As you know, I write a lot of guides for newbies and Steem users in general.
Having said that, it is easy to lose track of everything I posted.
Not only that, some of these guides were published before most of you pressed that follow button on my page.
Having this in mind, I compiled every guide I made into this post.
Scroll down, and if you read the post's introduction and feel like it will help you, just click the title and enjoy the guide.
Most guides are past payout so don't vote them there, vote for them here - that way I'll actually be rewarded!
Cheers!
STEEMING your way to Internet Riches:
So, you want to get rich using Steemit?
I hear you, some are here because they want to build a new world order, some are here to guarantee this platform grows and provides everyone with basic income, and some want to take a slice of their crypto riches pie.
I wrote this post for you, dear Steemian, you who are chasing the dream of Internet Riches and feel that this platform can provide it to you.
First things first, forget about your "brilliant" ideas of stealing content from blogs, ripping news, stealing images from google search and more.
On the other hand, there are a few things you can do to ensure you grow on the platform, and pave your way to Internet Riches.
Investing STEEMIT Earnings: Investing Plan for 2018
The coming of the next year means a lot for us crypto guys.
Let's face it, for us in the Crypto industry, the "Season's Finalle" of 2017 was full of highs and low on... well, lows.
Having that in mind, you must have a good stockpile of Steemit earnings, and some crypto gains as well, gains you accumulated on these highs.
But... where should you invest your money?
Well, I'm going to tell you where you can invest to make sure you maximize those hard earned SBDs, STEEM and crypto coins you gathered throughout this insane year.
The Steemit Newbie Guide: How to Grow Fast and Get Those SBDs
STEEMIT has been growing a lot lately, and the gates are flooding with new blood. This is a great thing as we need the platform to grow and love each and every new user who plans on using this platform and invest himself in it.
I've been writing about how to promote Steemit, how to onboard new users and giving out some information that newbies should know and nobody tells them. I realize there are tons of posts out there explaining how things work, but we still need fresh guides to come out on a regular basis because of not only the forks (updates) but also because of the fact the search bar sucks and those new users can't find those posts.
Having said that, today I'm going to give newbies a guide on how to grow their Steemit audiences lightning fast in a natural and easy way.
This will also ensure that these "noobs" get a great income level right at the start.
Your STEEM Followers: Did You Know?
Did you know that followers make the bulk of your upvotes? Did you know that keeping a follower is far more valuable than getting a new one? And did you know loyal followers are what you depend on to grow?
If you answered all of these questions with a yes, then chances are you're a smart guy and you know new followers have less of an impact than returning and loyal ones, and this is why I decided to write about how to keep your followers happy in order to have them upvote more and improve their engagement with your content while keeping them in your followers' list.
STEEM is Rising: What Does The Price Mean for New Users?
If you haven't been sleeping under a rock you know Steem is going CRAZY right now, climbing on huge percentages. If you just woke up, you better see how much your account is worth right now.
So, since my blog is focusing on newbies, I felt like sharing what this price rise and the future mean for your average "Dust" account holder, those with close to no SP and who do not even own a voting bar.
Having said that, read below to see what I think about this price rise and what it means for us newbies.
Think You Respect All The STEEMIT Rules? Here's How to Still Get in Trouble:
If you think that by respecting every rule on STEEMIT and publishing good content is enough to stay out of trouble... think again!
There are actually a lot of things you can do that can get you into trouble, or even sink your account alltogether. As I like to keep you guys informed and safe, I decided to let you know how you can get in trouble even if you're a valuable member of the community.
So, without further ado, here's how to do things correctly and STILL get in trouble.
STEEM Price Drop: What Does it Mean for New Users?
If you have been following my posts, then you know that when Steem's price started climbing I wrote a post titled:
Well, today the post is the reverse, and we're going to approach what does the current state of the market means to new users, how you should take advantage of it and how to play the market.
We'll also go over how the market will behave in the future, and approach the difference between now and the last time in which the price was at $5, before the initial climb.
If At First You Don't Succeed: Buy More Steem!
This title may sound odd, but I'm sure all of my loyal followers, who start to slowly grow, know that I'm a huge advocate for the "Power Up" feature.
