Waddup Steemit!
I’m Nick. I’m the CEO of an experiential marketing agency in New York City.
And I gotta say, i'm crushin’ hard on the power of Steemit.
You see, I’ve been watching Steem’s value increase in less than a month. And why wouldn’t it? It’s connected to a platform that will actually pay you - with REAL MONEY - for contributing valuable content.
A platform that rewards you with more than just a dopamine rush of “like” validation...
This is some revolutionary shit. It still has me like, “what kinda sorcery is this?”
All jokes aside, it opens up a new realm of possibility for writers, creatives, and thought leaders everywhere.
But it also made me realize something even crazier:
We actually have the power to influence the value of Steem.
Both directly and indirectly.
What a time to be alive!
But with the OGs like Bitcoin and contenders like Ethereum dominating the crypto market, you have to wonder: Will Steem stand a chance?
And if it does, can we be the driving force?
The Challenge Steem Faces
It’s pretty clear to me: once Steem’s popularity rises, so does its worth.
When more people want Steem - the need for it increases, which in turn increases its value (demand).
This is really good news for us because let’s be real - It’s not like the USD will experience a growth spurt anytime soon, right?
But Steem is still new - intimidating even.
Plus the paradigm shift seems unrealistically HUGE.
And here’s where the real challenge lies…
As innovative as Steemit is, the actual currency is now competing in a diluted market of other cryptos.
So if Steem doesn’t pick up momentum, it stays in the shadows…
And without a demand for it, its value decreases - which will suck tremendously for our community.
Steem needs new avenues and industries to expand into.
So just like any other brand dealing in a crowded marketplace, I propose the launch of a creative marketing campaign.
I want to spread some serious Steem awareness!
Meeting With @andrarchy
My agency uses the power of experience to create hype and drive loyalty.
I’ve helped create unique experiences for brands (big and small) to connect with their audience in more meaningful ways than just using digital marketing alone.
Which got me thinking:
What if I could help drastically increase the value of Steem by putting it in the hands of a wider audience?
A campaign that would attract new audiences to Steem in massive numbers!
I know, my plan is ambitious. But it’s a step in the right direction for Steem’s growth.
Why?
Because the more people use Steem, the more valuable it becomes (which is exactly what it takes to compete with high value cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin).
Steem would thrive faster than ever - all from the power of experience.
So I linked up with Andrew @andrarchy last week.
He works in marketing and community management at Steemit Inc.
I shared my ideas and we both agree, a creative partnership could definitely propel this movement.
Gameplan:
My main goal is to take the Steem ecosystem to the next level.
How?
For starters, I want to get the most talented creatives onboard.
We do this by leveraging my existing network of creative communities and influencers - which total over 2 million potential users.
If we can recruit just 5 percent of those users onto a Steem powered platform, I'm satisfied.
BUT, if we’re going to be an empire, we need to expand our real estate…
We couldn’t have discovered Steem at a better time.
Right now, my agency is building a custom social network that introduces a new way to experience content.
Through innovative tech solutions, like:
- Augmented Reality
- Interactive Experiences
- Immersive Media
And the best part is we’re adding the Steem protocol. That means our platform will function just like Steemit and Steepshot. But it will be more gamified and highly interactive.
You see, different crowds need different ways to experience the benefits of Steem.
Only then do they become fans.
Imagine:
I bring some brands onto my platform...
We sponsor a photo contest for photographers…
The best shots posted win a new camera, drone, maybe a couple of lenses. Win or lose, every participant walks away with Steem in their wallet...
Or what about a channel for emerging entrepreneurs? Rather than coming out of pocket for blog traffic and SEO rankings, they can just post and share articles, promote their online courses and bootstrap their business - with Steem.
My mission - driven by a powerful platform - will create fun incentives that get new audiences addicted to using Steem.
Fortunately, i'm just one piece to the puzzle.
Andrew tells me there are even more partners developing new social networks powered by Steem.
Expansion is how we win.
Wrap Up
Either we can make Steem thrive or let Steem die. And that’s exactly what will happen if we don’t expand creatively...
If we can team up and think outside the box, we can position ourselves for INSANE growth!
I’m so stoked to be a part of this community, and I'd love to do my part to help Steem boom.
What about you?
Wouldn’t it be dope if we could boost Steem’s value?
Let me know your thoughts.
Welcome to STEEMIT!
:)
this is groundbreaking... welcome!
We Joined Today and are about to make Our 1st post now.. This is amazing My wife and I were just looking to see what other post were up b4 we post our 1st family post and we see this 1st OMG ... shock and amazed.. GO STEEMIT
haha thank you so much!
