This Is What People Expect From SteemIt When They Visit

Money! And lots of it. It’s natural people expect this because when they initially visit the site there drawn to the figure that each post has made. Personally I wouldn’t advertise the amount each post earns, simply because I feel it draws the wrong audience to the site, but hey that isn’t my decision.

But back to my point, this is why people tend to get really excited by SteemIt, because they just see dollar signs, and when their post fails to trend they label the site as a waste of time. Personally, I feel there approaching the site with the wrong intentions.

I hope I got your attention, lets dive further into this post now.

So Why Do I Post On SteemIt?

Good question isn’t it! I never blog previously, well when I did I stopped after a short while. So why was that? One word, community. I like the emphasis SteemIt puts on creating a community through encouraging commenting, and voting. This is why I stopped blogging previously, because I didn’t feel there was a community there to actually listen to my thoughts. Okay, I might bore most of you, but there had to be at least one person out there who found my posts interesting. Surely?

That’s why I feel some people approach SteemIt in the wrong way, they generally don’t care about the reader. They just want to make some dollar bills. I’m happy having one person who is really engaged with my posts, honestly (of course it's nice to be rewarded a little)!

Now sometimes it may take a few hours to construct a decent post, but for that I don’t expect a single dime. Why? Well, I just want to share my thoughts with an active community, and that’s what SteemIt provides. Like I said, if one person can gain value from my posts I’m absolutely thrilled with that. I think that’s the best way to approach blogging in general, provide some value, and if people resonate with it that’s absolutely fantastic.

(Please excuse the picture of me, I literally took it straight after I got up! Thank you.)

Lets Wrap This Short Post Up

This is probably the shortest post I’ve published on SteemIt to date, by the way I’ve not published that many. But you know what? More will be published because I enjoy the process of writing them, and sharing them with an active community that is SteemIt.

Now this is something for those who are simply here to monetise, and have never actively been involved in this community before. If you’re hoping to create a one hit wonder, and earn huge amounts on SteemIt by all means go ahead and try. But, if you’re really keen on monetising your writing why not setup your own blog and build a brand around it, then use SteemIt as one of your outlets. This would be a far better way for you to approach earning a sustainable income blogging, but of course it’s a lot easier said than done.

So there we have it, my post. It was just something on my mind the past few days, and I really wanted to share it. I hope you enjoyed my post, some may see it as a rant, please don’t, it’s just my thoughts. This post comes to you from Vienna, Austria as I’m staying here for the next few days - I’m very fortunate to have been given a free room upgrade with a view over the city.

Until my next post, steem on!