Hello dear steemians,
I participated in the week #6 challenge and I didn't win it, but I am the least bothered because I have gathered momentum to do it again and this time, better. I should think that is more honorable.
I have also decided to put in again because of the encouragement I get whenever I ruminate over @dobartim 's quote:
...believe in yourself and we win together.
Upon discovering the Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks last week (although I discovered it at the 6th challenge), i knew that was the long sought opportunity to make you all see exactly what my life had been before I discovered steemit and what it has now been upon joining steemit. Aside this, I knew it was also an avenue to further strengthen my hands and further make long and meaningful posts. Although I also participated in the @jerrybanfield Near death Experiences writing contest (Not less than 1000 words) which gave me some nice amounts of steem.
Dear friend, you will definitely agree with me that it takes a man with a big heart, good heart and loving heart to both make provisions for the growth of anyone in a seemignly crowded place and even become consistent about it. Since joining steemit in August 2017, I have keenly observed the ceaseless introduction posts that keep coming in daily, meaning that the total number of accounts on steemit keep growing at a geometric progression rate. In the midst of all these people, someone with a big heart, good heart and loving heart has distinguished himself by making the platform so habitable for all, especially minnows like me.
Friends, if you have never visited @dobartim 's blog or checked to participate in the ongoing Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks - Week #7 , please do by clicking on this link ------>>>>>> https://steemit.com/steemitultimatechallenge/@dobartim/steemit-ultimate-challenge-8-weeks-prize-fund-2000-sbd-week-7-registration-is-in-progress-last-week , that is the man.
As a reminder, I made my entry post for the #week6 challenge as well, but honorably I can confidently say I didn't win. If you ask me why i didn't win it, I will definitely say I really cannot tell what exactly i had done wrong, but one thing is certain and that is: THE BEST WON IT. So far, we have had 6 good writers who were able to put their thoughts to writing and have emerged winners in these past weeks. In order to learn from them, I took some quality time to go through their entry posts lines upon lines and then I discovered the secret to their successful emergence.
Dear Friends, I present to you the winners for the past weeks in the " Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks"
Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks . A lady from Akwa Ibom who stuggled so much in Life, but prevailed later because along the way, she discovered steemit. She deserves to win because she communicated her thoughts neatly. I have since followed her because She deserved to be followed.
Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks - Week # 2. Jose is a 20 years old high school graduate who has taken her time to investigate the whole world related to steemit, learned how things work on steemit, participated in every contest she saw, invested her time and knowledge right from the beginning. She has dedicated days and nights trying to create really good things that brings smile to users' face, What a good heart she has! I have also since followed her too.
STEEMIT ULTIMATE CHALLENGE 8 WEEKS - WEEK 3. Wow! the winner for week #3 was also from my country of birth and amazingly, she is also a lady. At the start, she sounded as though she was never the patient type, but ultimately she learnt to be patient since she must come up with 1000 words educative post. Also from Akwa ibom, she was full of praise for steemiit and @dobartim the big man behind the whole show....(Big thanks to him).Trust me to have followed her as well.
❤️ How has Steemit Profoundly changed my Life? (Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks - Week #4) ❤️ Her post title has said it all, Steemit really has changed her life. Wow! She left her full time job Soon after a Steemfest and became a blogger and dtuber on Steemit full time.....This is crazy. I sure have followed her as well.
STEEMIT ULTIMATE CHALLENGE 8 WEEKS-WEEK #5. Interestingly, she was motivated to join steemit because of the large payouts she saw on some bloggers' posts. She has always done the unproductive things people do online like Taking and uploading selfies on the internet. Alas! she discovered a more profitable way to do that. I have followed you too @cinderz because I love what you did as a married woman whose husband will never allow her do any job aside taking care of their only son.
Steemitultimatechallenge 8weeks-#week 6. This Akwa Ibom lady seemed to have participated in the previous weeks but did not emerge as the winner. She felt she was empty of ideas until she remembered to participate again by telling us how the communities on steemit has helped her become a better person. Trust me....I have also followed her
One thing is common in all these entry posts: They all had staggering financial life before discovering steemit, after which everything began to take shape.....Steemit is great!
