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<p>Question?  How do we succeed on Steem?  Answer: go to <a href="http://steem.guide"><em>steem.guide</em></a>, read the updated list of tutorials for Steem, and start applying what we learn there to our contributions on Steem!</p>
<h1><strong>Introducing Steem.guide</strong></h1>
<p> <br /><a href="http://steem.guide"><em>steem.guide</em></a> forwards to a new post each month on steemit.com featuring the most helpful Steem tutorials we have read and created.  Will you help make this better by sharing links to the best guides you have found on Steem because we will include these in the next post?</p>
<p>Alternatively, access the <em>Steem</em> guides with the <em>spreadsheet</em> on <em>Airtable</em> at:</p>
<p><a href="https://airtable.com/shrF00NW4Z99WZX50/tblxbDgjhjN2Lu1jZ">https://airtable.com/shrF00NW4Z99WZX50/tblxbDgjhjN2Lu1jZ</a></p>
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<p>I have tried to organize this in the order I think will be most helpful to read.  At currently about 6,000 words and a 30 minute read, I trust each of us to take what we need and leave the rest!  With this being the first edition and already very long, I hope to include more guides by more authors in future updates with your help in the comments!  Each section begins with a one sentence summary.</p>
<h2><strong>Steem Account Security</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Keep the Steem password safe both from being lost and stolen while using the private posting and active keys to sign in.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/basictraining/@jerrybanfield/introducing-28-days-of-steem-basic-training-what-next-after-account-approval-1">Introducing 28 Days of Steem Basic Training! What Next After Account Approval? #1</a> As soon as we get our Steem account, we get a link to "steemit.com/start" with some custom characters for each of us. This will allow us to set up our password on Steemit.  We will receive a password or have the ability to generate a password that is the master key to our account.  From day one, the most important thing to do is build or use an existing system to keep the password safe and to start immediately the private posting key and active key to sign in instead of the password.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit-guides/@jerrybanfield/the-steemit-account-security-tutorial-june-2017">The Steemit Account Security Tutorial June 2017!</a> Will you see the best ways to keep our <em>Steemit</em> accounts safe because until today I was not practicing these myself? After researching the best practices for keeping my account secure, I started logging in a new way to <em>Steemit</em> today because I realize how easy it would be to lose access to my account and found an easy way to avoid this.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/i-found-usd63-278-of-private-keys-on-steemit-com-in-10-minutes">I Found $63,278 of Private Keys on Steemit.com in 10 Minutes!</a> Will exchanges like <em>Bittrex</em> and <em>Poloniex</em> help warn users against sending a private key in a memo because <em>Steem</em> users are accidentally sharing the posting, active, and even master passwords out in the open almost every day with transfers from exchanges with no ability to undo the mistake outside of changing the master password?<br /><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Blogging on Steemit</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Post original content once a day that is automatically shared on Facebook and Twitter with a focus on considering what readers will be searching for in Google while forgetting about the earnings on individual posts.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/23-349-views-from-google-on-1-steem-post">23,349 Views from Google on 1 Steem Post?</a> How do we write posts that get the most views on <em>Steemit?</em> Will we see how <em>1</em> post got <em>23,349</em> views in <em>2</em> months because we can repeat the formula to automatically get new readers, gain new followers, and increase the value of <em>Steem?</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/steemit-authors-earn-37-more-steem-with-50-50-payout">Steemit Authors Earn 37% More Steem with 50/50 Payout!</a> When we choose the <em>50/50</em> payout option on our <em>Steemit</em> posts, we earn <em>37%</em> more than with the <em>100%</em> <em>Steem Power </em>payout because <em>Steem Dollars</em> or <em>SBD</em> are actually worth today <em>$1.69</em> on the market! Would you continue reading to see why and how to quickly change <em>SBD</em> into <em>Steem</em> and/or any other cryptocurrency?</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/best-blog-posting-and-youtube-video-creation-strategy-for-more-views">Best Blog Posting and YouTube Video Creation Strategy for More Views?</a> Publishing one blog post a day on <em>Steem</em> and one video daily on <em>YouTube</em> appears to be ideal for giving the most to viewers and maintaining a healthy balance as a writer and video producer.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@jerrybanfield/how-to-start-on-steem-youtube-and-facebook">How to Start on Steem, YouTube, and Facebook?</a> The minnow support project helps new <em>Steem</em> users earn more from posts and was kind enough to do an interview with me! This is <em>part 1</em> of the interview which I hope is helpful in answering the questions:<em> "What can I do to contribute the most today on Steemit? How may I help the minnows (users with very little Steem Power) increase earnings and make a valuable contribution here?"</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@jerrybanfield/how-can-a-new-minnow-with-no-money-get-started-on-steemit">How Can a New Minnow with No Money Get Started on Steemit?