There are many ways to invest in yourself so that you can achieve success on Steemit.com. A few great ways are:
- Buy Steem Power - You can buy Steem and convert it to Steem Power, which will, in turn, increase the payouts you get on your articles. This is because the more Steem Power you have, the more your vote is worth (and you can vote on yourself); additionally, it is easy to influence people to follow you when they know that you can reciprocate with a lot of generosity through the use of your voting power. That being said, if you don't have a lot of startup capital, that is a barrier to going this route, as you need 10s of thousands of dollars to begin to have substantial voting power. Someone with $1000 in Steem Power, for example, only has roughly 10-15 cents in voting power, per vote. It can be difficult to gain a lot of steem when you don't have much Steem Power, so other methods can be employed, such as those explained below.
- Be Consistent - If you are consistent, you will eventually build up the necessary steem power to begin to have a lot of influence. When you skip too many days of blogging, people may forget about you, and not think of you as a contributor, but rather a user of leisure. Additionally, any day skipped is no rewards earned and, therefore, no Steem Power. Being consistent early will result in great reward later on. Those who start early have an advantage.
- Invest In Tools - Different tools can be useful to help you in gaining Steem, such as the tools that I offer in addition to Free Informational Content on this site. My Free Content goes over psychological strategies, automation strategies and mechanisms, and additional methods that can be employed to increase payouts and gain steam... and gain Steem. Additionally, my automated script offering will help you in gaining an audience using a proven method that can be carried out with a few clicks and save countless hours of time. This is a much more affordable option during the beginning and intermediate stages of your Steemit journey than just buying Steem, since that method, for those who don't have 10s of thousands of dollars, is not reasonable.