RE: [dtube] Is Steemit Just for Popular Content Creators?
I joined steemit in June last year and made my first post early July. I did not know a single person on steemit, did not know of any chatrooms or discussion forums, had no audience on any platforms (apart from 400 followers on twitter, lol), and did no external outreach. Yet, my introduction post got 336$ worth of upvotes at a time when STEEM was well below 2$, 1,060 views, 333 upvotes and hundreds of comments since gone on to obtain a reliable size of upvotes on my posts ever since. All of this is completely unheard of for any traditional social media or blogging platform. There would be no way to get such traffic without lifting a finger, but instead letting the platform and community do its own thing, and it would take months to achieve a similar level of monetizing and regular following.
I then went from 0 to 400 Followers in 3 weeks, again without anything but the organic growth of engaging with steemians and receiving upvotes.
Now I feel like I have established myself well and hope I can contribute to taking the platform to the next level to compete with mainstream alternatives. I may not hit the trending page at all times, but occasionally which means I'll have periods where I get a fair amount of new steemians finding my content.
So I would consider myself a good case against those who claim that you need to be someone special from the start. All it takes is showing the determination and desire to make valuable contributions to the Blockchain and the platform, which may come in many different forms. Finally, there is certainly something in steemit also for those who are not "Popular Content Creators", but simply making positive engagements with others and contributing to fruitful conversations. At least anyone who does that on my posts are guaranteed an upvote from me.
So you seem to be a lucky one.
I'm here since a week and think it's a bit hard to get attention for the postings..even if you deliver valuable content. But let's see. A major factor might be to find a niche or be at least one of the first persons writing of comment related to a post.
I'm confident about the concept of STEEM - so I keep on posting :)
Then you might get a few followers who will see your future posts, or people who are there might click on you to see what you're posting because they found your comments interesting.
Not only will this drive traffic, and thus upvotes, to your posts quicker than if you simply write them and cross your fingers that someone will come across it by chance, but you'll also earn more from the upvotes you get on your comments where there is a lot of people browsing than from your posts that do not get seen.
After all, it is not about rewarding people for blogging. It is about rewarding people for contributions.
That's the best advice I can give you anyways :)
(and seeing how long this comment got, I should probably do a post about it ^^)
Anyways, good luck!
Thx for the tips. I'm new here and i don't know how it really works.
I totally agree with your vision and I am hoping to add value to this great platform too !
I agree with you, enzo3785 it is hard to get attention, but I love the Steemian community.
We shall support one another and this platform.
You are so right -)
absolutely!
LUCK: Labor Under Correct Knowledge
Survivor bias. I have a group of 70 people and only one of them gets 2+ dollars per post. The rest get cents and they make great efforts at posting quality content and at promoting it and getting new followers.
A lot of success on this platform is likely due to the topic you write about. People who are driven to Steemit are probably aware of cryptocurrencies and therefore interested in economics, technology, and finance. @fredrikaa, your blog looks like it's about mostly tech and crypto (Steem, specifically). That probably has large interest base, here, whereas topics like home crafts and fashion might not.
agreed, there's very little rhyme or reason other than quantity rather than quality. which is garbage.
Which is still 100% more than they made on the platforms they used previously I would imagine?
You are of course right though. It is very easy to feel clever once you've made it. Regardless of whetehr it was thanks to luck or work. But then again, this will also be the case on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook etc. The point is still that it is possible without a prior audience. And also that it can happen quickly in a way that would be very unlikely to occur outside of steemit.
Lastly, I doubt it would have worked out the way that it did if not for community projects such as @steemSTEM and @ocd . There, people spend a lot of their time looking for content that deserves more. Perhaps these could be relevant also to some of the persons in your group?
Finally, the STEEM ecosystem is still young, and many more improvements will have to be made, but the community does quite a lot of good work to make it at least better.
I'm glad that you're here and I wish you and your group all the best on steemit :)
that's not even true, you get far more viewers elsewhere, investing time in STEEM is a gamble in a lot of ways - you're perhaps fortunate enough to actually get good returns on your time, the rest cannot be said for all of us. some of us put in real time and effort and produce quality content, but it makes no difference because we don't have hundreds of posts...
You're also a bit in the wrong here. You get viewers but not money elsewhere, and "not having hundreds of posts" is a problem with you, not with the community. If you want success, work for it. I myself believe that Steem is not some magical golden-egg goose, but I do believe that through hard work, perseverance and good communication strategies, we can have a decent follower-base that will generate more money than other possible jobs that would require perhaps less or perhaps more effort, but that would in the end be less pleasurable than Steemit.
Interesting, I'm new here and been youtuber for a long time. But I do see a big potential here. As everything, it takes some time for this as more people become aware of it. One nice thing is I would never have heard about this platform if it wasn't for some youtubers mentioning about Steemit and that's how I got over here.
Yeah. It usually takes people going back to where they came from to tell the others that the grass is indeed greener on the other side :). I think we're just seeing the beginning though. The rewards on posts are nice and all, but the true innovation lies in the instant and feeless transactions the blockchain enables. Something that Bitcoin and Ethereum can't do. Which means content creators and others can engage in a frictionless way globally.
Furthermore, as more Apps are built on STEEM. You will have an all in one chain for engagement and content sharing. When you store the same immutable data on a blockchain that can then be an instagram ( @steepshot ) a youtube ( @dtube ), a twitch ( @dlive ), a soundcloud ( @dsound ), or indeed a blogging platform ( steemit! ), then you can build your audience across platforms and do business in a way that would be much harder when using multiple apps that run on different centralized servers and can't "speak with eachother" as easily.
Lucky you, my posts never got more than 10usd without the bidding bots. I have the niche, but it is not that popular here. I show custom made models and toys and describe the process of creation. It is not mainstreem art or photography and no way related to crypto world so it does not get popular on the platform :(
I'd follow a real life Space Man on Steemit no questions asked. What more a Space Man that I have the honor to meet face to face during Steemfest.
Great post. I've been a member for some time and have not taken into account the value of what I had signed up for to create content. My first two posts didn't do too well with a couple of the people in the community. So I left and didn't come back until recently. I believe I may have posted once or twice over the course of two years. I'm still working on how I want to make my mark in the community. I have an idea I believe that may work. After reading this post. I feel it is time to step up my game and just do what I think I need to do. Congratulations on your success and keep pushing through your challenges. You have inspired someone. Me!
That's awesome to hear buddy!
Steem on :)
yeah right
agreed, I'm posting quality content and it makes no difference, meanwhile some seriously garbage photography posts make some serious coin. no sense.
Have you looked at who is providing the upvotes on these posts?
Some use vote-buying services where they pay in STEEM Dollars more or less the same value as they will receive in an upvote hoping it will help them be seen and thus get new followers.
Others get upvotes not because people find their photos good, but because they do other work for the community and people are interested to follow and support them for it. It is not about the inherent quality of content, but about the overall contribution to the platform.
Personally, I care less about the content and more about the people and what they do to make STEEM better. However, if you do make great content, there are community projects like @ocd where you can look for support.
Your testimony sounds very encouraging. I will keep making efforts until I attain a whale status. Welldone @fredrikka
You work at a space agency, that’s special enough for me😄
I joined in the 2nd week of December last year, same situation as you, and 450 twitter followers. My introductory post was barely noticed but I realized later that I made it too soon. I think it's quite a bit busier now so tougher to get noticed but I'm starting to figure things out so I feel good about it.