</a> What works to get started working online and reach the next level, especially on <em>Steemit?</em> This is <em>part 2</em> of the interview with <em>@followbtcnews </em>where I answer questions about <em>Steemit.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/tutorial/@jerrybanfield/my-youtube-video-to-steem-post-creation-process">My YouTube Video to Steem Post Creation Process!</a> How do we make the best <em>Steem</em> posts in the shortest amount of time and share automatically on <em>Facebook</em> and <em>Twitter?</em> See the workflow I use to turn my videos uploaded on <em>YouTube</em> and <em>Facebook</em> into posts on <em>Steemit</em> which are automatically shared on <em>Twitter</em> and on <em>Facebook.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/what-is-the-best-time-to-post-on-steemit">What is the best time to post on Steemit?</a> How do we find what times our followers are online to sync our posts with follower activity? Which time of the day has the highest amount of active users? Will you read this post or watch the original video from <em>YouTube</em> to see me use a new tool shared by a follower that is helping me optimize my posting strategy?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem-help/@jerrybanfield/steemit-updates-summarized-from-launch-to-19-0">Steemit Updates Summarized From Launch to 19.0!</a> Ready for <em>Steemit</em> to be easier to understand? View all the major <em>Steem</em> changes from release in <em>2016</em> to through <em>19.0</em> in <em>June 2017</em> in this one list! Reading the <em>whitepaper</em> when I first signed up for <em>Steemit</em> in <em>May 2017</em> combined with hundreds of <em>Steemit</em> posts from many months ago left me really confused!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/the-hf19-maximum-curation-rewards-strategy">The HF19 Maximum Curation Rewards Strategy!</a> How do we earn the most curation rewards? Why do some <em>Steem</em> authors get upvotes so fast? The answer is using automatic upvoters especially on popular authors that guarantee huge curation rewards.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@gmichelbkk/when-is-the-best-time-to-upvote-on-steemit">When is the Best Time to Upvote on Steemit?</a> New users to <em>Steemit</em> may not know that there is a certain period of time where it is not to their advantage to upvote someone's post or comment, if they want the maximum curation rewards. I myself was not aware of this until I read the <em>FAQs.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/photography/@jerrybanfield/free-cc0-stock-photos-for-steemit-posts-with-pixabay-pexels-and-canva">FREE CC0 Stock Photos for Steemit Posts with Pixabay, Pexels, and Canva!</a> How do many authors on <em>Steemit</em> get photos for blog posts? <em>Pixabay, Pexels</em> and <em>Canva</em> are what I use for free stock photo images in posts on <em>Steemit.</em><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Promoting Steem Posts</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Post 2,000 to 10,000 word comprehensive guides and share them on Facebook and Twitter because Google will then provide hundreds of readers every day for free indefinitely.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/best-search-engine-optimization-seo-strategies-for-2017-get-steemit-readers-and-followers-automatically-with-google-organic">Best Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Strategies for 2017: Get Steemit Readers and Followers Automatically with Google Organic Search Traffic!</a> How do we get the most readers to find our posts on <em>Steemit?</em> Optimizing for <em>Google</em> organic search traffic gives each of us the very highest chance to get found exactly when we are needed, which is thousands more times powerful that brute force advertising and spamming</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/faithful-following-and-finding-followers-on-steemit">Faithful Following and Finding Followers on Steemit?</a> What is the best way to get new followers on <em>Steemit</em> and to give the most to our following? Will you read this post because you might learn from my experience in making nearly every kind of mistake possible when it comes to following and getting followers on <em>Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,</em> <em>Twitch, </em>and <em>Linkedin?</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/publish-steemit-blog-posts-automatically-to-facebook-and-twitter-with-zapier-or-ifttt-and-streemian">Publish Steemit Blog Posts Automatically to Facebook and Twitter with Zapier or IFTTT and Streemian!</a> How much time will we save by setting up automatic sharing of our <em>steemit.com </em>posts on social media? Assuming it takes most of us an average of an extra one minute to share on both <em>Facebook</em> and <em>Twitter</em> after we post to our <em>Steemit</em> blog and that we make on average one post per day, setting up automatic posting will save <em>6 HOURS</em> a year!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@jerrybanfield/how-to-get-more-followers-on-steemit">How to Get More Followers on Steemit?</a> Sharing with our friends on <em>Facebook,</em> followers on <em>Twitter,</em> and viewers on <em>YouTube</em> is the most effective method to get new followers on <em>Steem</em> to begin! As we continue to write, <em>Google</em> search and social sharing can also greatly assist us in building followers automatically! </p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/curation/@jerrybanfield/earn-steem-for-finding-an-undervalued-steemit-post-and-submitting-to-curie-1500598670-0433114">Earn Steem for Finding an Undervalued Steemit Post and Submitting to Curie!</a> What is the very best way on <em>Steemit</em> to earn hundreds of dollars from getting an undervalued post upvoted? This is the <em>"Curie"</em> guild on <em>Streemian.com.