Increase Your Profitability & Boost Your Branding

As a marketing consulting, I always advice clients to niche themselves in market segments that are to their advantage, so they can have the edge over the competition. I started realising that a big part of being successful at Steemit is in the choice of tags I used, so I started compiling a simple excel sheet daily to tabulate the tags with the highest profitability - high payouts, low competition.

Kinda like SEOs' "high searches, low bids".

Hopefully, it can help you tag your Steemit posts effectively, and even help you identify profitable topics that you can write on. Stay awesome!

*If you need some quick tips on how to implement the info here, or why is it important, scroll till you reach the end of the table.

Tag	Profitability	Comments	Posts	Payouts
charlesfuchs	467.477568	26250	118	55,162
witness-category	382.882639	28202	632	241,982
bitshares	167.282936	41438	3,609	603,724
meetup	117.881927	21172	1,787	210,655
muksteem	107.3658	67267	1,618	173,718
kr-art	102.119465	39645	1,374	140,312
utopian-io	100.62039	211015	16,050	1,614,957
curation	96.0525882	37374	5,950	571,513
steemsilvergold	83.6839423	121638	2,443	204,440
kr-travel	78.5365751	29267	1,285	100,919
*introduceyourself*	77.5002319	983404	24,287	1,882,248
adsactly	73.9278923	17080	6,603	488,146
anarchy	72.7162465	18744	7,074	514,395
coinkorea	67.3394691	75824	7,793	524,776
minnowsupportproject	65.2037672	23439	1,727	112,607
teamaustralia	63.1863357	19060	4,969	313,973
openmic	62.0103072	110561	3,808	236,135
steemitworldmap	61.6486491	22648	228	14,056
steemfest	60.3274718	27192	3,567	215,188
thealliance	57.7193904	22305	5,159	297,774
steemstem	57.5314247	48004	10,651	612,767
kr-writing	51.1273938	22880	5,312	271,589
kr-join	48.0665388	24150	1,019	48,980
tasteem	47.5923398	41045	1,336	63,583
amazing	46.6178413	66428	7,655	356,860
community	45.312112	44445	21,992	996,504
steemhunt	43.1900672	57046	3,630	156,780
jjangjjangman	41.578844	27935	13,177	547,884
cn	41.0778188	263404	43,360	1,781,134
psychology	40.3039553	35107	15,067	607,260
kr	38.7070875	2134463	79,535	3,078,568
fiction	38.4449713	51450	18,812	723,227
howto	37.3817334	15318	7,869	294,157
kr-event	36.3604506	66972	3,635	132,170
treetuesday	35.5809453	22158	895	31,845
minnowbooster	35.3721627	26787	1,401	49,556
norway	35.0859444	34701	5,361	188,096
vlog	35.0671963	23736	13,768	482,805
eos	34.8324759	45096	9,747	339,512
freedom	32.7402726	29361	19,428	636,078
gardening	32.4380165	38099	7,833	254,087
crypto-news	31.834677	25510	15,868	505,153
giveaway	31.6631884	48023	6,279	198,813
homesteading	31.6292419	72389	8,499	268,817
minnowsupport	31.177209	33132	8,009	249,698
steemiteducation	30.7541438	55701	12,243	376,523
*contest*	29.9633229	351110	45,825	1,373,069
introducemyself	29.8229775	84073	6,270	186,990
slothicorn	29.4299604	19239	2,578	75,870
kr-newbie	27.308822	92374	23,026	628,813
tutorial	27.0169088	11112	12,477	337,090
teammalaysia	26.579073	42266	8,659	230,148
philosophy	26.5457512	58329	30,872	819,520
introduction	26.2344908	32073	6,497	170,445
creativity	25.6358367	11000	24,200	620,387
*steem*	25.3597893	442117	215,446	5,463,665
steemitphotochallenge	25.2009658	31446	5,168	130,239
vegan	25.1417326	18028	4,997	125,633
support	23.8402873	74226	3,032	72,284
design	22.5938054	12958	18,915	427,362
japanese	22.3931167	132073	10,322	231,142
steemjet	22.3569547	28623	2,427	54,260
writing	21.8077269	164540	145,808	3,179,741
science	20.5485181	90300	59,369	1,219,945
dsound	20.0712183	98436	24,466	491,062
fr	19.7805667	48522	10,491	207,518
steemit-health	19.7552544	66330	1,710	33,781
cannabis	19.738632	36488	6,992	138,013
