Increase Your Profitability & Boost Your Branding - Daily Smart Tags Report - Sunday, 18th February 2018

[maverickfoo]

As a marketing consulting, I always advice clients to niche themselves in market segments that are to their advantage, so they can have the edge over the competition. I started realising that a big part of being successful at Steemit is in the choice of tags I used, so I started compiling a simple excel sheet daily to tabulate the tags with the highest profitability - high payouts, low competition.

Kinda like SEOs' "high searches, low bids".

Hopefully, it can help you tag your Steemit posts effectively, and even help you identify profitable topics that you can write on. Stay awesome!

*If you need some quick tips on how to implement the info here, or why is it important, scroll till you reach the end of the table.

Tag	Profitability	Comments	Posts	Payouts
bitshares	841.515316	2,007	610	513,324.34
curation	361.278759	1,962	984	355,498.30
norway	295.075454	2,529	456	134,554.41
eos	290.491354	1,654	676	196,372.16
coinkorea	289.978158	4,209	1,288	373,492
crypto-news	278.543221	1,273	1,545	430,349
anarchy	236.34134	1,393	1,712	404,616
utopian-io	226.889315	13,197	4,195	951,801
minnowsunite	224.761415	330	1,329	298,708
meetup	221.61152	1,467	652	144,490.71
psychology	201.152779	2,201	2,394	481,560
openmic	199.545116	5,012	800	159,636.09
sndbox	193.851635	606	1,751	339,434
fiction	192.071299	2,584	3,047	585,241
sbdtothemoon	184.04652	8,835	25	4,601.16
cn	177.007519	10,172	7,645	1,353,222
gardening	168.419714	1,462	1,087	183,072
ita	167.107939	3,271	1,224	204,540
philosophy	166.174353	2,420	3,861	641,599
steemsilvergold	157.532658	5,103	559	88,061
freedom	156.06497	1,360	2,926	456,646
teamaustralia	147.364937	1,014	1,193	175,806.37
steem	140.618637	20,770	29,145	4,098,330
steemstem	136.212614	2,971	2,640	359,601.30
howto	136.108087	935	1,697	230,975
kr	134.793927	107,963	15,509	2,090,519
tutorial	131.962835	744	1,958	258,383
investing	131.271231	839	1,596	209,509
community	129.045104	2,830	4,726	609,867
vlog	128.020486	1,461	1,453	186,014
adsactly	127.810194	1,097	1,509	192,866
creativity	124.355327	677	3,870	481,255
business	123.569886	1,244	2,818	348,220
homesteading	123.360814	4,268	1,504	185,535
trading	120.642132	1,365	3,469	418,508
japanese	117.838566	6,469	1,190	140,228
blockchain	116.414464	3,369	12,275	1,428,988
science	113.144364	4,379	8,121	918,845
kr-travel	112.400316	1,638	554	62,269.78
review	109.320717	549	2,074	226,731
kr-art	108.062496	2,857	726	78,453.37
kr-writing	107.939408	1,083	1,540	166,227
giveaway	106.638025	2,544	873	93,095.00
design	105.264377	641	2,598	273,477
politics	104.568177	2,667	5,524	577,635
ethereum	104.212836	1,892	4,806	500,847
price	102.886745	1,295	565	58,131.01
minnowsupport	101.914563	924	1,530	155,929
money	101.765301	6,435	16,068	1,635,165
travel	99.5314944	28,828	28,211	2,807,883
writing	98.191757	8,722	23,880	2,344,819
thealliance	98.0759638	1,723	1,438	141,033
muksteem	96.2386194	3,279	959	92,292.84
cannabis	95.0970807	1,782	942	89,581.45
technology	94.8155246	2,964	7,140	676,983
japan	93.5364949	526	1,170	109,438
steemiteducation	93.1228296	3,119	2,518	234,483
deutsch	92.924135	10,187	4,572	424,849
painting	92.3415344	420	2,906	268,344
help	91.2498603	517	1,718	156,767
gaming	89.4544677	4,776	5,922	529,749
india	89.1847081	975	2,929	261,222
cryptocurrency	88.3579993	18,421	29,831	2,635,807
contest	87.8167071	18,224	8,265	725,805
sports	87.7493305	3,534	4,061	356,350
fr	87.5620763	2,724	1,232	107,876
drawing	87.318778	2,306	6,316	551,505
