Hello Steem Fam,
Happy Sunday to you!
It's another Sunday so you KNOW it's another fun Challenge to build the posting and commenting socialization habits that are the foundation for success here on Steemit.
Welcome to Week 8 of our 7-Day Steemit Income Building Weekly Accountability (SIBWA) Challenge
Let's dive right in..
A personal note and Thank You
This past week was a bit crazy. Was it for you too?
His second week in the Challenge, @zuckerzombie was a stalwart in submitting his daily posts and comments. His posts are always interesting and it was wonderful having his company. Thank you, @zuckerzombie!!
@PowerfulWonders was back at his day job after a two week vacaton but imediately off on an expedition with his pre-exam high school students. This not only kept him super busy, he also mostly disconnected to wi-fi most of the week. Thanks for all your service in education, @Powerful Wonders. We held down the fort and look forward to things settling down enough to have your company again.
Quick Reminder to give comment priority to Challenge participant posts
I fell down on tallying daily comments last week so I'll be paying more attention to that.
As participation builds there will be more Challenge posts to comment on at different times of the day, but for now, reserve at least the two main post comments for other Challenge participants. This will be key to keeping interaction and participation high both now and in the future as we grow this Challenge.
Remember also that it doesn't matter if the Challenge posts you comment on were made on the same day or on previous days for the current Challenge week.
Week before last, @PowerfulWonders listed his 'outside' comments under his daily posts. He said it was a fun way to tally them all up.
I've never done it that way but because I need to up my game with comment tallying this week, I'll be using that method too. Both are highlighted below.
Special note for new Challenge visitors thinking of participating
We'd love to have you come join us!
If you are already publishing one post and fifteen comments consistently and would like to increase to two posts and 30 comments daily, we would love to support and cheer you on here in our weekly Challenge as you do that.
Use the Challenge as your safe, friendly accountability space as you practice doing that each week.
If you are not yet consistently publishing one post and fifteen comments daily, we would also like to support and cheer you on as you develop that habit.
Again, think of this weekly Challenge as your own safe accountability space to play with other participants while you practice publishing more regularly.
IF you are visiting this Challenge for the first time, Thank You for stopping by. Would you like to have some company as you post away here on Steemit?
The water is warm. Jump right on in...
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So a quick recap:
This Challenge is about:
- increasing the daily income you earn here on Steemit from publishing posts and comments daily
- having a structured, friendly, safe and supportive space here on Steemit to post your daily links and comment total numbers
- helping you be accountable... to you
- being excited to be accomplishing your Steemit daily goals
- contributing consciously and intentionally each day to this wonderful Steemit platform we are all Blessed to be a part of
- receiving the 100% support of fellow Challenge participants along with the wider Steemit community as you accomplish each daily Win
- sharing the same daily posting/commenting goals as other participants in a joint group effort to expand both our contribution and reach within this huge Steemit universe
- having fun
For anyone who may happen by after today while this week's 7-Day Challenge is in progress, you can join in at any time.
So don't worry if when you're reading this you've missed a few days. Just jump in and start adding your post and comment links. Then come back next Sunday to start from scratch when next week's Challenge kicks off.
If you are an old hat from previous weeks, Thank you for participating and Welcome again.
We'll keep learning as we're doing and will fine-tune the Challenge as we go.
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For now, here's what we've got:
The Challenge is run on the honor system.
You post one of your daily links in exchange for making two comments on posts submitted by other participants. So two relevant, quality comments per post that you submit.
IF there are NOT enough participants for you to get your two comments for each of your daily posts done within the Challenge:
- comment on participant posts first
- comment on posts outside of the Challenge after
- post links for your two inside comments under the relevant daily post
- post links for the balance of your 10-15 daily 'outside' comments under the relevant daily post OR just tally them up and put the total
Also, very importantly, please:
- USE 'accountability' as one of your tags for the posts you're going to submit for the Challenge.
Besides it making your post easier for Challenge supporters to find, it will make your posts more visible as it's a tag that's not filled with millions of other posts.
