It happened! Red Cross Philippines started hearing of steemit and it was loud and audible what they heard. Look below:

Efforts of @luvabi

Well, lots to learn here! Word of mouth is one of the best ways to market steemit in developing nations. For one, physical presence is essential as it carries a warmth that spurs action. 

Other than this, awareness is a good start as well as proper pacing. You don't necessarily have to be too pacey in getting new steemians onboard especially, when you are meeting them for the first time. So getting acquainted, warm handshakes and multiple smiles, is good start!

@steemph blog will give further updates in subsequent blog posts!

Basically, we visited the Red Cross Philippines event to tell them; "steemit cares". And that is a good start!

Next, is arrangement for a proper meetup, that will contain 93 youth heads from different branches of Red Cross Philippines and ofcourse, a steemit presence! 

Steemian delegates will go play roles in discussing steemit and have these youth leaders sign up to steemit. "I will updates on how this goes!"

 Talks are in place to have Red Cross Philippines join steemit! This will require a written proposal and is being worked upon by appropriate members of @steemph. 

Both "steemgigs" witness and "cloh76.witness" will play roles in organization, in a variety of ways!

Ultimately, awareness to steemit is a plus!

Red Cross plays the role of leaders and are known worldwide. Now imagine a headline like:

Steemit.com donates steem-backed dollars in a Red Cross Philippines Fundraiser to help Marawi! 

Not bad!

The coming weeks will involve more budget steemit meetups to create opportunities for more steemit sign-ups. I am still organizing strategies to accomplish this effectively and suggestions are very much welcomed. 

For the Philippines, it is possible to accomplish meetups over steemit-sponsored meals, coffee etc, thus, we will look to effect this and support steemians who want to set up budget steemit meetups in their city. 

Kindly reach me here, if you have ideas, suggestions or need directions

If you are in Manila and would like to gather coworkers, classmates etc to a meetup in an eatery, etc, we can work out ways to make meals free and come around with a crew, to discuss steemit to the group. 

Overall, we will like to discuss this. This could also include other cities in the Philippines! Feel free to leave a comment of what you have in mind or contact me here!

We are hopeful for a successful steemit orientation in Cebu tomorrow to be hosted by @jassennessaj & @themanualbot. They are promoting steemit round their university, while we help tutor them and help the new steemians resulting from their effort to thrive. 

Recent steemians, joining steemit from their efforts are:

 @shaineloo @jcpuzs1 @japh @leryam12 @whitearcana  @dwaeiji-aizelle @mosheheart

Apart from budget steemit meetups and eventual big steemit conventions, i am looking at doing some SBD-powered cards to give out, which will only be redeemable upon successful steemit sign up and introduction. 

I am still think about design and appropriate SBD-giveaway amounts!

 We will use the expertise of the "steemgigs community" to accomplish card design.

Overtime, we will find ways to be more effective in bringing about steemit growth in the Philippines. As for sustained growth, we will accomplish this by targeting the right audience and supporting (curation) the existing community of steemians based in the Philippines. 

We also want to meet Filipino-based steemians, who have recently joined steemit. Incase, we have missed out on your introductory post etc, kindly submit it below in the comments. You will also need some guidance with regards to steemit knowledge and i am available to help, so visit with me here: https://discord.gg/feucZRj

As the general discord server gets ready, i will be able to direct you to these servers accordingly!

If you leave in the Philippines and you are encountering difficulty signing up invitees etc, do contact me or any steemian!

If you want to us to look at an introductory post of a new steemian that you have invited, do leave a comment or URL freely!

Ofcourse, no nationality barriers as there is only one race, "the human race". So please feel free to comment and i am always reachable here!

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