What exactly does it take to be successful on Steemit?

When you want to be successful at something, anything for that matter, it is very important to have a specific goal in mind. Once you know WHERE you are going, it is ONLY THEN that you will get there. I often have to reach a certain destination, but because I have a really really really bad sense of direction, I need a GPS to guide me. Success works exactly the same.

Have a clear vision and don't post too much

If you want to be successful it is important to know exactly WHAT you are doing. Many people believe that you have to post five or six times a day to build a better reputation, but I honestly believe that ONE quality post will do it. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, and if you stick to one post per day, then you should be successful. Just remember Rome was not built in one day, but today it is a beautiful city....

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Build a reputation on top of your Steemit reputation.

If you want to be noticed, you should NOT spam the comments by adding silly things like UPVOTE ME I UPVOTE YOU. I have muted many people because of that little sentence. Many people put in a lot of effort into their posts and we all want to be recognized on the platform, but NOTHING annoys me more than someone asking to be upvoted. Rather leave a proper comment and chances are that I will check out your blog.

I love to make new friends, and I have made MANY dear friends here on Steemit. Many of the people that I follow are solid and they are committed to the platform. We ALL have the same goal in mind. We all want Steemit to succeed, so make friends with the right people.

Do not give up!

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We have all been there, and at times we also wanted to give up, but we believed in Steemit and we stuck with it. MANY people helped to build this platform to where it is now. We also made 10 cent on a post and there were days when we made nothing at all, but that did NOT make us give up. We are still here, aren't we?

Think about others!

Even though I have been stuck on a 68 reputation for a while now and I somehow miraculously have nearly 900 followers, I amazingly only get up to a hundred votes per day. I am not posting less, and there is nothing wrong with the quality of the posts, but for some reason people do not get to see my posts. This brings me to my next point.

DO not follow blindly!

If you follow too many people you might miss out on many quality posts. In real life you choose your friends carefully, so why not do it here? You obviously follow someone because you like their content...why else would you even follow someone? Another option, if you follow too many people is to set up a bot. You will even earn curation rewards and then you don't even have to actually manually upvote anyone anymore. Go have a look at the following two links.

www.steemvoter.com or https://streemian.com/

I have recently started to unfollow many people and now put in more effort to actually get back to engaging with my friends. I finally get to read some of my favorite author's posts again!

If you struggle with anything, please ask. Please join the Steemit newbies page on Facebook, or follow me here on Steemit. You are free to ask me anything at anytime, and I will make sure to help or even guide you to the correct people that should be able to answer your questions. If we all work together, Steemit can only be successful!

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