It is also a term that's highly regarded in many niches and areas of interest and often searched for as 'accountability' has now officially become a thing. Searches for it will only increase over time both off and within Steemit itself
- ADD 'SIBWA Challenge' somewhere in the TITLE of the daily post you're submitting to this week's Challenge. More peeps going down their timeline will open it out of curiosity because they won't know what the heaven it is
Ok, let's dive down now into the Challenge Prep Steps and the Challenge Daily Action Steps so we can get off of this page and get going with today's Challenge tasks. ;)
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CHALLENGE PREP ACTION STEPS
(for INITIAL BETA MODE)
These are the immediate steps to take now to participate in this week's Challenge:
A. These three basic steps all help increase visibility for this post and the posts you publish and link to here each day during the week:
- UPVOTE this post (not mandatory but appreciated)
- COMMENT to hold your space by saying "I'm IN".
- RESTEEM this post if you can (not mandatory but also appreciated)
B. HOW to help keep this Challenge post tidy
- 'Reply' to your own "I'm IN" comment:
- TYPE in 'Day 1 Posts':
- HIT 'Enter' so it becomes a sub-comment to your original "I'm In" comment.
- HIT 'Reply' under your 'Day #' comment and type in 'Two comments to earn this Day # post' then click 'Submit'.
- HIT 'Reply' under your 'Day #' comment again and type in 'Day # Comments Total = ' then click 'Submit'.
- Do the EXACT SAME THING for EACH of the next few days, all the way up to Day 7, so that EACH Day # has its OWN 'Reply' that falls directly under your FIRST ORIGINAL "I'm IN" comment
Don't worry, it may sound harder than it is when you start doing it. Once I've published this post, I will do mine at the top and show you so you can see it. ;)
Ok, that's the set-up for each of your seven days of link and comment posting for this week's 7-Day Challenge.
This will help you post your links and comments quickly during the week when you may be in a rush.
Now let's get in to the daily action steps...
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DAILY CHALLENGE ACTION STEPS
(for INITIAL BETA MODE)
AFTER you have completed the Challenge PREP Steps above, move on to:
A. SUBMIT YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE POST LINK
UNDER your Day 1 sub-comment:
- Click 'REPLY'
- INSERT your FIRST Challenge post link and click 'SUBMIT'
B. UPVOTE/QUALITY COMMENT 2 POSTS BY FELLOW CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS
- Go ahead and upvote/quality comment TWO posts by different participants to cover the FIRST Challenge post you entered
- For EACH set of upvote/quality comment you do, RETURN to your FIRST post link in this Challenge thread and let the author know that you upvoted and quality commented
- AFTER finishing your FIRST ROUND of TWO upvotes/quality comments to cover your FIRST Challenge post link submitted for the day:
- RETURN to your FIRST post link submission comment for that day
- CLICK Reply under it
- INSERT the links for EACH of the TWO comments you made in exchange for posting your first Challenge post link
(Just right-click on the time thingy of your first comment you made on another participant's post, choose 'Copy' and insert that comment link back on this post as a reply to where you entered YOUR own post link)
This will MAKE IT CLEAR to all other participants which two comments you made in exchange for your FIRST post link
SEE my Day 1 example if the above is not clear.
C. UPVOTE/QUALITY COMMENT 11 OTHER POSTS
- Go ahead and continue with ONE set of upvote/quality comment to meet your 10-15 daily comment total within the Challenge if there are enough participants, or outside of the Challenge when you've commented on all participant posts available for that week
- RETURN to the post link in this Challenge thread and let the author know that you upvoted and quality commented as part of your extra comment round
- RETURN to your relevant Day sub-comment at end of your day, hit 'Reply' and insert the number of comments you did for the day
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That's IT!
Have FUN this week making friends and leaving love on each post you visit.
Even if your steem power is low so your upvote doesn't have a lot of $$ value, the 'heart value' of your upvotes and quality comments is priceless!
Angela
PS I'll set up my "Day #" and other comments to help you set up yours in case any of what was posted above was not clear.
PPS If you'd like to know when the new Challenge post is published each Sunday in addition to all my other posts, I can send that straight to you via email. Just request your own private "Angela's Voice" new blog post notifications.
PPPS If you right click and choose 'open in new browser tab', you can find a full listing of all my "Angela's Voice" blog posts.
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