Common Mistakes in Steemit.
Trying to be perfect: Steemit contents are from people like you and me . Unlike the corporate media house, we should be making contents from our real life and in real life we are not perfect . So trying make a perfect content is a bad idea . Let it be real and imperfect .
Wrong niche : A doctor is a terrible engineer. Ofter we try new things and there is nothing bad about it . But we should start and focus on our area of expertise . Then after sometime we can try new things. Otherwise we will make horrible contents or very few contents.
Wrong narratives : To make the readers more engaged we should be using proper narratives . Most content producers get good attention if the content is about "why X?" vs "What is X". How things work is also a good area to focus on . So play the "why " and "how" game . Avoid "what" games . Too many people are trying to explain "what is X" and hence its not unique to go through this way. Remember people in social media do not just come for information . Its all about engagement in a social environment.
Wrong tags : This is a very common mistakes among us . Photography about life events should not be tagged with "cryptocurrency" . And SOMETIMES WE PUT CAPITAL LETTERS HERE AND THERE to just make the content visually disturbing. We should use hashtags only when we know where it is appropriate or not use it at all. Spelling mistake is also something to be careful about.
Commenting without reading : This is one of the silly things you can ever do in steemit. Often i find comments " Nice post/ liked it/ very good" . These are non-engaging comments and dont add a lot of value . Engaging into comment is a very effective way to build relationship in steemit.
Irregular contents production: its not necessary to make content everyday but we must be regularly publishing contents. Otherwise we loose our audience interest on our stories.
Using bots for earnings from the start: Bid-bots are good for spreading words across more audiences. But there are many who uses Bid-bot to get a return on their SBD. At times it might work but most of the time you will loose your reputation(if any) and not make a good amount unless the content is great. Stay away from bid-bot in early days of steemit journey.
Wrong sized contents: Size does matter . And there is no " One for all" size at all. Photography posts require a lot less words to make sense than a "how to" post. When we are writing a review the readers are expecting something in depth and the posts usually can be long .However, the size has to be carefully chosen according to the taste of readers, category and frequency of content publishing.
Not replying to comments : This is by far the most important way to loose any sort of engagement . Replying comments fast and being active is key creating an audience panel . Always check your comments, reply to it and make a conversation going.
Resteeming almost everything : At times we tend to resteem quality articles for our followers, its good. Sometimes we do resteem too much and thats a terrible mistake . If you resteem a lot, you will notice your follower number go down because your followers want content from you at the first place. So, resteem less and wise .
*** Please resteem and upvote if you like it .***
I am happy to be able to get such value from your article. Resteemed brother.
Massive information for newbies like me. Thanks a lot.
Are you a newbie? Then we are yet to born, you gonna be guru of us. Get some time for steemit!
These are nice advice. Specially, for the new joiners. I often see people are using wrong tags. Thanks for reminding the key points to become a successful blogger.
Often we do this kind of mistakes its because lack of proper education & professionalism . Thanks for your mentioning some really very important things.Definitely it will help to develop quality content . For showing respect to your article , upvote & resteem done.
This post is very important for all steemians. specially for new here.your post has benefited me most because I am new here. I am fahmida afroz Salma.professionally I am nurse.so I need your help always.
It is very useful tropic for me. Because I am a newcomer in the steemit world. I think, its a ocean and I am swimming. :) Great post. it is resteemited for my followers. Upvoted also.
yes steemit is a very big . And we need to stay hungry to learn them all.
Great guide and really a great post..i appreciate you...Resteem it
Perfect post for newbies like me. Thanks i have learned somethings new here.
Yet i have some inquiry....
So, I am asking, how we can promote our post to visualize our content to maximum possible user?
I know what you write, these are standards need to follow. But, here no ones care about others. Whales of the community will never gonna vote my posts. So, i am going earn? I saw, some people are tried to give quality contents, but they got slammed hard by the reality here. No one cares about your content. Most of them do not even read, who are commenting on it. It does not matter of the quality of content or their hard work. People with high SP power, will get huge response on the comment section, no matter the quality of it. Sad but true. Here, some people are trying to say, they working for the minnows. Nope, that's the biggest lie. They are doing business by it. They have no cost in upvote. They are selling their upvote power to the people.
Sorry, I was going to ask you, just 2 things. But, these all just came by without my planning.
Thanks a lot i understand the points now. I will try my best to follow your advice. Hope, I also will find the right way.
If there is money, there will be business. Steemit generates money, so it behave in give & take manner! despite everything, good content writers do have much opportunity to attract good number of quality audience. so, stay tunned. best of luck.
This is also a social site. I still hope there is opportunity here. That's why, i am still here.
yeah, deploy your time here instead of other social media like fb, build community as well as income source. happy steemit.
Thank You for this post. I tried to follow almost everything in this article you discussed. I recently used bot in my two post. I don't know whether it was wrong or right. But I will try to follow all of your advice here. Thank You again.
you r welcome. i see your action is improving .
Obviously i resteemed it for my followers as well as for me for future reading @doctalk
As i found real helping tips. specially the "how to' "why to" game. As it produces more vlaue by posting like this rather then just giving "what is" things.
& other important aspect not to reply comments or commenting without reading both distracts us from being in interactive process to widen the network.
we should honestly engage through meaningful interactions as its all about doing good via communal support!
true