Hello people,
You may think it's strange that a 2 months old, 61 Reputation user, is on the Introduce Yourself section, but the truth is I never did a proper introduction post.
Another thing to consider is that I also never shared a thing about me, other than I have a marketing background. Now that my followers are engaged and participate in my posts, showing their support to me, it's only fair that you get to know a bit more about @spiritualmax.
If this is something you're interested in, read below...
Meet SpiritualMax: Here's a Bit About Me!
Hey!
I'm the guy above, excuse the messed up hair and overall feel but I had just woke up and was getting my morning coffee.
Coffee is one of my greatest things to enjoy, and the best part of waking up is indeed coffee in my cup!
I'm 29 Years old and I'm a Marketing Professor and Internet Marketer... plus now I'm almost a full time Steemian since I'm kinda addicted to it.
Here's a picture of me with my soon-to-be wife:
The core of my "jobs" through the year was always writing. I was a blogger for other people's blogs and websites until I earned enough to setup my own projects.
When I did, I started developing my blog network, and if you're interested on what my day to day life was before blogging just for Steemit, then check one of my sites at Instageeked.com
My Hobbies: Gaming and Music
So, as far as hobbies are concerned, I got two main passions.
The first one began... I don't know when, since I can remember. I always loved to play video-games, Golden Axe on those old DOS based setups were a great part of my childhood.
Then, during my teen years, I actually earned a few dollars by streaming on Twitch.com
Finally, my other hobby is music.
I'm a drummer and a trumpet player. I have been in a band for 20 years.
I also teach music, mainly drum set, to kids aged 3 to 25. Finally, I play at my town's band so I have a couple of stories beggining with once at band (not band camp though, we have nothing to do with school or camping).
That's my band's uniform, was looking for a better picture but since I'm always playing either the drum set or the snare drum I'm constantly at the back, so no full uniform picture from the recent years sadly, however, you can see how its martial style here.
To wrap this post up, and since we're talking about introductions, I just have to say this is my first post using #busy, and that so far I'm loving how everything looks like.
The fact that it tells you about mentions, comments and where they are and everything from a single place makes it a winner in my book, plus it looks nice.
Well, nice to meet you :D
I'll see you around...
Cheers!
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so handsome and talented.
welcome to steemit, use dsound.audio to upload your music.
remember to upvote your comments and repliers, and your own posts of course.
Thank you for the flattering words.
I always answer to comments and repliers :)
Thanks for the tips.
:* ;)
So many fans, Maxy!
:D
Hey, a dude can't help if he's hot
Welcome to Steem @spiritualmax.
Do read A thumb rule for steemit minnows - 50:100:200:25 for starter tips.
Spend time reading Steem Blue Paper to know how Steem blockchian works and if you still have any queries ask them on our Ask me anything about Steemit post and we will try to answer that.
All the Best!!!
Firt time i have met you Max and it's fitting on your introduction and i like your story and photos. It's a complete different lifestyle to me, but that's what makes steemit so interesting and unique is all the different varieties of people their backgrounds and stories.
We do have a few things in common, food and coffe, music, my son loves video games, steemit, talking, breathing in oxygen, and as i get to know you there will be more. Spiritual max where does this rain from?
Let’s just say it, your extremely handsome! Thanks for finally introducing yourself. I’m glad you waited actually. I think waiting until your ready makes the post a bit more special. I didn’t know so much about you and now I’m thinking you should work for steemit. Also, when’s the big day, congratulations 🎉🎊🍾🎈 on the engagement!
Next year actually. And thank you very much for the nice words.
Well, I could work for Steemit indeed.
If you're looking at this @ned and @steemblog, I'm a great Marketer, started teaching it at college at 24, and I am finding success here, so hit me up :P
Hehehe
Cheers Kubby
welcome ;)....... I was sure you'd been here for a long time but then you've learned a lot on a in a short time. A got a Turboneger vibe from u pic..a "norwegian" hard rock band.
I dont know them, but I like hard rock :D
her u go :) their best album
Cool, Ill have a listen! See if I like it.
