Yep! It's that time of the month once again and one that makes me feel like being here in the Steem platform is no far different from being in the real world. XD
I'm probably in the minority here but I am one of those who have already given up on the belief that "high-quality" posts are the way to succeed on this platform. While I don't completely disagree with that, I really feel that whenever "money" is involved people would almost always put their self first instead of others.
For newbies who put in a lot of effort in their posts just to have that post be ignored by the majority of the community after, it doesn't really surprise me anymore why user retention of Steem is low. Added with the fact that after 7 days that high-quality blog post is almost useless money~wise, then I really understand why many people settle for decent posts instead of "high-quality" ones.
Which is why for months now, I've been relying on some Steem Communities and upvote subscription services that will at least guarantee that I get something from posting something.
I am in no way guaranteeing that this will bring everyone profit but here are the 3 subscription services that I avail monthly:
A total of 15.5 Steem monthly!!! :)
Your next question would probably along the lines of how much upvote value does one get monthly from subscribing to those services.
For make-a-whale I got a total upvote worth of $5.03 from March 1 2019 to March 28 2019.
While $5 upvote worth is way far from 9 Steem at first glance, let us not forget that $1 USD is almost equal to 1 SBD and by simple conversion, 1 SBD gives us 2.236 Steem. Thus we can estimate that that $5 upvote is worth at least 11 Steem (50% liquid 50% SP) which I think is not at all bad.
Not to mention that there is still 3 days left before March ends. XD
Qurator on the other hand gave me $3.2 upvote worth or around 7 Steem. Since I post 1 post a day, they might have missed 2 blog posts. But oh well that's fine. :)
And lastly, Jumbot gave me an upvote worth of $1.66 or around 3.6 Steem.
I know it's only a small profit but if one is planning long-term, small growth is still a growth. :)
