RE: Steemit Things I've Learned In My First 11 Days - #4
Hi @davemmcoy it's great to start my Steemit morning with your lesson :) I think the find your followers do work. Although I have not yet done this, but I find myself following my followers :D I quickly check their profile fast just to make sure they don't just post anything spammy and much better if we have similar interests. So I think your tip on looking for people in your area of expertise plus following them effectively works together.
And thanks for putting out what doesn't work first. The spam commenters are so disappointing but it may be because they have seen someone doing this. They must realize that this will not make them successful long term. It may be easy to copy and paste but I think that will make it like routine work which is boring. On the other hand, real replies are fun because it's natural for us to speak what's on our mind.
Good morning to one of my favorite new friends !!! I was hoping you found your way to let me know your thoughts. Its good to see you finally got some sleep :0 ...
Yes everyone can decide what works best for them and what methods of engagement they think appropriate. The idea of the article was to give a range of ways to do something based on who you think you are. Some people have unrealistic expectations that they just show up and it works, and I wanted to let them know how if they were sincere it "could" work if they send their energies in the right place.
I also wanted to let the artists (like you) know that you can grow your base by getting into the other ares (if they so chose). I have seen many artists here that I can help too, they have awesome art, but no idea how to become more effective in marketing themselves (ie using the system to its maximum). While I didn't specifically target artists in this post, I know enough of the newbies (like you) would read it and pick it up very fast. Its funny, but true about the old dog and new tricks saying. Its easier to teach people that are eager to learn than people that think they have it figure out. And that's why I'm so excited with my new friends. You all are going to do really really well (you all know who you are)... I only wish I had the talent you did, I'd be quadrillionaire and help out the people of whole countries from this site :( ... jk ;)
And yes I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. I think many people have no rulebook, so they just do what they see others do and think that is right. So I try to help them to understand and I'm sure others will do that too and it could make it a more pleasant experience for all.
And yes, I agree with you the real replies are everything. In fact, its the only way to get to know each other. And that leads to an enjoyable atmosphere!!!
Thanks again for the feedback, I was hoping you showed up on this to let me know your thoughts.. Now I can quit checking it every 30 mins because you are AWAKE and already steeming!
Haha I have to slowly transition to normal sleep but I still slept a bit late last night and woke up late today. And thanks favorite Steemit mentor! :)
I'm not an artist at all but thanks for calling me one :D You're good at connecting and networking which is a really good marketing strategy here in Steemit.
I actually see other more experienced people here who comment on those spammers. Some are really direct to the point and tell them that what they're doin is not good and could get them flagged. I was just at Steemitchat and one persons says he flags those spammy comments. Flagging is basically an downvote so that will really hurt their rep score. I hope they realize that.
Yes I know, its a tough situation. On one hand the older steemers want to keep the place relatively free from that spam, but on the other hand they don't have the patience (or time) to realize some of them are just copying an activity that they saw somewhere else. With no "instruction manual" some just interpret what they see, while others assume it is just being an A...hole... That's why I think it is important to do our part in explaining it to the newbies as soon as possible. Just like this site is viral for joining and earning money, it can also be viral in sending a message.
And I don't know much about flagging yet, except to know that I don't want it to happen to me. ;)
Well I know you are on your last few days of steemit fun before your vacation is over, so get out there and enjoy it (because you're gonna miss it a lot when you're gone) ;)
I'm going to sleep now (its my turn) :)
Good night! Yeah going out now to hunt for food :D
I thought you might like this... they didn't let it go through with everyone tagged... so I will send individually :) ... when you figure this part out, you will be a whale in no time (let me know if you need any more info on it my friend)
I tried tagging everyone and only a few got it.. some I'm send it individually to each of you. ;)
I'm sending this as a comment instead of a post because I want to make sure you get this individually because I know everyone doesn't read all my posts. (and I forgive you ;)
I'm sure I missed many friends, but I listed the ones that I found on several of my links that I feel that I have a connection to. This IS a personal message to each of you individually, (but that is a lot of typing and I didn't want to be insincere and copy and paste to each of you either). lol... I hope you read it because I wanted to bring it to your attention personally. As always if you have any questions, just ask me I'm here to help!
Hey you might want to try to use @bumper to learn how it works. Its really easy to do and I've done it 63 times now over 4 days and I've been thrilled. It is an upvote service that is designed to help us smaller guys/gals leverage our money in our wallets to gain power and also to multiply our money.
What happens is you send @bumper in from 0.10 SBD to 0.50 SBD (SBD is "steem dollars" in your wallet) and then the a recent post URL of an article that you want them to upvote (3 days old or newer). Hint: you just open your post that you want upvoted and go to the url bar and copy the whole link and paste it into the comment section when you send @bumper the SBD. To do this go to the wallet in your account and click on the steem dollar section (see below) and click "transfer"
Next just enter in the "to" section bumper
Enter in the amount: just put in an even number (0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.40, 0.50)
Copy and paste the URL of the post you would like upvoted
Then they will upvote your post 3x what you sent in. So if you sent them 0.10 SBD, then you will get a vote on your post you send them that will "bump" it up by at least 0.33. Its a good way to grow and make money, so I suggest you start doing it so you can learn how it works. You will be sending in hundreds of these as soon as you learn it.
@bumper will be setting rules in the coming weeks to put limits on how many submissions each person can do, so the sooner you see how it works, the more you can benefit as they set these rules. I will be writing about the economics of how STEEM and SBD work in a upcoming blog post, and you will understand the impact even more at that time. So this is just a headsup to my friends to start your learning process on something I have found.
If you find any others that are "real" and "genuine", and like us smaller, then you can pass this info along. I want to help the smaller "good ones" out here to grow together and at the same time to learn how to share with each other. (like in this post to my friends)
Note: I am sure I missed some really good connections I've made, but my feed is going so slow that I can't stand it any longer. I'm sorry if I missed you :) and just let me know I did so it doesn't happen again. ;)
I forgot to reiterate ONLY SEND POSTS 3 DAYS OLD OR NEWER
Wow! Thank you very much @davemccoy ! I really appreciate your effort in sending this out to us plus explaining it thoroughly. I will check this out now! :)
You should do it and really learn it, you'll be sending in 10 a day (you can do comments too)... Let me know if you have any questions, because I have already done it wrong about 50 times so I now am an expert ... lol... Seriously, put a few in there and watch the value of your post rise by 3x what you put into it. Once you see that, then I'll explain the economics of @bumper and why you will make it a perpetual part of your routine.
I told them, they better be worried because we have lots of power coming and they better be prepared to handle out volume ;)
ps also glad you liked it, bc I want you to keep the lead on me too :) (and you'll need to at least match me with this) lol
I sent them 0.50 SBD and inserted my post's link in the memo. Then I received 0.001 STEEM from them. Is that right? And did I start too high? Haha maybe should've done just 0.10 SBD. But I like risks ;)
It's ok for me not to keep the lead haha
yes.. the 0.001 is just the minimum they can send to give you the message that you are in the system. And you will be happy with the 0.50 because it will get you a $1.50 or better bump at @bumper. Make sure you check your post to see what it is right now, because it will be at least $1.50 higher when they upvote you.. And then when you see that, you will get an explanation from me what happens next. And then you will send those 0.50 ones as much as they will take them... I held back and only sent 10 today (could've sent 26)... The reason I held back was to let you all get in and start to understand. It will be good, you will see very very soon... Ok I'm going to sleep but you did everything right and the guys at bumper will take care of you.
GN... And talk tomorrow :)