RE: What am I doing wrong? How can I get my articles noticed?
Hi @coincutietv
I looked through your posts, the ones from two weeks ago. I think you did pretty much everything right. There's always going to be an element of luck in the beginning in SteemIt, because it's so "whale" oriented. That will change with time, the whale's relative stake is being rapidly diluted.
Although another possibility is that your first post looked a bit too good, without a verification. You are an extremely good looking person, the kind of person a fraudster will find on the internet and pretend to be. A whale (@recursive) saw your post and said he wanted verification. Since first impressions have such a lasting effect, some people probably moved on quickly and just thought that your account wasn't real. By the time you made a real verification, they didn't see it.
Either way, the way to beat luck is to make many rolls of the dice. If you stick around and make good content, something will catch someone's attention and from there you'll have a platform to go further. With one $500 or $1000 post, lots of people will have seen and remembered your profile for the next time. You may also have followers who will automatically vote you up each time.
Good luck :-)
I 2nd what @demotruk wrote and will add 2 quick tips. 1, remain active in the community of STEEM, meaning comments and replies. 2. Try to emulate what the consistent Top Bloggers are doing and then write/post about something that drives you or you have passion for will usually work best. Good luck. Read up. And most importantly, Stay up.
Full $teem Ahead!
@streetstyle
You think she cares about being active ? Other girls got 15K and she got a few cents. She's pissed off like hell and won't contribute anything unless she gets what she deserves.
@nojoh Yes, it's disappointing to spend 2 hours writing and editing your introduction, sourcing photos and formatting the article... Just for it to be meaningless to the community. My intentions for this blog is to deliver value, knowledge on the topics in most interested in and passionate about. I will keep blogging, but I'm still very much interested in understanding the foundation of why some posts generate more than others.
@coincutietv Yes, it can be, has happened and will happen again. The thing to remember is that this is a new platform and a new paradigm even. It has room for exponential growth and the time to build your on your small part of the STEEMIT platform is NOW. Build your network of friends and followers now and be rewarded later.
FULL $TEEM AHEAD!
@streetstyle
[my blog](https://steemit.com/@streetstyle
Your post was nice, the guy who needed to up vote it was in the toilet at that time, so that's the most logical reason you didn't get noticed in the first place.
Also by your looks at your place i would be looking for a nice guy to be my BF/Husband instead of trying to make a buck online. Because nice looks don't last forever, capitalize it while you can.
@najoh , she should start to care if she wants to contribute as a writer/Content creator here on Steemit.com. If she wants to get rewarded for her contributions they will have to have some merit. If you are Social Media Famouse, which most of us are not, then you will post anything and get paid. Nothing has changed, the real world is still the real world. Only difference now is that here on STEEM, even the little guy can partake of the bounty.
@streetstyle
@najoh lmao as 2chainz says...tru..... !
Thank you for these awesome tips. What are the top categories you like to read on Steem it?
for now, I believe on the STEEMIT homepage, on the right hand side you have a list of categories/hash tags. They are both I believe. The top one I believe are most likely the most popular so try to use "steemit" and then others based on your topic. Try to use the appropriate tags and yet the most popular. It helps, but will most likely help more when there many more users. It is still early here on STEEMIT.
GOOD LUCK and more importantly, enjoy and have fun with what you are doing.
@streetstyle
Thank you for this sweet tip and positive encouragement. I sincerely appreciate it.
Thank you for this feedback. I'm going to keep at it. Many people are saying there's an element of luck on here. I'm going to focus on delivering "an experience ". Correct me if I'm wrong, but does this community seem more like a journal? It seems the members are more interested in having a small window into each other's lives and we put a high value on shared interests. How do you feel about that?
What he said :)