kr-event	86.1066809	3,134	611	52,611.18
food	84.8402167	22,646	20,377	1,728,789
recipe	84.6054401	1,142	2,786	235,711
steemit	82.9062699	55,000	81,101	6,723,781
education	82.7377504	1,821	5,385	445,543
introduceyourself	82.3491619	48,324	20,920	1,722,744
family	80.8913043	1,470	4,000	323,565
ru	79.8357834	882	1,847	147,457
cooking	79.6979497	410	1,610	128,314
health	79.5964226	7,933	11,609	924,035
africa	79.0391362	481	2,415	190,880
bitcoin	78.3783591	30,819	33,707	2,641,899
adventure	77.9383353	985	3,522	274,499
vegan	77.1268504	1,436	889	68,565.77
finance	75.1930105	259	1,528	114,895
success	71.8003417	596	1,595	114,522
film	71.4270402	484	1,790	127,854
pt	71.3786505	2,351	864	61,671.15
blog	71.0074837	11,996	53,868	3,825,031
movies	70.9961913	698	1,328	94,283
steemitphotochallenge	70.2969571	1,704	1,656	116,412
challenge	69.8893216	452	1,937	135,376
music	68.6135186	8,497	14,626	1,003,541
creative	67.7088611	445	2,945	199,403
life	67.7007301	58,693	134,071	9,076,705
introduction	67.6973424	1,276	2,255	152,658
spirituality	67.0407886	988	1,575	105,589
kr-newbie	66.8143287	6,339	6,912	461,821
art	66.5865878	36,424	43,449	2,893,121
games	62.9735125	497	2,679	168,706
cars	62.769947	1,531	1,263	79,278
story	62.5363143	7,771	33,422	2,090,089
tr	61.5970905	4,380	3,945	243,001
work	61.5712622	352	1,537	94,635
fashion	61.5533017	550	1,349	83,035
animals	61.2860507	1,853	5,091	312,007
humor	60.9503829	556	2,690	163,957
kr-life	60.8492187	510	1,468	89,327
culture	60.131811	787	3,302	198,555
history	59.888426	2,255	6,824	408,679
whalepower	59.6684578	925	4,476	267,076
coffee	59.3775974	508	1,242	73,747
fitness	58.1138847	1,206	1,630	94,726
mining	57.606198	433	1,621	93,380
support	57.2495198	3,420	404	23,129
sevendaybnwchallenge	56.8593217	3,364	2,207	125,489
teammalaysia	56.6332927	2,451	1,886	106,810
news	56.614259	9,086	27,405	1,551,514
investment	55.9540619	219	1,469	82,197
poetry	54.1884308	9,833	9,788	530,396
video	54.1587506	2,318	15,060	815,631
photography	53.9609783	65,950	95,340	5,144,640
nigeria	51.8560755	911	8,367	433,880
inspiration	51.7736041	901	3,663	189,647
youtube	50.2676735	592	3,452	173,524
dtube	49.8665201	11,209	16,891	842,295
ocd-resteem	49.2136988	606	2,709	133,320
litecoin	48.6944304	1,237	1,422	69,243
motivation	48.2650389	3,330	5,960	287,660
trump	48.1246517	334	1,401	67,423
crypto	47.8218295	4,851	17,166	820,910
cats	47.0762812	949	1,177	55,409
altcoin	47.0689117	189	1,813	85,336
flowers	45.9898405	891	3,153	145,006
game	45.8470731	676	3,296	151,112
christian-trail	45.4518707	1,341	1,818	82,632
movie	44.4334083	964	2,684	119,259
dsound	44.3545584	8,310	3,392	150,451
market	43.9702097	320	3,138	137,979
polish	43.3732117	3,826	1,483	64,322
beauty	43.2902049	662	4,553	197,100
promo-steem	43.2736498	6,251	4,198	181,663
philippines	42.6905375	3,129	9,396	401,120
myanmar	41.9742585	10,052	1,493	62,668
nature	41.7340762	9,770	35,322	1,474,131
colorchallenge	41.6723083	9,044	7,279	303,333
photos	41.6121918	209	1,814	75,485
fun	41.5603063	1,963	10,252	426,076
religion	41.4206603	2,947	3,153	130,599
comedy	41.2445006	173	1,614	66,569
lifestyle	40.7528595	465	3,353	136,644
introduce	40.6109253	879	1,512	61,404
introducemyself	39.8971992	4,809	4,087	163,060
spanish	39.4775773	42,720	19,877	784,696
cryptocurrencies	39.0205668	674	1,713	66,842
entertainment	38.9599131	698	4,778	186,150
football	38.770463	793	2,421	93,863
thai	38.6326365	2,582	1,084	41,878
funny	38.2990551	10,547	33,053	1,265,899
kr-join	37.6782465	1,310	1,014	38,206
people	37.6354291	228	2,032	76,475
