@gavvet I upvoted you.
I've noticed a lot of your posts lately have focused on content and quality.
I'm working on a system to bring more authors and content creators on board for exclusive content and I'd like to prove that authoring more than a simple blog post can gain traction too.

Was wondering if you would read this short story I wrote and comment there, upvote and give some general feedback.  It's a short story exclusive to steemit, not published anywhere else.  If it can get some visibility it will prove to all the content creators that I know that steemit is a better way of doing patronage than Patreon or other subscription models.

Thanks!
https://steemit.com/storytime/@williambanks/mud-blood-and-glory

Different content has different audiences. When we grow bigger, if you stick to a specific niche (that you're good at and love) the audience will follow and you will grow a very big fan base that will help get exposure far easier in the future.  Even if that niche isn't that big as of writing.

Heidi for example has dominated the travel niche, that's all she posts about.  
Cryptooctupus is the data and outreach dude.

And many more I just cant remember ATM, but the basis is the same.

Great job, as usual.  Very informative.  Keep smiling

I have been thinking about the same thing. Building a reputation now, while the community is small, while not caring much about fast rewards, will go a LONG way.

Let me give you a short example. Over at YouTube, we see that the top most subscribed channels like Smosh, RayWilliamJohnson, Ryan Higa, Vsauce and many many more have been there since the beginning; before YouTube was even paying anything to anyone! They were just having fun and in the process, were building reputation for themselves. And in 10 years that they have been active, look at them now. They are renowned brands and have a healthy financial situation.

Point being, we are very very lucky to have discovered Steemit in its early days. EXTREMELY lucky. In the coming years, if people work hard AND smart, who knows, we might have our own celebrities! Current users should not be looking at whales and getting disheartened. In fact, one day after 1-2 years, new users will be looking at THEM. So just keep at it, fellow Steemers! :)

I agree that we are in the dawn of becoming one of the great social networks (with a twist) out there.  But I really believe that eventually, voting influence should be distributed a little more evenly by way of how much quality posts or replies you create, and not by how much SteemPower you possess.  This should ring true at least for us minnows and dolphins.  It would make things more interesting and compell the majority to create better and original content with the prospect of earning some SP even if they aren't upvoted by a whale or two.  Just a thought.

Word ! @gavvet

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Are you by chance familiar with Gary Vaynerchuk?
This guy is one badass mo'fo in the business world and he often tells the story about how he started his YouTube channel.

This guy just kept plugging away for literally a couple years before that channel ever took off in any sort of way and his message is simple. Just keep doing it. If you believe in it and you know you can accomplish something big just keep doing it and don't give up just because you haven't seen success right away.

This is how I've felt about pretty much anything I've ever worked on which I was passionate about and I pretty much have the frame of mind now that if I can see it I can reach it. 

Anyone reading this should focus on getting their own foothold in this platform and carving out a niche which will belong only to them because it will be based around them- they will be the foundation. When you do that people will follow if they resonate with your message.

I will stay on my arguments I love until someone notice me(notice me senpai!) I love to write about computers, and one day I will get rewarded, im sure.

i think the reward wont go higher, as the money which is paid out daily is the same?

please check my last post regarding multiplying your voting power by 100000%

https://steemit.com/steemit/@knozaki2015/my-upvote-was-worth-5-06-usd-25300-or-how-to-earn-the-maximum-curation-reward

sorry but i disagree @jacor , if you get whales friends you dont need reputation

Clear story. Made me think. Thnx for this!

Will my reputation be about how I went to Area 51? 

https://steemit.com/area/@steve-mcclair/area-51-steemit-has-arrived

Brilliant informative post!

110% agree with what you wrote here, as well as many of the comments.

It's far better to go niche, and well, essentially become the "go-to" person in that area. I think that's why a lot of new bloggers in general have trouble gaining traction, because they go to broad on their topic selection.

It's much better to be narrow in blogging, especially with the amount of content on the web, and content yet to come to SteemIt.

Look forward to your future posts!

I regret not posting more before July 4th. It was so much easier back then.

Blog posts should only able to be attached to one category and not multiple categories. Often you check a category whereas the post's content does not belong to the category.

I agree about being quick to gain popularity here on Steemit.
But let me be a little bit more optimistic, because I believe that, as the community grows, also the chance to become popular may slightly increase (more users, more votes, bigger network).
Additionally, if we work to improve quality and specialize to be original and different, we must not be scared of the new users (or "competitors") arriving everyday. Cheers and congrats for the nice post! :)

The golden takeaway to be emphasized in this:

> "There is no substitute for hard work"

🏆

Daahh... it's so frustrating. I keep telling myself it will get better one day, but the 0,00~0,05 payments wont go any bigger under my blogs. And now reading this blog, already 1000+ I can't help but scratch my head and think "what am i doing wrong?".