Congratulations @carrieallen ! I’ve spent many hours reviewing Steemit materials designed to assist beginners, in preparation to provide some targeted support to particular individuals.
I think it is particularly important to be sensitive to persons' community(ies) and subject(s) of interest (what they brought with them when they came to Steemit) and then try to help them to quickly find their ‘compatriots’ in the extremely diverse Steemit community, where you have to be extremely agile in keeping track of where your own post is on display after it comes into the New area and then disappears a few minutes later.
In the process of offering this targeted help (targeted as outlined above), I will have the occasion to point people to contributions of unusually good quality and helpfulness. Yours will always be in my short list of contributions to recommend concerning post presentation.
I’m a university prof., book author, etc. You have achieved a very high level of pedagogical effectiveness, IMO. There should be ways to bring pieces like yours to the much greater audience (than 114 views) that they deserve (in your case it is the ton of people trying to make good posts). And I hope that by now you have absorbed the idea that Steemit payments are generally good for "a few cups of coffee at Starbucks". Thankfully, that's no big deal for many good authors, like you.
Thank you so much!
When I started Steeming I found a LOT of helpful material, but nothing really in one spot. I created this as a sort of 'go to' for post creation. Though as I mentioned, there's much more! I felt like this was all very palatable, even for beginners. It probably helps a little that I'm ... colorful..🙃
And yes, I agree. I wish there was a way to get little helpful gems like this out to the masses. I'm reminded of a few tens of years ago when the ONLY way to be seen would have to been to get published. At least I have a shorter distance to go than that. 😉
It's really just a matter of exposure. Because I've yet to 'prove' myself to the masses, I simply don't have the reach.
But it's no matter. As you noted, I'll do this regardless. The added bonus of getting paid (even a little) to help, is something I'm not yet used to, but quite thankful for.
Welcome to Steemland! I wish you the best of luck ushering in the masses!
If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. You can also find me on Steemit.chat. If I don't know, I may know someone who does.
Until we meet again-
Hello and thanks carrieallen!
RE: “a few tens of years ago when the ONLY way to be seen would have to been to get published.”
Your remark brings that world back into my memory, and how right you are! If you have a big publisher or you already have a big name, marketing help will come along without a whole lot of cost for you. However, in this world, we either have to be clever marketers or to buy marketing support.
Most interestingly, the design of the reward system in Steemit more or less forces you to develop marketing and networking skills if you are to ever approach getting a decent number of dollars for each serious effort that you put in.
Finally, thank you for the invitation, which I think I will very likely take up from time to time with an offer to compensate you properly for your time. Here’s what I have in mind.
Most of my work is rather technical and the idea of putting in graphics comes up only when the graphics are statistical in character and are an essential part of the message that you want to convey. Consequently, the use of graphics that I see often here in Steemit, and which you demonstrate so effectively in your piece, is something with which I have no experience.
So from time to time, when I want to make my piece more appealing by putting in visuals that I would not normally use, I plan to call on you for your assistance on what would be good to put in a particular place, its design etc..
I should tell you, though, that I’m coming from another writing environment where my rewards are far greater than they are in Steemit, even though I generally get zero payment for a particular piece! Thus my posting here will be quite occasional, which is one reason I’ve decided that my focus here will be dialoguing one-on-one with people.
Cheers!
That's completely perfect.
My husband was the same way. He just didn't know what to do to break up all his words. Now, he's pretty awesome at it. 😃
Essentially, it's like putting each set of ideas (or single idea) into a section simply broken up with a picture that conveys the point. When we do this, it gives the brain a chance to stop, reiterate what was said (with the image) and be ready to start afresh.
The problem ( I find) with long sets of words, is folks tend to skim and jump ahead. If I can combat that with a picture here and there, ensuring more of my content being read/understood, I'm gonna do it. 😉
I think it's particularly important when trying to present more technical info to the masses. Of course, many smarty-pants🤓 will always love (and need) the more technical jargon.
I totally understand your 'rewards'. 😀
I'll be here Steemin' on. You may also email me, but we get reputation points for interacting on here... However, all of it goes in the blockchain... So email may be better for some things.
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You've put some very new ideas into my head about the strategy of inserting graphical elements (beyond my usual statistical charts) at the 'right' places to achieve specific pedagogical purposes, so thanks! I'll seek your coaching when I try that kind of communication!
Cheers!