Well, today I'm going to give you the specifics of why "Power Up" is the best feature you can use to succeed financially in this platform - and no, I'm not going to speak about the basics and the advantages that this brings, I'm sure my followers know that by now.
What's I'm going to discuss is:
- Why you should NEVER hold SBD;
- Why your SBD will buy you less and less STEEM
- How to Properly Manage your Wallet Decisions
...and some other variables.
If you want to learn more about these topics, then this post I've written right now is just the post for you, so grab a cup of coffee and read me out.
Don't forget that everyone can disagree on these things, and if you think I'm wrong I'd love to read about it down in the comments section.
Here we go...
Give and You Shall Receive: Learning About STEEMIT Karma
This post is all about the power of giving and how that works in your behalf by generating what I consider to be Steemit Karma.
If you're interested in this concept and if you want to learn how it worked for me, then this is the post for you.
So, this may seem like a strange title, and a bit cliché as well. In fact, I know it to be cliché, but I also knew that these sayings get people's attention.
- Why?
Because the Human Mind likes patterns, it likes what is familiar and it hates changes or new things... the Status Quo should be enforced at all times if our genetic programming is to have its say.
- Why?
Because we evolved to fear change... if we're alive and well, why change things? If you're a caveman and you're well fed on berries, why risk changing your job from forager to hunter just to have meat? You could get killed by a Sabertooth tiger!
- But why this intro? What does this have to do with Steemit and its economy?
Well, it's all connected, and that's what I'll talk about in this post.
Top 3 Selfish Reasons to Delegate: Help Someone, Help Yourself!
If you have been accompanying my posts you now know that I usually focus on providing value to new users, onbarding people, writting guides and so on.
On the other hand, you've probably noticed that in my last posts I went on to argue that STEEMIT works on a "giving" basis and is an example of a "Gifting Economy".
There's a problem though...
Most people here still operate on a mindset of scarcity and are selfish. They don't see the reason to Delegate their hard earned SP to little fishes, when in reality that may be one of the best decisions to make, even for their interest.
While this wasn't the case for the Steemian that gave me my delegation (@underground, be sure to give him a follow), there are many who simply don't bother delegating and I even heard "Why should you delegate if you have collect no interest on your loan?" - can you think of anything more SHARKY-like to say?
Having this in mind, I thought about writing a post about the Top 3 SELFISH Reasons big SP users should delegate to little fish.
STEEMIT Following Tips: How to Increase your Follower Retention Rates!
As a Marketing professional, I know that retaining a customer is way more valuable than getting a new one.
Getting a fresh customer is harder, and loyal customers are the ones who spend more. With STEEMIT, similar things happen if you consider the follower your customer - after all, he is the entity that consumes your Product / Content.
Throughout this post, I'll go over some tips on how you can increase your followers' retention rates, so you can keep them following you and avoid a decline in your hard earned follower numbers.
How I'm Profiting with My Post's Signature: A Powerful Tool!
If you read my posts you'll notice that they always have a signature area below the text with a couple of links.
Today I'm going to approach these links, tell you exactly how I'm profiting with them and pinpoint you the way to utilize that area of your profile effectively.
If you want to add a bit of gravy on top of the rewards you get with Steemit, signature space can be the answer for you.
If this is an idea that you find attractive, read below and feel free to follow the lead of many users here who make sure to monetize their signatures.
STEEMIT Advanced Commenting Guide: How to Get More Out of Your Commenting Rounds
So I've been getting a lot of feedback on my guides about people implementing my "Comment More" tip and getting a huge success out of it, but I've been asked multiple times on how to really maximize this strategy.
Having said that, I'm now going to share with you an Advanced Commenting Technique I use every day that will skyrocket your growth and allow you to make the most out of your comment rounds.
If you think this is something you'll make use of, then read the article bellow.
The Easiest FREE Ways to Get Crypto: Banking With No Investment!
With all of the Crypto Craze I found myself wanting to collect more and more tokens, and hoarding tokens is a smart thing to do anyways so I ventured out and actively searched for easy ways to bank those coins.
