there are surely many ways to add value to steem as you mentioned, but beyond all others the best way, in my opinion, to add value to your steem account is to find the best way to accumulate SP as it is going to get harder and harder to accumulate as the price of steem and SBD continue to rise... and the exchange rate set to turn out of our favor... for me this has been to take whatever I earn, from post payouts and COMMENTS (the hidden gold of steemit) and convert to SP. Surely, there are many tactics to take, but not all tactics are of highest priority to all users.
ENjoyed this post, much respect from @conradsuperb
I spend sbd on other coins I want to get into but I have never powered down sp. I just accumulate all I can. I am glad that is the way you have chosen to do it. I think investing into the platform goes a long ways. Not everyone can monetarily invest though, I get it. It really is all about getting as much as you can now before this place grows in to what it is going to though.
Also I agree that comments are indeed the hidden gold of Steemit. Thanks for your thoughts yo!
Yes, I would do the same but i hardly make any in SBD from posts tbh, so I usually convert what I get to steem and then power up, or I will occasionally put in small bids for voting bots to try to help boost some of my posts. Monetarily investing along the way is what I plan to do since your wallet is essentially a 'vest fund' I plan to throw small sums of money in here and there as I would my Roth IRA. Thanks for getting back, regards from @conradsuperb
Stay cool @drpuffnstuff