nsfw	37.1293931	1,694	2,821	104,742
christianity	36.8406379	1,446	2,651	97,665
steemph	36.4087902	803	4,119	149,968
poem	36.0513025	1,282	3,540	127,622
anime	35.0201158	637	1,365	47,802
sex	34.7867599	244	1,483	51,589
vehiclephotography	33.6326151	1,305	556	18,699.73
beach	33.4186451	181	1,516	50,663
busy	31.85547	16,043	43,447	1,384,025
cointurk	31.7292823	1,271	889	28,207.33
resteem	31.4346417	1,614	547	17,194.75
ripple	30.8721179	465	1,340	41,369
ico	30.5086106	909	4,266	130,150
btc	30.492377	640	2,817	85,897
streetphotography	30.4148418	1,978	1,239	37,684
stach	30.2687409	668	4,342	131,427
cervantes	29.7775506	5,665	12,373	368,438
sport	29.7581744	859	3,887	115,670
english	29.4399286	406	1,849	54,434
dsound-original	28.4112054	161	2,391	67,931
untalented	28.1024857	1,271	3,638	102,237
architecturalphotography	27.1754826	1,632	893	24,267.71
freewrite	26.866514	3,394	570	15,313.91
sunset	26.7287706	537	1,722	46,027
cityscapephotography	26.6974071	1,456	705	18,821.67
portraitphotography	26.5582541	1,194	905	24,035.22
upvote	26.2814383	599	1,807	47,491
dlive	26.1175066	23,284	6,646	173,577
love	26.0634855	6,580	21,429	558,514
dlivebroadcast-game	25.5233113	76	2,316	59,112
landscapephotography	24.6897236	3,341	2,381	58,786
jjangjjangman	24.5310969	2,028	5,075	124,495
colourfulphotography	24.4607601	2,002	1,259	30,796
jerrybanfield	24.3847113	1,349	485	11,826.59
macrophotography	24.3102591	2,368	1,559	37,900
goldenhourphotography	23.2598795	2,479	1,162	27,028
foodphotography	23.0447812	2,760	2,157	49,708
celestialchallenge	22.5949124	567	1,165	26,323
free	22.2309719	803	2,028	45,084
quote	22.1604553	679	1,880	41,662
happy	21.7843138	387	2,052	44,701
dsound-music	21.7311156	101	1,514	32,901
vincentb	20.7353652	372	1,320	27,371
photo	20.14448	3,687	23,124	465,821
meme	19.8011749	2,901	18,743	371,133
bescouted	19.785766	2,360	1,752	34,665
steepshot	19.4486134	3,015	10,657	207,264
cat	18.8601185	1,738	2,346	44,246
animalphotography	18.7670172	3,467	2,383	44,722
dog	18.6704047	1,715	1,752	32,711
photofeed	18.1335299	5,858	4,399	79,769
live	18.1016361	243	2,267	41,036
quotes	17.8136395	267	1,595	28,413
world	17.6930208	508	4,034	71,374
dlivebroadcast-dlive	17.4902659	36	2,110	36,904
coin	17.3486004	296	1,444	25,051
time	17.1732321	156	1,469	25,227
cebu	17.1056137	164	1,737	29,712
walkwithme	15.2809992	3,429	1,284	19,621
dlive-broadcast	14.8766464	305	8,459	125,842
jokes	14.6984965	342	1,724	25,340
fruit	14.6691181	405	1,270	18,630
picture	14.6510726	211	2,616	38,327
indonesia	14.3628478	16,057	28,077	403,266
venezuela	14.1943547	1,551	6,089	86,429
animal	14.1867671	1,630	6,394	90,710
smartphonephotography	14.0520674	3,378	4,911	69,010
post	13.3393695	198	1,502	20,036
amazing	13.0122707	420	2,335	30,384
flower	12.9709029	1,388	5,425	70,367
memes	12.8996875	234	2,003	25,838
new	12.0373242	1,239	10,974	132,098
castellano	10.8448523	2,091	4,299	46,622
sexy	10.5418886	246	1,679	17,700
nsc	10.227925	405	2,427	24,823
ksi	10.198353	748	5,516	56,254
trending	10.1888124	292	3,183	32,431
steemchurch	10.1536752	2,764	2,278	23,130
dmania	10.1265411	24,541	16,641	168,516
beautiful	9.7296718	442	3,312	32,225
natural	9.18250898	559	4,122	37,850
hot	8.03215946	208	2,496	20,048
decentmemes	6.32257006	643	1,249	7,897
test	6.17741053	1,630	1,805	11,150
aceh	5.70086154	6,850	29,755	169,629
esteem	4.49028315	7,329	29,846	134,017
airdrop	4.21210441	419	1,360	5,728
zappl	2.92182695	46,165	15,568	45,487
good-karma	2.36135517	411	2,900	6,848
valentine	0.84512849	931	1,432	1,210
kame	0.3415	3,035	2	0.683

