Let's Kickstart the Word of Mouth Campaign Back Up

Steemit has some marketing impediments to enticing new members to sign up that include being shadow-banned on other social media so links aren't (easily or all together) seen, having a "too good to be true" appearance or viewed as a scam. I can personally say that had I not been introduced to Steemit by somebody whose judgement I valued (@winstonwolfe,) I wouldn't have given this place much of a thought. To get many of those that would be great contributors on here, they need to have it presented by somebody whose judgement they TRUST.

With the site still in Beta, there is a lot of important development being done. However every Steemit user who can see the immediate use and potential of this site can be a part of helping it grow by reaching out to those you know in real life and/or on social media sites.

We've seen this in the past with people posting about their Steemit Meetups (to non-users vs social for users) where they built powerpoint slides, sometimes putting together printed materials and prepare their presentation. Often we would also get to see the follow up post to report on how it went with most seeming overly successful. So why not best prepare ambassadors as best as possible instead of them 'having to reinvent the wheel' each time on their own.

Lets Put Together an Official Ambassador Tool Kit

The idea here is to put together all of the materials that a Steemit Ambassador could need to successfully introduce, and ideally entice, new users to sign up, stay, and contribute. So far the Tool checklist includes:

• An in depth, detailed powerpoint presentation (which can be thinned down to target the audience)
• A number of different digital print material templates for flyers, posters, business cards (with good help links and resources on the back) that a person can download, fill in, and print on their own.
• Print designs for branded materials like t shirts, key-chains, etc
• A list of commonly asked questions (by the non/prospective user) such as 'where does the money come from' or 'I hear it's a scam.' (which I saw are in the official FAQ that was just released)
• An Ambassador Support channel for those needing direction, training or other kinds of help. The more existing users willing and able to honestly talk about our platform the better.

Existing Ambassadors, Please Share Your Materials or Methods with Us.

For those of you that have done a Steemit presentation, we need your help by:

• Sending a copy of materials you've put together; flyers, cards, designs, etc
• Video presentations or guides you've created or used
• Commenting with your methods to present, what you found worked and didn't work, and learned lessons

I Plan To Do This Regardless

I think it's important to say that I fully intend to put this together regardless of shared materials, methods and payout on this post. In my opinion there are highly motivated Steemit users who are some of the best people to represent us, sometimes they just need some prompting, resources and or guidance. These are the users who are already contribute in some way, have first hand knowledge of what it's like to be here and set reasonable expectations, and talk off baseless concerns (such as how can it be a scam when you put no money in?)

I don't have a firm time table on completion just yet due to not knowing what materials will be shared, how many helpers will join in, and how much of my own time I'll be able to devote to this cause while already keeping on top of the Steemprentice group, helping with Project Positivity and our weekly Podcast. But I can assure you it will get done with this being something I truly believe can benefit this whole community.

Please feel free to share you thoughts or suggestions on this, since I don't ever claim to have all the answers.

Keep Smiling and Steem On :D

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