promo-steem	19.300631	67978	18,977	366,268
deutsch	18.7033671	187668	37,209	695,934
pt	18.3451553	42423	7,275	133,461
*travel*	18.2989434	622630	227,315	4,159,624
kr-gazua	17.8524618	104827	2,605	46,506
education	17.6692863	34804	37,975	670,991
review	17.1546568	10427	19,045	326,710
drawing	17.1331056	58375	43,341	742,566
india	17.1298895	17247	27,060	463,535
family	16.8649133	24907	28,226	476,029
adventure	16.7661777	18188	22,786	382,034
laefboy	16.7650923	21853	65	1,090
painting	16.4582521	13042	21,731	357,654
photofeed	16.4268403	67399	24,457	401,751
africa	16.3324332	8205	15,697	256,370
business	16.1910444	22719	28,764	465,719
investing	16.1875971	10487	19,460	315,011
cityscapephotography	15.9504018	19673	3,223	51,408
accepted	15.8476984	22111	63	998
landscapephotography	15.6054849	50570	11,459	178,823
cats	15.2202831	17920	6,730	102,433
*steemit*	15.2140814	1152985	579,176	8,811,631
blog	15.1639669	230463	384,032	5,823,449
creative	15.0281782	7345	19,388	291,366
foodphotography	14.8118432	38702	10,534	156,028
trading	14.6214567	26148	42,433	620,432
money	14.4540187	138619	166,911	2,412,535
*food*	14.3639111	515698	172,260	2,474,327
tr	13.8921891	110158	30,986	430,463
recipe	13.8681444	16208	24,849	344,610
whalepower	13.8358711	20592	27,092	374,841
myanmar	13.7374223	176012	8,830	121,301
ru	13.3717144	16410	14,466	193,435
*dlive*	13.2412273	392892	86,011	1,138,891
health	13.2181989	153914	102,252	1,351,587
story	13.1611654	146657	211,068	2,777,901
introduce	13.0247764	17401	5,451	70,998
animalphotography	13.0079429	54353	10,065	130,925
architecturalphotography	12.8555655	24524	4,529	58,223
technology	12.8442759	73485	81,124	1,041,979
goldenhourphotography	12.7622048	38471	5,493	70,103
fitness	12.7282786	19741	15,017	191,141
*art*	12.7208111	715048	328,269	4,175,848
history	12.6830683	49493	49,603	629,118
colourfulphotography	12.6063227	27755	7,140	90,009
success	12.5776293	9759	16,114	202,676
culture	12.5001562	20133	22,573	282,166
blockchain	12.334449	77652	181,327	2,236,569
freesteem	12.314213	20658	1,615	19,887
thai	12.1966851	71275	6,405	78,120
gaming	12.1352401	99316	80,282	974,241
cooking	11.9900414	8613	15,974	191,529
bwphotocontest	11.9613858	38543	5,384	64,400
freewrite	11.7931596	50280	3,453	40,722
music	11.7344318	174040	137,553	1,614,106
sports	11.6815147	92101	54,989	642,355
politics	11.5501776	59209	72,739	840,148
cars	11.4916201	25371	12,142	139,531
*busy*	11.4391645	298484	329,559	3,769,880
portraitphotography	11.278476	18635	6,128	69,115
*life*	11.0479211	1163409	1,185,461	13,096,880
vehiclephotography	10.9704352	19090	3,819	41,896
nigeria	10.7384932	20278	67,324	722,958
*cryptocurrency*	10.6940727	423602	392,491	4,197,327
cervantes	10.6217942	84720	62,192	660,591
advice	10.5874763	29889	6,246	66,129
animals	10.4639729	48465	41,743	436,798
movies	10.4527058	15276	14,738	154,052
dtube	10.2233285	209132	193,756	1,980,831
dlive-broadcast	10.1843373	3187	68,553	698,167
artzone	10.150603	20978	24,090	244,528
streetphotography	10.0983176	29050	8,126	82,059
lifestyle	10.0582774	10056	31,323	315,055
spirituality	10.0320858	17646	16,813	168,669
film	10.0004693	11991	17,550	175,508
macrophotography	9.98170261	39118	11,860	118,383
dice	9.88150237	25277	211	2,085
philippines	9.87783488	46326	68,561	677,234
resteem	9.85204795	28071	3,045	29,999
games	9.76356114	13432	27,380	267,326
poetry	9.75661261	186568	78,867	769,475
*photography*	9.70160887	1497816	813,335	7,890,658
steemph	9.34694034	11567	26,902	251,451
investment	9.28156413	4641	20,467	189,966
polish	9.17412746	72734	13,298	121,998
*bitcoin*	8.95997804	623365	414,017	3,709,583
walkwithme	8.86357416	29826	4,086	36,217
game	8.79518347	19017	63,318	556,893
