Preface
Steemit is all about numbers game. Doesn’t matter if we are talking about Steem Power, Number of Followers or Reputation Score, its always been about “the higher, the better” on this platform.
However, in this post, i would strictly like to talk about the types of followers and the impact of followers on your rewards.
Normally, people are just contended and feel successful with having higher number of followers. While this is a big achievement on its own, having large number of followers doesn’t scream of “Success” necessarily.
So with that prelude, I have come up with Three Categories / Types of Followers in order for you to analyze that where do you exactly stand in terms of whole Success vs having large followership dynamics.
The Three Types of Followers
1. Active Followers
Introduction
These followers are loyal to your blog and to your identity. No matter what and when you post, they will always be there for you. They will not only upvote you but will go to great lengths to post lengthly relevant comments.
Active followers are type of followers what everyone should strive to get on steemit. They are the true source of your success.
Reasons You’ve Got Active Followers
There could be many reasons. I will try to enlist some of them:-
You try to engage with them, help them and duly reward their efforts.
They truly like your blog / cause / brand because it contains information that they otherwise won’t be able to easily get their hands on.
You have a ton of Steem Power and they engage with your blog regularly in hopes that you will respond with a big upvote on one of their posts.
Which Reason is the Most Desireable of Them All?
Without a doubt, reason number 1 and 2 are the most desireable of all reasons (or they should be).
Unfortunately, instead of searching and finding their favourite bloggers / brands, most of the new comers tend to follow those who have the highest of Steem Power.
While this is a good strategy as far as getting a big upvote is concerned, it seldom pays out. It is not because whales are misers by nature. It is because they can hardly focus on one particular group of “active followers” since they usually have about thousands of people following them.
2. Visiting Followers / Visitors
Introduction
Visiting followers are those who often visit your blog but not regularly. They will miss few of your posts but whenever they do pay you a visit, they will make their presence known to you. But why don’t they visit your blog regularly? Once again, there could be ton of reasons as to why they are not your active followers. I will enlist a few reasons.
Reasons You’ve Got Visiting Followers
They are pretty much occupied with their domestic / job requirements and naturally are not available on steemit on daily basis.
They have a lot of followers themselves and they can only distribute time in this fashion so that they can engage with everyone they follow.
They like few particular posts of yours and are not fans of everything that you post about.
You do not engage with them oftenly and in turn they forget about you from time to time.
How Can You Turn Your Visiting Followers into Active Ones?
There is pretty much nothing you can do about the first three cases because of obvious reasons. However, not enganging with people who follow you is the biggest mistake that you can make, which generally drives them away from your blog.
In my experience, I have seen reason number 4 to be the biggest of all reasons that make your potential active followers into visiting ones. Because as much as they like you, they don’t like being ignored over and over.
If you observe that one or few of your followers have driven away and are not regularly visiting your blog, then its time to bring them back into the fold. Take extra measures to reconnect with them through comments on their blog posts or through discord channels and within no time you can win them over.
3. Dead Followers
Introduction
Dead followers are the worst kind that you can get on steemit. They are the type that followed you once but never made an appearance on any of your blog post again whatsoever.
They do not profit you in anyway other than being part of your total number of followers.
Reasons You’ve Got Dead Followers
I would like to bring the readers’ attention as to why they might have dead followers following them.
Your level of engagement with them is absolutely zero so they totally forgot about you.
They were new users on steemit who found you interesting but sadly left steemit only to never return.
They are jealous of your success and are only following you to see your progress so that they can compare themselves with you. (Pretty sick but this actually happens alot).
How Can You Turn Your Dead Followers Into Active Ones
For starters, you can start to engage with them. Visit their blogs. Upvote their good posts. Let them know that you are interested in them. May be it will help restore the broken bonds.
If they have left steemit or if they are deliberately not interested in engaging with you then there is nothing you can really do about it.
How Do Your Followers Affect Your Rewards?
When you post an article on steemit, 75-80% of the upvotes you receive on that particular post belong to your followers. This is a huge number and there should not be any confusion about this phenomenon that your followers are directly responsible for your earnings on this platform.
But having a high number of followers doesn’t automatically generate rewards from them. You have to earn their upvotes. This requires regular engagement with them.
This might seem a very obvious statement for some, however most people neglect the very fact while continuing their journey on steemit and I have seen such cases where people have more than 1000 followers yet the average turn out on their posts doesn’t even cross 25 counts of upvotes / comments.
Keeping in view the above mentioned facts, i wouldn’t call a person having 500 followers as sucessful person when out of those 500, 450 are dead followers. It is better to have 200 followers who are active followers of your blog.
Conclusion
Steemit is not a one way street. It doesn’t matter how good your content is when you don’t have anyone who can appreciate it. Be very careful with your followers. They are your assets. They are what makes you successful. They are more than just numbers. By neglecting active engagement with your followers, you cannot hope to have a brighter future here...
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