The Steemit Flood Gates Might Be Open Very Soon: The Importance Of Riding Momentum And How We Can't Let This Opportunity Pass

If you haven't seen what has been happening, steem is kicking ass and steemit is growing every day. We might be at 3$ soon. With the price going up like this and the prices of posts getting higher and higher, it could be the tipping point that leads to users flooding into the site. Or maybe it is the increase of new users talking about and bringing in other newer members that leads to a crazy rush of people. It could even happen when the signup process is made easier. If one or all of these is the reason steemit hits the momentum train, it is important that we make the most of it. Attention is hard to get in this market and when you have it, whenever it comes, you should not waste it. You might never get it again and if this happens to be the time when steem enters the spotlight, then this is the time we need react.

So what can we do?

If you are a member with a lot of SP, it will be a good time to look for new users and support their work. When people see they can get rewards from their work it will increase the chance of users staying. If people work hard to make content and see nothing it will discourage a lot of new users.

CONTESTS! This is a big one. Give users a reason to get involved and offer a lot of smaller rewards instead of big ones so more people will win. We can use contests for everything. Photography, writing, drawing, cutest pet, greatest food photo at a restaurant. The more the better. And we might need to help people find them so let people know in the comments on their introduction page or as a reply to your posts.

Comment. For members here for the community, they will be more likely to stay when they see people chatting about your content. This is something that anyone can do, regardless of how much SP you have.

Think like a new user. Why would you want to stay on this site? We are going to loss a percentage of people, that is normal, but let's give as many as we can a reason to stay and tell their friends.

Also for @ned, @steemitblog and @zurvanic. As the site is kicking ass, you know what you are doing but I want to tell you a story about a company called Tsu. It was a social media site that paid its users for their posts. They had two large momentum shifts. One when Facebook banned their posts and one when the ban was lifted. Traffic went through the roof. But then nothing happened. Weeks passed with no updates for the site or anything happening and people left. If we are lucky to get this kind of momentum, it might be a good time to shift focus, even temporarily, on welcoming and exciting new users. To let them know about the changes that are coming, let them test out new features, to do some advertising, whatever is the best way to make the most of it. The numbers are what matter for social media, and when the site has a large user base it will be hard to stop. Everything else can come after. Just my opinion :)

Is this the start of the mainstream push?

@whatageek

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