Hardwork and dedication is the key I think

Write and don't expect anything. You'll get better with every good post you write

Those who work hard will eventually get there. We should either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

I told myself ill give it a year and im always looking for any and all tips to improve my performance. Ive been on Steemit for 140 days but ive only been using it regularly for the past month and ive seen growth not major but its something

I really hope to keep this momentum up and reach a level where my efforts are rewareded

Not only that, but we joined a group who asked us join them and as a thanks they would upvote us in a curation trail to help get us seen. Suddenly with no reason they just drop support, however we are still part of the group. So with minimal upvotes and false promises we've learnt the hard way not to rely on anyone but ourselves and to keep going with good quality posts. Well as good as we can do. We now have to find other ways to promote ourselves, like paying for upvotes or bots. I didn't really want to go that path. But without upvotes and support as promised we had to. 
Thanks heaps for all the information you share. It's extremely valuable. 

In these days of hardship, we can work on building our follower base. That's ultimately going to pay off when the time comes. Believe in the platform and add value to the platform. Success will follow. Sooner or later.

It's pretty well the same in any field where you are self-employed. You HAVE TO build up a clientèle that trusts you and appreciates your work. It can be quite slow at first. It helps greatly to network and help others as you are helping yourself. 

The early days of any endeavor weed out those who lack perseverance. **And you have to get up when you fall down :-)**

Never give in to despair. You are right! You need to have a lot of patience and move forward. All that You wrote 10 months ago is true now. Only everyday hard work and interaction with other users will allow each of us to achieve success. Thank You!

It boils down to engagements with people on the block chain. Creating friendships by leaving meaningful comments on posts we find interesting.


I should have read this like 2 months ago when I started, would have helped a lot. 

Great way to get the message across. There are times when you are not getting the payouts you expect but the only way to get through this is to keep on Steemin', keep reaching out to you fellow Steemians, keep postin'. Things will pick up eventually. If I had given up on Steem I would never have become a dolphin (something I never thought possible when I started). But I kept at it even when some of my posts were getting no upvotes at all.

That's 11 cents you won't make if you post it anywhere else. I personally repost here my topics from other platforms and see it only as an extra income. And it's way less than 11 cents per post BTW.

Slow and steady wins the race.
If you chase money, it runs from you... enjoy your writing as a way of personal therapy and pride and good things will come.

i haven't read your first post intelliguy...i wasn't aware of your existence  by that time...i found you later on...
...but it was a very  good post ... in order to built a skyscraper  you must start from the foundation and ground floor!!!

Thanks for the encouragement & advice @intelliguy, it's quite disheartening especially now that steem has dropped so badly but I will keep on posting, always a nice surprise to see one of my posts do well and getting great comments, almost like winning the lotto for me as a plankton ;)

I feel re-energized after going through your previous post, I guess I'll have to make some adjustments  and hopefully things will turn out the best in my stay on Steemit.

The thing that makes this harder with the followe base is that they are not permanent. Once you have some followers, you can't be sure that they won't unfollow you at one moment because you did not had the same opinion as them in some article of yours, or that they will simply quit Steemit because of various reasons, including the low payout on their posts.

A wonderful review and every actress showed her talent! Thank you

Haven't seen till now because joined at the end of last year... thanks @intelliguy !

I am trying to make at least one quality post every day. NO PLAGIARISM.
No paying for upvote bots. But then I get no up vote and no comments. Its really hard to keep it going without any traction, I love commenting though since it can satisfy my expectations of exchanging knowledge with another human.

I am buying up votes lately to increase my reputation score which I think will catch the attention of more people to read my blog in future.

hey, this is el-cr over here.  I started to follow you because I heard / met you in one of the curation lounge shows with @freedomexists.

I did went and read your post, I want to say that even though I already knew this, reading you helped me also to arrange some ideas in my head and most importantly to remind me about the most important thing I can concluded from your post which is: __PATIENT!__ 

Of course dedication and appreciation for others are key as well, but without patient the journey could be hard and sometimes frustrating.

Thank you for this valuable advice!

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Its a marathon not a sprint

thanks for the post sir i am a new steem user well few weeks old but still feels like very new and i am dedicated i dedicated myself to post atleast 1 post a day some are long some are short and some are definatly only for fun i am a fun loving guy and when i see something funny i try to share.
but reading this post and the post you recommended remind me these long posts i made and the only way i made money which is beyong 11 cents maybe a $1 or less is because i requested votes from bots and etc.
but i aint giving up this amazing steemit journey i am devoted and will keep posting original work and some fun stuff again thanks for sharing words of wisdom.

motivational and inspiring post ..keep posting like this