RE: The obligatory introduction...
Hello, Matt, and Welcome to Steemit.
If you enjoy writing, you've come to the right place. Steemit is not so much a social network as it is a blogging / publishing site. And with a bit of diligence and effort, you will even earn a bit of Steem.
As for migrating your previous blog posts to Steemit, that's a great idea. Several well-known bloggers have joined Steemit, brought along most of their previous followers, and found tremendous success here.
But even for those who have no pre-existing audience, Steemit can prove to be a very viable and (eventually) lucrative platform.
Below are a few basic points of advice re posting on Steemit.
- Longer posts are more lucrative than short posts. If you make a post of 20–30 paragraphs, it's more likely to earn rewards.
- Include some photos, images or graphs, to complement the text.
- Make sure the text and photos are formatted properly, so that your post looks attractive and appealing.
- Be yourself.
- Be interesting and informative.
- Create quality content. Steemit is intended to be a platform of quality content. (You will see many insignificant posts with meager content and no quality. Most of those of posts [called “shitposts” by Steemit whale Stellabelle] will earn few rewards and soon pass into oblivion.)
- Get online and start curating. Read various posts, comment on those posts you find interesting, and upvote those posts. That’s the best way to attract followers.
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!
Also, I hope you can continue to work with your great crew. And maybe you will be able to pick up a bit of Espanol.
Thanks for the advice! Much appreciated!
You're welcome.
One more point. Submitting photos in the various photo contests is a great way to earn a bit of Steem and to attract followers. Here are links to 3 contests.
@photocontests, organized by @juliank
Daily color challenges, organized by @colorchallenge
#tepchallenge, organized by @theexplorer
For entries into those photo contests, short posts are OK. But it's a good idea to add a bit of text explaining the photo, to give the post some meat and to make it more interesting.