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The last couple of weeks I have been thinking of ways to promote Steem and Steemit. I have the time to do it, and I also want to do it, so it is just a mater of time and logistic until this turns real. The first ideas that come to mind are what I have already seen other users doing. Going out to the streets to crowded areas and handling flyers and stickers to the people. Having a couple of friends helping, Steemit users that know the platform so they can explain to the interested ones about Steemit and how it works. 
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I think that good good promoting starts with true believers, people that really love Steemit and believe in its future are what we need out there on the streets handling flyers. Enthusiasm is contagious and thats why I think that paying random promoters to do the job would be a fail. If it is done by real actual users, promotion will be much more effective. I have been thinking to create a small group of people to do this task, me included of course. 
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Another Idea that I had was to give something to the people that shows true interest. Lets say giving them 1 Steem if they create an account and comment on one of my posts. That could be a good bait for them to create an account, and once they have their account and start browsing and discovering the platform, they will be very likely to stay. 
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Another thing that I would like to do, is creating and managing a Steemit Uruguay Community. Helping new users to understand how the platform works, supporting and teaching them how to be a great Steemian since day one. The way I see it, the quicker they start creating quality content, the quicker they will start getting upvotes, and we all know that upvotes means user retention.
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 I will keep brainstorming and finding a way around it, not only to promote Steemit in my local area (Maldonado - Uruguay) but also to start creating a local Steemit community. Ideas and suggestions are more than welcome since I do not have much experience in promotion and community building. Thank you so much for reading and supporting!


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