- DAY 1 - Making Friends -
@markrmorrisjr is hosting the first #DophinSchool Bootcamp and today is Day 1! I encourage all my friends and followers to share in the journey by following along, commenting, participating at will, upvoting, and resteeming freely! This should be pretty fun and an invaluable opportunity to learn. I have already begun to grow from the process and I have met some very cool people along the way.
Before I go on and try to execute the goal for today... I wanted to share something I learned with you. There is a much better way to keep up with your followers than trying to keep up with them directly on the platform here at Steemit or on the https://steemd.com site. There are some cool tools in the App Center from the drop down "Hamburger Menu" at the top right next to your icon.
One of the apps is called UpVoters and It can be found by clicking THIS LINK HERE or going to the drop down menu, then through the app center, and then typing Upvoters in yourself. Once you get there you can type in your user name and the quantity of your posts to review the stats on and Voilà... You can see some really cool stats. This will show you who engages with you by votes. This information can save you a lot of heartache and help you build better relations with those who are connecting with your posts.
I will share more of the tips and information I learn along the way to encourage you to Keep On Steemin On, and to do it in a more efficient way. As we all grow, we can all lead by example in what it is that we expect in the level of quality to find value. We all understand the learning curve is steep here on Steemit... but that's what friends are for!
I titled my post here Making Friends and today's mission was to write about our Ideal Follower! We had a lot of freedom in how we could approach the topic which made it more tricky than you would think! I have been blessed to come across many wonderful people so far on my journey here at Steemit! Many of my friends I made from Introducing myself and others from my Mushroom Photography posts and now from my art posts as well. @andyjaypowell @GoGoGadgetUpvote @jist @artlover @steemitadventure just to name a few that come to mind. Each one of these Steemians have been motivational, inspirational, and very encouraging along the way. These folks have been the ideal followers and I have tried to be a good friend back!
I know that I interact with a few people regularly that are not following me yet. I don't take that personal... and for today's challenge I think I would like to take a moment and share with you all two Steemians that are definitely worth a look!
@suesa who is really into Science, Fiction, & Science fiction! She is a part of #SteemSTEM which is a growing part of the Steemit community. Suesa has some awesome writing skills if you like creative writing. She also has a background and passion for the sciences. Her blog is worth a peek for sure! I would love to make her a follower of mine at some point... but that is a goal that will take hard work to achieve. She has only followed 15 people since I have known her... so breaking that 16 spot may be hard. I will have to brush up on my microbiology in that case! hahaha
@tarazkp is also another blog that would well be worth your time checking out. His photography is spectacular, in my humble opinion and he has some very interesting perspectives on life. I am usually provoked to thought and inspired when I finish reading one of his posts. He covers all kinds of topics which I enjoy as well. Taraz is someone on Steemit that I admire, appreciate, and respect. I would like to win him over as a follower of mine... even though I already consider him a friend!
I will try to engage with those two in particular a bit more to try and win some hearts over... but I won't spam them because I am merciful! There is a fine line between winning friends and being influential and annoying the crap out of them! I plan on doing some of the research methods taught in today's morning Boot Camp post to select my third Ideal follower to go after. I want to find someone that has some of the same goals I have which I will share in following posts.
This leads me to a closing thought. I think sometimes I have feared OverEngaging with people on Steemit, especially folks bigger than myself. I also know it's because I don't want to come off as seeking attention or votes. I think that it really takes a while to get comfortable here on the platform and even then it can ebb or flow in either direction. Now, at times I am afraid of UnderEngaging! This is FUD of the worst kind in all areas of this spectrum. Finding your place and your voice here is challenging at the least. I hope that my experiences can help others as I am hoping @markrmorrisjr's experience and wisdom helps me in this #DophinSchool Boot Camp!
We are all in this together... so we better make the most of it. You don't have to FUD with your FRIENDS! I leave you with a last image I took of what I call the "Brownie Mushroom!" I wouldn't eat it like a Brownie... but it looks Fudgy to me!
I posted the other two pictures of Mushrooms that were shaped like hearts... since I made so many friends today!
Now, I need to go catch up on comments and I saved some voting power for y'all's posts! I hope you all have had a good DAY 1! I know I have. You can check out the original #DolphinSchool Post and Join the Fun by Clicking Here. I look forward to learning and sharing some more tomorrow! Here in Sweden, we are about 7 hours ahead of my home state of Texas... so my times may be a bit different than may of you! I will try to keep up and spread the love as best I can! As always, I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to check out my post!
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STEEM ON MY FRIENDS