Good to be able to put a face to the enthusiastic Steemit account! 'Welcome to Steemit' Max! ;-)
Thank you for the welcome Rosa! :D
I tell ya... A man in a suit, never fails. Glad to know a bit more about you ^_^
Bump the Fox up a bit ;)
Thanks @underground :D
Hey Max!!! I'm glad I'm getting to know you. The first picture of you is without a shower and messed up hair. I'm glad you didn't bother to put on makeup so I can know the real you ;) haha jk.
Congrats on your engagement, your fiance is pretty! Did you get her on Steemit, too? Is she also a marketer?
Are you a marketing professor online, or at a university?
I just tried the BEST coffee I've ever had in my life yesterday. And, I even went to a coffee farm in Guatemala that is one of the suppliers for Starbucks. But let me tell you...Thailand has some hidden gem coffee. You want some? I can share!
Oh man, I remember my brother playing Golden Axe all the time. All I ever played was power rangers and stuff on Sega Genesis lol ugh I'm old.
Hmm...maybe I'll try busy.org now, sounds like it might be good! I haven't tried it either.
Hey Nomadic!
Yeah showers are overrated! LOL!
Thanks, my fiance doesn't speak English, and she's a personal trainer and fitness instructor.
I teach at a University.
We're both old! :P
Wow what does she speak?
Portuguese :)
Hey there!
I never knew that the person behind it is a dashing handsome man (winks) and were around the same age as well, no wonder that your fiancee is so fortunate to have you. (I kinda admit that I had a little crush on you... But I'm alright that I'll find the right guy for a 29 year old island girl like me later on!)
I'm not surprised that your marketing background helped you propel your rep score to 61 which I know that you're a capable person which brings something valuable to the community.
Cheers to your future!
Aw, you left me blushing :D
I'm a man, so I definitely loved the female attention and can only say that I can't see your own photo clearly enough to comment :P
Cheers
Oh I see,
I'll show you another picture of mine but this happen in my sister's college graduation as my profile picture from my facebook account (I kinda understand that my short hair and my very slim figure made me pass as a boy I'm at the left side):
Source: https://www.facebook.com/karla.uminga?lst=100001815198098%3A100001815198098%3A1519959612
I just hope that everything is clear after this...
Cheers!
Note: There was one time while I was in college that I was forced to crossdress as a male priest for final exam for one subject.
LOL! That should have been fun!
Great to meet you Karla! You all look alike :)
Nice to put a face on you finally _D
Cheers
Haha you bet on that!
I just remember that I was trying to avoid as many professors as possible at that time and unfortunately that one of my Economics professors saw it from the dean's office (as I tried to sneak through the halls) and brought me there.
And then they pull out their digital cameras and blackberries to take pictures of me stating that I looked cute as a boy. (To be honest that it was really awkward).
Going back to my family that I looked like mother but I have my late father's skin tone, charisma and intelligence which my eldest sister suggest to lighten up my skin but then my forth younger sister say it otherwise that I look fine with my skin color.
Yeah, that was awkward indeed... strange teachers!
Yeah I can see you're charismatic! What part are you from?
What do you mean by that? Is it by location? Could you clarify for me? Thanks!
Nice to meet you Max!
You're a busy fella indeed. Love the pics and snippets about your life, soon-to-be wife and hobbies.
Lovely job!
cheers
Anj x
Thanks!
:)
hey Max, I visited your instageeked blog... you still update that? how do you get the time?
I don't update it as of now, just maintain it :)
Haha, that's what I was thinking... How's it possible to do so much at the same time
I agree this is a proper Intro, compared to your early stuff ;)
Funny to hear lots of people say "I always knew you'd do this or be that, Max" I mean of course, easy to say that now! How many time have you heard that, got any idea? I'm just wondering WHAT NEXT for Maxy? I also saw some skepticism... 500k Steem is not impossible. Just Think
BIGGER ;)
it is definitely doable. Dump $2,000,000 into it, OK? :D
Yeah, what's next for Maxy?
That's the question I am interested in seeing the answer for it.
hello @spiritualmax and welcome to th community
Thank you!
Welcome to steem! Or sounds like you've been here for a while, but welcome anyways!
I see the one image needs to be centered.
See this: https://pastebin.com/inchfx2D you can use that markup to centre your image.
