Hey, everyone.

Want to get followers on Steemit? Of course you do!

Well, I'm about to go over some tried and true methods for gaining a following on Steemit, along with some "Steemit Celebrity" testimonials.

Steemit has been getting a massive influx of new users over the past few months. It's Alexa ranking has been trending up hard after a long dry-spell:

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With all of the new users coming to Steemit with big hopes and dreams, I figured it was a good time to revisit some of the best advice I've ever given for new users along with some testimonials from seasoned veterans.

So, without further ado, this is How to gain followers and be popular!

1. Comment.

That's right: the FIRST thing you should do is leave comments, not posts -- COMMENTS!

Comment often, and comment authentically.

Here is my 6 Step Method for how to leave affective comments that will attract attention and gain you followers:

Go to the "hot" tab.
Find a post that ACTUALLY INTERESTS YOU.
READ IT
Upvote it
Leave a relevant comment.

I'm not even kidding.

Do that and you will gain followers like you wouldn't believe.

Don't even bother making blog posts for your first week -- just upvote and comment.

Try to make your comments as beneficial, edifying, helpful, and optimistic as possible, and you will find your follower numbers growing like crazy.

When you have a good and authentic following, you'll find that all of your posts get a good number of upvotes, and you'll earn a pretty nice income per post compared to if you post 10 times a day and pray that one of them trends.

Also...

Troll the #introduceyourself tag

New people are looking for friends.

At least they should be.

So check out all of the #introduceyourself or #introduction posts. Find new people. Find their introduction post and leave a comment that shows that you actually read it (aka: say something about them), and your follower numbers will shoot to the moon.

You'll also gain a lot of interesting friends.

DO NOT FOLLOW-BEG

Don't beg for people to follow you in the comments.

I don't know if I can emphasize this point enough. It's a really, really, REALLY bad idea.

The best you'll get is a following of people who are only interested in their own follow numbers and won't even see or upvote your posts; the worst you'll get is flagged for spam and/or muted by whales who would otherwise help you out.

So DO NOT post anything that looks even remotely like this:

Wow! Great post. I followed you, follow me back.

DO NOT DO THAT.

I repeat: DO NOT DO IT!!!

It shows that you didn't read the post you're replying to. It shows that you're not interested in building authentic relationships. It shows that you're trying to abuse the system for your own selfish benefit.

If you care about Steemit, Steemit will care about you