Introduction
Good Evening Steem Ambassadors!
My name is Jacob Bllett, and I am applying to become part of this global movement you have initiated.Before I begin to answer the question requested per your website, I just wanted to take a second to thank you for the opportunity and give you a brief look into my background.
I currently hold a Master in Business Administration with a major in Human Resources management. I served I the US Army for eight years and worked in sales and finance for Ford until I completed my MBA. From there I went to the State of California where I worked in Business Services and Development where I served on the advisory board for local start-up businesses. After a year I was promoted to work for Community Services and Development as an analyst.
One of the reasons I absolutely love the fundamentals of this project is that I saw first hand the negatives of a highly centralized entity. Where bureaucracy strangles growth, where egos, power, corruption, misallocate resources, and the vision of the department is lost as it becomes ineffective and unethical.
With some smart investments and the founding of my corporation (Billett Enterprises), I have had the luxury to retire in 2016 at the age of 31. Funny how retirement works, as I am busier now it seems than when I was working 40+ hours a week!
I discovered Steemit December 29th of 2017 and immediately made it my top investment platform after reading the Whitepapers and seeing the growth including the user interaction. I recently made a post celebrating my 1,000th post on the platform announcing my intentions within the platform and my commitment to it which you can see here @entrepreneur916/celebrating-my-1-000th-post-on-steemit-with-tribute-to-steemit-my-public-statement-of-commitment-and-contribution-to-the.
I have already begun the liquidation of certain crypto funds I was in to invest more into the platform to add more value as I continue to grow my presence. This project has now become my new venture and to be honest, has been one of the most exciting and rewarding ventures I have been involved with in my lifetime.
Anyways, without further ado, I will get to the questions in which you inquire about for potential Ambassadors.
Previous promotional experience?
The promotional experience started young when I modeled for a series of children's books for an agency in San Francisco, CA called Kid’s on Camera. I also did some work in local commercials.
Upon completing my service in the US Army, I began bodybuilding. From 2011 to 2015, I was sponsored by companies such as Herbalife, GNC, Nutri-Shop and assisted in the promotion of bodybuilding shows. My duties consisted of wearing branded gear, working events (booths, posing clinics, product presentation and sales), and using the product on social media outlets to build brand awareness.I built a fan page and promotional groups that consisted of over 500 members that were actively purchasing products or services.
I retired from bodybuilding in 2014 and resigned from my supplement sponsors and began my own independent online retail network called “Righteous Discounts” (had to resign due to conflict of interest). We sold over multiple online storefronts such as Amazon, eBay, Bonanza, Walmart.com, and direct sales through social media. Before the selling of our multiple storefronts, myself and a team of five I hired and trained were processing nearly $35,000 USD of products per month.
In 2016, after being retired from competitive sports for a year, I couldn’t stand not being “in the trenches” and decided to play football for a local semi-pro team in northern California. The head coach (former player for the Oakland Raiders) immediately saw my potential and suggested I look at some pro arena football leagues. I reached out to an owner in Illinois and was granted a tryout spot in their season opener. I traveled and played and was offered contract, however, I declined and decided to become a partial owner/player and business manager of a team that was folding in Nebraska ( I saw it as more of a challenge).
The team was in need of roughly $40,000 USD to play for the year and the deadline was roughly three weeks. In that time, I was able to reach out to investors in my corporation, plus local investors and was able to raise the money needed to satisfy outstanding obligations for the team to play for the year. The feat was accomplished by extensive networking and promoting the organization including apparel sales, news broadcasts and social media campaigns including the acceptance of forfeiting salaries for everyone in the organization. You can see my interview with NBC Nebraska here http://www.ksnblocal4.com/content/news/Kearney-Hawk-players-forgo-salaries-in-order-to-play-418458253.html.
Last year, after suffering from a broken leg in our last home game before the championship, I moved my attention to my real estate properties and heavier investment into cryptocurrencies and ramping my corporation up to include more properties and different markets such as transportation and increased funding for start-ups as a venture capitalist.
As of today, this platform consumes most of my time as I continue to learn and develop strategies as well as posting tutorials and guides for current users. I have begun working my warm market to get them involved and have successfully recruited new Steemians and I continue to guide them on this new platform.