This is what it looks like when you centre the image:
Btw see this article, I always use it as a reference for formatting:
https://steemit.com/steemit-help/@krnel/how-to-align-images-in-steemit-posts-left-right-and-center
Damn, the centering looks on point, the image looks hideous :P
Nice to meet you and congratulations on your upcoming wedding :)
Thanks Kimberly :D
Cheers
Thanks for the intro, nice meeting you and a kick in my ass for not doing a proper intro myself :)
You're always in time to do it.... I made mine 2 months after getting in so you're not late.
Nice to meet you here in steemit. Glad to meet an inspirational steemians especially like me as a minnow. You rock =)
@micch
Thanks Micch!
Cheers!
You are very much welcome =)
Awww that’s our Maxy❤️
<3
You will always deserve many hugs and kisses Maxy. Let's plan the yacht party! xx Eagle
:P
:D He's a silly boy :D
Are you being nice?
Yes, Yes I AM! ;)
Spank Spank
:'-)
Ur so good to me
:P lol
IKR!
I cannot believe, we even have one thing in common
:)
Let me guess, you hate me even more now...
Nope, playing the trumpet is just for awesome guys:)
Nice to meet you max you now have celebrity status on steemit. You are a role model. Keep it brother.
Cheers
Thank you brozini for the nice words :D
Cheers!
So nice to meet you!! Even though I already met you, this re- intro was great. Inspirational for myself actually because I feel I may need to do something similar as I've been around for a hot minute but still meeting so many new people. Thx for sharing
Thanks for stopping by to welcome me :P
If you feel you haven't introduced yourself properly then go ahead.
I for one, welcome you again already :D
Nice to "finally" meet you and get some additional insight into your life before and outside Steemit. You've made quite a splash in your short time here, and all your supporters are looking for more great things in the coming months and years.
Thanks money!
You're a cool guy who is doing great too :) Cheers and see you around!
Heya Max! That is a very cool tattoo! I've always wanted to get one but never came around to it. Closest i got was choosing the design of a dream weaver and the words Invicutus but learned my boss had the same tattoo and didn't want to get one because might be said to be sucking up.
We all know how avid a gamer you are in the Empire but the music damn you gotta drop us some links there because i know you will never post it in your blog because it veers away from your personal brand.
So many info on this one letting us know more about the spiritualmax persona.
Hey man,
I actually dont have any recording of me playing, which seems odd for a musician of 20 years experience, but its true.
Cheers
Nice post, Max!
I see we share a common hobby - gaming. I was more like Stronghold guy and I and my cousin used to play it to 5/6 in the morning. I'm going to ask you some questions if you don't mind.
What's your favorite game?
Which game have you played the most?
I prefer tea instead of coffee but it's just a matter of taste.
I'm more into sports and I'm musical invalid :D
PS: Shhhh, I won't tell anybody about the fake tattoo sleeve on the first photo :)
Hehehehe! You spotted it.
I was actually holding bets in Discord on my community, some were arguing fake others werent... But I already disclosed the truth ^:P
IFavorite games are Mount and Blade Warband, Europa Universalis, Mass Effect Saga.
The game I played the most was M&B, 700 hours :)
Cheers
Wow, your growth is phenomenal & inspiring.
Welcome once again & Welldone
Thank you very much for the words and warm welcome :=)
Nice demystification.
Not sure if that’s a tattoo or skintight shirt on your right arm in the first pic - though either way, looks badass. 😎
It's a Tattoo Sleeve, micro porous fabric... I change those according to the mood hehe.
Cool.
It's good to know you. You have got a lot of talents.
Thanks man, pleasure seeing you here
Welcome, I have learned a lot of marketing techniques from your blog posts. You are doing more than great in just a few months.
There is a lot to learn from you. I hope you keep sharing new things with us all.
I'm planning to continue, yes, and learning more throughout the way.
That's great.
Can you help me understand steemit?
I wrote tons of guides on Steem, browse my profile and start reading ;)
Nice! :) And as a musician, you might enjoy Steemit Open Mic? All the best with the marriage <3 Good vibes, good luck!
Ah no, not that kind of musician :P
Max, only two months???!!!
Amazing!
I'm glad it took this long to share more about yourself because I would have missed it. ;) Great life, great guy. Thanks !
Thank you for the kind words Angela :)
Cheers
Dear steemer,
nice post and I followed you :) Please follow me :)
Thanks for the follow!
