True. Many of us here just want to make money off steemit. We forget that steemit is really about creating content. Instead of thinking of what we can do for the platform, we selfishly only care about what the platform can do for us. This is a mentality we must change. We must accept the frame of mind that we should be creators and nit just customers or consumers on steemit. That's the only was for Steemit to grow and for each of us to grow individual.

Your above listed accomplishments here are a prove of why you've made something out of steemit and you're where you are today. You're an inspiration to us all.

I can think of few others here who have done so much to build an actual community. It gives me ideas about what I could do to involve my fans more. I write 4 things per day so I'm pretty overloaded, but maybe a contest or something...

Love it.  It's about the mindset of creation and participation!

Esto te lo tengo que decir en español, eres un monstruo, hoy he pasado desde las 5 de la tarde , y ya son las 11:22 de la noche leyendo todos tus post, me das vitaminas y ganas de seguir esta red, de verdad todo lo que haz plasmado anteriormente me ha dado una visión distinta, y de que puedo seguir adelante, porque ya estaba a punto de hacer una locura, por la situación tan jodida de Venezuela, de verdad Gracias.. que te sigan lloviendo los éxitos.

An Idea is like a timed bomb when it is rightly excuted, it comes back in multiple. When we give out ideas, we create reputation in the heart of others for ourselves. Just like @stellabelle will say
>Your reputation is in the mind of others.

Thanks for being such a giver. It will come back to you in multiple fold

First off - Sorry for no upvote. I hate commenting and not being able to upvote, but I really need to rebuild my vote power.

Second, I am ecstatic that I found you very early on in my steemit days.

O-kay now to the meat of the comment.
There really are a lot of **Content Creators** on steemit. One of the things that is missing are the **Steemit** *Advertisers*. And I mean that in the very best sense. I do not see myself as a blogger. I make a few blogs every now and then, but nothing real earthshaking. I am a **steemit advertiser**. I do my little steem mag to bring readers to authors and authors to readers. It is not a famous or well known mag yet but it is growing. Last issue had 100 views. I really liked seeing that number. 
That is what I mean by steemit advertisers. We need a few more magazine type posters. I have actually found one other steemian who has a mag. That is @infovore. Steemit needs more of these. A photo mag would be nice, a food mag, and a poetry mag, a contest mag. These can be as big a project as people want, or as small a project as people want. Tags are one way to find content, but an honest effort by someone to point people to **quality** content would be nice. *(thought train jumped tracks, sorry I guess that's all I had to say)*

I've found that my posts are changing the longer I am on steemit. To start with I wrote really serious articles about topics I am passionate about, but as I've found my way, my blogs have become more personal and open with more 'me' in them. I've met some great people here and have been inspired by many which in turn has sparked new creativity. I think steemit is not just about blogging as you rightly say, I think it can be a journey of self discovery too with like-minded people to support our growth!  It will be interesting to see how steemit develops as a platform, there is so much potential! :D

Stellabelle congratulations on all of your accomplishments here in Steemit. 
Because of my ignorance of how all this new technology works, I have not participated in the many offerings of the platform, other than the standard upvoting, comments, resteeming, etc. I have posted a few times. I do envy those who are very motivated such as yourself, those who have the savvy to understand and are able to participate and in doing so will improve the Steemit platform. Again congratulations and keep up the great work.  Resteemed and Upvoted.................billytwohearts

Steem Stock photos is one big idea, led by @blackphotos, the world's wealthiest are the ones with multiple excutable ideas, example is @stellabelle thanks for being so generous with your ideas. And thanks for the mention

Fantastic post!  Can't name just one thing I liked from your post because I liked it ALL.  Thanks!   Glad to be following you. 😊

You are one amazing lady,@stellabelle! You are so right when you say we are creators. If you want to be a customer stay with that other social contender. I didn't join steemit because I want to make megabucks. I came here to share ideas and learn. You are my inspiration. Thanks.

I will be empowering millions of people with my God given talents what steem planet is all about freely will i deliver

good job.resteemed

what a great write up..I think i've really earn something here. by earlier we get to understand why we are here the better for us. from then we understand what the planet needs

I am impressed by what you are involved in and what ideas you give birth to. 

