RE: Helpful Tips on Growing Your Audience
This is such great advice. Funny enough, my dad always used to tell me "No matter how successful you get, never forget where you came from!" It's scary how many people end up letting success turn them into self-absorbed jerks. But then again, I appear to be successful only at keeping a roof over our heads and the bills paid, so I can't actually speak from experience of "great" success when I slam these people lol.
I came to SteemIt knowing that Bitcoin exists, that it eventually (and somehow) translates into "cash in hand" and that it's entirely possible for me to make money here. I find it all incredibly confusing, but it could be because for the most part, I want to enjoy being here and let the money happen (or not happen) naturally. If I succeed in that, I'll research it more. I have never blogged before, so I have no idea what I'm doing or whether it will go anywhere, but I'm jumping in anyhow.
As a side note, I genuinely love constructive criticism, so if you run into anything of mine and you find you have suggestions, feel free to tell me sans sugar-coating. I used to have an art teacher that everyone hated because he was so honest, but I loved him, respected the crap out of him, and constantly harassed him for feedback. We would laugh at how I'm a sucker for punishment while everyone else was crying in the corner lol
Your Dad had some timely advice, in my opinion.
I was thinking early this morning, how if I ever make it major league I should never forget where I came from, regardless of how I get there, let me never forget that if it weren't for other people appreciating what I share, my thoughts and ideas that I would have never made it out of the bottom rungs of the ladder.
I thoroughly enjoy the community spirit here at Steemit and being a part of this community has made me a better writer in a short period of time. I have gained so much from interacting with others that I value this site more so than any other currently.
I am learning HTML, letting my creative spirit finally shine and gaining in wisdom from listening to various opinions on concepts such as Bitshares, Bitcoin, Steem, etcetera.
By listening to the constructive criticism, I have learned how to improve my formatting in just a matter of mere weeks. I could have easily ignored the suggestions but decided to take it upon myself to learn how to do what other people are doing so that I could gain more followers and provide something that others would enjoy and learn from as well.
So, surely if I ever find anything to add to your posts by way of constructive criticism, I won't hesitate to add my thoughts. I see it as we're helping one another along and that is something I truly value, helping others and receiving help when I need it, also.