Wow that is a crazy tattoo there! Anyway nice to have finally met you properly!
I noticed you are also a gamer, if you are interested I'm giving away game keys (extras from my Humble Monthly subscription).
https://steemit.com/gaming/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-pillars-of-eternity
Oh cool!
Btw pillars of eternity was a fairly good game, Tyranny on the other hand was the REAL gem!
Pillars on my backlog of to-play games! I did the tutorial, and I interested, but just can't find the time!
Meanwhile, Tyranny is on my to-buy list!
I replayed Tyranny 3 times, more than I do on most other RPGS.
Okay, that's got me. It's it complete now, no more expansion?
Complete is a strange word to use on a game you start after the biggest war and conquest of your age has finished and ends right before the most epic conflict in history.
Ha ha, I meant if the developer is done releasing expansions. Often I will wait till the GOTY is out so I don't end up having to buy many separate expansion.
Coffee,games,music ..u don't need to say anymore..
That's all you need
I see you're a man of culture as well"
That is one radical inking!
Great to put a face to the avatar.
:)
xox
Thanks Ldacey :D
It's a pleasure to be met :D
I don't even know how many of my own hours I spent playing Golden Axe growing up.
Nice to meet you -- keep on keepin' on!
Did you also always picked the dwarf with the Axe? Was OP
Welcome to Steemit, it's nice to meet you. :)
Thanks! Likewise maianh
Cheers!
Hey @spiritualmax,
Im glad to know more about you, and believe it or not we have alot in common. Im also a percussion teacher and guitar player. Music is my passion. I've been playing at my town's band since i was a kid just like you.
I would love to learn more from you.
Congrats, this was a really nice post!
Well,
For the things you're telling me about, I wager you're a cool guy!
Where are you from?
Cheers
Im from Aveiro, but im studying management at Santarem. Marketing is one of my favourite classes, believe me.
And whats is your favorite tip of music?
Cheers
Ah! Are you one of my students?
Aaaah! Ahah! Nicely done!
Very nice to meet you at last @spiritualmax. Not quite sure how, but you fit the sub-conscious image I had of you, built up over reading your blog and comments across the Steemniverse - I had this realisation when reading your post and seeing your pix. This is very much a positive observation, a delight even :D
Hey Barge!
Cool that I fit the image. The image I create of other people doesn't hold true the vast majority of times.
Nice being met :P
Cheers
I graduated with a degree in marketing I enjoyed the classes and getting to know the different methods. I learned a lot about google adwords thats for sure.
Cool!
I didnt learn about those in school but through my own experience, when I took my degree the Internet wasn't the hottest thing.
Yea I wish they would have had steemit back then I would have enjoyed incorporating it into my social media marketing project.
Great @spiritualmax.
You are an artistic person and your hobbies explain it well. Not only this, you are a hardworker as well
Thanks! I like to think that as well :D
Hi @spiritualmax
Good intro :) you are a very talented person. Your success at Steemit is not luck or luck. I always knew that this is a clearly planned action, from a person who understands what he is doing.
Proffesor on marketing this justifies all your knowledge that you successfully apply here. I saw your potential at the beginning of your journey and learned from you. I'm sure that after a year's stay here you will be a whale.
Good luck!
Ура
A whale is over 500K SP.
I highly doubt I can EVER reach that number, half a million SP is too big!
Thank you for the confidence though :D
and you were sure that more than a month you will collect 1000 SP? For many, this is a "heavy" sum.
1000 SP a month it would still take me 500 Months to be a whale!
We can argue about this for a long time :) But we do not know what will happen tomorrow.
From this point of view, we are theorists.
I immediately remembered the dialogue with the movie Wolf with Wal Street: "Химера, хумера, да хумер его поймет" :)
I do not translate it :)
Wow! I didn't know the part about music. I was in a marching band myself growing up, played the clarinet!
Also I now can see the cup of coffee clearly :). Otherwise it just looks like you are thinking.
And welcome to Steemit ;)
Thank you Eon.
Of course you'd play the Clarinet... You definitely don't seem the kind of guy to play the TUBA :D
Nice to see a little bit more about yourself man!
I think you have already posted pics of yourself? I had the idea of already having seeing you lol
I didn't, but I did so in the Crypto Empire group, maybe from there.
