Tips on how to break into Dolphinhood

despite language barriers, tiny minnow votes, and goose eggs every day.

Let's talk about some basics first. I started 18 months ago and no matter what I posted, I got goose eggs. I had no friends here and no money in SP, so my little vote meant nothing. I tried what everyone does - a second account - then follow myself, and talk to myself, resteem myself, comment my self about that, reply to myself and finally thank my self. You all do it and it's so obvious. I tried posting links - nothing. I tried asking for votes, nothing. (proof? see @qubes which I still have and @brains which I sold)

Now that I have covered what does not make money and even could makes flags, let's cover everything to do with growing a Steemit account. How about creating content. Yes, I know. You have been. Continue. It's called tenacity.

A little more on the "how"

Every time you post. Read it, get it ready, tag it so people of your culture, language and interests will be able to find it -
then stop.

Take a few minutes to look at what is being posted. Does the 'New' tab look like a dripping faucet or a raging torrent?
Posting your hard work while hundreds of posts are washing it away, will result in another goose egg. Wait for a time when there are less than 100 new posts per minute.

Watch for a time of day when your followers post. I have found times of the day when less new posts come out but my followers are posting, I wait and watch, then vote on their posts (to tell them that I am on line) and then I post mine. I have friends, groups of people who take an interest in my posts. And of course I read theirs.

In the same way, commenting on friends' posts just before putting your post out there is also a good idea. It lets them know you are on line.

Post

And now the work begins

Find out who is voting on your post
Check theirs and upvote if worth while
Keep checking for comments
Answer them and give an upvote

Rinse and repeat

Here were are, a group of strangers voting on each others' posts. Or are we? You will actually find that you have made friends after you have followed the polite, and non-invasive steps above.

You are a critic.
Receiving a vote and not returning it says something
An upvote says something
A non-vote says something
A flag says something

If you just want the money and don't care about the people you are criticizing, you will fail.

If you try to comment yourself and vote your own comments into wealth, you will fail. There are investors here who ensure it.

If you create good content, and quit after thirty of forty "goose eggs" - you seal your failure.

On the other hand

If you invest. Hold some SP and you will make money just by having it. Using it for voting turns it into more profits.

If you post on time, and instep with your followers friends then you also must find a way to attract attention like a blinking "Open" sign in front of a store. Once you attract their attention, make sure they find something to see, give them a laugh, or surprise them somehow. Your followers will grow and they will want to open the page when they see your blog appear on the list.

Jump up and down (digitally)

Wave your arms (digitally)

Scream, "I'm here!" (digitally)

Do something unexpected!

Speak to your talents, humor, sentiments, music, art, but bring a real person to the page when you write. The same goes for comments.

Examples:

A friend called my attention to something in the # spanish tag - a gift for me. Here is that one and others.

• A friend called my attention to A mid section separator made for me as a gift.

• Another told me about a 3-D drawing for me.

• @gringalicious in Chile has been making food for over a year- $0.00 to hundreds, like me.

• @steembirds who are a perfect example of screaming "We're Here" - Their most recent post on how they do video comments on good blogs.

The last two are averaging $60 to $300

courtesy @josevillanueva

Finally: Group up as you grow.

I was a big supporter of the kr (Korean) community as they grew. I used a translator to see what kind of content they were bringing. and I voted accordingly. The ones who made money kept it in SP. They always used their kr language tag, and now the 'kr' tag has it's own whales . They support each other and the content that they are creating brings in more investors / users who only speak Korean.

Aceh is starting to do the same though many are taking the multi-account, self-voting route. As more become investors and curate the aceh tag, they too will develop a huge community and maybe even fork as the ru tag did (now it's golos - all in Russian).

Another example: If one thousand people from Zimbabwe joined Steemit and started a zb tag, they could become successful and have their own group of whales on Steemit within a year. They would only need to post, comment and respond. Voting on each other produces the money. The riches do not come from whale votes, but from many passionate people who share interests vote from the reward pool to create Steem in each other's accounts. Then they become friends.

Start a meet-up in your country today!

Always use your language hash tag, Build out your section of Steemit. If you get big enough, you could have a Steemit fork like Golos is for Russian users.

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thanks to those who answered the call took the time to mince words
This post is also in Spanish by @neri0x and in
Indonesian by @binjeeclick

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