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I see many posting about how STEEM is rigged and that people cannot be successful on here. That is completely untrue. In fact, I believe if one does not succeed on STEEM, it is that person's fault. There is nobody to blame but oneself.

Now before some people get up in arms, I am not one of those people who believes that a lack of success in life is due to the individual This is especially true in the financial arena. I am well aware that 95% of the people are screwed before they exit the womb. The present system is rigged against the average person even in the advanced countries. In the third world nations, forget about it. There are only a select few who are fortunate enough to be in positions to succeed..

That said, STEEM is a crypto-economic system. It requires only a few things. The path to success is very simple albeit not easy.

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So let us dive right in to what is required:

Foresight

One of the keys is the ability to see what is going on without it being overtly obvious. Technology is an interesting animal which provides glimpses of the future while maintaining a great deal of mystery and uncertainty. We never can know how things will evolve hence we make projections to give us an idea of the possibilities that exist. In other words, we are seeking a range where we believe the technology will go.

STEEM is no different. I cannot tell you what will take place going forward. I can look at what is occurring to get an idea of what is crucial. Since the first of the year, the development on here accelerated. That is a key barometer to watch. The advancement of different applications is what is going to help awaken the masses to what STEEM has to offer.

If STEEM had 100M people utilizing it, then it would not be the opportunity it is. Seeing things after the fact is easy. The question is can you see what is taking place here before it happens. Approaching this with the expectation that it operate like the other centralized, social media sites is not exhibiting foresight. In fact, it exemplifies a complete inability to distinguish between the two. This is one of the reasons why so many people came and left.

Proper Expectations

No, you are not going to make thousands of dollars off your first couple posts. That is misleading and is foolish for people to say. This is a long-term process with many ups and downs. It is a technology which means nothing goes 100% smoothly. There are going to be a lot of things happening, both positive and negative.

One of the biggest mistakes the STEEM community makes, or I should say certain members, is to set up people with unrealistic expectations by espousing nonsense about getting rich in 90 days off STEEM. That is no likely to happen. There is one way to make a quick million off STEEM; it was told to me by a guy in the oil exploration business.

"Do you know how you get a pile of money in the oil exploration business? Start with a bigger pile of money."

The proper expectation is long-term consistent growth of one's account both in terms of SP and interaction.

Understanding Social Media Success

This is a social media site. I do not get why so many do not understand that. Naturally, this is something completely new with a different user base than anywhere else. Hence, when one joins, he or she is basically starting over.

Those who left did not excel at social networking on STEEM. Interaction is the key. Too many people come on here wanting everyone to upvote their content without doing anything to develop a following. Then they slam STEEM for being a corrupt system where those with SP don't care about them. The truth is that most with SP do not even know those people even exist.

Hard Work

This is something that almost everyone who left failed to embrace.

Success on STEEM requires a lot of hard work. This is not something that is likely going to net huge results in the first month. Yes, one could find a huge SP account that likes what is posted and gain a powerful follower. If that happens, wonderful. However, the more likely path is many hours put into this blockchain.

It might require posting 90 articles, few that get above $.05 payout. This is how it works. There are many successful people on STEEM who did not get much in reward for their first hundred posts. What did they do? Posted another 100....then another 100...and so on.

STEEM requires a lot of hours like any other business. Many fail in the "real" world simply because they will not put in the time. There are many who have great ideas at just the right time yet fail to follow through. This is a key component.

Consistency

This is vital. One needs to be consistently on here, like every day to generate a following. I do not care how good your content is, if you are not constantly tending to your flock, they will leave. In short, you need to operate like you are forgettable, because you are.

Sure, there might be some who ask after a couple months, what ever happened to so and so. But the truth is that the online world churns people like no place else. If you are not consistent on here, you will disappear from their attention span. It is really that simple.

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So there you have it. That is what it takes to succeed on STEEM. There is no magical formula. Many say that those with SP are lucky. Perhaps a few were. During my time on STEEM, I witnessed a lot comment how the early people were "lucky" to get STEEM for 10 cents. Certainly, that is a help. But we need to realize these people also took advantage of the opportunity to get STEEM at that price. Look at the price today. Many were saying how lucky people were to get STEEM at 80 cents. We are there now and how many of those people are buying?

The steps that I outlined can be followed by anyone. If you disagree with me, please state it. But before you do, let me tell you what I will do. If you say that STEEM doesn't work, I am going to look at your account. If you have under 7,500 posts, I am going to call you out on it because there is no way to be a failure with 7,500 posts or more.