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/boost-posts-on-steem-with-upvote-bots">Boost Posts on Steem with Upvote Bots!</a> <em>How do we get more upvotes on a post on Steem?</em> Using the new <em>Steem Upvote Bot Tracker</em> by <em>@yabapmatt</em> we can see a list of upvoting bots running the <em>Dr. Otto</em> vote bidding bot by <em>@inertia</em> along with other custom post voting bots like <em>@minnowbooster,</em> which will give us upvotes in exchange for <em>SBD.</em><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Buying and Selling Steem on Exchanges</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> For the best price and most simple transaction, buy and exchange BTC, ETH, or LTC to Steem with Changelly.</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/tutorial/@jerrybanfield/exchange-steem-fast-with-changelly">Exchange Steem Fast with Changelly!</a> How do we use <em>Changelly</em> to buy or sell <em>Steem</em> with other cryptocurrencies at a<em> 0.5% fee?</em> Would you read this post for the complete tutorial or watch the original video from <em>YouTube</em> because seeing how we use <em>Changelly</em> might save you a lot of money in fees?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/blocktrades/@jerrybanfield/fast-steem-sbd-exchanges-with-bitcoin-ethereum-and-litecoin-on-blocktrades">Fast Steem + SBD Exchanges with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin on @BlockTrades!</a> <em>BlockTrades</em> is the fastest way I know of to change <em>Steem</em> and <em>Steem Dollars</em> to <em>BTC, ETH, </em>or <em>LTC </em>which then are easy to buy and sell with <em>USD.</em> How do I use <em>BlockTrades.us</em> to make these nearly instant exchanges of different online cryptocurrencies, especially for withdrawing <em>SBD</em> fast?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@jerrybanfield/buy-bitcoin-with-a-credit-card-on-bitstamp-and-exchange-to-steem-with-blocktrades">Buy Bitcoin with a Credit Card on Bitstamp and Exchange to Steem with @BlockTrades!</a> What is the fastest way to buy into <em>Bitcoin, Steem,</em> or any cryptocurrency? With a credit card, <em>Bitstamp, BlockTrades, Changelly,</em> and/or <em>Bittrex,</em> we can buy as much as <em>$5,000</em> in <em>Bitcoin</em> just a few minutes and exchange that <em>BTC</em> into <em>Steem </em>or any other cryptocurrency!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/bittrex-com-cryptocurrency-exchange-trading-tutorial-with-bitcoin-steem-179-altcoins">Bittrex.com Cryptocurrency Exchange Trading Tutorial with Bitcoin + Steem + 179 Altcoins!</a> Where to buy <em>Steem</em> to power up and trade altcoins? Buying <em>15+ BTC</em> of <em>Steem</em> on <em>Bittrex.com</em> was simple from making the <em>Bitcoin, Ethereum, </em>and <em>Litecoin</em> deposits from <em>USD </em>on <em>Coinbase</em> to depositing altcoins from <em>Poloniex</em> and <em>Bitfinex</em> to executing the trades from <em>BTC</em> to <em>Steem</em> to making the withdrawals almost instantly to <em>Steemit</em> and powering up!<br /><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Steem Basic Training</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Commit to learning about Steem one day at a time for best results!</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/basictraining/@jerrybanfield/introducing-28-days-of-steem-basic-training-what-next-after-account-approval-1">Introducing 28 Days of Steem Basic Training! What Next After Account Approval? #1</a> New to <em>Steem?</em> Would you join us for day one of this <em>28-day Steem basic training program </em>because inside is the best of what I've learned about how to be successful on <em>Steemit</em> including when do we earn money, how to keep our accounts safe, where do we go for help, and how do we make lasting deep relationships with people on Earth?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/basictraining/@jerrybanfield/making-the-introduceyourself-post-for-day-2-of-steem-basic-training">Making The Introduceyourself Post for Day #2 of Steem Basic Training!</a> Would you join me in learning how to make an <em>"introduceyourself"</em> post today on <em>Steem</em> because this first post is very helpful for getting new followers, for getting that initial excitement on <em>Steem,</em> and for setting in motion everything else that happens?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/basictraining/@jerrybanfield/respond-to-comments-on-steem-to-convert-readers-to-followers-3">Respond to Comments on Steem to Convert Readers to Followers! #3</a> Would you read through this post today on <em>Steem</em> if you are new because we will see that the critical thing to do is to respond to comments on <em>Steem</em> starting with those on our first post?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/basictraining/@jerrybanfield/the-best-blog-posting-frequency-4">The Best Blog Posting Frequency? #4</a> Would you join me in learning about making a blog posting schedule on <em>Steem</em> during day<em> 4</em> of our basic training here because this can be extremely helpful in guiding our creativity in a measured and consistent way?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/basictraining/@jerrybanfield/get-help-fast-with-steem-on-steemit-chat-and-discord-5">Get Help Fast with Steem on steemit.chat and Discord! #5</a> Welcome to day five of <em>Basic Training </em>on <em>Steem!</em> Would you join us today in learning about how to use the chat channels on <em>Steemit.chat</em> and <em>Discord</em> because these are extremely helpful for getting real-time help?  Thank you to @riverhead for maintaining steemit.chat!<br /><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Investing in Steem</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Decide to become an investor in Steem today for the maximum potential?