There are a lot of whining and frustration due to lack of success on steemit (online in general and offline). The good news, however, is that steemit encourages community building which is one of the uniqueness of this amazing platform.
According to Wikipedia , Community is a small or large social unit (a group of people) who have something in common, such as Norm (social)|norms]], religion, values, or identity.
Some advantages :
- Knowledge: The chance to learn from one another and thus share information.
- Connections: through prudent networking, you will improve your chance to success and meet more like-minded people.
- Inspiration: The diversity of opinion, ideas and knowledge that you will never encounter alone- example, solution to a problem.
- Resources: It is impossible to know and do everything yourself (no matter how smart you maybe) therefore community will help you find people with skills that are needed to help you succeed.
- Support: Being able to have a community to rely on in time of distress is very helpful-especially if you join the right one.
Some examples of great communities and contests are found in:
Discord channel-as indicated by @eirik in his post: WhaleShares - https://discord.gg/t4BhaSB , Looking For Niche - https://discord.gg/CDxhCJG , Peace, Abundance, Liberty - https://discord.gg/7RretyY , SteemLab - https://discord.gg/BbuYGts , SteemVenue - https://discord.gg/xSe73d2 and MSP Waves Radio : The Music and Money Show organized by my dear bud @scaredycatguide –join their discord chat - https://discord.gg/bbUv8P
Moreover, if you feel that you need more help to be successful here , there is a discord channel exclusively for beginners : Steemit101 –see link https://discord.gg/bgHtHeE which is organized by our dear friend @mrviquez plus other awesome steemians : @youngogmarqs , @iamnotageek , @thesocialqueen, @bitcoinparadise and @inertia
Steemit Contests and Teams: There are a lot of amazing contents and groups/ teams here that are organized by great steemians, which keeps the mind and soul busy and help members to earn more money , showcase their talents and have a sense of belonging. Examples are : Power of positivity / pop contents via an amazing lady : @karenmckersie , color challenge (each week day has its distinctive color challenge) : @colorchallenge managed by @kalemandra, who also manages the Watercolor challenge , Steemit culinary challenge managed by @woman-onthe-wing , wide and strange contest plus the Steem-pocalypse survival game -an amazing one managed by my dear wild man AKA @papa-pepper -great prizes! , Meme Challenge thanks to @fibra59 , Der Wörter die noch keiner kennt Contest (The words that no one knows yet contest): a contest in German on new words in the cryptoworld via @Miketr , SteemCup series (relates to Nascar car racing ) managed by @ats-david, who also rules the Steemit Scramble: PGA Tour, connected to the Golf Tournaments.
Furthermore, there is the Steemit Photo Challenge via @jamtaylor , the Art-Trail Contest via @art-trail , the 50 Word Story Contest, via @ogochukwu for the @literature-trail . The ART-Challenge, managed for @artquest-trail via @aksinya, who also organise a great art contest: the ARTstyleART , @fyrstikken wide ranges of challenges where people can win thousands of delegated steem power . In addition, there is the Spanish Challenge (In spanish language ) managed for the @spanish-trail via @tincho , The Steemit streetART Challenge, organized by @funkit , the daily thematic photos via @uwelang .
Monochrome Monday via @old-guy-photos - Pls see all posts here Monochromemonday
TreeTuesday - initiated by @old-guy-photos - Pls see all posts here TreeTuesday
BeachWednesday - initiated by @uwelang - Pls see all posts here BeachWednesday
SunThursday - initiated by @uwelang - Pls see all posts here SunThursday
LoveFriday - initiated by @liliana.duarte - Pls see all posts here LoveFriday
BeautifulSunday - initiated by @ace108 - Pls see all posts here BeautifulSunday .
Furthermore, there is the Openmic contest : An amazing musical contest sponsored by @luzcypher and @pfunk (very good) and Steemit Culinary Challenge via @woman-onthe-wing , Steemit novel (get a chance to write a paragraph in steemit novel) via @scottish01 all these including some amazing groups like African Unite via @dragonslayer109 and steemit fastest growing community : @teamaustralia shows that steemit is an amazing platform.
Conclusion: Joining a social media platform is great however in order to be successful, you have to show commitment to the principles needed to be a success online examples: joining like-minded community, build a team , join contests and show interest in other people work. Doing all these things outlined in this article plus posting great contents , investing in steem power and commenting prudently will surely help you to be successful on steemit.
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