ethereum	8.79407414	40931	75,588	664,726
motivation	8.75366444	62330	56,738	496,665
auto-comment	8.65228571	22021	7	61
monomad	8.61894825	28178	4,947	42,638
castellano	8.54477018	30798	18,980	162,180
*spanish*	8.42262092	825437	153,994	1,297,033
steemgigs	8.37810842	21774	13,752	115,216
sevendaybnwchallenge	8.34507009	68264	18,147	151,438
ulog	8.24558684	41490	11,521	94,997
poem	8.11092135	22595	26,549	215,337
flowers	8.0997453	22707	29,871	241,947
fashion	8.06517259	10157	13,326	107,476
inspiration	7.99184283	18643	35,892	286,843
christian-trail	7.86034664	30508	18,832	148,026
nature	7.57928417	192541	308,302	2,336,708
*colorchallenge*	7.55866888	282487	65,034	491,570
mining	7.38573964	9609	16,385	121,015
movie	7.35624877	21690	24,858	182,862
news	6.98504179	198008	326,318	2,279,345
smartphonephotography	6.91676831	53512	32,362	223,840
humor	6.8566638	9960	38,034	260,786
untalented	6.85409878	21481	22,161	151,894
video	6.78886226	52109	172,577	1,171,601
fun	6.78634668	34166	103,565	702,828
trump	6.63979264	7111	15,905	105,606
upvote	6.63713953	11370	14,212	94,327
crypto	6.57018587	95612	226,180	1,486,045
stach	6.45826885	12106	42,276	273,030
memechallenge	6.41415745	23520	8,784	56,342
steem-network	6.26969737	28251	76	476
religion	6.25064125	48696	29,954	187,232
steemchurch	6.22258855	65781	18,945	117,887
comedy	6.10521416	8293	21,666	132,276
beauty	6.05342962	11942	42,100	254,849
litecoin	5.86703919	12327	16,127	94,618
people	5.82222766	4648	19,744	114,954
love	5.79571993	74003	156,705	908,218
football	5.79131554	23523	35,884	207,816
altcoin	5.68676861	4762	21,920	124,654
christianity	5.5412376	30062	29,899	165,677
funny	5.42333017	225610	364,596	1,977,324
dog	5.41694346	26233	10,718	58,059
sunset	5.34672816	9656	13,699	73,245
teardrops	5.30516059	17874	10,611	56,293
bescouted	5.21685148	37841	12,227	63,786
cryptocurrencies	5.02236084	9766	20,793	104,430
english	4.98173768	7826	15,767	78,547
anime	4.92990289	9901	13,428	66,199
wafrica	4.92681838	7713	27,382	134,906
market	4.8535217	7431	38,869	188,652
youtube	4.82309976	15317	49,457	238,536
photo	4.61404281	66780	201,299	928,802
ripple	4.50545622	8984	14,802	66,690
steempress	4.46794232	11301	22,884	102,244
cat	4.45625197	22605	15,228	67,860
happy	4.38607921	6417	15,908	69,774
venezuela	4.16621156	22091	33,045	137,672
steepshot	3.96143146	54105	109,994	435,734
nsfw	3.82398015	34595	37,220	142,329
ksi	3.65327365	8018	21,177	77,365
free	3.5981867	14904	19,796	71,230
live	3.59367194	5034	18,448	66,296
*indonesia*	3.43060166	269040	187,963	644,826
animal	3.42190936	26813	48,590	166,271
sport	3.4191288	20013	59,635	203,900
btc	3.37622015	11882	40,791	137,719
flower	3.37117125	26565	47,549	160,296
memes	3.17829694	3484	18,549	58,954
entertainment	3.13114167	15787	105,302	329,715
meme	2.90720394	56372	251,230	730,377
picture	2.66826666	4132	24,706	65,922
*dmania*	2.61353941	231114	152,155	397,663
beautiful	2.59477483	6925	28,085	72,874
quote	2.59112748	14053	27,078	70,163
quotes	2.54388008	6855	20,255	51,526
ico	2.46956917	46130	98,113	242,297
amazing	2.23324681	8358	23,212	51,838
test	2.10090395	28422	7,829	16,448
trending	1.99685961	5084	28,386	56,683
esteem	1.96813509	164788	311,178	612,440
jokes	1.94708637	6397	22,045	42,924
zappl	1.87140699	178853	57,566	107,729
world	1.83785275	8894	68,165	125,277
aceh	1.81110842	78754	167,342	303,075
airdrop	1.780114	8853	24,771	44,095
natural	1.73570159	11197	36,708	63,714
sexy	1.48111344	4716	20,778	30,775
esteemapp	1.47603005	5783	17,938	26,477
post	1.46388589	3591	26,220	38,383
new	1.30132786	24700	154,612	201,201
good-karma	1.16634519	7230	27,350	31,900
hot	1.13423429	4327	23,586	26,752
tag1	0.28024922	32460	321	90