Welcome :)
Welcome to Steemit from the Steemycam team!
Yeah, this community is gonna explode soon for the better
Awesome Read! The more I look at the projections of STEEM the more I see two option playing out.
First
The power of steem will pull users from Facebook because they are rewarded monetarily for the contribution to building the platform.
Second
Will Facebook come up with a way to reward authors monetarily as the steem platform has done?
I can see that as a huge nut to crack. If Facebook finds a way to reward Authors and Curators as STEEMIT has done. They will most likely have an ICO that goes through the BTC or ETH block chain.
My Thoughts
Facebook will have a point system that may come into play as a reward system but those points will not really have value off the platform. It hard to know how Facebook and Instagram will react to this new rewards model. Whatever they end up doing will be a clone of what steemit is doing. Lets work to make steemit so successful that there would be no comparison on any other platform.
I posted a reply but it seems like i must have accidently pressed some keys by accident.
These projections are spot in !
Really value your thoughts on the matter.
If we execute correctly there will be no competition
i thought i would share this update on Steemit website views
https://steemit.com/steemit/@newmarket65/steemit-2-million-more-website-hits-in-may
follow me and i will follow you
welcome to steemit!
Thanks :)
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Thanks Again
thanks Sophia for the warm welcome! I will gladly check out your blog!
and let me know what you think about part 2 of this article ?
https://steemit.com/photography/@nickytothenines/an-underdog-story-here-s-why-steem-can-be-a-total-game-changer-for-creators
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Very good ideas you have. Bring them on!
I definitely will, thanks for the support!
I like people with vision. It looks like you are one of them. Start digging. You have my support.
I like the idea of thinking of ways to grow the Steem Community. Our goal as individual users should be trying to find new active users to sign up.
agree completely !
Welcome to the fabulous world of Steemit @nickytothenines - upvoted and following you!
Hell yes, and thanks so much!
Great post!! I think the applications are almost endless...
There's a blockchain based website called Bank To The Future that offers direct, interactive funding for start ups and I think Steemit has the potential to act in the same way. To a certain extent it already has, @cryptodrive successfully pulled off a crowd funding project last year and I'm sure many others have since. The platform as a whole is rich in creativity and likemindedness which goes along way to actually making a difference. I don't know what the future will hold, but I'm excited to be a part of it. Upvoted and followed, looking forward to seeing what you get up to next!
Funny you say that,
I was thinking about incorporating a small funding initiative for entrepreneurs on my platform.
The only thing thats tricky is the fluctuation value, but im figuring it out :)
BTW bank to the future is epic.
That's interesting, will look out for your posts to see what you get up to next! And yet, it's pretty epic :)
well, thank you :)
I appreciate the support!
Hey @nickytothenines ! @daisyd !
I loved your motive and the "GamePLan" I like to add my thought like crowdfunding.
What if.... Just like ICO, why can't any one run a project's ICO on Steem?
Steem protocol to provides incentive to the idea.
So, for instance you can let every one know about your project on Steemit platform. If community realize the worth and the future, they upvote and provide you "FUNDS" which can be used for the project (crowdfunding). Same like ICO instead of buying tokens.
The benefits would be:
These are just my views triggered reading your awesome post.
Haha you're on the right track !
I was already planning on using these funds to bootstrap the cause...
But instead of blatantly creating a post asking you all for funds,
Ill just continue to write valuable articles that benefit you guys and pull my earnings from there.
:)
I mean the same.. writing multiple posts. Coz no one can easily trust and blindly upvote your project. All the best.
Oh, sorry. Misunderstood you then.
But yes, I agree!
Thanks again the for the support
Following you. Finally found someone on steemit who like minded.
Let's share and populate more ideas to earn and grow together.
Hi @daisyd thank you for the info on the Bank of the Future. Will be checking it out
No problem @pwpretorius - it's a great site
Very cool! How does it get any better than that?
It is very cool indeed :)
I am creating in real life tournaments to promote steemit to people. Players who don't know much about cryptocurrency will be exposed to users, veterans and beginners as they play for a prize pool that has been fundraised by our community. We would be the first coin that would try and make the intangible tangible and real to the everyday consumer.
Sounds like an awesome idea.
I think that gamified experiences built in with Steem is a winning combo
Agreed. Speaking of gamification. I feel there should be a game centered tutorial for new accounts. Each task they compete they earn tokens. We'd have higher retention.
That's a solid idea!
Thank you! I'm finishing up the post about it now.
