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That's the truth! 
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I really enjoyed reading this and it is very true - I think most of all your must not loose hope or feel you are a failure because you are not seen by as many as you like to.  Like you say, it is all about building an audience - it looks like you are doing quite well in that area.  Resteeming

I actually don't know. I just do what you wrote - I post my stuff and hope that people appreciate it and support me. Thanks for.sharing. Good post!

Yes. It requires time to build your audience. In the mean time, have patience. Keep on having great contents and let it season you. Many should know that it this is a marathon, not a sprint. 

You made a good post here @anialexander ~! I'm glad I read this!

Thank you @anialexaner, most people fail with the quality and consistency. I myself fall into that trap. Thank you for the reminder that we have to work to get what we want. There is no silver platter.
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i find it super awesome that you have an audio version of your blog...how cool is that !!!

Thanks @anialexander, I am just getting started and I've taken in to this sage advice before.  I believe you Marketing pros know the level of effort it takes to be noticed from the crowd, so any knowledge you or your colleagues share, I'm listening!

Reply reply reply. Hands down. Excellent analogy with the musician. I've seen that many times being a small coffee shop corner camper myself.

Hi,

Thanks for helping out.  I'm not exactly sure of what I'm doing but I'm learning from you all. Please feel free to help out and leave some comments. I would truly appreciate help from others. I'm a learner :) Thanks a lot!

Resteems and quality replies to popular posts are the key to growing from what I have seen.  

People need to resteem your posts to their followers.  I gain most of my followers through quality replies to other people's posts however.  I do not post unless I have something valuable to add to the conversation too.

Being on steemit.chat helps as well as this reply proves.  I had no idea who you were until you came into chat with us!

You have an extra < /p> up there by the way.  ;-)  Do you use an editor or just type up your posts in the default window?  I'm just using the default window.

It's a pleasure to meet you, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your content.  Thanks for the chat earlier today as well!

I'll resteem this to introduce you to my followers.

Being on Steemit is the hardest thing I ever did. I post every day for nearly two months now and I put a lot of effort into 95% of my posts. I really hope it will be worth it in the long run. Technically it already does since I am at #388 of the top authors in the last seven days. It is not enough to pay my bills with but I see an upward trend. The instant gratification helps a lot, otherwise I would have already given up.

Thats a beautiful and true staory. And I'm sure you make a lot steemians post with more hope! Thanks for those encouraging words.

Good post. It is very true but I promise that it will be worth it at the end of the day. Just keep on posting and build your audience. Happy steeming.

These are good tips - I'm just starting and this is helpful.  
Content. Content. Content.
And cover things that interest you....
These are the tips I have told myself, so far, No Audience, yet. . . 
thanks. . . .

This is the best and most useful article I read on steemit. You are right. I too am a beginner but by luck, instead of focusing on increasing followers or increasing my number or earning money, I only focused on good content since day 1. It might be because of my love for writing and my hunger to help people get awaken. I write philosophical stuff to help people see the world with a hidden, secret and true perspective and I kept on doing it without or with zero views and with only 77 followers, I reached number 43, whereas other people accumulate about 500+ followers to reach at 43. So the content and consistency is only what actually matters. Thank you for informing me that I am on the right path :)

Steemit is all about being patient, modest and persevering. That's all I can say

I built an audience from nothing to almost 55,000 followers on Twitter. It took me about 6 yrs. I've been on steemit for 10 months and have just passed the 1000 follower mark. Everything you said is true - I know no other way as a writer to build a brand, a platform and a faithful following other than producing quality content and working hard with a view to the long term. 

An excellent post, @anialexander

this is true of so many business, yes they all take time and you have to stick with it, and I am now following you

Dear @anialexander, you could not be more right. I am very new to Steemit and it is very difficult to get noticed in this very big community. Having said that, I do exercise the patience that at some point in time it will change. Thanks for your openess.

I appreciate the rational post! Now following.

Genuinely enjoyed reading your brutal truth as you call it, but I have the sort of feeling that many deep know that is how the cookie crumbles, time, hard work and of course persistence ! other’s just prefer to ignore this fact and in many cases are the ones the flitter here and there looking quick fix to grandness and end up giving up,

Good points!  Yes there a few instant hits, but most of us need to just keep on keeping on in order to grow.   And use your votes to help build the people who turn you on here. Whose posts make your day?  And always be looking for the ones that inspire you because when you are inspired you are at your best!

I agree with you for any other social media.. your will fit 100%.. but not on steemit 
Steemit is power that brings power.. the majority here on steemit are not here only to socialize, but they found that socializing here is not a waste of time.. instead it's a direct investment of time

Let's put it this way..
Case 1: a good post that is explaining about issue x.. but not really efficient article.. but the post was posted buy someone who have a high reputation user with 5000 follower and you somehow liked it
So anybody who have been on steemit long enough will vote up to this post.. because it's somehow good and the most important it will make money return to them

Case2: a high quality post addressing issue x.. and explain it very nicely and very understandable, but unfortunately it was posted by a newbie with let's say 10 followers... the people who would see it will read it but won't vote it up.. because it's obvious that this poor guy's post is not going to make money.. which mean it will be a waste of the voting power that can be used in another post and makes money 

However once you have enough sp and enough followers quality and quantity post will boost your audience for sure
But not in the beginning... I believe that in the beginning you would definitely need some whale to resteem some of your post (by the way i got here through a whale resteem to your post)

Solid advice. I liked this post. 

Unless you snag a whale real early in it really does take time and persistence like anything else.