Join The Minnows Accelerator Project Community [Win Delegated SP][1 Sep 17]

in #minnowsupport7 years ago

This is a growing community helping talented minnows accelerate their growth on Steemit.

Signup here for the opportunity to be in the next "Six of the Best"
The best minnow content creators will receive:
==> a share of special post rewards <==
==> increased visibility to attract new followers and upvotes <==
==> free upvotes and resteems <==
++> a dedicated chatroom open only to MAP participants <++
++> a chance to be published in "Tales from the MAP Room" [NEW!] <++
^^> a chance to enter our NEW Collaborative Contest for MAP Memebers only [NEW!] <^^
!!!-->and the chance to win 200 SP delegated for 7 days! <--!!!

TLDR: The Short Rules

$ Add a Comment below stating your desire to participate in a MAP contest.
$ Upvote and resteem this post - as a small thank-you for my reading your blog.
$ If you are chosen then I will reply to your comment.
$ If you are not chosen, then you may try again in the future; I may leave a comment with suggestions.
$ That's it! Look forward to seeing our highly creative Steemian on board!

The Proper Rules

As of today, the Minnows Accelerator Project (MAP) is on its 19th MAP contest with over 100 MAP members. Every few days a NEW Signup page is published to encourage fresh participants. The latest Signup page can always be found on the @accelerator Homepage website link. The Minnows Accelerator Project is managed by me, @rycharde, but has outgrown my personal account, hence the creation of @accelerator. Please follow this account for all updates, contests and publications.

So how will this work? Please read the rules carefully. They are not complicated but there are a few steps involved.

Step 1 - Are you a minnow? [UPDATED]

As the Steemit platform grows, so the definition of "minnow" needs to be flexible. After some thought, I am currently setting the definition as a user with less than 1000 SP (excluding any delegated SP) and fewer than 1000 followers. If you have under 1000 SP because you have cashed out, then you don't count as a minnow. You must also be a Steemian for at least one month. I am prepared to be flexible to any outliers, just tell me in your comment.

Step 2 - Sign up with a comment to this post.

Very simply, if you wish to be considered then just add a comment below, then upvote and resteem this post. I will look through each blog in the order in which comments are left based on their timestamp. I shall also repost the Signup pages when they get too full; there will always be a link to the latest page on the @accelerator profile page.

Step 3 - Six content creators chosen for Step 4

I will select the first six good content creators to be included in a post entitled "Six of the Best".

I know there is a subjective element to this, but I do read a lot of posts and am also a published author of non-fiction. To avoid disappointment, let me highlight a very short list of the qualities I shall be looking for. This Signups post will be reposted at the start of every month, so if you have made significant strides in your blogging skills you are certainly welcome to add your name again.

= I shall be looking at your recent blog posts, not just one article.
= Your posts must be your own work. It is very easy to check for plagiarism online, even if the bots don't catch it.
= If you are mainly a writer, please check for punctuation and spelling. The editors on Steemit and chainBB will underline spelling errors but it is up to you to correct them.
= Images must be appropriate, resized to fit the text and give balance and aesthetic appeal to the article.
= If you are mainly posting artwork or videos, it really helps to add at least a paragraph about the content or the inspiration behind the work.
= I shall not select bloggers whose main topics are political or religious, or any other topic that is by its nature partisan and potentially divisive. [NEW!]
= And finally, I shall be scanning your comments and replies to see that you are already engaging with other established content creators. I expect all winners to use their delegated 200 SP wisely.

Step 4 - Six of the Best up for votes [UPDATED]

Every 1 or 2 days I shall publish a "Six of the Best" article with a list of the six chosen content creators. The rest of the community can vote on their favourite minnow authors. Voting currently takes place using both online polls and upvotes. I will ignore bot votes.

These six minnows are already winners! I will use a feature known as Reward Distribution, available within chainBB, to give each of the minnows a 10% share in the author rewards generated by each post. These will automatically appear in each user's account on payout, and will be paid in 100% SP. I will also upvote and resteem at least one recent article from each participant. Each person will also be invited to a private chatroom dedicated to MAP participants to help in future growth.

At the end of the 7-day reward period, the person with the highest number of human votes will win 200 SP delegated for 7 days! If the voting is very close, I will consider having more than one winner.