**Those in bold & italics are tags with high engagement (high number of comments).

How to make these numbers work for you?

1. If you look at the tags with the highest payouts, they usually have highest number of posts too. The analogy is this: imagine a huge pond with tons of people in it. It's crowded, and it's not gonna be an enjoyable swim. Imagine looking further down the road, and you see another pond, much smaller, but with only a handful of people. Ahhhh…. Heavenly instagramer (sorry, Steepshot-er) moment!

2. So one way of leveraging on this table of info, is after you've done drafting your content and about to post it, identify a few tags with good profitability.

   Please make sure the tags make sense though! It's pointless to insert a profitable tag but your content have nothing to do with it. You'd pissed your readers off!

3. Another way you can use this info, is to identify high profitable tags, and produce contents around them.

4. You may also want to take note of the number of comments, because it tells you what kind of contents get more engagement.

5. Do take note not all tags can be used, no matter how profitable they are. Some tags are for private groups or communities. Always do a research on them before using.

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Wait, why's Mav posting on Steemit nowadays?

Well, unlike other blogging and social media platform, Steemit is the only platform that allows me to earn cryptocurrency when I engage with it. Yup, one Steem is about USD7, and you, too, can earn Steem Dollars every time you:

• Create content (articles, blog posts, podcasts, videos, photos)
• Upvote (like) other people contents
• Comment on other people's posts
• Have discussions, share opinions etc!

Yup, basically it's the very same thing you're doing on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc all along!

The only difference? For once you can earn a nice income on the side!

Sign up for a free Steemit account, and you can thank me by coming back and upvoting this article. And guess what, you will earn Steem too for doing that! #awesome

Comments

[favoursampson]

This post is amazing, it is true that most people don't really know the right tags to use and what to really write about. I've been having that tag issue too thanks for this post, it's been helpful.

[maverickfoo]

Glad to know that you're finding this useful.

[otybest]

Mehn...this has been so challenging for me, I almost the same time typing my post thinking of a suitable tag for the post.
You are good. Thanks for this big bro.

[maverickfoo]

Thanks! Hope you find it useful for your post. Steem on!

[legendchew]

I was looking for optimize tag for Steemit. This helps a lot. Thanks @maverickfoo!

[maverickfoo]

High five! When I started with Steemit, I was also unaware which tags to use, and used the popular ones. Only to realise everybody else is doing the same too!

Then I realised it's better to look at it from a profitability point of view instead.

[legendchew]

Yeah, high five! The popular tag will be too fast disappear from the new section also since too many is using it. This ratio is much better. Thanks again!

[vanemilano]

Good post, very informative help me a lot, as always your posts are very complete and well made, i can see that you put a lot of effort in this.

[maverickfoo]

Thanks! Have an awesome week!

[olivia7]

Good work,nic post.

[aleqssteemiter]

I love this post, it's clear that you tried to do this, I like this post my friend, and I'll say it's "super"

[mafi001]

excellent post ..loving to your blog.thanks for sharing.

[roger-that]

This is very helpful. Always use it as reference! Thanks @maverickfoo !