There is indeed a virtual bar, it is mostly used by the German community but you can come there every sunday evening - everybody is able to communicate in English as well and the blog is bi-lingual. We are having a drink and help each other out, chat & exchange thoughts and ideas. The host is @double-u - we're all happy to have him. 

I myself am nothing of a technician. I work in the social field and I would love to come up with kind of a consulting theme. For this I got inspired by a swiss woman who has a huge fan base and gives advice online in a really creative way - her website is called "Frag Frau Freitag" (ask Mrs. Freitag). People ask questions depending on their relationships and all kinds of stuff.

I am a little afraid though to announce that and will think about it in more in detail. First reason is, that I might be overwhelmed because it is really time consuming to set answers on a high quality base; which would be my approach. Second is that I am anxious nobody will be interested :)

Thank you so far for your transparency and efforts for the community!

I'm just creating what my mind and heart urge me to do, yesterday that was a song, couple of weeks ago it was poetry... 

My followers must certainly think I'm just too random, but I guess that's just the way it is... I've never been a blogger, vlogger or otherwise social influencer, but I am getting into it on this platform :)

YES WE ARE CREATORS 

It's up to the steemit community to make steemit a succesful platform, in which the spammers, beggers, bots will not rule over us. It's up to us to bring other people to the platform and help them. 

Steemit for life babehh (and blockchain) 

PS check your DM @stellabelle :)

I'm curious what other people goals are. More than profit, blogging or creating. Where is Steemit as a group of people heading?

This has been as awesome journey. I often talk about the strategies to be implemented on Steemit with @beingnaveed and he always said that all the persons who are big fish trade in cryptos and it's difficult to reach to that level and then I give your example, being successful here without being involved in crypto trading is a great motivation for all of us!

hi @stellabelle. I like the post and the ideas. I just wrote a post with 10 ideas for steem, care to comment on them? I want to know if I understand the platform's potential or not. https://steemit.com/steemit/@gorik/10-ideas-for-steem

Steemit is more than just ~~steam~~ steem, I'm doing things I don't know I could do. Everyday I'm consistently surprising myself on a lot of facets of things I could do. I don't know what  blogging really is three months ago. Now I'm blogging almost everyday and doing a lot of other things. 
Steemit is my ride-and-die item as I've explored some avenues that I thought was impossible. 

You on the other hand is a class act, most times I wonder if you have people you delegate some of the things you do. Like all these celebrities that have different people managing their social accounts. But I see your personal signature in all of them so I know it's only you. Keep the trail blazing.  Thank you.

its a great achievement for developers that they have fixed some kinda big issue we all were having everyday and waiting for that to be fixed btw throw this problem i got to knew about a good site that is busy.org ! its really cool and working very smooth for me ! 
> What will you create today in Planet Steem? What will you help with?
A big shoutout to the Steemit Inc. team for fixing the website issues and improving the UI. It's working for me (for the first time in weeks). Thank you!

I believe your friend is 100% right thought leader ! 
> Considering I’m ranked #4 for total posting earnings in Steem on steemwhales.com. The truth is, I don’t think of myself as a blogger. I think of myself as a creator and a farmer of abundant ideas. I have a variety of tools in my tool box, and writing is one tool. Art and design is another tool. Communication is yet another. Tools are separate from Thought Leadership. My long-time friend told me yesterday that I am a Thought Leader. She told me to start owning it. I am now.

You are best helper best senior amazing personality ! Surpassing told everyone about you ! and now i am your fan ! be helpful always GOD BLESS YOU ! 
yours Steemitian fellow " HASSANABID " 
Thanks for reading :)

I like that label *Planet Steem*. Some call it *The Steemit Dream* both are cool though.

"How can I contribute to the community on Steem?" I have been asking myself this question since I joined back in May. The truth is, I am not an expert in any field. I can perhaps give people advice about Facebook ads, but who gives a shit about Facebook on Steem? I can create simple visuals in Photoshop but I am nowhere near being a designer. I am relatively good at taking photos, so I can probably help other Steemians with tutorials and other photography tips. 

You are right though - I will have to think outside the box in order to figure it out. 

Thanks for posting this - it will surely help my brain shift gears :)

Waoooow this is a hub of information .thanks for the mind shift @stellabelle