This article was motivated by the chat I had with a relatively new steemian earlier today. The knew Steemian, whom I wouldn't want to mention her name, chatted me up and was requesting my opinion on something. In the course of my response, we inadvertently got into quite a pretty long conversation during which she complained that she hardly make $0.2 per post. Hearing that, I really felt very sorry for her.

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I know how discouraging earning peanuts here can be. Although I am no fat earner, but, at least, I am way off better than her. I asked if she has been commenting on other people's posts to which she answered in the affirmative. I took pity on her and decided to find out if she has been up ad doing. And alas! she was responsible for her travails!

Because her mistakes are not different from those of most newbie Steemians, I decided to share my response to her on my blog. Who knows; it may impact someone out there positively. Before I continue, however, I want to acknowledge one fact: making money on Steemit is not a child's play. You must be ready to forego pleasures and make sacrifices. When you have taken care of these two, you should consider working closely with the following below points:

Stop making multiple posts in a day

Most times, I see some minnows make more than four posts in a day that will end up making less than $1 even when the four posts are added up. And I really wonder the rationale behind such decision. This was the first thing I noticed when I visited the blog page of this my newbie friend.

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Why will you make multiple posts when you don't even have 500 people following your account? Most Steemians will remove you from their autovote when they find out that you make multiple posts per day. This is because by making multiple posts, you drain the voting power of the few people that are upvoting your posts.

Unless you are an exceptionally good writer, I will advice you cut down on the number of posts you make in a week. Idealy, 4 — 5 posts per week is very okay. Use other days and engage on social networking. Be active in communities you are a member of. Engage people on their blogs by asking thought provoking questions. Use instrument of comment wisely. Endeavor to comment objectively on people's post.

Write curation targeted post

Most newbies make the mistake of writing just for writing sake. They can write on any discipline; on any vocation. And daily, they keep churning out posts that will end up making less than $0.05. And I wonder where this habit of writing on any available subject will take them to. Unarguably, over time, they become Jack of all trades but master of none.

As a newbie, you should try to develop interest in particular niches that are powered with sizeable steem power for curation purposes. There is @steemstem community that seeks to reward authors who make exceptional posts on science, technology and mathematics. This used to be my major focus before I became a fellow @sndbox and shifted ground in other to write posts that are in conformity to their standard. There is @steemiteducation that seeks to reward authors who make exceptional educational posts.

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There are many others like @dlive, @utopian-io, etcx. You can conduct a research to find out others; visit their blog pages to study their guidelines and target your posts towards them. Pay no attention to getting curated initially. But with more time, as you get better at meeting their requirements, you will begin to receive their patronage.

I really took time to write on the above two points because I believe that observing just that two will help you stand out in whatever community you may find yourself. I treat other points in another post. Until then, remain blessed.

Yours truly,
@eurogee

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