Spam. I get it. You want to get people to see your shit and posting it as much as possible, logically, is a method of getting people to see it. Especially in a world when some times are better to post than others and trying as many different times will not only help get you views but also get different people to see it. However that is the old way of thinking. One that may be a viable strategy on other sites (not a great one, you can really alienate people) but one that can get you views. But on steemit, views are second to upvotes and spam will rarely get you upvotes.
When you are running ads or trying to sell something, it all comes down to views. This leads to people reposting the same message and posting links to the same message. And again, I get it. Sometimes you work really hard on a video or a piece of content and get frustrated when no one sees it. It is a fine line to promote something without 'over selling it'. I personally hate it, promoting sucks but in this climate it is something you have to do. But repeating the same old same old is not the way to go on this site.
Steemit works by dividing out the rewards of the week to the users. The more upvotes you get (by users with mid/high SP) the more your post is worth. And I doubt anybody with a lot of voting power is going to upvote your spam. These are people who are literally invested in this site. Maybe they worked hard and earned steem or took the risk to invest their own money. Maybe they got lucky. But whatever the reason they have their steem they want to see it increase in value. They also want to see the site steemit increase as well. That means it is in their favour and everyone else using the system to have quality content on here. Which means crap and spam and going to get ignored or worse, flagged.
My advice? Learn to write and work on multiple posts. When I started to write and submit work, I learned that a lot of magazines didn't take simultaneous submissions, which means when you send one story you have to wait for a response before you can send it again. So I learned to forget about it and work on another story. This can feel like an uphill battle but when you learn to write and write and write, even during slow progress, you will become a better writer. Working to constantly bring new content to your blog is a lot of work but it is a way to improve in your work.
Any other tips for steemit? Let me know in the comments.
*my upvotes/rep disclaimer: @whatageek/my-steemit-account-where-i-stand-on-bots-self-votes-and-multiple-account