ADOPT THE BUDDY SYSTEM - LET'S GROW TOGETHER ON STEEM

Greetings everyone,

Today I am going to stress on the importance of companionship or friendship on steemit. This is popularly known as the buddy system. Just as the word implies, buddy system involves working together with a friend to accomplish a particular task. On steemit, users are highly encouraged to work with each other, share ideas and grow together. This way, they serve as watchdogs for each other and help correct each other's shortcomings.

But as a newbie, there are some steps you need to undertake. This will guide your steemit journey and greatly assist you here.

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WHAT TO DO AS A NEWBIE

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As a newcomer, you are highly encouraged to visit the Newcomer's Community and participate in the various achievement post tasks. The team of steem greeters will assist you with these tasks and provide the necessary guidance as you proceed. This allows you to become very conversant with the entire steemit ecosystem. You would learn about the norms of this platform as well as the various tools at your disposal. This gives you the edge above other users who are roaming on the platform without guidance.

In this community, it is easy to find like minded countrymen who are also keen on learning the abc's of this ecosystem. This is where you can start to build friendship, connect with each other and start to work together. Just like in school, where you have a better understanding of a task, you can assist your colleague to do theirs by providing further explanations.

Once you are done with these tasks and can now fully surf the blockchain, find communities that align with your interests and start sharing valuable information. Be sure to suggest good communities to your friends so they can also participate in their various activities.

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ORGANIZE MINI MEETUPS

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Aside the bigger meetups we occasionally organize for the community, it is advisable to hold smaller meetups in your various localities. This is where you get to interact with one another in order to know each other better. You can then communicate well and plan activities for your community.

During such meetups, there are a few things you can do;

• Invite your other friends and family to the gathering.
• Share your experience on the blockchain.
• Let the guests know what steemit entails and sign them up.
• Encourage them to also go through the achievement post tasks.
• Explain the proof of brain concept of steemit to them. (Post only original content)
• Track their progress

CHECK UP ON YOUR RECRUITS

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At first, many people are quite reluctant in joining us on steemit especially when the recruiter's method is not quite effective. However, when the recruit finally joins us on this platform, they need proper guidance from experienced users on the platform. This is where country reps usually come in.

However, due to the growth and expansion of our community, it is very difficult to follow up on the activities of all accounts. This is why we constantly encourage our steemians to strive in the completion of their achievement post tasks as it would give them the requisite knowledge to excel on this platform.

We expect that members would take their time and complete most of these achievement tasks before bringing newcomers on board. This greatly reduces our work, as we would now have more knowledgeable steemians to guide their recruits.

You must therefore remember to follow the accounts of recruits and keep an eye on their activities on the blockchain. Where you have any challenge, you can tag any of us country reps to render assistance. This is how we can reduce the number of poor content within our community and increases retention.

We must learn to encourage and support each other on steemit. This is the only way we can effectively grow as a community and produce great steemians from our region.

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Thank you for your attention