THANKS STEEMIT! I Just Passed Two Thousand Posts and Over a Thousand Followers!

Wow, today I hit a couple of big milestones. First, I’ve now added over two thousands posts and comments to the steemit platform. That’s a lot of writing in just under a year! Secondly, and most exciting, I’ve finally hit a thousand followers, a goal I had hoped to complete much sooner, but was forced to postpone when the platform slowed down last fall.

So, that’s about one follower, for every two posts or comments! Wow, that’s a pretty good ratio! I want, first of all to say thanks to all of you who have read, shared, commented, voted, and followed my account! Community is what Steemit is all about in my view.

Unfortunately, that rise in followers, while it is gaining me more views, doesn’t seem to be gaining me more votes, which is odd. I think this will level out as people navigate the voting power changes and realize it’s not as limited as they think. One part of the greater views count without a rise in votes, may also be readers coming over from Facebook that are not Steemit users, reading the content without being able to vote.

There are several things I’ve noticed about topics that seem to be drawing more attention for me.

One, is crypto news. This has been a hot topic since Steemit’s inception, but seems to consistently get top payouts for several accounts. It’s been a bit of a frustrating topic for me, as my payouts have not done as well on that topic, and I’ve noticed a few who seem to be following my headlines, producing similar content and getting MUCH higher payouts a few hours later, or the next day even.

There’s always going to be leaders and followers and while I occasionally take tips from those who are getting good payouts, I make certain my content is wholly original.

My fiction is also doing well. I’ve just got one story going right now, a comedy piece entitled Bullshit Investors Club that I’m having a ton of fun writing.
My goal over the next week, will be to get at least one resteem for every post and move toward a higher average vote count. To achieve that, I’m going to be working on the Steemit.chat platform to promote posts, looking at posting times to see what seems to work best and sharing on Facebook and Google plus when I have a new post.

I’ve also been looking at some of the steemit apps, and I’m going to use randowhale a time or two and see how that works out for me.

I’ve been averaging about two and a half posts a day over the past two weeks, doing four posts a lot of days, but taking off this weekend to go out of town for my daughter’s wedding. I’m thinking I may need to establish a publishing schedule for the various types of posts I’m adding on a regular basis, for example, releasing a new Bullshit Investors Club chapter at the same time of day each day,etc. to see if that gets me anywhere.

The seven day payout, for me, at least, has not been my friend. It seems that some rewards are lost to attrition as the percentages change in the payout pool over the course of that week. I rarely see new upvotes past the first day, but adding a recap post every ten or twelve stories may help that.

I’ve also noticed people responding well to a slightly more personal note in my articles, since I’ve been sharing my own experiences as an entrepreneur. Altogether, my time back has been productive and profitable, with a gain of over 400 new followers and about $2000 in payouts expected over the next week.

If you find my posts informative and helpful, please consider upvoting, commenting and resteeming. I will return the favor as I find useful content I think other steemers could benefit from.