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RE: How You Can Grow a New Account Radically Fast on Steemit Using Contests Right From the Beginning
This is a good idea. I'd like to encourage story illustrating. I'm thinking of running a science fiction story and illustration contest with full payout to contributers right after one of my posts is again trending. It's a really good idea. In that case, do you want to help judge entries?
I absolutely would love to! And I'll help promote it! I've got two accounts, and two others that will post whatever I ask. It's not a huge audience yet, but they seem to like contests.
Great! I'll send you a comment when I make a contest. I also have an "invisible discussion channel" on my blog, for random organizational talk. (When not using Discord.)
How does that work?
It's just a post with only one nonsense tag. Try making a post with a tag, say, #inkpen3579. If you now make a post with only that tag, you can't even find the post in trending in that tag, let alone anywhere else. If upvoted for some reason, even then it'll show up in trending only for that tag, — which means it won't show up for 99% of the users of Steemit. — So content like fiction, or contests, can be discussed there without really spoiling anything for anybody. My magic tag was #pencil12345.
That's genius! You should share that tip on my show me your tips post a few days back.
Sure. Done.
I'm going to make that contest we talked about. I'll draw an illustration, and the contest would for the best 2000+ words story using it as the prompt, and give full SBD payout to winners: 50% to first place, 30% to second place, 20% to third place.
One of my posts is trending again, and you have a trending post again, so now's a good time I suppose.
Do you still have time to help judge once the post pays out next week? If yes, I'll link you on top as a judge in the post, and next week we can discuss entries in the "invisible" thread, or on Discord.
If I get the illustration done, the contest will be up today by the end of the day.
Yes, I'd be honored to.
Great.
I'll design the contest prompt today and post today or tomorrow.I was traveling longer than expected and didn't get the contest prompt illustration done in time. I've made a few illustrations that could function as prompts for the future.
Participating in a few more discord groups. I'll post the contest as soon as trending again this week. (The post will include @markrmorrisjr, therefore you will see it.)
loved your story, by the way. Very interesting writing style. I almost split the prize between you and @custone.