My first month on Steemit - and what I've learned so far
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0.000 HBDMy first month on Steemit - and what I've learned so far
<html> <p>I joined Steemit in December 2017 so I thought it was time I wrote an introduction. So far I've mostly written about one particularly digital currency - #SolarCoin - although also I've written some more general stuff.</p> <p>I'm from the <strong>Brighton, UK</strong>, which sits on England's south coast, kinda looking at France. </p> <p><em>The UK is run by a bunch of old, wilting conservatives so consequently we are slow to get onboard with what the rest of the world is doing in terms of renewable energy. </em></p> <p>But my day job is to help alleviate that - I'm Chairman of <a href="https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk">Brighton Energy Coop</a>, a community-owned renewable enegy organisation that is owned by the people of my city.</p> <p><strong>I've learned a few things since being on here</strong>. You can sometimes put up stuff and no-one seems to notice it. You can do your damnest to write good content and it's completely ignored (have a look at my early posts and you'll see what I mean!)</p> <p>But I think It helps if you <strong>find a niche</strong>. As I said: I write mainly about SolarCoin, a digital currency that supports people who generate electricity with Solar PV. There's not many people writing about SolarCoin; similarly I think there are plenty of opportunities like this to write about when you're blogging on Steemit. </p> <p>It can sometimes looks like the people with the big reputation scores have got everything covered on here. There's a ton of people writing about cryptocurrency, for example. <strong>But within those popular tags are there areas that are not covered?</strong> Like 'Egypt' within the 'Travel' tag, for example, or 'meditation' with 'nature' - you get the idea.</p> <p><strong>Half a million people who use Steemit at the moment, and Steemit says 2,000 more join every day</strong>. And as more people get involved then these niche areas will get bigger. So If you make yourself the go-to source within your niche then those 2000 - and the thousands more to come - will build your reputation and get you more upvotes.</p> <p>In my 46 years I've started 3 businesses and a coop. The first - and biggest failure - was an ill-fated magazine in Barcelona. But what that taught me - and which I have always carried into my subsequent businesses - is the old business maxim: "fail, fail again, fail better." </p> <p>Keep trying. Things will happen.</p> <p>Thanks for reading!</p> <p><img src="https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/23845243_10159685683875241_123131103_n.jpg" width="421" height="280"/></p> </html>