**Those in bold & italics are tags with high engagement (high number of comments).

How to make these numbers work for you?

If you look at the tags with the highest payouts, they usually have highest number of posts too. The analogy is this: imagine a huge pond with tons of people in it. It's crowded, and it's not gonna be an enjoyable swim. Imagine looking further down the road, and you see another pond, much smaller, but with only a handful of people. Ahhhh…. Heavenly instagramer (sorry, Steepshot-er) moment!
So one way of leveraging on this table of info, is after you've done drafting your content and about to post it, identify a few tags with good profitability.

Please make sure the tags make sense though! It's pointless to insert a profitable tag but your content have nothing to do with it. You'd pissed your readers off!
Another way you can use this info, is to identify high profitable tags, and produce contents around them.
You may also want to take note of the number of comments, because it tells you what kind of contents get more engagement.
Do take note not all tags can be used, no matter how profitable they are. Some tags are for private groups or communities. Always do a research on them before using.

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. I mostly blog about Steemit Success Strategies, business, marketing, entrepreneurship, psychology, community and random thoughts.

Talking about Steemit Success Strategies, if you want to 10x your results on this platform, perhaps some of these guides will be able to help you.

At least once a month, I run Steemit community events and training workshops with my buddies at #teammalaysia too. Some examples are:

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Wait, why's Mav posting on Steemit nowadays?

Well, unlike other blogging and social media platform, Steemit is the only platform that allows me to earn cryptocurrency when I engage with it. Yup, one Steem is about USD5, and you, too, can earn Steem Dollars every time you:

Create content (articles, blog posts, podcasts, videos, photos)
Upvote (like) other people contents
Comment on other people's posts
Have discussions, share opinions etc!

Yup, basically it's the very same thing you're doing on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc all along!

The only difference? For once you can earn a nice income on the side!

Sign up for a free Steemit account, and you can thank me by coming back and upvoting this article. And guess what, you will earn Steem too for doing that! #awesome

Increase Your Profitability & Boost Your Branding - Daily Smart Tags Report - Saturday, 1st September 2018

How to make these numbers work for you?