YOU WILL SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS FAIL! Avoid Rookie Mistakes on Steemit
If you are here you are presumably new to the platform and doesn't matter how many posts with advice you are reading you will commit the same newbie mistakes, but in this post, I will help you to avoid rookie mistakes so you can progress faster than normal
USE HTML NO MATTER WHAT
HTML will help you to increase quality with better image and text placement. The HTML you need for steemit is basic, but it really helps. I use this editor and I've seen a pretty good change in my posts
In brief, always look for a way to be more efficient, you might spend time looking for more productive ways to write your posts, but in the long term it will help you a lot
BE WISE! BE DIFFERENT!
Don't do the same others are doing. In my case #Spanish is filled with posts about Venezuela, I did very good posts indeed, they are different and are touching the topic from another angle, but on the outside, they were the same and my posts were a total failure even when I put effort on them
Honestly, don't do this, you must master the difference between something that is just slightly better and something that is absolutely original and new. This also applies to the use of tactics, don't use the same tactics everyone is using
SET IMPOSSIBLE GOALS!
No matter what you must push yourself to the limit, think it this way; If you are capable of doing 6 pull-ups and you set the goal at doing 20 pull-ups you might not do 20, but for sure you will do 10 or 12, far exceeding your current capabilities
It is the same on steemit, set impossible goals and struggle to accomplish them, I swear that you will become more productive. If you have free time study about Elon Musk management style and you will understand this concept way better, there are plenty of videos on YouTube
The Greatest Teacher, Others Failure is
Finally, adopt others failure as your own and don't ignore the content that is discarded by the community, read it, study it, and compare it with most thriving blogs, this way you will avoid the same rookie mistakes everyone does
And even more important, don't ignore this kind of posts, internalize the advice that is given to you by the community, kept it present at all times, pay attention to small details and you will succeed
This is my post for the second day of #Dolphinschool, check out the project here
This is good and well to do these things, but what do you recommend doing to get your post seen. You can have all the great html, good content but no one is checking out ur post. What advice can you give? Thanks
When you finally get the idea for your blog, focus a lot on the main title and the first image, the content of the blog is important but the outside is more relevant, put an incentive on reading your post
Also integrate to the community
Thank you
Presentation is key. First impression is ever lasting. Good work on the pictures. I am stuck on my phone and have not clue how to crop pictures correctly lol. Oh well will learn html and hopefully get better in presenting my posts. Rock on fellow #dolphinschool member ;)
Yes there is so much we can learn from what others have already achieved - both good and bad. We have to be willing to receive new lessons, and integrate the knowledge. Cool post with helpful tips. Newbies or otherwise, people should keep learning. And setting higher goals - I like that. Strive to push further.
Thank you for the link to the online editor... that will certainly be helpful to me, and anyone else learning to use HTML!
#dolphinschool
@jeejee
Beautifully crafted posts, nice added value, solid writing! Great headline and YODA! Yeah, great job!
Now the critique. 2 things. First, the assignment was to roll in the bucket brigade techique. Easiest way to fix that would be, promise to share the magical editor that makes html so much easier, then remind them you're going, but wait, etc, and reveal it at the end. Also, each post is supposed to have a link to dolphinschool.
Great tips, over all a successful post, with 32 views so far and 16 votes. If you decide to edit those two things in, let me know and I'll consider it for revenue share tonight. Thanks man, great work!
You're right, but I think that delivering earlier on the post might help the readers stick together till the end
I edited the link to the bootcamp, i totally forget about it
Well, if you want that effect, try having two or more elements in your reveal. Then dole them out. To get them to the end, use a payoff there, but don't tell them it's going to be at the end, or they'll just skip ahead. I would definitely recomend playing up the editor a little more, what has it done for you? Sure, effiiciency, but, I was able to get my story finished in time to do x.
Great advice - you're right presentation is key - I'm yet to master it but I'm trying :)
You got me to click a link. Overall good write up.