I started this post a long time ago...
Like mid August long time ago...
Back in the heady days of Steemit posts paying out Thousands or even 10's of thousands of dollars!!! Seriously, some really crappy posts were getting huge paydays and other well written posts, interesting topics, with own photos or correctly quoted image would get 85c... AND that got me wondering WHY IS THIS SO
Well, fast forward a couple of months...
The STEEM price is down from well over $2 to 10c, the highest paying posts are now lucky to get a couple of hundred
and even a good post is luck to make $10...
AND No more SBD ( STEEM Backed Dollars )
But on the flip side the number of STEEM received has not fallen so much. If you received $100 reward when STEEM was $2 = 50 STEEM and Now if you get $10 at $0.10 you get 100 STEEM... so get posting its time to POWERUP...
Anyway back to the fishing analogy.
I see Fishing and Steemit have many similarities...
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.. with fishing you can have all the gear , the best bait and still catch nothing...( maybe a few minnows) or you can turn up on the dock with a stick with a string and a piece of stale bread and catch a whopper ( maybe even a whale).
With fishing you increase you chances of sucess with the right gear , bait , knowledge ( from study and mentors), timing and Patience ...
... with Steemit.. to increase your chance of sucess;
- you need to be able to write ( this is our gear)
- find a topic that interests you and your audience ( The Bait)
- build a community of followers and mentors (knowledge)
- when to post ( timing)
and - Patience ( and persistence)
None of this guarantees sucess but we are incentivized to keep trying...
So Try we must.
Believe me when I say I am not much of a writer , I lack confidence in my writing ability as even though I am a native English (Australian) speaker I really struggled at school with grammar etc , I am easily distracted ( oh look a butterfly), I struggle with time to balance family , work and social commitments BUT I believe that Steemit can change lives and will help us improve ourselves and our community.
I have met so many interesting people here on Steemit, every day I am inspired by someones post ( or more)
I would love to have been able to get to Steemfest but alas family / work commitments and a 24 hour flight have made this an impossible dream...I look forward to seeing everyone attending posts though.