Hey Steemians,
Every month we will be spotlighting an influencer from Steemit, Steepshot, DTube, or DLive! We love finding and meeting amazing creators who not only embodies the values we so deeply believe in such as community, honesty, and integrity, but are also creating amazing valuable content for the Steem blockchain community!
So now, without further adieu…
April’s Influencer of the Month is:
Christopher @Reseller
Chris joined Steemit on June of 2017. He mainly creates DTube videos for fellow Steemians to enjoy. His DTube channel is a great source for daily information, especially for those new to the Steemit community. He provides in-depth tutorials on the rollout of tools published on DTube and has a “Steemit Minute” series which gives you the rundown on everything Steem in under 5 minutes.
Chris is also an expert when it comes to the world of reselling things. Hence the name Reseller. He has multiple videos dedicated to finding valuable objects like beanie babies, antiques, etc and the best way to resell them.
While the HyperFundIt team was at the Steem Creators Conference, hosted by @steemcafe, this past weekend, we were able to meet with Chris and interview him.
Here is our interview with him, heavily paraphrased for digestability below:
How did you get started on Steemit?
I don’t actually remember. I think I saw a Jerry Banfield video on Youtube about Steemit and it was blockchain and social media so I got hooked. It was cool, I actually got an account within less than 24 hours.
What do you do on DTube? How did you get into the world of reselling?
When I was young I used to go to thrift stores and garage sales and I would find baseball cards and stuff like that and sell them at flea markets then when eBay came out, sell them on eBay.
I also have a Youtube channel called Thrift Shop Hustler where I would go to thrift shops and find art and old antiques to resell.
When I found Steemit, my Thrift Shop Hustler channel was growing tremendously and so I thought I’d bring that to Steemit.
What are your plans for your channel?
I’m going to be honest, I have no idea. I think the Steemit Minute, people are really picking up on that. I have different things that I want to do.
Today was a real eye-opener for me [referring to the Steem Creators Conference], I’m in my comfort zone talking about cryptocurrency and getting upvotes from DTube. When I heard the speakers, it seems like that people don’t want to hear about crypto news all the time.
And I do blog stuff on YouTube I should bring some of that into the DTube world, like vlogs and stuff like that. I’m going to keep doing Steemit Minute but I think you’re going to see in the future that I’m going to bring more of my personal life into the Reseller account.
Let’s talk more about your personal life. What do you do?
I work in the movie industry. I work on movies and tv shows, I’m actually the one who makes the files for iTunes and Netflix. I love my job and of course, it’d be great that I can do Steemit or DTube full time, but I love my job so much that I’m not thinking in those terms that I have to hustle to do DTube full time.
How do you bring your experience from the movie industry to DTube?
I’m an editor so all my years of experience in editing helped me tremendously when I’m cutting video, dealing with audio, when I’m trying to live stream, all the bit rates and all the frames per second. All that stuff comes naturally to me because I’ve been doing it for 15 years.
Have you ever thought about making more videos teaching people how to edit?
I’ve actually done tutorials on how to upload to DTube and simple things like that. When it comes to editing, it’s almost like you’re an artist and you’re painting a painting. You can show people who to pick up a brush and dip it in the paint. But editing is almost like creating a piece of art and its very stylistic. It would be hard for me to teach people this is how you edit. I would rather do more tutorials on things that are more cut and dry and not artistically driven like editing.
Tip: DTube is still in beta, save all your videos on storage. If your videos aren’t super popular and getting upvoted they will probably eventually get stripped from the server.
Why is community important to you?
I’m used to doing everything myself. It’s hard for me to reach out to other people, I’m a nomad. I found out that community is really important was when I realized no one was looking at my content until I started reaching out and making connections and going on Discord. That’s when I found out communities are everything on Steemit.
How do you recommend people begin reaching out and finding their tribe?
Go into discord, check out the tags on the side and comment on someone’s post you think is intriguing. If you throw enough spaghetti on the wall, eventually you’ll find something that sticks. If you keep looking for people you’ll eventually flow into wherever you’re meant to be.
How do you see Steemit growing when many people's first impression is that it's a scam?
I can sympathize with people who think Steemit is a scam. Originally when you powered down it was 113 weeks to power down. There were a lot of discussions about this and how the original algorithm was set up seemed more beneficial to older the whales. People were concerned that Steemit would pay out these people first then take 113 weeks to pay out regular users.
They’ve since adjusted realizing how popular Steemit has become, to make sure it felt more secure for their users. In my opinion, when they made it, they didn’t think it would get to this level.
It’s not a scam guys!
What is one thing you got out of the Steem Creators Conference?
I need to work on my content. In anything in life, you don’t want to stay stagnant, the second you get comfortable is when things start to fall off and things start to not work out. The one thing I got out of this, was that I need to be better at what I’m doing.
I learned much later in life, that you have to challenge yourself and have to step out of your comfort zone. You’ll never grow spiritually, mentally, or physically [if you don’t]. Everyone has potential, that’s something I was trying to say today during my speech when we step out of our comfort zone we see who we really are.
About failure…
Sometimes we’re going to fail and that's ok, failure is another form of wisdom. You’ll learn way deeper than you would have if you didn’t fail. There’s always a positive in every negative. You’ve got to change your mindset, to look at things differently and not let things get to
you.
What is one piece of advice you can give to the people who are just starting out on Dtube and are trying to grow their following?
Don’t give up. Do your research, read as much and watch as much YouTube videos about Steemit as you can because it’s such a complex organism. And find a community.
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From left to right: @steemcafe, @allsthefoods, @reseller, Robert from @hyperfundit
The reason Chris is our influencer of the month is not just because of his new found Dtube stardom or the great valuable content he creates, but rather because of his emphasis on the importance of community. We’re excited to see more Steemians who believes in the value of this community and actively contributes to it.
Thank you again to @reseller for doing this interview with us! Go check out his channel!
Recommended Video: Steemit Minute, Your Daily Steem News Show! 04/20/2018
Until next time,
Iris Lee, President
I want you to know that this post was boosted by 153 SBD with @smartsteem.