Today marks Day 15 of me being on Steemit. When I got up this morning, I discovered that I had hit my first 100 followers! To celebrate such a motivating milestone, I've decided to hold this contest. Before I get into the details, though, I wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who has chosen to follow me and support my content! I would not have gotten this far and stayed this motivated to engage the Steemit community every day without the encouragement that I got just from seeing you guys upvoting and commenting on my stories and blog posts.
I owe so much of my success over the past two weeks to the amazing people over at the Minnow Support Project. They truly live up to the name of their organization, and there are no limits to the amount of help that they all freely provide to minnows who are just starting out here on Steemit. I am so grateful to be a part of that group and to constantly be on the receiving end of their helpful advice! In my opinion, out of the plethora of communities there are out there for new Steemit users to join, MSP is the best. I strongly recommend for everyone who is just starting out on Steemit to check out the community by clicking here.
A special thank you also goes out to @stevenalexander for showing me the wonders of Steemit. I would probably have never found out about this amazing place if he hadn't posted about it on Facebook and shared his #introduceyourself post. His passion for Steemit and his belief in this amazing platform inspired me to check it out and sign up for an account. After just two weeks of being here, it appears that it's rubbed off on me, because I am now just as passionate about Steemit and I have just as much belief in it (so much belief, in fact, that I recently invested in Steem), and all my friends know this because all I ever seem to post about on Facebook these days is how awesome this place is. :P
I even made a Facebook group for all my friends who expressed interest so that I could try to answer all of their questions in one place, because I knew that a lot of them would probably have the same kinds of questions about Steemit. Regardless of how passionate I am about this thing, though, I am still being met with hesitation and reluctance from friends who I know could really be successful with sharing their art on here. I thought to myself, what could possibly help convince them of how truly amazing Steemit is? That's when I got the idea for this contest, and it just so happened to coincide with me getting my 100th follower early this morning.
Well, I suppose I have rambled on for long enough. So it's time to get down to the real point of this post, the CONTEST! It's going to be pretty simple and won't require too much effort on your part. You just have to make a post telling your personal story of what your Steemit experience has been like so far and how Steemit has changed your life.
Here are the contest rules:
• Your story must be a minimum of 500 words.
• The title should be: (Your Title Here) - Steemit Inspiration
• Your first tag must be steemitinspiration and your second tag must be contest
• Submit the link to your story in the comments section of this post
• Your story must be submitted no later than the 30th of October at 10 PM Mountain Time (UTC-6)
Prizes:
1st Place - 7 SBD
2nd Place - 5 SBD
3rd Place - 3 SBD
This is my first contest ever, so it's pretty casual and I'll be the sole judge...as for what my judging criteria will be...well...I suppose whichever stories touch my heart the most will be the winners! :P
Wohoo for Rodeo <3
The gentle soul bursting with talent and a voice soon to be heard by millions. Congrats on the 100 <3
Thank you so much for your support @aymen! Seriously, it means so much to me. You were the very first person on Steemit to really make me feel like my writing was truly worth something, that it was something people would really want to read. I really and truly appreciate it! Will I be seeing a contest entry from you sometime soon? :P
You're just the sweetest, and I believe someone who has the drive and the will to shine, can do so much with external reinforcement and genuine appreciation, I know I do. And yes you might. :p
Yay! I'm looking forward to it if you do. :)
Indeed he will:)
I truly believe so!
Hi, here is my post for the Contest, entitled: Gaining Happiness and Healing Through Sharing - Steemit Inspiration.
https://steemit.com/steemitinspiration/@binkyprod/gaining-happiness-and-healing-through-sharing-steemit-inspiration
As promised i have created my entry , and that entry comes to my heart and with feelings . =) Hope you could read it . https://steemit.com/steemitinspiration/@robin-ho/steemit-inspiration
Thank you so much for your entry! :) I really appreciate it! I look forward to reading it when I get back to Utah.
that's great to good and have a happy trip there in Utah , may you have a safe trip towards there.