@nickytothenines
Took a bit but here you go.
https://steemit.com/growth-ideas/@swolesome/get-paid-to-learn-steemit-tutorial-idea
I'll check it out.
Glad you followed through!
1,000$ for the first post 😎Not bad at all! I think what you are talking about is amazing. My personal view is that people aren't going to be interested in steemit unless they are first interested in cryptocurrencies. There is alot of work to be done in expanding awareness, not only for Steemit, but for the amazing opportunities that exist generally within cryptocurrency. Anyways, I look forward to what's next!
thanks for the feedback!
But actually, I dont quite think its necessary for the audience to be interested in crypto first.
Think about television or the internet,
we may not understand exactly HOW it works as far as technicality, but we DO enjoy the benefits.
Thats how i want to approach Steem - get people to enjoy the benefit first, which will then, by default, get them interested in crypto :)
True that! I guess I am just speaking for myself when I say that. I guess my logic is that you get paid in cryptocurrency on steemit for using it as a platform, but if you don't care about crypto or believe in it, maybe you will be less likely to get involved?
Not necessarily !
As a marketer, my job is to get people interested in things so that they want to get involved.
The trick is - find what an audience needs and fix it with what you offer.
Anytime you can deliver on a need, you typically win the loyalty of that person.
guys great discourse. If I may I am here for several reasons, first I am social and love to learn and interact, sites like facebook with all the privacy and tracking issues I wont sign up on. Then there is the censorship thing. Think youtube, which is how I learned about steemit. So far what I see coupled with my interest in crypto's, this will be golden once I get it figured out.
Welcome to Steemit Nick. You have enough love for the community already. I am an Internet Marketer, I like your growth hacking strategies. Are you on discord app or steemit.chat? I do like to have a chat with you. Thanks you and welcome once again.
Thanks Lucas, and no I am not currently on those apps.
Ill have to get set up but I will stay in touch.
Appreciate your kind words :)
Please do setup an account on any of the chat app. It is necessary to build relationships around here. I followed you 😎
will do!
Hi @nickytotenines welcome to steemit nice to meet you .. my name ann @annsita....i come from Thailand.... , i just new here and hope you have fun and share more post and hope we can be friend enjoy about our post...so my English is't very well, but will try the best for that....
so should be nice if we are follow each another and vote... i will follow you and vote, have a nice day dear. and see you soon dear ^_^
Hey there, welcome to the Steemit community, hope you have a great time here and achieve success looking forward to reading more of your post
well thank you! maybe you want to check this out: (https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@nickytothenines/focus-on-impact-not-income-how-my-article-exploded-this-week)
might be of interest. just posted it a second ago :)
OK sure, I would check it out...
Welcome to steemit ..😊
thanks 😊
Hallo from Berlin to N.Y.C. :)
that is what steemit is all about networking and getting in front of the correct people, getting the best of you out in your post and generating the hype to get traffic to them, then having people upvote follow and comment on your content, and making steemit blow up and take over FB hahahaha
exactly haha! facebook domination evil laugh
But you're exactly right!
yes, bring more users
Welcome aboard! Definitely be keeping an eye on the new network you're working on. I think it's awesome that you've decided to pivot into incorporating Steem as your backend. I see so many sites across the web that could do the same and benefit themselves and Steem mutually!
There's a Steemit Poker League in it's infancy playing at bluffave.com and the mixture of Steem and games is already intoxicating. That site has player blogs, forums, etc. and apparently there's already outreach to get them to just run it all on the blockchain!
I see a great future for brands joining Steem and putting their marketing budget to work on buying a stake that will allow them to reward their fans and commenters with votes and contests and it seems like you're headed that direction. Good luck to you and thanks in advance for anything you do for Steem!
Hey Bryan, thanks man!
I'll have to check out that Steem poker, sounds awesome!
And i agree, Steem works so well in anything game related.
I'll be sure to update you on all of our progress and thanks again for reaching out!
Very insightful post. Can you point me to resources about how you can incorporate Steem on other sites?
I'm new to this and to be honest I'm actually quite amazed what I've learnt recently. Definitely got my attention,still learning but can't wait to get started and to understand this. So much more to learn any info or tips much appreciated
Hey man,
I actually wrote an article that I think you'll find helpful. Will post tomorrow morning :)
Can't wat to read that
Is it important to do an introducemyself?
Keep going!
thanks :)
Upvoted and re-steemed. I am a property lawyer. Feel free to bounce any ideas off of me to the extent steem advances into my realm. We don't know where this is going, so just keep this in the back of your head!
Thanks man, appreciate the resteem!