Your story and achievements as a Steem/Steemit Promotor so far?
As a Steemian so far I have done fairly well, in roughly 22 days I have been able to recruit just under 500 followers, have an SP of nearly 400 and have composed four top 10 posts(one being the third highest) in the entire blockchain based on my SP, which can be seen on my Steemworl account here https://www.steemworld.org/@entrepreneur916. I have just learned how to use bots and have used them sparsely, most of my most popular posts have zero bot influence.
Strictly stating as Steem/Steemit promoter, I believe I have encouraged some of my followers to reinvest into the platform with the longer term by purchasing SteemPower, therefore stabalizing our beloved platform. Additionally, by teaching and promoting to my warm market, I have brought in new content creators. What is more significant to me than just a focus on recruitment is the focus on retention. Due to the current environment of “minnows”, it is very easy to get discouraged. Many people lack the resourcefulness to continue to pound away until they get something and need a guide. My focus is on getting users onboard and keeping them here.
Another measure of success in which may be applicable, as of my joining I have recruited 26 users to Steem Followers and 19 users to Steem Engine. This was done with promotions, written guides, direct conversations and other engagements with users promoting the positives and teaching them how to benefit from the services.
Why you promote Steem/Steemit?
I believe, wholeheartedly, that Steemit is the Renaissance of our time We have a major issue in today’s society, and that is the constant suffocation of information with zero knowledge. There is very little wisdom in the world anymore. Studies have shown that the average human being has the attention span of less than a goldfish (http://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/), which has a direct impact on communication between us. Finding people with substance is becoming more and rarer.
The Steemit community rewards substance. It rewards quality. It incentivizes people to think, to engage, with “upvotes” as the carrot in which are rewarded for such interaction. Let’s be honest here, people like to be rewarded and like to be complimented. I believe with this system, we will have a pool that is the polar opposite of other social media platforms which have devolved into utter uselessness. Steemit is the beacon of hope that intelligent contributors with quality content and intention can get together and work together to improve this amazing ecosystem we have.
What are the reasons you want to become a Steem Ambassador?
I want people to succeed. I measure my success on what I can do for others because when I pass that is how my legacy will continue. I cannot tell you how frustrated I have become with the interactions we see in today's world. How the talented, the intelligent, the rare are never appreciated yet if you can “twerk” in front of a camera you receive all the rewards you can dream of. There is something wrong with a society that rewards those more than those who contribute to make this world a better place for all.
In addition to this fundamental passion I have for the success of this platform, I also want to use this position as a title to give more credibility with my actions and attract those that may not have seen me as a resource. Much like my MBA did in the corporate world, it really does help in an effort to be an “expert” on the subject is performance alone will not satisfy the individual.
What are your future plans as a Steem Ambassador?
I am planning on both local and web seminars to instruct, train, engage, and answer questions for the community. My approach to compare directly to Facebook for content creators and recruit all content creators outside of the blockchain to monetize their content in the Steemit community. This will add more quality content, more interaction, will grow our active accounts and further stabilize the blockchain.
I also want to start reaching out to crypto investors to look at Steemit as a viable hedge against their current portfolios. This will bring more value into the blockchain and more relevance of the Steem and Steem Dollar currencies.
Video interaction with the community is also launching as I have made it a point to improve. I've just recently invested several hundred USD setting up a film studio. I begin filming next week.
My corporation is also liquidating assets that are deemed “underperforming” and sifting weight into cryptocurrencies, namely Steemit as leasing and delegation of Steem Power is a very interesting and returns look profitable. Also, with the low transaction costs, we are looking into potentially creating a clone of our retail network that accepts Steem/Steem Dollar only transactions.
There is a huge undertaking in which I am planning on initiating sometime in 2020 that I believe will be revolutionary and based on Steemit. The plans are already underway but there is a lot of paperwork I will be doing as well as asset acquisitions. While I cannot speak of it publicly, I can address it in private communications as long as it is confidential. It will probably be “My Life’s Work”.
Respectfully yours,
Jacob A. Billett, M.B.A
CEO Billett Enterprises, Inc.