Newcomers to Steemit and people I onboard in the Israeli community often ask me how they can be successful and see positive ROI on their time investment in the platform. I've also gotten the same questions from numerous minnows who've been trying to get their payouts to rise above $0.10 for months without much success.
My answer is always the same, and in English it's even easier to remember:
Use the C.U.R.E.
Create
Create good content, prioritizing quality over quantity. If you don't have anything insightful to post, just don't post. It might sound obvious, but newcomers who are not familiar with Steemit often litter their account with testing shitposts and treat the platform the way they treat their Facebook feed.
Producing good content entails typing a lot into a single post. Or clicking the camera a bunch, or talking to it. Copy-pasting, typing up 3 sentences and adding a meme is not very likely to bring followers or significant upvotes.
If you're looking for tips on writing readable Steemit posts and creating better content, I got you covered.
Upvote
Looking at your $0.01 upvote contribution does not encourage curation. Your miniscule curation rewards depend highly on your vote timing and even then - are they really worth the work? The answer is yes.
Curation isn't only about getting those SP fractions from the payout on a post. It's about attracting author attention and showing appreciation. In addition, upvotes must accompany those very important insightful replies you write.
Reply
Unlike traditional social media platforms, Steemit.com is not really designed for personal interaction between users. So as it is today, your primary communication tool on the blockchain is the little "Reply" link on the bottom.
I recommend leaving at least 20 insightful comments for every post published. And I am not talking about your generic "nice post" spam comments. Leave meaningful replies that create discussion on trending posts in tag where you have something to contribute.
Remember - replies and upvotes are rewarded similarly to posts, so investing in a GOOD comment on a post by someone with 3,000 followers will get more eyes on your profile than a post you publish to your little following.
Yes, comment first, put out fire later.
Engage
What some people seem to miss about earning money on the Steem blockchain is that it's not the blockchain that pays you. It's other users just like you voting on the distribution of the daily reward pool. So it's the people who "pay" you, and you need to engage them. It's not about pasting links to your posts wherever you can without being banned. It's about joining communities, chatting on steemit.chat and Discord and also bringing your friends to the platform as mutual support goes far beyond the value of upvotes.
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