Congratulations @daveparkinson!
Your post was mentioned in the [hit parade](https://steemit.com/hit-parade/@arcange/daily-hit-parade-for-newcomers-20170818) in the following category:

* Comments - Ranked 9 with 35 comments

<p>This post has received a 3.66 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @daveparkinson.</p>

Followed and resteemed. Thank you!

Also, @resteembot gives out 10 random upvotes per day and the developer is actively improving the service.

I thought randowhale was 2SBD?  Damn did I over pay last time?  I tried the carlobelgado resteem but didn't think it was worth the price.  He sent me a message that his "sister" would resteem my article the next day as well but I didn't see it.  

Good article.  Its interesting seeing other peoples results.  

You got an upvote and a follow good sir.  

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I also experienced the same as you. Cannot see that it is worth the expense. DONT USE @melowd. I paid 1SDB and he/she did not even resteem. It steals your money for no service. Got another message today from it.

Thanks for your post. It's great information.

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I've been getting promotions from some of these services, too, and I'm new to Steemit. I'm not here to make money, that's just a bonus if it happens :) 
But would this be worth it to boost my following? My main reasons for joining were to write and be heard, to get my stories out there... But I don't want to invest in that if it's mainly bot votes or something similar..

How about @booster? Works a bit different to randowhale and minnowbooster but quite similar. 

You have voting rounds every 2.4 hours. Send an amount of SBD together with your url in the memo to take part. After the 2.4 hours have passed, the bot will start voting, splitting it's power dependent on the amount of SBD you have sent.

This post received a 4.4% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @daveparkinson!  For more information, [click here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@randowhale/randowhale-is-now-only-1-steem-sbd-per-vote-spread-the-news)!

This post was resteemed by @resteembot!
Good Luck!

Learn more about the @resteembot project [in the introduction post](https://steemit.com/resteembot/@resteembot/resteem-bot-introduction).

it's not help.. is it? help is when it comes free of cost.

Resteemed by @steemvote

I like Randowhale and Minnowbooster but the resteem services turn me off. As do auto exchange bots. I also use randowhale and minnowbooster to give other people who I think post is under value a boost and only give them to myself when I am doing fund raisers. For me I want to grow in an organic way and some of these services don't seem to be an organic way to grow, just a way for maker of the account to make money.

i use only randowhale and minnow booster, working pretty well.

I dont like this bots looks like scam.