SEE THE REASON FOR MY SMILE BELOW:
Since joining Steemit, I have not had any reason to lack ideas on what to write in order to keep my blog fresh, what I lacked was exposure. In this paragraph therefore, I will make you see exactly how rough my first days on steemit were, how I began to improve, platforms that helped me improve, how I have started giving back to the community for all those and finally the future I see for myself here on steemit. All these will be taken from the posts I have since read from @jerrybanfiled 's airtable.
From the look of things, not very many persons have discovered this airtable, but it has been my major source of steady growth on steemit. From this airtable, I have
I will really admit I was lucky to have made $30 from my introduction post. I am admitting this because my post was near to nothing in styling, my post title was really nothing to write home about if judged in the light of the present day competition for attention on steemit. I think this contributed to the reason why I struggled to make a decent cash from my subsequent posts payout. I never lacked ideas on what to write about, but yet I was never making a single progress in my styling and heading. It was really painful to see some of my friends who joined after I did, scale up past me because they discovered secrets I later discovered in the airtable
See the posts in the airtable that made the difference:
Respond to Comments on Steem to Convert Readers to Followers! #3
I have been consistent in the use of all I have learnt from the posts listed above and it has not only helped to improve my communication here on steemit, but also my communication outside steemit....From the above posts, I have learnt:
As I grew on Steemit, it was imperative that my worth in money grow as well, but it was never the case. I grew in my number of quality posts, but I wasn't making anything above $0.70 after the normal seven (7) days and this made me worried. I again went in search of solution on the airtable. Amazingly I discovered what the problem really was.
From this post : What is the best time to post on Steemit?, I learnt I was not making my post at the exact time my followers are online and ready to read from me....meaning I have been making good posts, but at the wrong time. Oh man! I was a hardworking steemian, but yet I was more broke than I was before discovering steemit. Sometime I contemplated quitting steemit until I decided to put to practice, all that I have learnt from reading this above post.
When I was done going through this post, I discoverd to my amazement why my posts have not been making enough money. See my table indicating the best time to make a post for my followers and get them to see and read them:
The effect of religiously following this graph as described above, is an increased post visibility and upvotes. These had at the same time helped me to increase my payout every 7 days which in turn had led to the current amount of my steempower holding.
Generally speaking, my life has never been the same financially since joining steemit. I no longer live in fear of what to eat either in the morning, afternoon or Evening as it used to be before I joined.
Business wise, Steemit has helped me to communicate preety well. I have recently discovered that I could also get my browsing data from a data re-seller. I had been stranded sometime ago when my browsing data suddenly finished without notifying earlier. I had posts I needed to make following the reading on my graph (as shown above) then I thought to myself "since steem or SBD can be used to buy anything, it should be able also to buy me a browsing data" . I contacted @elixbaba who aside from blogging on steemit is also a browsing data Seller. We quickly negotiated the price in both steem and in SBD. I have since bought quite a number of browsing data from him using SBD or STEEM....See proofs below:
Prior to steemit, I was a network marketer and I suffered pretty well whenever my browsing data get exhausted, because most times I was really broke.
Educationally, Steemit has helped me to grow very tall. Just a few day as a member of @steemitschool a community on discord which was organized by @dobartim , I have started learning new things. The Peace, Abundance and Liberty channel as well has also been my source of educational growth here on Steemit, especially the #English Spelling Grammar
It was on steemit I discovered and enrolled for my M.sc In digital currency as offered by the university of Nicosia (Cyprus).....
What more can I say of the better communicator and educator Steemit has made me. As a way to give back to the community for all it has showered on me and also as a means to educate so many ignorant youths by communicating the benefits of steemit to them, I have accomplished the following :
WHAT DO I HOPE TO DO WITH THE GAINS FROM THIS CHALLENGE?