A big step to going mainstream is the mainstream media starting to feature you.

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Here's a collection of MSM stories so far:

* Business.com talks about [How Your Business Can Cash in on New Social Network Steemit’s Meteoric Rise](http://www.business.com/social-media-marketing/how-your-business-can-cash-in-on-new-social-network-steemits-meteoric-rise/)

* Motherboard.vice.com featured steemit: [Steemit Is Like Reddit, But Where Upvotes Equal a Cryptocurrency Payout](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/steemit-is-like-reddit-but-where-upvotes-equal-a-cryptocurrency-payout)  Motherboard is important - they were one of the first orgs to cover bitcoin back in 2011 when no-one else was talking about it.

* Observer.com does a long piece featuring @heiditravels : [Social Media-Powered Cryptocurrency Pays for This Woman’s Solo Globetrotting](http://observer.com/2016/09/steemit-heidi-chakos/)

* The Guardian did a feature when Steem was experiencing it's bull market: [Digital currency Steem soars 1,000% in value in two weeks](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/12/steem-digital-currency-steemit-value-soars)

* Econotimes.com has an article on how [Bitwala adds Steemit’s cryptocurrency Steem](http://www.econotimes.com/Bitwala-adds-Steemits-cryptocurrency-Steem-264770)

* Digital Journal announces that [Survivalist magazine launches a blog on steemit](http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3055008) Survivalist is the biggest magazine in the emergency preparedness industry.

The Survivalist development, plus the advice that businesses need to have a presence here, may mean we see a lot of other businesses start to open accounts.