It's been a long and crazy journey so far, and I really wanted to use this post to thank the Steemit Developers, Curators, and Community for definitely living up to the hype of being a great and growing social networking platform! Everyone works extra hard to provide functionality, and to look for good content, and to create a fun and rewarding atmosphere.
In this post I will talk about a little bit about my journey, some things I learned to be very important, and things I do to write good posts. Also there's a surprise at the bottom for you to enjoy! <3
WHO AM I?
My name is Sheryl, but I liked to be called Shello. Hello! ^_^ I'm 27 and from Hawai'i!
I like computers, cryptocurrency, food, andventures, video games, and many other things! My posts could be about any subject if I want to write about it that day. My first introduction made a whole $3, and I was very excited about it. Since then, some of my posts have done really well- some of them... not so much. The real reward is to enjoy writing about what you already like!
This week I wrote about many different topics like:
Genesis Mining's Newest Email
Selfie Tips and Tricks
Law Comparison in Honolulu and Portland
A Secret Item You Can Order at Sushi Restaurants
The most important things I can say to someone new to Steemit is to
Try your best and be yourself! It's not as generic advice as you think.
You are getting paid to be you. Even though not every post will make a lot of money (or any lol), you will make lots of friends, build connections, and improve your writing. Keep at it, and you will make great posts and go trending when you least expect it.
The are bots, groups, and teams of people that look for good writing on this site. No matter how buried you think your content is, someone will find you- and many of them are working on finding good content creators more often. Some of those include, but are not limited to...
@curie
@minnowsupport
@originalworks
Edit! You can also promote your own posts at @promoted if you want more people to see it!
Since I am 6 hours behind Florida, and 3 hours behind California, when I was posting around midnight most of the time- I was pretty sure all of my blogs would get missed. I was surprised to see curation trails going through my posts, and sometimes huge upvotes! As I recently dug deeper to find out what was going on I stumbled across a curie post that listed me as a recommended author for this week. I was extremely shocked since I didn't ask anyone to read my posts nor send anyone SBD... They found me.
Reveal spoiler
Seeing my name there was more important than any reward I could receive. It means that there are people that find value in my writing!
Some of the Things I Do That I Think Help Make Good Posts!
suuuuurprise! ITS A DRAW THREAD! :D
- for my pictures I don't use stock photos, try to take pictures, draw, or make 3d graphics if you can (this is my first drawing post!)
- You can use images found on websites if you credit the owner (think work cited). Always credit owner of image.
- Don't copy/pasta what other people have written. @cheetah stops plagiarism.
- Use images to compliment your post. A wall of text is boring and unorganized, pictures help your formatting!
- I search on Steemit in advance to make sure no one posted about the exact same thing yet. My idea should bring new things to the community, and add new information.
- I read and reread my post out loud so I can catch spelling and grammatical errors. (The easier something is to read the better your ideas/concepts can be understood).
- "good post." is not a comment, I explain myself and try to further the conversation. You really learn a lot!
- I plan most of my posts at least a few day ahead, and think about things I want to include and how to present them.
- I include my personal experiences in my writing. Only YOU know your experiences.
- Write something you yourself would be excited to read about. Try to teach someone something new!
Most importantly!
Try your best and be yourself! You would be amazed at who likes you for you. Everyone has something special and unique to bring to Steemit.
Feel free to use or modify either one of these images for your own use. No credit needed. Everyone can give something back to others on the platform. This is a little something I wanted to contribute.
If you like my post and want to know what I'm up to, please be sure to UPVOTE, FOLLOW, and RESTEEM!
... I should really make myself a banner next.
nice one @shello
you here to stay and working hard although you new in steemit.. keep it up.. you hae quite some good original content... glad to meet you on steem chat and will guide you to stardome here with the little i know
congrates dear... i too celebrated my 7weeks of steeming hot with 1k+ followers
upvoted ...keep it up
How does a person even get 1k followers??? That's super beyond me! But I'm not against trying. Thanks for a friendly welcome. I wanted to try using the chats today to see what I'm missing, and a lot of people I met today have a great sense of humor c: I will take any lessons that can help me improve.
Mahalo
ok dear... Mahalo
once i save enough steem dollar ..hope to visit hawai and get that charming wecome dance!
steem on dear... the milestone is almost covered...
Great post! I am beggining this amazing journey, hope to find out how it works!
Welcome to the Steemit family @elisa394! <3 Read a lot and use the platform, I'm sure you'll get the hang of things c:
Congrats, and thanks for the great info. Just getting into steemit and liking it so far. Awesome advise. Thanks again
Steemit is a fun place! Learn a lot and post steongly c:
Nice post and tips on becoming a better steemit user. Thanks for sharing @shello.
Steem on👍👍
Thank you @harbysco I still have a long way to go myself towards becoming a better Steemit user c:
I love that heart, great work! Congrats to 100 followers!
You are absolutely right about the importance of being yourself! And also being true to your values and being honest and caring:-)
Thanks @kerlund74! Gonna keep trying to post regularly, and interact with others as well. I forgot I had a drawing book, and everyone makes really nice art here c: If I wasn't allowed to be myself, I wouldn't be here lol
Congratulations @shello,d sky is your limit...tnx for upvoting few of my posts,a comment in any of my post will serve as a reminder and i will upvote u...cheers dear
Thank you @amec, I know that I'll want to stay on Steemit for a long time, there are many interesting people and topics floating about. And no problem, it's fun to see what the people around me are up to.
Cheepono!
As someone very new to steemit I am interested in other newbies experiences. I don't have your drawing skills though :)
What is the difference between upvote and resteem? it doesn't make sense to me at the moment?
That's good, being new should make you want to learn! Upvoting gives an author a small reward that scales based on the steempower of the person voting, and you can earn curation rewards on it! Resteeming is sharing someone's post to your blog wall, and is useful when you want more people to see their post! I hope this helps some c:
Clefairy is my favorite Pokemon by the way!!
Thanks shello !
No problem, stay classy! ^_^
Thank you for the thoughtful tips. Also congrats for being listed as an author on that Top Authors list. You put a lot of thought into your posts. I'm going to check out your post on the secret item to order at Sushi Restaurants now!
@tiffy
you a great steemian whose comments i always like to read ... i agree with you...a lot of thought are ied ..she is doing great... nice comment dear
Thanks for reading my post. I hope you don't mind that I follow you! I like it a lot when people read a whole post and not just the titlte. I hope you find something you like about the sushi post. Food is life :3
Very cool. I'm new here, still learning. Being you, is great advice. Cool artwork too, by the way. Much success to you! 😊
Thanks man. The love is real c: I am still much into the learning phase myself. I saw your post on the guitar your brother had stashed away, you should record yourself playing something when you can and upload it here!
Thanks for sharing. I liked the way you spoke your mind. Congratulations on featuring in the list of authors.
Thank you, I was blown away by the gesture. Gotta stay true to yourself no matter what. The only person you really have is you, so at least try to be someone you'll like :^)
Welcome to Steem @shello I have upvoted and sent you a tip
@shello welcome to steemit, I have follow you can you follow me thanks :)
done!
a most heartly welcome to you on steemit ...
i hope you will get a lot of friends round here ...
Best of luck for your upcoming days
I'm @amanrazz
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