This makes a lot of sense... be good at what you do and be persistent. Thanks for the advice.

"How do I cash this out to Pesos or Dollars"? It makes me laugh. People don't realize they are exchanging one virtual currency for another.

I heard about Steemit at the end of an X22 report spotlight episode. I have been looking for ways to make money online. I am a musician full time. I had a day job for about three years at a we buy gold shop called Aplus gold buyers. When the price of gold went down to below $1200 for a minute back in 2014 I think, the couple that owned our company closed all but the third and last shop. I was their last employee and they finally closed that shop even though they said they were still breaking even, because they had several other businesses that were doing much better that they were more interested in continuing. I really just want to evolve writing and music videos and any other video content into a lucrative enough thing that I can live wherever I like as long as I have an internet connection. I figure I can play music anywhere. If I had enough side money coming in I could move to a more tropical slower paced place/life. I am enjoying playing around with Steemit. I have no idea what I am doing, but having fun learning. This has got to better than writing things on FB for free.... :-)

you absolutely nailed it. If you want to be succesful in anything, you have to persistent and just keep doing what you do. Also in my opinion you shouldn't be focusing on money too much. Just enjoy the thing you are doing right now.

We will definitely need to protect against people who will try and abuse the system. I think the community will evolve to tackle these issues as we go as we are breaking new grounds with all of this!

Great article. I am not on steemit to make money I am here to try and get **my** truth out to the masses who are kept in the dark and fed *BS* by a political class. We need honesty and integrity and we are not getting it. That has to change if we are not going to be subdued and **prayed** upon and **enslaved** forever we need change and we need it fast.

I try to seek out other alphas.  Betas are good test subjects and reticent but the alphas are like a fine wine.  Just nudge them toward a great intellectual outlet and let them utilize their endurance and intrinsic motivation to add layers of goodness tot he steemit onion.  Growing is a slow process!  I enjoy making two cents for my two cents :)

I would venture a guess you mention profit in your promotion, so these will be natural questions from people.
Don't keep writing the same post all over again.
Create a detailed cut and paste response for every valid Question, and in 2 seconds Boom ! they have the answer :-)
 Be annoyed at making the first 1, but after that....click click Done.
Hope this makes life easier for you
Steem on !

I'm just here to have conversations. I'm happy to receive one or two replies to my posts :D

I have been making a full-time income from the Internet since 2008.  During that time, I've had numerous friends and family members ask me to show them how to do it.

I do a whole lot of different things to earn my living online such as ghost write articles and eBooks, create tutorial video courses and other digital products, blogging, website creation and flipping, and building email lists of highly targeted subscribers so I can promote affiliate products to them.  I've done quite well for myself over the past 8-9 years.

However, I have yet to have anyone that I have tried to teach achieve my level of success.  Is it because I am a bad teacher?  Absolutely not.  If that were the case, my tutorial courses would not be so popular and nobody would hire me to ghost write their eBooks for them.

The problem is that because my family members see that I work from home and don't appear to be working a lot (which is not true), they assume that what I do is very easy.  The fact is, nothing could be further from the truth.

It took me almost 3 years of putting in 12-14 hour days on the computer before I was able to make enough money to support myself completely.  Yet, the people who ask me to teach them don't want to hear that.  I've even had perfect strangers approach me on Facebook and some other marketing forums and ask me if I can show them how to make $600 in the next 7 days so they can pay their rent.

Well, the answer to that question is absolutely NOT!  The real shame is that once people see exactly just how much hard work is involved in running an online business, they up and quit and then comes the "this doesn't work." 

Well, obviously it does work, since I have been doing it for almost 10 years.  I often feel like coming right out and telling them "It's not the business model that doesn't work, it's YOU that doesn't work!"

Interesting!  you raise some valid points.

Good post. 👍
I would fall under the category of new and earning my wings here.  However the idea of SEO, content creator,  marketing skills are misleading in my mind.  On Facebook or Reddit or Twitter most people aren't thinking about those.

They are thinking about connecting.
They are thinking about being real.
They are thinking about sharing their passions.