MAP members are also now published in the community magazine, "Tales from the MAP Room"; this also uses the Reward Distribution feature to share the post rewards with each author. A new venture is also being launched to promote collaborative posts across different creative disciplines. Stay tuned by following @accelerator!

Step 5 - Repeat Steps 3 and 4

I will continue to go through this Signup list of comments and select six authors every day or two. There is no need to leave multiple comments. I will create a new Signup page about every 10 days.

The aim of the Minnows Accelerator Project is to help talented minnows accelerate their progress on Steemit.

You may also leave questions if anything above is unclear.

If you wish me to read your blog, you may use the magic phrase "read me!"

If you just wish to leave a comment, don't use the magic phrase!

Support the Minnows Accelerator Project

You can support the MAP community and all its content creators by:

Following @accelerator, reading and upvoting the authors on the Best Feed on Steemit!

Resteeming our articles so that more quality content creators will join MAP

Donating or delegating SP to @accelerator so that we may reward our authors - this could include you!

Vote for @rycharde as a witness

Thank You!

Current "Six of the Best" contests

"Six of the Best" MAP18 [Vote Now - Win Upvotes]

"Six of the Best" MAP17 Minnow Contest [Vote Now - Win Upvotes]

"Six of the Best" MAP16 Minnow Contest [Vote Now - Win Upvotes]

Tales from the MAP Room [NEW!]

Mezzogiorno T.2 [NEW!]

Tramontana T.1

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This is a great project, community and opportunity. I was in MAP7 and this really helps me growing my community and improving my content:-) I learned a lot from fellow MAP participants.

Being involved on Steemit is great fun and I noticed you had joined this. Noticed a great improvement in your relaxing into your creative side.

Thank you, glad to read this:-) I think it's really fun! Steemit is a nice play for blogging and creative work <3

For me as a new steemian is quite a strange than steem needs projects like this at all. Anyway, we appreciate your work.

Hello, can I try again? :)

Read me!

This is a great project I'm excited to hear more

I want to join the project to start conversations and find people to talk to about common hobbies. Regarding that I write mostly about gaming, but delve into interesting tech news and politics.

I'd like an opportunity to be part of this. I post about politics and my podcast daily.

Congratulations! You have been selected for the next round of Six of the Best MAP23.

When there are all six content creators, I will create a new post and inform you in a comment here or on one of your recent articles.

For the moment, please take a look at some of the current MAP contests to see how they work - links can be found on the @accelerator profile page. Thanks!

Thanks! I'm always checking the "Six of the Best" for new content.

I've never participated in such a contest and feel as it would help me increase my following as well as help me continue building my writing and blogging platform.

Congratulations! You have been selected for the next round of Six of the Best MAP20.

When there are all six content creators, I will create a new post and inform you in a comment here.
For the moment, please take a look at some of the current MAP contests to see how they work.

I just came across your comment on my blog and in all honesty it's excellent that you're helping out us new users.Since i've joined I can't get enough of steemit,scrolling through the blog feed can be very enlightening.
This sounds like a great opportunity to get my recipes noticed on steemit.

Congratulations! You have been selected for the next round of Six of the Best MAP21.

When there are all six content creators, I will create a new post and inform you in a comment here.
For the moment, please take a look at some of the current MAP contests to see how they work.

Im interested in getting my blog noticed, so would love to sign up.
And also feel free to read/view my blog if you like, i do Adventure/Parkour post!

Cheers from venezuela my friend <3 reestemed and upvote.

Congratulations! You have been selected for the next round of Six of the Best MAP21.

When there are all six content creators, I will create a new post and inform you in a comment here.
For the moment, please take a look at some of the current MAP contests to see how they work.

Question: if we have more than 1000 SP, but less than 1000 followers, do we qualify, or do both conditions need to be met?

Congratulations! You have been selected for the next round of Six of the Best MAP23.

When there are all six content creators, I will create a new post and inform you in a comment here or on one of your recent articles.

For the moment, please take a look at some of the current MAP contests to see how they work - links can be found on the @accelerator profile page. Thanks!

I have the luxury of being flexible, so sometimes one of the six participants is either a newbie or a more experienced Steemit member.

Thanks so much! I'm trying to catch up and figure out all the rules now! :D I appreciate the exception allowing. :)