HOW TO BRING YOUR COMMUNITY TO STEEMIT
As a natural sharer, recruiter and optimist, I have been sharing the message and possibilities of Steemit with my network from day 1 of my involvement, almost a month ago.
I wanted to share some tips for how to encourage your community to make the move over to Steemit.
UNDERSTAND YOUR WHY
Nothing is achieved in this world unless we stay in close contact to our “why” or motivation with each action we take.
I believe that Steemit is a potential solution to many of the problems that creative thinkers are facing in today’s economic climate. As a musician, I lived through the wholesale destruction of our industry (from a financial perspective) with not very much solution-based thinking done to replace our previous sources of income.
While I have loved the democratizing result of streaming music, and the flattening of the power structure in my business, it is undeniable that musicians income on average has decreased and this makes it hard to sustain a creative life.
But this is obviously not just an amazing platform for musicians and artists, after all WE ARE ALL CONTENT CREATORS in one way or another. Every time we post a picture of our yummy breakfast on Instagram, we are creating free product for a company to “sell” to their advertisers.
Its time we start to monetize our involvement in social media.
These are just my personal reasons for belief in the platform. Know yours, and share them!
USE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE ABOUT STEEMIT
This doesnt just mean sharing your Steemit posts on FB or Twitter. But share from your heart! Whatever time you have spent on FB or Twitter in the past is not in vain - these are now some of the primary bridges that people will discover Steemit through. On the same note, please do not flood peoples feed with one-note posts about Steemit being awesome. You will get ignored and lose credibility. Continue to be a value-adding content provider wherever you post. In time, more of your community will realize where the real party is happening!
SHARE YOUR MESSAGE WITH POSITIVITY!
People want solutions. Be a solution provider. Ive noticed that people’s tolerance for “bad news” reaches a real limit pretty quickly and they emotionally shut down. This is the issue that stops many people from engaging in important conversations about climate change and the environment.
Focus on how Steemit could work for people, in a way that is natural to them. Not everyone wants to go super deep into crypto or anarchist technology - speak about this platform in a way that people will hear and understand. Speak their language!
And also - get a Steemit t-shirt! :) Great conversation starter. I got mine on Amazon. No better way to start the conversation than by someone asking "What's Steemit?"
BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE SIGN UP PROCESS
I’ve been warning people right away about the wait times for their account to be approved. I dont want them to be turned off in this world of instant gratification. I tell people “Sign up, it takes about a week for your account to be approved, and then lets connect and Ill walk you through the next steps.”
STAY SUPPORTIVE
I have felt very blessed to have had the #teamaustralia community there to guide me through my first month of Steemit use. Particularly @gohba.handcrafts @choogirl @ausbitbank @mattclarke and @krystle have been available to any all my questions. I have also been super impressed by the support network that @suzi3d is creating for all of her new Steemit allies. This is a community based platform and its important we continually pay it forward and show people the ropes as they join.
HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT, NOT A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME
Building influence on Steemit and powering up our accounts is how we “get some skin in the game” and also how we put the Steem we earn to work for us. The more influence, the more we can earn curation rewards. Help people understand the value of leaving their earnings in Steemit and creating more influence on the site.
On this note, if someone is serious about Steemit as a source of income and platform to share their work in the future, encouraging even a 500 SP investment into their account to help them cross the line into having a sliding scale on their votes is an awesome idea. The sooner we get to that point, the sooner our options open re curating and increasing our rewards.
SENDING YOU ALL POSITIVE ENERGY AND GOOD VIBEZ TO GO OUT AND PLAY A PART IN THIS REVOLUTION!
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I have a FB group with about 4500 followers that I can't really reach. Which is, of course, one reason I left FB and its disruptive, non-connecting algorithms. I have tried posting Steemit links and you're right; that's pretty futile. But your post has given me renewed enthusiasm and I'll try again, with a slightly different tack.
Good luck! Let us know the results!
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The time delay between signing up and approval is really not nice in a world where people expect to get everything instantly. I hope that this is going to improve soon.
Im sure it will. There are always growing pains as systems scale.
Great post, thanks so much for the shoutout too, very kind. Looking forward to discussing this with you in more depth later this week. Upvoted, followed and resteemed!
Radical!
A lot of wisdom here. File sharing looked like the end of the music industry, or at least it was presented that way; but look at the incredible artists who established a following just by being excellent on YouTube.
It's permissionless. A barrier between the creator and the consumer has been kicked over.
Artists have needed to be a little more creative in how they capitalise; they need to tour a lot more than they did, but think of all the Weinstein types who no longer get to be the only gateway to an audience.
Yep, but the touring model is not a reality for every artist - some of us also have kids and dont want to live on the road! I like being able to balance touring with getting paid for the recordings/content I generate!
You should wear that t-shirt next time you're at a gig!
seconded :)
Awesome post. Thanks for sharing this tips I've also come to understand that steemit is not a get rich quick scheme. It is a long term investment and if committed will yield awesome results. I'm trying to be patient and grow slow and steady. I have never tried the social media publicity for steemit but I think I will give it a trial now.
Its the right moment!
I absolutely agree to your beliefs in regard to Steemit, and that it 'pays out' in one way or the other if your supportive and also patient. I believe and have experienced in nearly fifteen years of self-employment that you have to know what you want, and that you have to give something first if you want to get something back, not only in business as an investment of time or money, but also in your personal life where you're giving trust or comfort or joy or anything to others.
Which doesn't mean you should constantly give if some publisher or label or other company gains the whole profit from your work, that's where Steemit comes in ;)
Yes your why will get you back on track anytime you need it!
Brilliant post my friend!! I’ve just started to try doing this. Want to give me a few more tips on how to convert my FB audience to Steemian? :) Drop me a note sometime / I’d enjoy chatting!
Dropped you a twitter DM. Lets connect this week!
Steemit and Dtube could definitely be a solution for struggling creators that currently aren't getting by on other platforms.
It does take quite a bit of time and dedication to start getting some decent rewards, but as long as you keep expanding your network, you will continue to grow.
I think we will look back at the time it is taking us, and realize it was negligible in ratio to the rewards we will accumulate
I'm watching this happen right before my eyes.
I have some shirts I made up and am making 100 more right now.
I have been funding people's account with enough Steem to get started so they don't have to wait. Youcan do this through https://anon.steem.network
They have helped me a lot with @openmic and inspired me to start #teammexico
I built my account from the ground up and teach people how to do the same. It's fun to see people's accounts grow.
You seem to have a good idea of how to approach people about Steemit and I can vouch that all these tips work. I use them myself.
Great post @benleemusic. Glad I'm following you.
Thank you! And thank you for your additional input.
Thanks for this Ben. I am also a musician and local music advocate in the Pacific NW. I've been doing a podcast here for a month or so and only learned about Steemit recently. I have been impressed with the overall quality of the content and with how supportive the community is as a whole. I have just started talking to the bands and entertainers I am working with about the platform. I am the first person I know to join the platform so I've been working under a bit of a learning curve so thanks for providing insight for those of us just trying to figure this thing out. I'll be following you for sure.
Awesome. I find that artists are already in acceptance about having to commit to social media, so why not add one more platform and see if it works?