Having said that, MOST of what I found were SCAMS or BAD DEALS... something you need to avoid.
As I went through heaps of trash just to find some treasure, I thought it would be a good idea to share some legit ways to earn crypto for free, and I will keep it broad because I don't want to promote anything, just talk about some new concepts that came with the crypto world such as Airdrops, Faucets and more.
Your Ultimate Guide on Utopian.io: What is it? What Does it Do? How and Who Does it Pay?
Utopian.io is an Open Source Economy where anybody who contributes to Open Source projects can be rewarded for it.
Utopian.io is an Open Source Economy where anybody who contributes to Open Source projects can be rewarded for it.
You can access it by visiting its official website, and if you use Steemit you definitely stumbled upon the #utopian-io tag often – which is the tag for the posts associated with this large decentralized community.
If you already know what Utopian.io is all about, then most of this article won’t bring you news, but you’ll probably still find one or two things you didn’t know, so give it a read anyways.
STEEMIT Bot Guide: Steemit Bots for Dummies
If you're new on Steemit then you probably are confused about all of the bots moving around the ecosystem.
Well, having that in mind I opted to create a STEEMIT newbie guide on bots, how to use them, what bots to steer clear of and some other pointers.
Not every bot is good, not every bot is bad, and although many are similar, some aren't, so if this is something you'd like to learn about... read this guide.
If you're a veteran Steemian, then many of these things don't come as news to you, but I'm sure that when many of you joined the concept was equally alien.
Enter the Tokenized World: A Newbie's Guide to Understanding the Future!
Many of you guys have been asking me about my opinion on the future.
This is natural as I have written many guides on how newbies here can better prepare for the evolution of the cryptocurrency state of things and the evolution of Steemit as well.
You've heard a lot of my advices, such as powering up, taking a slice of your rewards to reinvest in other profitable tokens and more...
...what you didn't hear about was what the future will be like according to me.
Well, fortunately I surrounded myself with visionaries, people who I think are extremelly competent and have a clear vision of what the future will be like (for them at least).
I'm talking about people like @taskmaster4450, @defor, @velimir, @rok-sivante, @underground and more.
Granted, each has their own vision of the future, but they overlap in many places. I have my own vision of the future, and it overlaps with the ones these guys have in many cases as well.
So, in this post, I'll combine the opinions of all of my influencer friends and my own and take a shot at predicting the future.
So here it goes...
How NOT to Use STEEMIT: Don't Be a Castrated Pushover
The title can be a bit aggressive, granted, but I'm sure you know by now that Steemit has plenty of pushovers and kissasses, pardon my French.
Heck, you may even be one of those and identify with the terms, but figure it's the only way to progress.
This post will touch sensitive information and flag war topics as well.
Well, in today's guide I'm going to let you in on a secret:
- You don't have to be a "Yes Man" to grow on Steemit.
As a matter of fact, you lose all of your personality if you just becom a pushover that is always chasing after bigger users trying to get their vote.
Lately, I've been awakening to the fact that STEEMIT is a land of castrated pushovers, heck even spammers spam with
"This is the best post on Steemit. Thank you, I learned so much with that nice post bla bla" - Average Spammer
Let me tell you why not being a pushover is nice in a way that even pushovers will undertand.
STEEM Blockchain's Pitfall: It's Easy, But It's Hard!
Today I'm going to talk to you about one of the things that is closer to my heart.
I'm a blogger, and let me tell you something - Steemit is easy compared to the world of centralized blogging.
You lose a lot of money to everyone involved in the blogging world, being it ad networks, product providers, payment systems and whatever.
Through all of my blogging life I never saw something as easy as Steemit, and getting an audience here is a lot easier than anywhere else:
- By all means, if I'm wrong, tell me about the alternative;
Now, the issue is there's a HUGE pitfall here.
Steemit is easy... but it's HARD!
What do I mean with this? Read below and find out.
Content Writing Guide: Manipulate With Psychological Triggers
As many of you know by now, I'm a marketing professional.
As such, we learn a lot about Psychological triggers and how to yank them in order to get what we want. We use those tricks in sales letters, pitches, sites and more.