Ohhhhh sheeet contest time ! Nice dude ! I'm so happy to see you pursuing this. It will come back 10 fold. This is the best platform in the world if you ask me lol. Thankyou for the awesome shoutout :)
Hell yeah! Dude of course!! I'll always shout out to you every chance I can fit a shoutout in :P Seriously, I wish you could know how much I really appreciate you for bringing me here. Steemit has changed my life, which means that you have changed my life bro!! I completely agree with you that this truly is the best platform in the world. I look forward to seeing the kind of growth that you and I both see in the coming weeks, months, years! :D
Haha hell yeah man I think it'll be bigger then Facebook
Dude I think so too! Bigger than all of them, really. Especially with APPICS rolling out in the next few weeks....that thing is gonna blow Instagram and Facebook out of the water for sure. After that catches on, no one will want to use Facebook and Instagram anymore....because why do all that stuff and not only not get paid for it, but actually also be profited off of by some corporation that owns all the data you share, when you could be doing all that same stuff and keep full ownership of your content AND make money for yourself while doing everything you're already doing on social media anyway? :D Blockchain is the future. Blockchain and cryptocurrency based social media networks are the future.
Wooohoooo, congratulations brother. I remember how happy I was when I reached my milestone. :) You also have an idea for a wonderful contest to celebrate it. Good luck to all the people who participate :)
Thank you so much! Seriously, I was ecstatic when I woke up this morning and got on Steemit and saw that. Such milestones are so important for keeping a forward motion and not letting the day to day life bring my spirits down and cause me to neglect my daily Steemit habit.
https://steemit.com/steemitinspiration/@kyrios/steemit-and-i-so-far-steemit-inspiration
What I feel about Steemit :) and my journey so far.
Thank you for your entry!! Good luck :)
Im gonna do this. I did something similar already but i will try to find a diff angle. Resteemed!! Keep up the good work! I appreciate your perspective!
Thank you so much for checking it out, for commenting, and for resteeming! I really appreciate the support. I'm looking forward to seeing your submission! :)
Congrats @rodeo670 on getting your first 100 followers! You are off to a great start on Steemit, and we are happy to have you hanging out with us in @MinnowSupport! Here's to 1000!
Thank you so much @ma1neevent! I really appreciate the help and support that you guys offer so freely. I believe in the MSP mission and I hope to help bring many more new minnows into the fold as time goes by! :)
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good job
Thank you! Will you be participating in the contest? :)
good post
Thank you!
Would you mind sharing a link to your #introduceyourself post? I'd be interested to learn about your story on Steemit but is hard to find past content without a lot of frustration. Thanks.
Of course, here you go! Thank you so much for checking out my post and commenting on it! :) And thank you for being interested in reading more about me and what I post!
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@rodeo670/i-m-just-an-island-boy-living-in-utah-who-loves-edm
I was very ignorant of the various elements of heavy metal music until a friend was able to explain to me just what all the 'loud' sound was about and that there was a lot more to it if I really listened to it. I hope to find out more about EDM from your future posts :)
It's interesting that you mention heavy metal music, because I've noticed since I've been back in the EDM scene that for whatever reason a lot of heavy metal/rock culture is seeping into the EDM culture. Headbanging, for one. Mosh pits, as well. It fascinates me that even some rock artists are venturing into EDM stuff too.
I'm heading to an EDM festival in a few days, so be on the lookout for new content on The Dancing Dreamers soon! :)
Homeboy is rich now giving away money :D
lol I'm definitely nowhere near rich yet, though that's definitely the plan eventually. I'm just doing this because I see it as my way of giving back to this amazing community that has helped me grow so much in just the past two weeks :)
15 days, wow! Great job, I'm following you because you have good enthusiasm, appreciate MSP, and is already hosting your own contest! Looking forward to reading your posts, my feed could always use more vibrant colors.
Steem on! <3
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you coming to check out my post and leaving such a nice comment for me :) And thank you for following me too! I hope you will like my future posts.
Keep doing you, and I'm sure I will. Thank you for replying so promptly!
BOTTY hopes a human wins lol :]
LOL I hope so too Botty :P Thank you for stopping by, always nice seeing you on my posts!
yay!! Happy to be part your journey to 100+ followers. I am so happy to see you excited and willing to contribute your time and effort here on Steemit. TBH you deserve 1000s more supporters and you will too, but what shall I do for, I'm only one in that hundred. I hope you keep posting and entertain us with your amazing writings. Cheers!!
Thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate your kind words, I really hope I do end up with 1,000 followers someday....that would be so amazing! I definitely plan to continue writing, I don't see myself stopping anytime soon, now that I've found a platform where my writings will actually be read and appreciated by people :) Keep an eye out for my future posts, I'll try to keep up my habit of writing something every day.
A big congrats on the launch of your new contest @rodeo670 :) No doubt it will be hugely successful!
Thank you so much @jaynie! I really hope so!! No one has submitted anything so far but I mean my post is only a few hours old so I know it'll probably take a few days :P
no matter!!! Just keep doing it. It WILL grow!!!! Mark my words! Just don't give up on it! :)
Thank you! I won't give up! :)
good :)
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Hey congrats on your first 100. It's an exciting time! Here's to another 100 very soon! @ironshield
Thank you so much! Yes, I hope to reach another 100 soon! I can only keep growing and growing from here, I just have to stay locked into this mindset/mentality that Steemit has helped to foster in me :)
This is worth celebrating
Thank you
Congrats to your Steemit achievement. :)
Thank you! :D Will you be submitting a story for the contest? :)
500 words po kasi hahaha
Hehe. Kaya mo yan!!! I believe in you!! 😝 Will you be joining the contest? I'd love to hear your story!!
Congratulations on being a real shooting star on steemit. My successes her are not that fulminant but any way I agreed with you that skillshare has changed ermy life! 👍😀
Ps: I resteemed your post. Maybe you should add that (optional) to your contest description to spread the word...
Ps: I resteemed your post. Maybe you should add a (optional) to your contest description to spread the word...
Thank you so much for resteeming it! I hope the people who see it will want to join. I really want to read all about people's Steemit experiences so I can share them with my friends as well. I think we could really bring more people over to Steemit that way! :)
You are welcome.
Here is my contribution to the contest. Thank you for making me finishing this post I had already started before.... (And writing it in German AND English) https://steemit.com/steemitinspiration/@sonci/thank-you-for-111-followers-about-my-cautios-start-on-steemit-steemit-inspiration
Thank you so much for submitting your story for the contest! I really appreciate your participation. I am looking forward to reading all these stories when I get back to Utah. 😁
you are welcome! I hope you'll have to read for hours, because you have so many submissions! :D :D :D
I will be entering this contest. Thank you
Thank you so much!! I look forward to reading all about your experience on Steemit! :)
Walang anuman. :)
Woww.. I have to in for this contest
Thank you, I hope you post a link to your entry soon!
https://steemit.com/indonesia/@fararizky/tourpocket-entertained-by-dusk-at-kuala-cut-aceh-besar-dihibur-senja-di-kuala-cut-aceh-besar-eng-ind
I go with my steemit friends 😀😀
Sorry, but I can't accept this as an entry to the contest...it doesn't follow the rules laid out in my post. If you'd like to participate, please go over the rules of the contest and make sure your post meets all the criteria. Thank you! :)
I will try my best 😁
I saw mention of your contest over on Discord, so here is my entry
Thank you for doing this! 😊
Thank you so much for entering!! I really appreciate your participation. I look forward to reading it when I get back to Utah :)
Congrats!!! These 100 are nothing bro, Your great n' awesome work deserve many thousands of thousand followers! I am so happy to see you grow! Keep writing and making good kinds of stuff.
Thank you so much! I really hope that I can find my audience here. It would be so amazing to finally have my art seen and appreciated by others. :) I definitely plan to keep on writing! I haven't these past few days because I'm out of town on a trip to California at the moment haha
Congrats! @rodeo670 !! These 100 are just a start, your great n' awesome work deserve thousands of follower. I hope very soon you will achieve your next milestone with your kind words!
Thank you so much! I really hope so too! :)
You are blowing up! :D Glad to see you doing so well!
Thank you so much! I credit so much (most) of my success to my participation in the @minnowsupport Project :)
Congratulations on your event. I hope it went well sir.
Thank you! I am still going through all the entries but I will have the announcement soon!
Oh I see. Good luck on choosing the best entry ^^