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/top-10-reasons-to-buy-and-hold-steem">Top 10 Reasons to Buy and Hold Steem!</a> How do we share the value of <em>Steem</em> with an investor? These <em>10</em> bullet points make it easy using a question and answer format! Thank you to <em>@barrysamways</em> for asking me about this recently, which I hope will be useful for any of us with a serious investor friend to explain the value of<em> Steem!</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/10-reasons-for-usd10-steem-price-in-10-months">10 Reasons for $10 Steem Price in 10 Months!</a> How will we feel when the <em>Steem</em> price reaches<em> $10</em> in <em>10</em> months? This price is possible for our community because of these <em>10</em> factors!</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/best-usd25-000-000-investment-for-2018">Best $25,000,000 Investment for 2018?</a> When we have <em>25+ million dollars</em> in <em>2018</em> we want to invest with the goals of doing the most good and getting the highest return, where is the best opportunity to make that kind of investment? Are we looking to do some good, to make a contribution in the world, to leave a legacy? Are we looking ideally to get some influence out of our investment?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/1-data-point-proving-the-value-of-steem">#1 Data Point Proving The Value of Steem!</a> What one number shows the value of <em>Steem</em> the most? <em>630,993 transactions</em> with <em>Steem PER DAY,</em> which is more than <em>Bitcoin</em> and <em>Ethereum</em> and <em>Litecoin</em> COMBINED!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/facebook-bitcoin-steem">Facebook + Bitcoin = Steem!</a> The easy answer to the question <em>"What is Steem?"</em> is <em>"Imagine if Facebook and Bitcoin had a baby" </em>which suggests combining the most innovative powerful parts of what they introduced into something new.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/steemit-tax-calculation-and-payment-system">Steemit Tax Calculation and Payment System</a> What is the easiest way to calculate and pay taxes on our <em>Steemit</em> earnings? Will you read this post to see the system I am using based on my research into cryptocurrency taxation to pay my taxes on the <em>Steem,</em> <em>SteemDollars,</em> and <em>Steem Power</em> I earn through rewards and interest on <em>Steemit?</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/taxes/@lexiconical/valuing-steem-rewards-as-taxable-income-is-a-vast-overstatement-of-tax-liability-part-1">Valuing Steem Rewards As Taxable Income Is A Vast Overstatement Of Tax Liability - Part 1</a> @lexiconical shares a system for only paying taxes on rewards cashed out through Steem which is what I use now after originally using the system above. 
 Cashing out at the time of sale has a lot of benefits if the price drops and for receiving many small rewards payments.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/taxes/@lexiconical/valuing-steem-rewards-as-taxable-income-is-a-vast-overstatement-of-tax-liability-part-4-weaseling-out-of-as-many-standard-income">Valuing Steem Rewards As Taxable Income Is A Vast Overstatement Of Tax Liability - Part 4 - Weaseling Out Of As Many "Standard Income Qualifications" As Possible
</a> @lexiconical concludes his series here on paying taxes on Steem rewards!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/1-lesson-i-learned-investing-in-cryptocurrencies-like-steem-bitcoin-ethereum-and-dash">#1 Lesson I Learned Investing in Cryptocurrencies like Steem, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dash.</a> What is the number one tip I have for investing in cryptocurrencies? The number one tip I have is to just bet the market over time. Buy different currencies and just hold onto them. The opposite of doing this is trading. That involves timing the market.<br /><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Steem Apps</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> These Steem apps show the true power of our blockchain!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/3-alternatives-to-browse-steem-when-steemit-com-is-offline-chainbb-busy-org-and-esteem">3 Alternatives to Browse Steem When Steemit.com is Offline! ChainBB by @jesta, Busy.org by the @busy.org team, and eSteem</a> While <em>steemit.com</em> appears to be under a <em>DDOS</em> attack today preventing most of us from browsing or using it, fortunately the <em>Steem</em> blockchain as a whole is decentralized and is functioning well! Once we are aware of alternatives to using <em>steemit.com</em> to interact with the <em>Steem</em> blockchain, we can easily switch when <em>steemit.com </em>is having problems or if we prefer the interface on any of the three other options!  Thank you to @jesta for ChainBB, the @busy.org team for busy.org which I am using to post this, and @good-karma for eSteem.</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jerrybanfield/ads-for-steem-s-utopian-io-targeted-to-github-developers">Ads for Steem's Utopian.io Targeted to Github Developers!</a> Would you like to learn how anyone, especially developers, can easily monetize contributions to open source projects hosted on websites like <em>Github</em> by using <em>Utopian.io</em> because up until today it has been very difficult to actually earn any money off of an open source project without having built-in monetization?  Thank you to @elear for launching utopian.io!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/why-i-love-steemit-more-info-google-chrome-extension">Why I Love Steemit More Info Google Chrome Extension!</a> Would you like to see an extension by <em>@armandocat</em> that makes browsing <em>Steemit</em> much easier? This extension can show you how much voting power each our followers has, how much our vote is actually contributing on a post, and get more detailed stats right away.