Let's definitely stay in touch. I want to hear more about what you do as it relates to Steem.
Will do!
Congratulations @nickytothenines!
Your post was mentioned in my hit parade in the following categories:
super dope! Thanks for the metrics :)
Yes. Yes it would.
thanks for the feedback Brian. I think so too haha
Welcome to Steemit from the Steemycam team! You have presented some fascinating ideas. Any idea when your platform will be released?
still in early development! But executing very quickly
I'm also a newbie here....welcome on board dude
Hey congratulations nick! Good luck to your marketing agency! Maybe ill apply there when you guys become a big co. and i graduate college!
Thanks for the support man!
What are you studying now?
Business Administration !
Great choice!
Good luck :)
I agree so much more could be done with this. As someone brand new to steemit, what i dont care for about it is that it mainly just appears to be a bunch of blogs. Why is there no video platform to replace youtube? And more than that, why not just make it encompass all versions of social media somehow like an all in one deal? Maybe it can currrently do more and i just dont have it figured out yet and if thats the case than it needs to be more user friendly. Either way, huge potential moving forward.
Hey thanks for your feedback man!
I think having multiple platforms for different types of media is more ideal than having ALL features on one site.
If we make EVERYTHING available on here, there would be content overload haha
long live..."anarchy".... :)
Welcome to the community!
Only just joined today still learning to use sent a short post before. I'll get use to it soon can't see no cons only pros would be insane no to give it s go
Great post. The value of STEEM can be driven up by the network effect. May the force be with you
thanks man!
I'll use the force wisely ;)
Hey mate! I really enjoy your writing style. My friends and I are just joining steemit and are trying to get connected. I created a post on getting the younger generation on board with steemit. I'd love your feedback. I whipped out a follow also! :)
Awesome, thanks so much!
I'll follow back and definitely check out your article.
Welcome to the platform :)
Good presentation @nickytothenines
I always knew there would be great drivers of this great platform
Steemit will surely go places with people like you.
.. followed and please do stay in touch
I certainly will stay in touch, thank you!
You're welcome.
This sounds like a great idea and really realistic if this is done successfully I can see great potential in Steemit, maybe even overtake Reddit? What do you guys think?
Hey man,
thanks for your feedback!
Actually, Steemit is doing just fine! They are already a strong competitor against reddit.
My thing is, lets create ANOTHER platform that competes with say: instagram or youtube or something entirely new all together.
The more social networks with Steem built in, the stronger we are :)
That's a really good point! And I would imagine it is possible.
Welcome to Steem @nickytothenines I have sent you a tip
Great post man and welcome to the community! I think we can definitely influence the value of Steem if we collectively stick together and spread the positive message. I have no doubt we can make it even bigger than Facebook
Exactly! Love the spirit :)
And thanks for the support
WOW! success for you is success for all. Best wishes and welcome.
appreciate the support man ! :)
Hey welcome to Steem I've only been on here for like a few days but I think its better than Facebook
agreed!
Help me to have more subscriber, and stem power and a bit of money please, I need it to finance my studies @foodtrend
Welcome aboard @nickytothenines Brace yourself for the best social network you have ever experienced. Steemit is the place to be if you ever use the internet on any device. Check out my blog I hope you'd find something you like and feel free to follow me @simeonburke I will follow you in response.
If you need any help, feel free to ask questions as well.
Have a lovely day!
thanks for the welcome. Followed
Hey! Welcome to steemit!!
Thanks! @havok777
Right on @nickytothenines, love the enthusiasm!
At the end of the day if you keep relentlessly adding value then you and the entire community will benefit hugely. Welcome to Steemit!
ahh man, thanks for the feedback!
just checked out your post - couldnt agree more!
Awesome, thanks for following the link and checking it out, you'll definitely do well here!
Absolutely true, I am so interested in your dedication to this community, You have a follow from me, a Resteem, and an upvote! Great content, Great post, Great attitude, LETS MAKE STEEM BIG!!!! <3
Yes! Thanks so much, bro!
I seriously appreciate the support!!!
We can definitely make Steem big, no doubt!
thank you for good posting.
I try :)
Welcome !
thanks!
I think you have the right attitude and good ideas, sure we are all here to help in any way we can.
thank you! i appreciate that
Welcome to Steemit, Nick ! It's nice to meet someone who has a true long term vision for the platform :) Looking forward to reading more about your plans!
Thank you!
I thought long and hard about making a disruptive social platform,
and then after discovering Steemit, the collab seemed like a natural fit.
I'll keep you in the loop and thanks again for the feedback!