How to join Minnow Support Project - and why it is the best thing to do now!

focusnow (74)in #minnowsupport • 6 years ago (edited)

As you are well aware, Steemit is all about community effort, making real friends and establishing lasting relationships. Steemit is not a one-man business or sole proprietorship where you run the show and you are in full control of the business. Successful Steemains have not only built strong, active communities here on steemit; they also joined existing communities and make impact there.
There are several communities on the Steemit platform. Each has a well-defined purpose and function according to its mission. Minnow Support Project is one such communities.

What is Minnow Support project (MSP)

It is good - they say - to hear from the horses mouth. The founders of this amazing project said it all. Read how they explained it:

MSP is a community resource for new or small Steemit accounts. We provide a place to meet people, listen to a 24/7 streaming radio station staffed by Steemians, chat and network based on interests or location, help with informal services like proofreading or formatting, and have a community bot for a modest boost to help your posts get rolling!

You read it right. So minnow support project as the name suggests is for minnows or new Steemit accounts who are struggling to find their feet in the Steemit ocean. How can a minnow benefit by joining this amazing community? In at least four major ways. Take a look:

Benefits of belonging to MSP

1. Meet people: When you join MSP, you have a platform of people from all walks of life. MSP is aguably the largest community on Steemit with more than 15,000 members. So you get to meet amazing people who have contributed immensely to the community. They can assist you find your feet by showing you the secrets of success in Steemit and life in general. These great minds can help out with your projects and follow up on the progress you make. Since Steemit as a platform is all about people, MSP gives you that opportunity to make new friends and establish lasting relationships.

2. Promote your posts: Minnows have a hard time getting the visibility so badly needed to succeed on Steemit. because they have just began, it becomes difficult to get their posts to the trending page or even make a modest earning from the votes they might get. MSP has a post promotion channel where you can advertise your posts and have a chance to be seen. This channel have assisted several minnows who produce quality content to get seen and receive rewards for their effort.

3. Proofreading and formatting your work: A good aspect of writing well is making sure there are no errors in grammar and thought. If you belong to MSP, you can have your work proofread by the community to make sure your write ups are error free and consistent with modern language. Conveying ones's thought can be hampered by errors. when there are so many mistakes in a written work, it tends to stifle communication and turns the crowd away from your work. This proofreading service by MSP assists members to make accurate posts and ensure they communicate effectively.

4. Get votes: MSP has a community bot that upvotes your posts every 48 hours. So as a member of MSP, you are sure to get a vote every two days. For minnows, this is an awesome motivation to write. So in a period of 7 days, you get upvoted three times on three different posts. Making money on Steemit is all about getting the votes. Minnows discover that it is not so simple to get people to vote on your posts no matter how much quality and effort you have put in the write-up. However, as a member of MSP, you are rest assured of one vote every 2 days. And that can be your starting point of getting more votes form other people on Steemit.

The bottom line

As you can see from the discussion above, you have nothing to lose but everything to gain if you join MSP. Everyone has something to offer. While you benefit by being a member of MSP, that should not be the ultimate goal. All of us can contribute to the growth of MSP and members by offering whatever skill we have so that while we get, we also give and make a lasting impact on the life of others. The four benefits briefly explained above is not exhaustive. There are a host of other opportunities open to members of MSP. You can read more about them on the MSP official website: https://minnowsupportproject.org/

How to become a member of MSP

Download the discord app and sign up an account using your Steemit username
Join the PAL discord channel by clicking on an invite link (I will send you an invite link. If you need the link, indicate by making a comment on this post)
Once you have joined PAL, Click the registration link and type a message in the following format: $register yourusername. For example, my username is focusnow. So i will type $register focusnow. (see image below).

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MSP bot will reply the massage, instructing you to send 0.001 steem or SBD to msp-reg including a unique memo. So head over to your wallet and transfer the said amount to msp-reg using the memo provided. See sample registration message and sample reply in the image above.
Once you send the amount from your wallet, You have completed your registration. Congratulations. You are now a member of MSP. Come over to discord again, go to the PAL channel and start enjoying the benefits of being a MSP member.

Next tutorial will show how to do some basic things on MSP PAl discord channel. Follow this space.

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This tutorial was made to the best of my ability as a minnow who have been using MSP less than 2 months now. If you spot any errors or omission, kindly point it out. I will appreciate the correction. If you need further help on this, feel free to comment, i would be most willing to help out.