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/1-steem-app-dtube-author-rewards-reach-usd544-a-day">#1 Steem App DTube Author Rewards Reach $544 A Day!</a> Would you like to see how creators are earning <em>$544</em> a day collectively in the first four weeks of a new decentralized video hosting website running on the <em>Steem</em> blockchain named <em>d.tube</em>?  Thank you to @heimindanger for launching DTube!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/dtube/@jerrybanfield/z1bipdqh">Earn Steem by Uploading Videos to D.Tube + Find Solutions to Errors!</a> How do we start uploading videos to <em>DTube?</em> What works to fix the errors we get when trying to upload and submit to the blockchain? Where can we find a complete video tutorial showing a basic user guide for getting starting with <em>DTube</em> and fixing the errors we receive?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/streemian/@jerrybanfield/streemian-tutorial-for-steemit-rss-feeds-and-scheduled-posts-1500687288-782439">Streemian Tutorial for Steemit RSS feeds and Scheduled Posts!</a> Would you like to make <em>Steemit</em> posts ahead of time and find a guild to help curate, get you some upvotes, and to have the ability to automatically post <em>Steemit</em> posts directly on another <em>RSS</em> feed?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/esteem/@jerrybanfield/esteem-ios-app-first-impressions-201777t131752942z">eSteem iOS App First Impressions!</a> Easy <em>Steemit iPhone</em> and <em>Android</em> app? How was my first experience with <em>eSteem?</em> Would you read this post if you would like to see if <em>eSteem</em> on <em>iOS</em> or <em>Android</em> is worth using because I will show you the features I care most about here? If you want to start using <em>eSteem,</em> would you use this as a tutorial to start fast because you might have an easier time using it to begin with than I did!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/stats/@jerrybanfield/steemvp-com-is-amazing-for-tracking-top-upvoters">steemvp.com is AMAZING for Tracking Top Upvoters!</a> Today I learned how to see my top upvoters with <em>steemvp.com!</em> Thank you <em>@roelandp</em> for making this incredibly helpful <em>Steemit</em> tool which I will demonstrate here because I think it is essential each of us be able to see who is voting us up the most!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/newsteem/@torico/torico-s-magickal-list-of-steemit-discord-servers-v-2">@torico's Magickal List of Steemit Discord Servers v.2</a> Welcome to the second edition of the <em>Magickal Discord Server List.</em> I find myself republishing this already because I have quite a few more servers that should be included and other links and articles that need updating.<br /> </p>
<h2><strong>Steem Secrets</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Go from beginner to advanced with these Steem secrets!</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-1-focus-on-headlines-and-first-sentence">Steem Secret #1: Focus on Headlines and First Sentence!</a> Half of upvoters only read the headline and the first sentence! Easiest way to get more upvotes? Spend extra time focusing on the title, and then the very first few characters which will appear in the home feed and anywhere else the post shows.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-2-add-a-consistent-image-in-thumbnails">Steem Secret #2: Add a Consistent Image in Thumbnails!</a> Putting our face or artwork on the first image helps readers in the home feed see us! Using stock images without any consistency makes it easy to be ignored in the home feed where we often just look at pictures, titles, and the first sentence to decide what to read!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-3-power-up-posts-when-steem-dollars-trade-below-usd1">Steem Secret #3: Power Up Posts When Steem Dollars Trade Below $1!</a> Choosing the <em>50/50</em> post payout is best if <em>SBD</em> are trading for<em> $1+</em> but Power Up <em>100%</em> pays more if not! See the <em>SBD</em> value any time at <em>http://www.steemdollar.com/sd_index.php</em> which is created and maintained by <em>@mauricemikkers.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-4-bring-our-own-followers">Steem Secret #4: Bring Our Own Followers!</a> Each of us has at least <em>100</em> potential followers in our lives from family, <em>Facebook</em> friends, <em>Twitter</em> followers, neighbors, business associates, and the contact lists in our phones! Signing up for a new <em>Steem</em> account and expecting people to discover us for the first time naturally while browsing is insane because most readers already have enough authors to follow.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-5-the-cost-of-watching-the-price">Steem Secret #5: The Cost of Watching The Price!</a> We have the choice to be excited when the <em>Steem</em> price goes up OR down! Finding peace in being here for the long term means seeing that unless we are interested in buying or selling, the price today is irrelevant.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-6-witnesses-votes-give-the-most">Steem Secret #6: Witnesses Votes Give The Most!</a> Votes on posts pay once. Votes for witness pay indefinitely up to<em> 0.18 Steem</em> every <em>63</em> seconds equal to over <em>$300 A DAY</em> in <em>Steem Power</em> for the top <em>20</em> witnesses! View the list of witnesses at <em>https://steemd.com/witnesses</em> and adjust witness votes at <em>https://steemit.com/~witnesses.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-secret-7-appropriate-methods-to-ask-for-votes">Steem Secret #7: Appropriate Methods to Ask for Votes!