If there is one key that I found works well for everyone, it is commenting. For those who truly want to succeed, post thousands of relevant comments. Spend hours adding to the STEEM ecosystem with relevant thoughts to other people's posts. As we all know from the stats, STEEM could use a ton more commenting.

I am approach 12,000 posts in about 13 months. Doing some simple math, this is in the neighborhood of 30 posts a day. And these were not garbage posts like "nice post, thank you". @abh12345 use to run some blockchain stats. There was a time when I was posting 80k-125K words on STEEM per week. I did this for months on end. This comes under the category of hard work.

Do you think that you would get noticed posting that many words, 80% of them which were comments? Are you posting 30 times a day, every day?

Now, many become a success on here doing less than this. If that is your story, terrific. Of course, I have to say the word success is relative so it will vary with each individual. However, we can presume many would like to increase their payouts on the posting they do.

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Success on STEEM requires getting involved and contributing to STEEM. If you want to get the attention of some of the heaviest of hitters, let us say some of the orcas (those with 50K SP or more), then read their posts and leave some relevant comments that add to the conversation. Many of those people will give upvotes or, occasionally, start following you. It most likely will not happen with one comment but do it consistently, and you just might find you have a follower with some heavy voting power.

One final thought: when you put up a post, you just never know who might wander by and see it. Have more stuff up there, especially in the comment section of articles that get a lot of views, only increases your chances of being noticed.

So, if you want to increase your rewards, start today by leaving 20 comments in addition to your regular posting activity.

Do that for 6 months and then tell us that STEEM doesn't work.


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Love this comment thread, many more comments with substance than the usual hollow comments.

Make good content, be consistent, and be a good marketer. Sometimes you just have to abuse the upvote bots.

I always feel like I need to up-vote a post if I'm going to comment, and the only time I don't feel like I'm not doing right by the poster I'm addressing by not up-voting, is if I don't agree with the poster's personal views. I mean, is it really okay to write a comment without up-voting the post, if it's a good post? And how are comments alone worth anything on their own when we make them? I only ask about this because I don't yet have the option of setting the percentage on my up-votes, which limits how many up-votes I can make per day, and by which most people also are limited until they can adjust their vote %.

I really agree with you totally though, that succeeding here on steemit is absolutely possible, but no one should expect it to be so easy to get there. Nothing that's worth it ever is!

Hey @free-reign! There are front ends you can use that will give you a slidy bar regardless of how much SP you have. You could try Steempeak, Busy, and Partiko to have one. But, what i see is an issue is that my 100% vote right now is .02 which doesn't meet the dust threshold so I am cautious of voting comments. Unless i know the user is a dust sweeper user. Best wishes to you on your steem journey!!

But, what i see is an issue is that my 100% vote right now is .02 which doesn't meet the dust threshold so I am cautious of voting comments.

Even if your vote doesn’t meet the dust threshold, there’s always a chance that someone else might upvote the same comment and that the combined strength of the two votes will push it past that point.

True! Though i am not trusting enough to rely on that method. But, saying that i upvote comments when i see the same situation. Thanks for dropping in @preparedwombat!

Oh well, I guess it's time to check my following list to remove the quitters. It'll be way easier on here if we get to read some positive posts such as this on a regular basis. I'll try my best. Since steem reduced in value, I've found more reasons to do other things then stay here. But somehow, I always come back after a few days

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@taskmaster4450 I really enjoyed reading this post and in the over 2 Years I have been here I consider it a Blessing. I saw my account early this year when it was worth $10K and now its worth $2K and I am certainly not going to Give UP when I know how Quickly Things can turn around in the Crypto Market. You are right anything in Life is only of Value if you are willing to put effort in each day................

Seconded. I hope this counts as a good comment.

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Everyone is looking for a quick fix - thank you for pointing out that there isn't one. Just good ole hard work! You are an example of this so folk would do well to follow your example - myself included... I try to post daily but 20-30 comments/posts per day?! That's going some.

Great post, thank you for reminding us on what it takes :)

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I agree with commenter @gandhibaba, though i tend to read your blog quite regularly, i don't wait till i feel bleh about Steem to visit your blog. Your constant positivity about the coming age of abundance is a refreshing perspective that i agree with wholeheartedly. Have a wonderful day ❤🎋☕

I think this is great advice as I have seen the benefits of consistency and engagement since the first #minnowuprising initiative. This helped me realize that I have a great opportunity of succeeding given my ability to buy Steem and power up over time. While I have done that, I have also found through my interactions the great communities being formed to support the development and growth of the ecosystem and its members. This has forged a path for me to believe it what could become a life changing decision for me to engage here. As some say here, you start for the money but stay for the relationships!

Good to see you here again.

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