I feel if we communicate those things and the crypto is icing on the cake then we will be doing the steemit community more justice.
  
Honestly, I would rather have a diverse community of passionate people then to repeat the blogging trend that has taken over in the past ten years. We may be splitting hairs on terms but I think these are some pretty thick hairs. 

My 2 cents💰

Haha i know what you mean!... But lets face it, steemit is not for everyone, some people cant manage social platforms, if they come here just for the money, they will certainly fail...

Interesting thread.  Same mindset here. Sell the coins that you know nothing about. Do proper research on any coin you buy. If the market falls at least you can hold your coins knowing they have a long term future.  Besides coinmarketcap.com there is:  https://www.coincheckup.com Since I use this site I make so much less basic investment mistakes.

woow, i like it. i love argentina. I come from indonesia.

It's a numbers game on here.  Most of my posts don't make more than a dollar, but I'm not discouraged.  I've only had one post that made $40, and since then I've traded bitcoins and altcoins to make a few more dollars.  I don't expect much from this site, and when those expectations are exceeded it's a good day.  You just have to plug away at it, until your average payout is high.  Great post!

))..дааа ребята,походу мало вас кидали в жизни,и за копейки большую часть жизни вы не работали...., чес слово,как дети малые..,поймите..!!!...заработок только на биткоине...,остальное просто разводилово и спекуляция в новом виде,но смотреть пока на все это  есть время..прикольно....пока,..

I am new here as well.  I feel like this platform is more for thinkers and creative people rather then other social media platforms based on beauty and artificial reality....I am still trying to find my way around and grow followers....but I do have to say that I am a bit turned off by all the crypto currency, and how to make money on steemit posts that are always in my face, especially by new to steemit people.  I admit I know not much about all that...but I see the underlying consensus of people seeking real people...real content...things that make you think...and that is what I am attracted to here.

Sure

Get rich on Steem or die trying. 😂

It's totally understandable when people jump into the world of crypto with both feet and high expectations. It's like a second chance for those of us who missed out on the internet bandwagon 20 years ago. This feels like the same level of magnitude in terms of disruption and potential, only this time...we're not going to let this chance slip by ..seatbelts on everyone, it's gonna be a BUMPY ride!

I am very new here, and yes I was attracted by the 'blog and make money' slogan. However I am actually quite enjoying steem and have become quite addicted to it all! I'm not sure how much non-monetary value other users get from my posts but for now I am concentrating on trying to build a following. If the money comes, it comes, if not then I've at least had fun.

Great post, it is difficult to talk about the benefits of Steemit separate from the pure financial aspect.

Thanks for this article because tells it all. At the begining steemit seems to be something that makes for people a lot of money quickly and they get so excited but when they discover that it needs efforts and committment they get disapointed and quit. Nothing comes easily. This platform is amazing and it rewards people of their efforts. So instead of feeling disapointed people should ask themselves why dont I use steemit to express my thoughts and get rewared for that  instead of using other platforms which not only get advantage of me but also steals my personal information and sell them to other companies. Steemit is the future of blogging, it is freedom.

My goal is to STEEMIT (learn) STEEM (inform) so EVERYONE is PROSOEROUS with KNOWLEDGE. STEEM (gains) ORGANICALLY happens LATER.
SUPPORT and PROSPER!!!
STEEM on.
1 By 1.

Excellent Post. Yes, we can only earn if we have content, Just with the motto of earning money, We can't sell ourselves in the market.

Couldn't agree more, just treat it as any other social media platform, money may or may not come. Since it's still in its infancy, one can't predict what $1 earned here today might be worth next year,  only thing in our capacity is to create good content , spread awareness, attract new users and most importantly, USE the platform like any other social media, I've repeated the last point twice because a lot of users (new and old) seem pretty superficial (to the point some even start looking like sycophants ) in their interactions and posts
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Buen post. es una lastima que tanta gente comience en steemit para ganar dinero y no aprecien la gran red social que es.

Yeah, its not good to market steemit  as a place to earn money because people will then be focusing in that, and if failed to gain, they will just leave. The essence of the platform will then gone.