</a> How do we get more votes and followers on <em>Steem?</em> Asking for an upvote, a follow, a resteem, or a witness vote in an appropriate context helps a lot because often the difference in getting a vote versus not getting a vote is asking.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/earn-24-renting-steem-power-with-minnowbooster-8">Earn 24% Renting Steem Power with MinnowBooster! #8</a> Discover the easiest method investors can use to get a returns at<em> 24% APR</em> by leasing <em>Steem Power</em> via delegation at <em>https://www.minnowbooster.net/market.</em> This is a <em>GREAT ALTERNATIVE</em> to <em>POWERING DOWN</em> for getting liquid <em>Steem</em> without having to touch the principle!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/steem-desktop-wallet-vessel-9">Steem Desktop Wallet = Vessel! #9</a> Discover a desktop wallet for our <em>Steem</em> blockchain named <em>Vessel</em> created by witness <em>@jesta</em> which helps a lot with <em>Steem Power</em> delegation, storing private keys and making transactions all without the need to use <em>steemit.com!</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/get-retweeted-by-the-steemit-twitter-account-10">Get Retweeted By the @Steemit Twitter Account! #10</a> Learn how to earn a retweet on <em>Twitter</em> by the <em>@steemit</em> account. With over <em>33,000</em> followers on <em>Twitter</em> landing a retweet by <em>Steemit </em>is a huge opportunity to greatly expand the reach and upvotes on a post! This quick post first shows examples followed by a quick tutorial explaining what steps to take to be in position to get retweeted!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/most-steem-post-views-come-after-payout-11">Most Steem Post Views Come After Payout! #11</a> We ask when publishing online how many views come within <em>24</em> hours versus how many come later and what impact this has on our posting strategy? Over <em>80%</em> of my views on <em>YouTube</em> and on my blog posts on <em>Steemit</em> come after <em>24</em> hours with the majority happening after <em>7</em> days!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/bring-readers-to-steemit-from-google-image-search-12">Bring Readers to Steemit from Google Image Search! #12</a> How do we get discovered by users searching images in <em>Google?</em> What simple steps do we take to make sure our pictures have a chance to rank high in <em>Google</em> image search? When users find our pictures while searching for images, how easy is it to get a reader on our blog?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@jerrybanfield/backup-steem-posts-in-airtable-13">Backup Steem Posts in Airtable! #13</a> When we invest hours writing posts for <em>Steem, </em>does it seem wise to take a minute to keep a copy of our work in case it is lost? Definitely! What is the easiest way to do that? Using Airtable to save each post into an entry on a spreadsheet is the fastest and most accessible way I know of to keep a copy of all my posts here!<br /><br /></p>
<h2><strong>Steem Witness Training</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Witnesses produce the blockchain for Steem with Ubuntu Linux servers earning up to 260 Steem power a day which makes our most important votes for witnesses at https://steemit.com/~witnesses.</p>
<p> <a href="https://steemit.com/witness/@jerrybanfield/a-steem-witness-voting-system">A Steem Witness Voting System!</a> Are witness votes the most important we make for Steem? How do we find new witnesses to vote for at <em>https://steemit.com/~witnesses</em> where our vote will help the most? Where can new witnesses openly ask for votes in a way anyone can easily find them? What can we do to set up our votes and forget about this?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/12-steps-to-secure-a-new-ubuntu-linux-server">12 Steps to Secure a New Ubuntu Linux Server!</a> Will you read this <em>Ubuntu Linux</em> security tutorial to see how to setup a new <em>Ubuntu Linux</em> server because these simple steps can block most basic hacking attempts? If you are hoping to setup a witness server for <em>Steem,</em> I hope this guide will help show what to do immediately after getting access to the witness server.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/steps-13-to-19-to-prepare-an-ubuntu-linux-server-to-be-a-witness-for-steem">Steps 13 to 19 to Prepare an Ubuntu Linux Server to be a Witness for Steem!</a> How do we prepare to launch our <em>Steem</em> witness on <em>Ubuntu Linux</em> inside a secure server? I hope this tutorial when combined with the others I have written will show the exact steps needed to block most hackers from gaining access to any <em>Ubuntu Linux</em> server and make starting a <em>Steem</em> witness easier.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/set-a-proxy-to-make-witness-voting-easy">Set a Proxy to Make Witness Voting Easy!</a> The most important votes we make on <em>Steem</em> are for witnesses because every witness vote lasts indefinitely and witnesses are essentially the trusted servants and leaders of our community! The best solution I know of for witness voting is to find one user we trust to make all our votes for us, and then set that user as a proxy at <em>https://steemit.com/~witnesses.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/meet-steem-s-top-30-witnesses">Meet Steem's Top 30 Witnesses!</a> Will you join us in getting to know <em>@klye, @aggroed, @thecryptodrive, @smooth, @cervantes, @lukestokes, @abit</em> and <em>@fyrstikken</em> a little better because each has empowered us to be here together today and continues to support the growth of <em>Steem</em> every day as one of the top<em> 30</em> witnesses?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/meet-steem-s-top-20-witnesses">Meet Steem's Top 20 Witnesses!