
Explore the Steemit cryptocurrency platform and learn how posting content earns money through upvotes and curator shares. Understand setup, potential pitfalls, and how value and community drive earnings.
Create an account on Steemit by choosing an account name, entering a cell phone number and email, and completing text and email verifications.
Create your Steemit account by generating and securely saving a password. Explore the welcome and etiquette guides while understanding the blockchain and the importance of safeguarding your password.
Navigate the account layout, update your profile, and learn how reputation from votes affects visibility, while wallet basics cover steam power, steam dollars, and power-down.
Customize your Steemit profile by uploading a hosted avatar and a cover image sized 248 by 512, using external image hosts, drag-and-drop uploads, copying the url, and updating your profile.
Learn to craft your first steemit post with an engaging title, subtitle, and tags, then introduce yourself with a detailed body and photos, plus formatting and engaging with comments.
Learn what makes a good Steemit post: travel and nature photography with long, text-rich narratives, careful category tagging, and generous engagement, prioritizing pictures over videos and replying to comments.
Post videos to DTube by pasting a YouTube URL or uploading, then note that DTube takes 25 percent and the remaining 75 percent splits 50/50 between steam power and steam.
Learn to accept earned rewards into your wallet by clicking the green box when payouts are available after seven days, adding to your steam power and steam dollars.
Learn how to trade Bitcoin on the Bittrex exchange, compare prices with Coinbase, and manage transfers. Explore strategies like converting to Litecoin for faster transfers and timing sell decisions.
Learn to reduce transfer costs by trading bitcoin for litecoin and transferring the LTC to Coinbase, as litecoin fees are much lower and transfers occur faster than bitcoin.
Recap the steam money transfer workflow, detailing wallet types, transfer steps, and currency conversions from steam dollars to bitcoin and litecoin.
How much money does a post on Facebook earn you? What about a Tweet on Twitter? How about an image posted to Instagram?
Nothing, right?!
How much money do you make liking a post on Facebook, or re-tweeting something on Twitter, or liking a picture on Instagram?
Nothing!
What if you could get paid to do those sorts of things every single day? Now you can with Steemit .com!
Steemit is a revolutionary social media and blogging platform that pays you to post content just like you do everyday on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Blog posts, pictures, videos, whatever you want. The more people that "like/upvote" your content, the more money you make!
You can also earn money upvoting/liking other people's content!
Steemit is built on the BLOCKCHAIN and uses the Steem crypto currency as well as the Steem Basic Dollar Token to pay you. Both Steem and Steem Dollars are easily traded on all major crypto currency exchanges, which means that it's easy to convert your Steam earnings into real dollars.
In this course I'll show you how to set up an account at Steemit and get started.
I'll show you the things I've done to make money, and talk about some pitfalls to avoid along the way.
I'll also walk you step-by-step through the process of converting your Steem dollars to real US Dollars.
After this course, you'll be earning money on Steemit in no time!
I'll see you on the inside!
- John Elder