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# Do you want to succeed here on steemit?  

If so, go further... If not, have a nice day!

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# Success Is Not About Posts

If you think that making a good post is the only thing that stands between success and failure on steemit, you are wrong.  It helps, and its a part of your success, but it isn't even the most important tool in your toolbox.  Not even close.

Good posts are all around us, yet we see some authors that get consistently higher results than others.  I'm sure many of you notice this by now, but few have learned just why.  

Do you know why?  

If not go further... If so, congrats you are going to be great!

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# Here's The Secret:  Connections = Success

Put any word in front of both sides of the equation and it will still apply.  

Good Connections = Good Success
Great Connections = Great Success
No Connections = No Success

Get the point?  

If yes, then go further... If not, then please re-read ;)

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# Comments Are The Single Best Way To Get Connections

There are many common sense ways to make comments so I won't bore you with the basics.  But I want to stress the more you engage with people the more they get to know "you".  I assume you are somebody that someone would like, so therefor it is important to "get out there" and get known.

If you are funny, be funny.  If you are polite, be polite.  If you are fun, then be fun.  Just be yourself and do it enough to get noticed.  The more times you comment and the more sincere you are, the more people with pay attention to you.  Its really so simple, its hard to believe its a secret!

Would you like to know how good you are compared to others?  

If so, go further... If not, then how did you get this far? lol

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#  Join A League This Week And Win A "Newbie Nickel"

There is a league that measure comments, and its absolutely free to join.  You can win prizes too (I know because I won 5 Steem yesterday).  Its called "Asher's League of Excellence" and its run by #StewardsOfGondor member @abh12345 (otherwise known as Asher).  

Its easy to join, you simply have to click here: [The Curation Leagues](https://steemit.com/steemit/@abh12345/steemit-the-curation-leagues-15-steem-in-prizes) and reply with a comment "Please count me in Asher" or something along those lines. ;)

That's it!  You will be entered and your activity will be watched.  Check the results every week to see how you stack up!

While you're at it would you like to win a "Newbie Nickel" for joining Asher's League of Excellence too?  

If yes, then go further.  If not, then we are finished! :)

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# Newbie Nickel (Available to EVERYONE)
***Anyone can play.  Anyone can join.  You don't have to be a newbie, to win this Newbie Nickel.***

First, a Newbie Nickel is something that we at the #newbieresteemday initiative use to incentivize the newbies to play games or enter contests.  Its a $0.05 upvote on their entry in the game/contest and it guarantees them something for making an effort.  For some newbies this $0.05 is more than they can make on many posts, so it is indeed a way to earn "something" and to learn/engage at the same time.

### How To Get Your Newbie Nickel

###### #1 Join by clicking here: [The Curation Leagues](https://steemit.com/steemit/@abh12345/steemit-the-curation-leagues-15-steem-in-prizes)

###### #2 Come back to this post and simply tell me you joined his league.  (I will then verify and then upvote you a cool Newbie Nickel if you do!

###### #3 Resteem this post and tell me about it and I will give you a 2 Newbie Nickels (one on Asher's entry and one here too) How cool is that?  ;)

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# Act Now And Discover The Truth

If you have reached this point and are reading these words, then do yourself a favor and follow my advice.  Go join this league and see where you stand every week.  You will soon discover that the ones that do the best in his league are the ones that have the most success.  Its not complicated, but it does take your effort.  

So I hope you stop what you are doing and join this league ***NOW***.   

Get measured, see where you stand, and improve yourself in a way that can change your life for real!

Don't pass this up! 

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# P.S. Tell A Friend And/Or Resteem

ps.. I recently leased some SP with my 5 Steem from Asher to be able to offer these Newbie Nickels (plus I received a generous delegation too), so you are free to tell a friend about this too.  I hope you make me work ;)

In fact, you should probably resteem this post and Asher's game post to get as many of your followers to learn this secret too.  Remember, the way that you grow on steemit is by building up you friends, so spreading this message is valuable for them and for you too!