</a> Who are our top <em>20</em> witnesses? How has each helped build our community here on <em>Steem?</em> Our top <em>20</em> witnesses are producing <em>95%</em> of our <em>Steem</em> blockchain every <em>63</em> seconds! We choose with our witness votes who gets to produce each block at <em>https://steemit.com/~witnesses.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness/@jerrybanfield/our-top-20-witnesses-earn-250-steem-power-a-day">Our Top 20 Witnesses Earn 250 Steem Power A Day!</a> Votes for witnesses are the most important we make on <em>Steem</em> because our votes decide who earns <em>~ $295</em> a day for doing the work of creating our blockchain, which is usually what we call mining in blockchains like <em>Bitcoin</em> and <em>Ethereum.</em> Witnesses also decide whether to accept changes made by <em>Steemit,</em> what the price of <em>Steem</em> is worth relative to the <em>SBD,</em> which updates should be made in the future, and generally do <em>Steem</em> full time in the top <em>20.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness/@jerrybanfield/meet-steem-s-top-10-witnesses">Meet Steem's Top 10 Witnesses!</a> Witnesses create the <em>Steem</em> blockchain and our witness votes decide who gets to produce each block at <em>https://steemit.com/~witnesses.</em> Every 3 seconds, we are trusting a witness to produce the next block with all the transactions. The top <em>20</em> witnesses each produce one block every <em>63</em> seconds worth<em> 0.18 Steem Power </em>per block in earnings.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness/@jerrybanfield/get-a-steem-witness-seed-online-today-with-these-ubuntu-linux-commands">Get a Steem Witness + Seed Online Today with These Ubuntu Linux Commands!</a> How do we setup our <em>Steem</em> witness and seed nodes if we have no <em>Ubuntu Linux</em> experience? What are the exact commands we need to use to become a witness for <em>Steem</em> and get our servers online? Hopefully this guide will make it ridiculously easy to get started in the command line interface even without ever having used <em>Linux</em> before!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/steem-witness-basic-training">Steem Witness Basic Training!</a> How do we earn <em>Steem Power</em> and become a witness for <em>Steemit</em> today? What is a witness? Where does mining happen in <em>Steem?</em> Which steps to take to get a witness node online? Why take the time to vote for witnesses? Who are the existing witnesses for <em>Steem?</em> Will we read this guide because it has answers to all these questions which when understood helps us to be of best service here and therefore to get the highest return from our time invested?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/how-to-start-getting-steem-witness-votes">How to Start Getting Steem Witness Votes?</a> After launching our <em>Steem</em> witness, where is the logical starting point to get votes? The <em>10</em> steps in this guide will highlight a few basics that I hope are useful to get the most votes as witness on <em>Steemit</em> because it seems to me the voting process for being a witness with <em>Steemit</em> is challenging at all levels from keeping the list of <em>30</em> current at the top to building relationships during a climb up the middle to getting the very first votes at the bottom of the list.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jerrybanfield/launch-a-steem-witness-today">Launch a Steem Witness Today!</a> Find the newest guides for becoming a <em>Steem</em> witness here including hosting, server setup, security tutorials, <em>Steem</em> installation, and optimization! No experience with <em>Ubuntu Linux?</em> Me either! I did the research to make this post because I wanted to have everything I needed to get started today setting up my witness and seed without ever having used <em>Linux</em> before!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/becoming-a-steem-witness">Becoming a Steem Witness?</a> What is a <em>Steem</em> witness? Would you like me to learn and teach the steps to become a <em>Steem</em> witness? View current <em>Steem</em> witnesses at <em>https://steemd.com/witnesses.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@krnel/complete-witness-installation-guide">Complete Witness Installation Guide</a> by @krnel.  Welcome to a step-by-step <em>"foolproof" </em>guide to manually install a witness and seed node. All you have to do is type these commands one after the other. If something goes wrong, it's not likely covered here, sorry. Everything works for me after installing several times. You will have to do some research to resolve your issue, or ask for help in the witness <em>steemit.chat</em> channel.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@someguy123/your-guide-to-setting-up-a-witness-server-steem-in-a-box-hf19">Your guide to setting up a Witness Server (STEEM-in-a-box HF19)</a> This article contains both upgrade instructions, AND install-from-fresh instructions. This article is designed for those running a previous version of my <em>Steem-in-a-box</em> software, or for those looking to set up a new witness server.  Thank you @someguy123 for making it so easy with this guide for a new witness to get started!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-category/@krnel/setting-up-a-linux-vps-securely-pt-1-join-me-on-my-journey-to-become-a-witness">Setting Up A Linux VPS Securely (Pt.1) - Join Me On My Journey to Become a Witness</a> Along with a goal to get to Level 70 Reputation, I also wanted to host a node for the blockchain, and see about becoming a Steem Witness. That was after getting the rep level first, that I now have. So, I am continuing with the vision I had months ago, and am going to document or journal my journey to setup a Steem Witness Node.