Throughout this post, I'm going to share my introductory lesson in how to write content that manipulates the audience (manipulate doesn't have to be a negative word as you'll see) in order to make them do something.
Normally, we'll want them to buy stuff from us, leave us an email or something like that.
In Steemit, you usually want them to drop you a vote or a follow... but it's the same idea.
Read this post, and if you liked it then stay tuned because my Advanced guide is coming out soon, and while this is about the "white hat" techniques and the "light side" of the pyschological triggers, the advanced guide will have a bit of a darker tone, as it will approach some powerful stuff that can be used regardless of people's intentions.
Sounds great? Hey, let's start it light by going through this guide first.
STEEMIT Wallet Guide: Managing Your Wallet for Profit
Hello there.
It is with great pleasure that I write yet another guide, this time on how to optimize your wallet and assets in a way that ensures you'll reap maximum profits.
Hello there.
It is with great pleasure that I write yet another guide, this time on how to optimize your wallet and assets in a way that ensures you'll reap maximum profits.
This may seem like an easy subject, but there are some nuances that you should consider.
As you know, the wallet has three different things:
- Steem Power;
- Steem;
- SBDs;
The way I'm going to do this is by dividing this guide in three sections, tackling each of the sections at a time, and explaining how you can maximize profits in each phase.
If that is something that interests you, then read below.
The Dark Side of Psychological Triggers:
So, you have probably read my post on Psychological Triggers and how you can use them to improve your Steemit blog, Steem Blockchain presence and accelerate your growth.
I've talked about how the ones I approached were the positive ones and how there is a very powerful Dark Side on this topic... people wanted to know about it, and so I'm telling you some of what I know.
I'll go over each trigger and tell you how you can use it to benefit your Steem blockchain presence.
I was unsure of whether to publish this or not, since it is the Dark Side after all, and it's pretty manipulative.
LISTEN TO THIS:
The real danger of using these triggers is knowing where to set the line.
Not everyone should use these... only a person who is:
- Emotionally Balanced;
- Highly Disciplined;
- With Good Base Values.
Cult Fighters, and those running sects are masters of these triggers, but they don't have good base values and are certainly not emotionally balanced.
On the other hand, if you're disciplined and a good person, these triggers can be used to further your goals, brand or in this case blog. Just be careful not to overdo it or fall into the Dark Side yourself... Steemit doesn't like Con Artists.
STEEMIT Newbie Guide: How NOT to Waste SBDs
I taught you about maximizing your rewards, now it is time to tell you how to minimize your losses.
Today I thought you would like to hear of three ways newbies just WASTE their SBD (Steem Backed Dollars a.k.a. Steem Blockchain Dollars).
There are three ways that are unfortunately very common, and so I need to make the newbies who follow me aware of them.
Some of them are simply things that may seem a good idea at the time, while some are outright scams.
If this is something of interest, then read below.
STEEMIT Newbie Guide: The Tools of Steem Blockchain Growth
Hello there,
Today I'm going to share a guide with you on tools you MUST use if you're serious about Steemit and working on the Steem Blockchain.
As you well know, my growth was pretty fast, but I wasn't just using Steemit, I was using other tools people don't usually tell you about when advising you and yet are a MUST USE in order to propel your growth.
If that is something you feel you would like to know, and if you're curious on what tools I used on my two months journey to 60 Rep (achieved it today, so I'm hyped) then here's the drill...
STEEM Guide: Choosing your Blog's Niche
Recently I have had a few followers asking me about how to pick what they'll write about.
Choosing a topic can be daunting, as you don't know if you have what it takes to keep on writing about it over and over again, but choosing the slice of the market you'll "attack" is vital.
That is called picking one's niche... the niche that you will tackle and hopefully carve out a slice of the "market" to form your audience.
Throughout this STEEMIT guide I'm going to talk about how to pick your blog's niche in a way that promotes growth.
If that interests you, then read below.
For the STEEM Newbie: More Proof Commenting Works!
If you follow my guides and advice then you know I'm always saying two things:
- Newbies Make the Bulk of Their Money From Commenting, Not Posting!
- Commenting is Vital in Steemit.
