For me this is the most important number that I want to increase, not my account balance, at least for now. Accounts with high reputation are perceived to have high quality content, so some users don't even read articles posted by low reputation accounts, on the other hand, some up-vote posts from high reputation accounts without even reading the content.

As we all realize whilst we create an a new account on steemit , there's a number written at right part of your name.
That variety is the popularity stage of our account, A new account get a reputation rating of 25 at the start and then in case you write precise content material and got extra upvotes your popularity rating will start increasing, So the popularity works as a worthy meter,that suggests other steemit users that how well worth you without a doubt.

A great reputation rating means an excellent threat that your article is seen through many customers,and you acquire more followers effortlessly,
But what in case your recognition ranking decreased,
it is real in case you frequently plagiarise others peoples post and create spamming on steemit or violate any copyright law by the usage of copyrighted pictures.
Steemit bot money owed are going to present you a "downvote" or "blacklist" you with their full power of one hundred% after which you may see your ranking is going down to under 10. Downvotes or flags from someone who has a high reputation can decrease your scores to zero or even to a negative.

As steemian you must have the following qualities to make your reputation increase.
Honor
honesty
integrity
trust
stature

So what is it's impact on your articles?
Absolutely a ranking under wellknown ranking of 25 emerge as much less seen to other users and if ranking dropped below 0, then steemit conceal your articles and comments to lead them to not being seen to other users,
So always try not to be blacklisted or downvoted, because as soon as your ranking dropped, you have to do greater war to get your antique reputation rating again.

Steemit reputation points are calculated using the log base 10 functions. It is easy to increase your reputation score at the beginning, but the higher your reputations get, the harder it is to increase your score. It is about 10x harder from 1 point to the next. A level 50 reputation is 10x stronger than a 49 reputation. And a -5 reputation is 10x weaker than a -4 reputation.

Reputation depends only on your content
Buying Steem or having a lot Steem Power does not increase reputation. Your reputation score will only depend on the number of upvotes you get from your posts on Steemit. Always post and comment with quality content so that you are going to get recognized and users will likely to upvote you.

Where to see your actual score
There is 2 kind of score, simplified and raw score. The one on your Steemit profile which is 25 when you start is not the actual value stored in the Steem blockchain, It's only a simplified reputation score. You reputation score are actual values in big number instead of a simple two digit reputation score. Your scores can be found on https://steemd.com/@username.

How to increase your reputation

The followings are steps to follow to increase your reputation

By posting high quality posts

It Is no doubt that the content of a write up or article draws more attention to it or Withdraws attention from it. Authoring meaningful post; for it is the strength, quality, how knowledgeable and well presented a post is that would add value to the platform.

When people see your post, they will be impressed because good post have the tendency of having high payout and upvotes which will surely increase your reputations. Building a high reputation is like building trust with your readers, you don't get it for free, you've to earn it. So by only posting articles that are high quality you will build a trust between you and your up-voters who will up-vote your next article too.

Post comments more frequently

You should aim for comments that add value, otherwise, there is no need to post them. Comments are actually an under-appreciated way of increasing your reputation. By creating comments on popular posts, you are increasing your chance of people following you to get connected with you. By so doing you will have the chance of your post being upvoted thereby increasing your reputation.

Build and increase the number of followers.

If you want your posts to get a lot of upvotes and eventually earn enough money to sustain yourself, then YES. They are important.
Having said that, there may be huge differences between one follower to the next.
That’s because of the distinction of whales, dolphins and minnows.
Minnows are beginners with very low voting power. You vote may only give someone a few cents at best.
Dolphins are much better than minnows with a bigger influence in voting power. Still, they don’t have as much influence as the whales.

Take time to choose the right title.

Choosing a very good and right titles to your post attract other users. A good content with the right title make other users to visit your post and thereby upvote it, hence you gain more reputation.
Avoid all kind of misleading and click-bait titles, readers can flag your posts and they will do so if you don't respect them. Getting flagged will destroy your reputation, and it will be harder for you to recover from it.

Replying to people's comment on your posts

This will create a connection between you and your readers, which will increase the chance of them following you. They will be encouraged to visit more of your posts and are likely to give you upvotes which will eventually increase you reputation.

Post your contents at the best time possible for higher visiblity

Quality content is important, but if your post them when no one is surfing the website, then your post won't get the attention it deserve. Also if you are still a small player, avoid peak time to reduce your competition with other posts. Quality is more important than quantity, so investing time in one post is better than wasting hours in a lot of posts.

Follow & learn from successful steemians

Success they say breeds success and successful people attracts followers, as such, Following successful steemians means you will get their posts in your feed and by reading the way they blog, so you get to improve on your writing skills. So
You should take advantage of Steemit transparency when it comes to users activity and try to find out the reason behind their success
Minnow should be specially treated
This applies to the general steemit community. Minnow should be taken care of which we have seen the @minnow support project doing and we want more people to involve in this too. Many steemians should rise up and help minnows too with guidance and some upvotes for their beautiful contest because we make a living by what we get and make a life by what we give

I understand that minnows don't have as much voting power as whales do, but collectively writing good contents will lead big whales to your post, specially bot whales.
you have achieved a high reputation, so what else?
Attaining high reputation rating is is of means of end to end itself. Now is when you sow what you have reap. your high reputation will let you see concrete results for any effort you put on your posts.
You continue to ought to comply with the rules above even to a higher degree, but the gain right here is that you can invest some time hopefully knowing that your effort won't move without reward.

so you've earned loads of money, now what?
This is what each consumer in steemit wish to have, a high popularity and lots of steem power. Now you could start making actual cash by means of up-voting first-class content.
Your votes have greater weight to them, so do not waste them and invest a number of it slowly in finding satisfactory content. Locating content a good way to prevail is hard, but through the years, you may get higher at it. This doesn't imply you must stop posting or commenting, just reallocate some of your time to discover desirable content to up-vote.
At this point, you should do not forget your self a shareholder inside the steem community, if you assume that this test will be successful, then reinvest your steem dollar into the platform and begin making choices that advantage both, you and the steem network.

You may find this post helpful. Follow for more @mohsaheed . You can drop your view on repution in the comment box below. Don't forget to upvote and resteem because an ancient steemian once said;

"Give a minnow an upvote so that he can eat for the rest of the day and give a minnow a resteem so that he can eat forever"