure content is king but reputation is the kingmaker. The earlier people realize that and work towards raising that number beside their name the better they are in playing the game.
Sure we have some altruistic whales and dolphins out there that want to see great content for Steemit and they invest in grooming minnows but there are more that want to see their power grow, their earnings grow so that they can power up more or cash out more. Power is addicting and earning for content and your reputation feels good.
It is refreshing how you say it as it is.
I, myself, have been guilty of being naive a month after joining Steemit. I thought that if I write my heart out that people will read it and be moved and upvote. That if I find my niche and people that have the same interests as I have that we will help each other and grow from a plankton to a minnow. Boy was I in for a rude awakening lol.
People still operate like in the real world, What's in it for me? What benefit will I have to do this? If you come off like a pauper and begging for scraps you will be ignored but come off as someone with potential and eventually someone respected then there is a chance that you'll get the buy in. Pretty cynical but it is what it is.
This month I know that content is still important, relationships forged and cultivated are good but the number still rules the pecking order. So my 2018 Vision board has me set my eyes on the prize of reaching a 60 reputation. I wanted to get to 58 this end of the year but well I started slow because of naivety .
2018 will be my year where I use all the tips and techniques I have learned during the probation stage. 2018 will be the real deal as I cut down on gaming time, immerse myself into reaching that goal of reputation, enter as many contests as I can, cultivate my own set of followers those that I got hooked to Steemit, snatching them away from Facebook, hustle, create, earn, power up, invest, power up, rinse and repeat till I get to 60.
Simple yeah, hard hell yeah but if I quit now and say the system is unfair then I am just a loser who couldn't hack it. Switch it up and have laser like focus on the goal of 60.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a beast, been following him for like 8 years, crazy how he blew up on Social media in the last 3 years. It was amazing to see!
You hit the nail on the head, one of the best comments of the day.!
@maverickinvictus This comment is really another post. It is like page 2 to @stackin posting. Reputation should climb rather fast when you have major upvote power, I would think?
This is a very helpful lecture for me as a beginner and I think you might write about your experience in an article similar to this your comment... Happy and successful New Year!
Great post! Looking forward on becoming a dolphin. Only 4000ish steem power left :)
I remember discussing this with you months back, saying my target was to get above 10k and then go from there...
Glad that's done - I am fortunate that I was able to power up as I would never get there from posting alone!!
Got to respect people trying to make their way up from a standing start with no investment. I hope they don't run out of time, but I fear many people will look back and wish they had invested more in 2017 - actually, we probably all will...
Cheers
Congrats MAN! You are one of the Steemians out there paving the way for new people. Lots who gave up the last several months are coming back and saying to themselves "Why did I leave, I could of been a boss" LOL.
2018 will be a huge year for cryptos and especially for Steem itself :)
I‘m a believer, too, and it should be a year of creativity, communication and cooperation, most of all!
Thanks for sharing your experience and congrats.
I have the exact same target for my account in the next couple of months. :)
That what I like to hear man! Let’s 10x that and get it in a month 😂
Thanks for this advice @stackin. I just started buying STEEM from friends and bittrex. Hope it is not too late. Because just posting original content and getting big rewards looks nearly impossible, you have to be lucky to get attention from the whales.
Just trying to help the community :) .... it's never to late, you are on your way. You can do it, you will become a dolphin in 2018!
Thanks for the good words. I've just lost my endurance and mood for blogging, your words make me feel a bit better, I know persistence is the key but it is hard to keep on when life around you is uncertain.
You were the one who told me about Steem, Keep on Steemin!
You know it :)