Having said that, you also know that my average is 30 comments on normal days, 20 comments on weak days and 50 comments in good day.
Those who know me from the start know that in my first week on Steemit I was commenting 100 times per day, and commenting was almost all that I would do.
Now, today, I've seen even more evidence I'm thinking it right. A user named @taskmaster4450 just published a post:
I Made 230 In 7 Days Just From Posting Comments On STEEM. You Can Too
In this post, he explains what I already told you, and what countless users (far from me and task being the only ones) know:
- Commenting isn't only vital! It's Profitable!
Not only that, but comments are VITAL for the BLOCKCHAIN as well, not only tu us.
Throughout this post, this is what we'll be approaching.
STEEM Blog Post Ideas: The ULTIMATE Monthly Blueprint
We’ve all been there… a new day is here and you want to post on Steem, but you simply don’t know what to post about!
Well, I don’t want that to happen to you!
This is why I’m sharing with you guys a WHOLE MONTH of content ideas for EVERY DAY of March!
If you want this blueprint for the next month, grab it! It’s yours!
Join the Crypto Empire Community
Bucket of Goodies:
- Trade Your STEEM: Binance Exchange
- Earn Steem with SmartSteem
- Get Universal Basic Income - Free Tokens
- SEED Airdrop: Farmville for Crypto
- All Images Copyrights Free From Pixabay
I didn't know you wrote that many guides, amazing.
You helped out a lot of us, so thank you for that. :)
I hope you'll continue what you're doing.
You may count on it bro!
Cheers
You are so smart. There are so many guides. Judging from the first couple of intros I need to read probably all of them all over again...
Thanks for putting this together Smax ♡
No problem Samy :P
Smax sounds better than samy...
Wow max you really went out of your way to help us here! Thank you soo much, the rest is up to us now.
I have writren for some time now and gatherea few SBDs, i am now using them to promote my posts more like reinvesting my capital gains back to the business.
This reminds me that if we view steemit as a business venture and not eat into all our profits, then we will all succeed.
Create a vision and mission for your steem business.
Cheers and thanks.
Exactly... see it as a compounding venture.
That's the right answer indeed.
Cheers mate~!
Wonderful idea, Max. So useful.
I think it'd also be helpful if you stuck a Contents section near the top (with hot links within this document) so that people can jump straight to the article they need.
cheers
Anj xx
This is definitely a page worth bookmarking. Thanks :)
Hmmm.... interesting idea.
Will consider it for further posts.
Cheers!
Holy Cow @spiritualmax. I knew you had written quite a few guides and I've read a bunch of the. This blew me out of the water. I think I know what I'm reading this weekend. Thank you so much for doing this I know I greatly appreciate it.
No problem... this one deserved trending... feels bad man :P
Hello @spiritualmax. Thank you so much for putting up such a wonderful post. I think you just said it all about steemit especially for newbies like me. The things that i grabbed from this post, am definitely going to apply it. I so much cherished and appreciate the post and the time you invested to come up with such a fabulous post. I wish you the very best...Cheers!!! From @beth147
Cheers Beth, glad you liked it.
Steem on!
Thanks
WoW! Impressive list you have there. It’s hard to believe that I’ve spent 4 months on SteemIt without having a clue about your tutorials. So far, I’ve only got to go through one, but I’m definitely going to check out the rest too. Not all at once, of course, since time is... engagement here on SteemIt. But I’ll definitely bookmark this post and keep an eye out for your upcoming posts...
Just like @lynncoyle1, I’m a member of the @newbieresteemday initiative, and I’ll be sure to spread the word about your guides with our fellow members.
Thanks Mike,
Already saw you around :D
Glad you like my posts! Cheers!
You definitely gave me some reading to do while I’m tecovering from surgery :0)
Cheers!
Get Well Soon Mike!
WOW, this is a huge list of guides. Nice job brother!
I was led here by @conradsuperb’s recent post.
We must all be some likeminded individuals to be co-creating on this wonderful platform.
I just followed you my friend 🤝
Thank you very much for the follow man, a friend of conrad is a friend of mine. Cheers
Is it commenting on any post that matters or is better to comment on people that have lot of comments? I have spent time in the past just in the "introduce yourself" section just welcoming people to the platform.
