After being on Steemit for over 10 months we have seen changes in the platform but one thing remains true on this social platform as well as others. You have to put in the time to build a following to make your earnings more sustainable. It isn't easy for new users to get on any platform and try to gain traction. There are my recommendations to building a following as quick as possible.
1) Do your introduction post with a verification photo.
2) Get on Steemit.chat and post your content in the different post promotion rooms.
- Upvote and comment on other people's posts as well in the chat room.
3) Go to 'new' or 'trending' and comment on people's posts
4) Pick what type of content you are going to promote to hopefully fill a gap that isn't really there on Steemit.
- This is pretty wide open. Just because someone else is doing it doesn't mean you can't get in there and have a different twist on what they are doing. My topics have crossover with other people's topics.
5) Start Something New
- This could be a rewards game or contest.
- Also you could get involved with an existing project like Steemgigs.
6) Try to form a crew.
- @craig-grant was successful at doing this early on where he got people together to help each other out when our votes didn't really count for anything. The more instrumental you become in the community the more people will remember your influence.
General Advise
Building the following is going to take time and a lot of effort. It is easy to get discouraged and say "It isn't worth it." There was a time in Steemit's life cycle about 6 months ago that I was giving it a low percentage chance to ever really pull out of the pit it was in. Things turned around and it came back. The people who kept active on the platform really came out ahead when this happened. I was semi active having my Steem Voter bot vote and I was doing some posts here and there and posting comments. Some users kept putting up multiple posts per day in the face of very low payouts. Their followings grew and they were more visible in the down period to those who had a fairly large investment in the platform. It paid off for a lot of them.
I was financially forced to power down a lot of my earnings but the one things I have intact is my reputation and my following. That is very valuable going forward.
Thank you for reading my post and please consider following me @brianphobos