Nice to finally 'meet' you or, let me rephrase that, to finally meet 'you'.
The mystery is gone now, though, which saddens me a little. Besides that, I am now 99% sure that I'm not your brother from another mother nor are you my brother from another mother. Although... perhaps I should just ask my dad about that. Did he ever impregnate a Portuguese woman? Who knows?
No seriously, I guess he wouldn't do that 6 or 4 years after having three kids with my mom. Although - there was a big gap between my parents first three kids and my younger brother - who was born late 1990. So, it's still possible.
Alright, enough about me. Nice to see that you finally shared some more about you.
P.S. It would be fun if we'd meet up in Portugal, in a couple of weeks. I'm heading to the south of Spain (Granada, to be precise) on Wednesday so I'm slowly approaching.
Hey buddy, let's get one thing straight, if anything it was my father who impregnated your mother not the other way around :P
Sure, if you come by close to Santarem let me know so I can pay you a beer :D
Don't joke about my mom! I am the only one allowed to do that! ;>)
I will make sure to pay a visit to Santarem and if I do, you will hear from me for sure.
P.S. I thought we made a deal that I would pay the first round of beer.
You, then me, you're right! I forgot, thank you for reminding me.
Great introduction post! Nice meeting you after reading so often your name. Your results after only 2 months are really amazing. =)
I am jumping on the opportunity to ask you if you could explain more about how to reach such results. I am sure your example can enable a lot of people to learn and I would be glad to bring the social projects in which I am committing to get better results and find more support, maybe you could guide us? In betwen I'll go discover all your writing. All the best, Jean
Hey!
I write a lot of guides for newbies on Steemit, and you're in luck as I recently made a HUGE compilation of all the guides I wrote so you can read them all.
Check my blog and scroll a bit down, I published it 3 days ago or something.
Cheers
I'll check all of that with a lot of interest, thanks for sharing!
People are starting to do this on DLive now!
You're right... maybe I should try it one of these days. I definitely considered it already... but even on mainstream sites like twitch my games were very niche, so who knows.
so cool youre a trumpet player! i played for a few years when i was a kid but renting it became too expensive and my mom said it had to go. but i always really loved it! actually bought one (15 years later lol) and trying to pick it back up again. slowly but surely ;p
when are we going to get to see some of your trumpet playing here!?
NEVAH! :D
It's not my blog's style... But kudos to you for trying to get back at it.
That's not easy, you lose your touch with years without practicing and have to start fresh.
So good luck!
thanks:) and yes- well awareeeee haha. I'm not practicing at the moment bc I'm extended traveling and my trumpet is back in my NYC apartment. but had gotten to the point of playing scales and a very poor Sam Smith song before leaving haha!;p
What games did you play?
Mount and Blade Warband and Tropico mostly.
Single-player or multiplayer warband? Have you tried the LOTR mod?
Yes, I tried it, don't like it at all.
I was playing single player, hardcore, conquering Calradia on hardest difficulty with only my companions. hehehe
So you are a M&B fellow, Max. :) I used to play M&B: Napoleonic Wars competitively - multiplayer line battles. But was playing single player as Warband as well. 1 vs >100 field battles were the best.
Yeah Epic! M&B is my favorite game of all time... 700 hours in it.
I'll be looking forward to bannerlord, hopefully they finally allow you to kill the enemy lords in that one. Hardcore = permadeath?
No, Ironman mode, high difficulty and no troop recruiting.
God bless you.
Welcome to Steemit Rukka^^
I find guys with tattoos pretty cool.
I found out a few things about you today. :)
Finally, your fiance, she's pretty.^^
:) X
Thank you very much for the warm welcome Dawny :D
Yes, she is :)
Cheers
:)
Heya Smax!
So nice to finally meet your face! Hahaha. I'm happy to read more about you!
I didn't know you played drummms, my kids try to too, we got them a drumset for xmas :)
You and your wifey look very sweet. In fact she really reminds of someone, I don't know who... hmm... That's going to bug me until I figure it out.
Anywho, I'm glad to call you a friend, and happy to be learning how to steemit with/from you :)
Xoxo
Thank you for the kind words Amy.
Hehehe, if you guys were from Portugal I could probably teach them :D
Cheers