A Bit Curious Ulog #1 : A day of curiosity.
I've never been one for blogging about my life, or anything for that matter, so I've decided to give it an attempt.
For me, a good starting point would be to delve into my experience so far on Steemit. I've lurked on Steemit for quite some time, and as everyone I do have some incentive to at least try to earn something while being here. As much as I enjoy earning, I also enjoy being able to give back to the community that starts to follow me.
With that said, I'll best try to describe my thoughts and actions after signing up.
Bid Bots and Earning a % Return:
One of the things that initially caught my attention when reading a lot of trending posts, or a majority of posts that earned a decent amount, was that in most there was some kind of bot that had posted. This actually peaked my curiosity as a lot of the posts had a % included, and being an investor it drove me to want to know more. So I read posts about bid bots here on Steemit, and also watched YouTube videos, many of which showed how one can make a return on your bid, and potentially profit in some way.
The investor side of me wanted to immediately jump right in and test the waters. So I created an introductory post to test one or two bid bots then go from there. If I could earn a % return on a bid on this post, I'd be able to also give back to the community. To me it was worth it risk, and if I don't try, I'll never know. As they say, you have to spend money to make money.
If anyone is interested, one of the first posts I read about bid bots was written by @verodato: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@verodato/what-is-a-bid-bot
Contest and Learning Time:
I've learned through marketing years ago, the best way to reach people is to give something of value away. Not only can you reach a wide audience, you can also learn a lot in the process if you go about it the right way. One thing I've seen on Steemit is people here do enjoy contests, and it's through contests that a lot of Steemians are able to earn more than they would blogging. For me, the contest I hosted was a paid learning experience. I wanted to know why people here actually use Steemit. The only issue that I could initially think of, is how do I reach as many people as possible, as fast as possible?
I noticed that not every post or contest that is hosted gets visibility, and to be able to further educate myself I needed a way to reach a lot of people, and fast. That's where testing bid bots came into play, with paying for bids I could easily boost my contests visibility while also being able to give away a decent amount of SBD to the people that took the time to enter. To my surprise it was a huge success, there was a plethora of comments that were quite educational and also full of rich ideas that I could possibly use in the future. To be honest I was quite shocked at how engaged most of the users were with not only the contest, but sharing their own experiences here on Steemit.
It was inspirational to say the least and I appreciate everyone who participated.
Building for an Undecided Future:
With any contest, you need to have the very thing you're giving away, so I needed to build my wallet up on here to do so. I'm not rich by any means, and a majority of what I earn is given away. If I am to be honest my wallet balance on here was built by gambling Doge and Dash. I initally started by buying SBD, when @sarah249 mentioned in a comment on the contest how SP functions and the importance of it. Being educated was the main point of the contest and here I was, getting education. It was at that point I decided to start buying SP so that my votes are worth more, and I'm able to give more through votes to the community.
At the moment I am still reading users comments on the contest, and will eventually get around to commenting back to a majority of all those who posted. If someone is willing to take the time to engage in something that I have posted, then it is only fair that I acknowledge and respond back to them. Not to mention I do plan on sending everyone who posted a small amount of SBD just for engaging in the contest. Regardless of all the data I was able to gather from it, I am still undecided as to where I want my journey on Steemit to go.
There's many routes I can take, and I'm sure after I'm done reading all the comments and writing down ideas I'll figure something out. Until then I will continue to do my research, grow my account, and of course, engage with all of you. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to drop a comment!
Until next time -- Roy.
Hello and welcome sir Roy @bit.curious 😁. Generally speaking, we really needed someone to support eachothers posts, good advantage is if you have some whale friends, me a minnows and been on steemit a year now, but still struggling to get a good upvotes from a whale, well, i do know that my way of posting is very simple but either i made a good content, its still lacking on upvotes. What i mean here is you need to have a whale friend, who can support your post, even its a good or a low quality post. Eventually, you will notice or experience all of these. Having a big steem power is one of the good advantage here on steemit world, @sarah249 definitely true about the sp 😁.
First, welcome.
Now we have the niceties out of the way... ;)
Bid bots are a false economy. The only reason I saw this post was because @enforcer48 resteemed it. As he is someone who I know and he likes good content, I decided to take time to read your posts.
The trending page is generally full of garbage.
It's very easy to get caught up in the ROI, the % bid, the curation reward. But the simple rule for me is, if you act like a decent human being, people on here will soon realise and engage and support you. Play the long game, that's what I am doing. Be part of the community.
So welcome again, keep posting, keep learning and hopefully I will see you around.
@kabir88
you say that the robot is a false economy, but it turns out that even the great whales depend on these bot, on the one hand you are right about something; "If you act like a decent human being, the people here will soon realize, get involved and support you."
bots are a great help in spreading your message, because without their help, your path here in steemit will be uphill,
Very interesting @kabri88, I like what you are saying.
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Very interesting to know what goes through the mind of an investor, the best investment of life is in the life of the human being ... Good tips on Bots Offer, thanks for sharing your experience ... I want to thank you for the gift that you did to my person, very opportune for my life, additional, I want you to know that I will take part of it to bring a little joy to the children who are currently hospitalized in the pediatric ward of the Hospital de Cantaura on 07-15-2018 It is the child's day. Thank you very much Dear Roy, God bless your life, your family and prosper you 1000 times more.
A gift for you, I hope you like it.
I think blogging about life is very useful can be a motivation for readers @bit.curious
The people also learn from the experiences of others, although more from their own experiences, but their ideas are very important for us, especially new users that we are learning and benefiting from this network. thanks spor share greetings from venezuela.
Sharing about life is very important to know better..to know each other..you are a great person..continue sharing open about your life i'm your true friend..keep steeming and enjoy.😀👍
Mabuhay..
God Bless😀👍
sharing about life blogs is very useful. we can motivate with our writing.
Nothing can stop us, no one can stop us.
Hiii @bit.curious, very impressive and motivational thinking, my support and best wishes always for you .
Hello @bit.curious, thank you for being lucky of your previous contest, I consider that each one locates its niche, and grows and looks for the way to advance in the way that considers it, the one that has money, must invest it in its place, votes, in the end is investing in its content, is a way to move forward in life, which allows the power to vote and can also support different people, voting for their content that equal wins. The contests allow us to stay active while we place the topics to be published