The Struggle for Survival - Steemit is not all about making money.

Hi Steemians

To survive on Steemit you need to be a good swimmer, so that you can jump from the pond to the ocean. Love what you are doing here and share your experiences. Dont ask user for help, but show them your talents. Show them why you are here and what you can offer to the community. Never compare yourself with others, because everyone is different and unique. Make friends and you will enjoy every minute you spend on this platform. Read success stories of other Steemians and follow their tips and advises. Everyone's experience is going to be different on Steemit and I can't give you any specific formula to be successful here. But by commenting and joining different Discord channels, you will be visible. You need to be active all time and never give up. Lately posts are being flooded with spam comments, therefore authors appreciate users who take the time to read their posts and offer an intelligent response. Avoid short meaningless comments and let them know what you really think about their work.

Steemians themselves decide which posts receive the payouts through upvoting their content. There is no "follow for follow" or "upvote for upvote". That doesnt mean that you shouldn't follow or upvote other users, but you should do it without expectations. Dont expect anybody to follow you back or upvote your post, when you reward them. Every successful Steemian you see, worked hard from the very beginning. The most of them spend hours writing posts, commenting and building connections. Dont look at the numbers of followers, because it doesnt mean a lot. If you go on the Trending page you will see users with 15000 followers, but get hardly upvotes from 1000 of them. People can follow you and leave the platform after that. The most of them are dead followers! All what matters are your genuine followers who are active and supporting you each day.

Steemit is an exciting and rewarding platform but can be difficult to find success without understanding the mechanics and the community driving it. You can never say that you know everything or you mastered it, because things are changing every week. You should be alert and follow the changes and updates. You might see other Steemians making a bunch of money on posts, while you spend hours making your own post and you just get a few cents. Can be frustrating and many users decided to quit after that. But i think thats a part of the game. I dont say "No pain no gain" i dont really believe in that, but positive attitude is needed.

Steem Power represents your vested share in the Steem ecosystem and grants you higher upvotes and curation rewards. You can increase it by powering up and through author and curation rewards. Keep an eye on it and work hard. Set a goal such as reaching 1000SP. It helped me a lot in the past weeks. I felt that I was doing everything to achieve my goal and everything became fun.

Keep an eye on your reputation as it goes higher every week and be yourself. The more you post, interact and get upvoted, the higher your reputation goes. You can get just few cents for some posts now, but you will get some dollars in the future. I know people here who used to get about 100$ for their posts six months ago. Now they hardly get 10 or 20 dollars. Everything is changing and nothing stays the same. Keep posting and be always connected with your friends and other Steemians. Dont look only at the rewards, but also at the good relations and friendships. At the positive side of this platform!

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