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/cybersecurity/@krnel/setting-up-a-linux-vps-securely-pt-2">Setting Up A Linux VPS Securely (Pt.2)</a> Welcome back to the second part of securing your <em>Linux Server.</em> I won't talk about becoming a witness, or what a witness is, until I actually get to that part of the setup myself. This is about securing a server first.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/cybersecurity/@krnel/secure-your-linux-server-with-a-firewall">Secure Your Linux Server with a Firewall</a> A firewall is the last point of contact before anyone in the vast internet can get into your server. Getting a firewall up is crucial before deploying a server online. <em>UFW</em> means <em>Uncomplicated Firewall</em> and is included in <em>Ubuntu.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/cybersecurity/@krnel/secure-your-linux-server-with-fail2ban">Secure Your Linux Server with Fail2Ban</a> by @krnel!  <em>Fail2Ban</em> monitors log files to determine if someone who is trying to gain access is a legitimate user. If they aren't, they get banned temporarily by their <em>IP</em> address. Policies can be setup in conjunction with a firewall to log failed access attempts and drop traffic for a period of time, preventing a would-be attacker from even attempting to access your services.</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/tutorial/@krnel/secure-your-linux-server-with-tripwire-ids">Secure Your Linux Server with Tripwire IDS</a> by @krnel.  Security is continually developing, and you can't be sure to have locked down every possible vulnerability for some pesky hacker to get in through. An intrusion detection system will run a check of your system and compare it to a snapshot stored database of what your system previously looked like. Changes that you are not aware of indicate a possibly compromised system.  @krnel thank you for writing this guide!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/howto/@l0k1/howto-configuring-more-frequent-time-synchronisation-on-ubuntu">How to: Configuring more frequent time synchronisation on Ubuntu</a> Since they will be removing an inbuilt <em>NTP</em> client in <em>steemd, </em>it is important for witnesses to configure time synchronisation on their servers. It's not difficult, just install one package and set a more frequent rate of <em>NTP</em> polling to minimise the drift.  Thank you to @l0k1 for this tip!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@furion/introducing-conductor-a-simple-steem-witness-toolkit">Introducing conductor, a simple Steem Witness Toolkit</a> Conductor is a user friendly, <em>KISS</em> utility for creating, updating and management of your witness.  Thank you to @furion for creating conductor for us!<br /> </p>

<h2><strong>Improving Steem</strong></h2>
<p><br /><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Read these suggestions to improve Steem for inspiration to create our own!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/steem-budget-proposals-whitepaper">Steem Budget Proposals Whitepaper!</a> When we begin reinvesting <em>200,000 Steem</em> every <em>28 days</em> in projects promising to help <em>Steem</em> grow through a decentralized governance system featuring budgets, proposals, and voting, we can expect the value of the <em>Steem</em> we hold to increase exponentially without it costing us anything in upvotes, curation, author rewards, or inflation!</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/steem-smart-media-tokens-for-dummies">Steem Smart Media Tokens for Dummies!</a> How do we understand the impact of <em>Steemit</em> <em>CEO @Ned's</em> new <em>SMT whitepaper</em> in <em>2</em> minutes? Will you read this post for a quick summary in the most basic terms of the <em>whitepaper</em> release yesterday at <em>https://smt.steem.io</em> because knowing what to do next will be simple?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/request-to-add-shares-tab-for-resteems">Request to Add Shares Tab for Resteems!</a> How much easier would it be to read blogs with a separate place for resteems? What increase in resteem use would we see if we did not face the problem of having the post we resteemed shared in the middle of our blog? Would we all benefit by having the posts we resteem moved into a tab of their own the way comments and replies are?</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/10-simple-steem-io-update-requests">10 Simple Steem.io Update Requests!</a> Would the <em>Steemit</em> team please make these few incredibly easy changes to <em>steem.io</em> because these updates will help convert more readers learning about <em>Steem</em> into new investors in <em>Steemit</em> and reduce new user confusion?<br /> </p>

<h1><strong>Thank You for Reading!</strong></h1>
<p>If you found this post helpful on <em>Steem,</em> would you please <em>upvote</em> it and follow me because you will then be able to see more posts like this in your home feed?</p>
<p>Love,</p>
<p>Jerry Banfield with edits by <a href="https://steemit.com/@gmichelbkk">@gmichelbkk</a></p>
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<p><br /><strong>Our Most Important Votes on Steem are for Witness!</strong></p>
<p>Would you please make a vote for jerrybanfield as a witness or set jerrybanfield as a proxy to handle all witness votes at <a href="https://steemit.com/~witnesses">https://steemit.com/~witnesses</a> because 100% of my witness earnings pay for ads that will help promote Steem for years? Thank you to the 2200+ of us on Steem voting for me as a witness, the nearly 1 million dollars worth of Steem power assigned by followers trusting me to make all witness votes through setting me as proxy, and <a href="https://steemit.com/@followbtcnews">@followbtcnews</a> for making these .gif images!</p>
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