I've done that as well. But you'll have to start doing that on other posts as well, otherwise you'll have tons of followers with a $0 upvote.
Thank you for the feedback
Oh God thank you so much for doing this post. I really love your guides and I wanted to read all of them, now it will be easier.
Also, with this post will be way easier to share your guides with my friends :)
Thank you very much... too bad all of them except two don't generate revenue anymore though ;P
I guess it takes weeks for me to read them all, but it´s great to have a guide like that if a certain question appears. There are so many things to learn about Steemit. Thank you!
You can always just refer to them whenever you feel the need to clear something up.
Cheers
This is amazing! I just started to follow @grolelo and saw you over on his page; I'm so happy to have stumbled upon this; it's some of the best info I've seen, amalgamated in one spot.
I am a member of @newbieresteemday, which as you can tell, started as a resteem initiative, but has morphed into a welcoming, educating, supporting and mentoring place for new and not-so-folks here. It really is a great net to catch those new people who need some assistance and to give them an instant community to connect with. I'm going to come back as @newbieresteem and resteem this to our feed in the hopes of more people seeing it. Such worthy information is deserving of a large crowd :) Thank you again, and cheers!
Hello Lynn!
I'm humbled by the fact you liked the article so much as to come back to resteem it. Thank you.
On the other hand, its great to see you're a community builder yourself.
You should join the Crypto Empire, maybe I can help you with this project of yours and give it a bit more visibility.
Cheers
Hi there @spiritualmax!
I'm so sorry for the delayed response; my husband is not well (cancer) and we had a couple of rough days here; all is 'well' once again though.
I would love to hear more about the Crypto Empire of yours; It sounds like something right up my alley. And it's very thoughtful of you to consider us 'help worthy'; now I am the humbled one :)
Not a problem at all.
I'm so sorry, stay strong :)
This was the community introduction:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@spiritualmax/crypto-empire-meet-my-community
This was the first time embassies were introduced:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@spiritualmax/crypto-empire-news-new-steem-feature-and-new-embassies
And here's the latest embassy post:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@spiritualmax/crypto-empire-expands-new-embassies
Maybe you should read these, and hop in if you see value in it.
We have 140 citizens as of now.
Cheers
Thank you so much for the information; I will certainly have a look. Your character seems admirable to me, so consider me joined :) I'm playing catch-up at the moment with replies etc. here; it's amazing how much I've missed being inactive for two days!
I understand you've been in contact with @davemccoy, one of @newbieresteem's 'founding fathers'; I'm glad;, he's a great guy with a really good heart.
I just went and had a look at your intro post to the Crypto Empire...epic! I love the banners, especially @eaglespirit's :), who I know from @steemitbloggers too. Looks like a great group for sure; I've only been on steemit since mid-December, but I recognize a lot of the names in your group already!
Thank you also for your sympathies re my husband's (@briancourteau) condition..strong is all I know, because really, what other choice do I have :) ?
I'm so glad to have 'ran' into your post...here's to new relationships! Cheers!
Your as old as I am then, Im also 2 months and something old... joined 17 December :)
See you around!
Awesome! I think mine is the 18th..proof of great minds thinking alike :)
See you around too!
I have not read many of these posts. Thanks for this compilation, this is going to be very helpful.
Thanks Svk... you're close to Rep 50 now! Keep on grinding :D
Wow this was a long post! Nice effort! Have a great ! :)
Thanks. Cheers!
Woohooo. This is great Rukka! Lots of people have been asking ^^
Yeah, and I've answered :P
Every new steemit user should be directed to your archive as a "getting started" guide, many thanks for putting all of this together.
Thank you for stopping by my friend.
Cheers|
See you around.
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Awesome educational information here! Thank you :)
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Thanks for all the info i got to read a little bit there is soooooo much but its great. Ill read into it more as i can. I would love to upvote this post but i think i did something wrong today and my votes dont show up or work?? Im asking a few friends to maybe help me see what i did wrong lol. Thank u again aloha 🌸⛰
Hmm, that's weird, have no idea why that is happening.