Explaining to your everyday Joe what the Steem blockchain is, how it's different then Steemit, what the monetary incentives are and how everything works is a tough nut to crack. Not because it's so hard too comprehend or because Joe is stupid but because it's so abstract to him that something like this is even possible, so he naturally either dissregards the idea of it or just labels it as a scam. Without even thinking twice about it.

Today you will learn the right way to do it

STEEM Evangelism 101

Telling your friend/family/girlfriend/random person on the street how great Steemit is and how powerful of a blockchain it is, processing millions of transactions daily, all in 3s with 0$ fees, how every upvote/comment/resteem is a transaction forever embeded on a immutable blockchain and how you earn cryptocurrency from upvotes will leave them in shock and disbelief.

Through the years they have thought of the internet as a fun time-kill, or an enciclopedia they can open when they need any information but they have failed realize how in the process of using it for their needs they are actually generating a lot of profits for certain websites. Hoarding and selling their data, these websites make billions but their userbase is clueless.... So naturally, they think that their time online is worth nothing as they do it for their plesure/needs.

These kind of people can't comprehend a system that turns that wealth away from the greedy corporations back to the userbase behind it. Because they have been conditioned to think otherwise for so long, they can't see past their nose and realise the potential of what you are trying to explain to them.

First, you need to spark curiosity and make them ask you about it

Whip out your phone and show them your Steepshot.io profile. First they will be like:"Ok, this looks like instagram and you got some pretty pictures here, but why are you showing this to me?" Then you point them to the part where it shows how much you earned on that picture and ask them how much they earn for posting on Instagram and Facebook.

Not knowing how to reply they will stutter and ask:"Nothing of course, tell me more about how you are making money on those pictures. I post simmilar stuff on Insta and get nothing. Teach me Yoda"

And that's it!

Now you got a person who went from not being interested in your blockchain, cryptocurrency bs because they have been hearing about it from every news outlet in the past half a year, to someone who is genuenly interested in finding out how it works and want's to get involved.

This works well with other Steem based apps too

You can do this kind of Steemit evangelism with any other app that looks simmilar to something they have been using before. That lights up the first sparks of interest in their mind as they are looking at something they are using themselves already but aren't getting paid for it. And you are. 90% of the people you can get in that situation will be interested in finding out more, and with each person you have this talk with, right then and there you are creating a new Steemian.

Dtube and Dlive are also great for the purpose as they resemble something everyone is familiar with (Youtube) but doesn't earn money on. You simply show them the apps and present your success with them. Most won't be able to supress the curiosity and will start bombarding you with questions about how to get started.

I do this every day!

Whenever I'm in a situation where it's appropriate, I'll whip out my phone and start talking about Steepshot quickly moving to Steemit and covering all the basics needed to explain how everything works. All that to people who weren't interested in it before but in the end they were the ones pushing me to tell them more and help them get started.

Now it's your turn!

Stop harassing your friends by talking about the blockchain and show them the real world use. Make them interested and get them to ask you questions about it. Instead of being the one constantly annoying them with something they don't want to hear about, you will quickly turn into and encyclopedia of knowledge about something they are really interested in.

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Why LOW Steem Prices SHOULDN'T Discourage You From Producing Content But SHOULD Motivate You Instead