I think its time to step up the LOVE A NOTCH and we are Continuing the giveaways with @dkid14 @shoemanchu celebrating the launch of our new blog together and will be giving, giving, giving @steemmonsters cards, also many other contests and giveaways.
So today start's a 8 day contest, @dosdudes will be giving away an @steemmonsters
LEGENDARY DRAGON SELENIA SKY
Here are the rules of entry: We would like you to post your thoughts in the comment section about contests/giveaways and why it so important for community?
To us it is important to be active and communicating within the community. We all love upvotes and making profits but most important is to build relationships within our community, so we can bring in more people around the world about us, about our community and how we are different than any other social network...
Only 1 Entry per person, your user name and comment will be taken in to consideration and @dosdudes will pick the top notch response or if it is to hard to pick, we will do a video using the @dosdudes container......
Here is your chance to help add to your collection of @steemmonsters to get ready for game play but you must follow the entry rules to a T.
Anyone can enter, upvotes are not required but helps us to keep growing and giving, giving, giving.... Very grateful for all that do, your are being part of the @dosdudes family. Thank you
Let's start getting some more people from the outside world to sign up using the @steemmonsters bonus sign up...
The Crypto world is down right now but we all know it will bounce back, so in the meantime show love.....
Also check out our great friends @o07 he also has contests everyday giving from SBD to Silver Coin, Yes I said Silver Coins.......
God Bless
Strive for Greatness....
Engagement is KEY when attempting to build a community. Contest and giveaways are a tools that promote engagement by usually bringing people together to discuss a particular topic.
The consistency that you guys are posting these giveaways and contest is unmatched in most other communities and that should go a long way towards keeping peoples attention. Providing users the opportunity to build a stable of steemmonsters through giveaways when they may have no other means of doing so (lack of funds) does a good job of including everyone while being sure not to exclude anyone.
Keep up the great work fellas! @dkid14 @shoemanchu
I think it’s a way to give back and get people into the community. I started the foundation of my Steeming account winning giveaways.
Fell in love with it after that and even invested my own money to help my account grow and run my own giveaways :)
Contests/giveaways on Steemit provide a great framework for users to engage with on a regular basis. They also act as a hub of activity around a central topic which is a great way for Steemians to find other users who are interested in the same topic. On a platform, like Steemit - which is a noisy place, this is especially important. Keep up the great work guys. 👍
Contests and Giveaways are very important for the community, especially for those who may not be able to afford to buy the cards they want. Thanks @dosdudes for making it so fun and easy for people to score some bad ass Steem Monsters! :D
In my oppinion Giveaways and Contests bring people to 1 post together.
And giveaways obviously attract people from out of the platfrom.
Good Luck to everyone !
There are some people on Steemit that have not heard about Steemmonsters and contests and giveaways will introduce them to the game. If they start out with some booster packs or rare cards, it will encourage them to buy more, increasing the demand for cards and utilizing STEEM tokens. This is one more reason that STEEM is destined for greatness, it's one of the only cryptos that actually does something. Not only can it be used to increase your 'influence' on social media, it also can be used to purchase Steem Monster cards which is helpful for the game, both for fun and profit. Giveaways and contests just adds fuel to the fire for Steem Monsters.
If STEEM increases in value due to the success of Steem Monsters through contests and giveaways, the entire community will benefit! @ironshield
Contest and giveaways are pretty much a cycle of life when it comes to Steemit in general and to Steem monsters. As someone said of course it's a great way for those starting out to engage with people that have been around a while or to even learn by example some things they can do themselves to help progress in their Steemit journies. If they manage to win something here and there it makes them feel good and encourages them to continue on. It's little things like that, that can make a huge difference in supporting the longevity of this platform. I'm sure most of us have been at a point especially early on where we thought to ourselves is Steemit really worth it, I barely earn anything for all my hard work. But then something happens where you get a little freebie or you get some encouragement from somewhere or learn something new that's exciting and makes you want to keep going.
The first three months I was on Steemit I was making $0.00 to like $0.03 on my posts and wanted to call it quits a few times. But then I won a few things, started to take notes from people that were doing well and here we are about 4-5 months later and I'm doing well and love this platform and will likely use if FOREVER now.
On the other hand, giveaways and contests are also critically important to even the bigger, more experienced folks too because it helps you continue to grow your community of followers and also helps you continue generating more post rewards to buy new cards or conduct other giveaways. Between the initial post of the contest and the results post 7-8 days later, it's essentially two posts for the same contest that you can earn on. So it's a win-win situation for everyone. Plus it's cool to feel like you made someone's day to after they win something from your contests. Something so small can bring so much fulfillment and even make you some new friends in the process.
I like what you guys do, I support it, I'm right there with you guys and even somewhat stole your idea from your dosdudes intro post for the SBI giveaway...sorry...😜, but that shits fun and super worth it.
That is a very deep, philosophical question for the end of the week, haha! Courting followers and building community are two of The 4 Big Cs of Steemit Success, according to a post I've read by @maverickfoo from 5 months ago. I have had this exemplified in a very tangible way more recently by @coruscate. She too runs many competitions with #SteemMonsters cards and/or booster packs as prizes. But like your competition here, Coruscate's recent contests haven't actually been "about" SteemMonsters. While the prizes are still monster-related, the entry requirements for the competition are often more personally revealing and community-building in nature. One of her recent competitions had us posting a little-known fact about ourselves and replying to someone else's entry, while another contest required us to write about how crypto has created more freedom in our lives.
As a relatively new Steemian myself, I relish these opportunities to network and get to know people here on the Steem blockchain. Sure, the Steem ecosystem provides us with the opportunity to earn cryptocurrency, and some people have done very well off of it. But financial wealth should not be the only measure of success we use. This is, after all, a social site, first and foremost, and the intangible benefits which we receive by participating and engaging can be just as real as being able to cash out our crypto earnings to fiat currency. I try to enter as many of these contests as I can, but not just to try to win. I also like to engage with those running the competition, and with the other contestants. Maybe someone that I discuss this competition with might decide from that, to start following my blog?
By keeping people here you are giving the community a chance to develop. Games and contests and giveaways enhance that stickiness. If the people at the top did what you are doing (and many like you in the dolphin on down category), then we would have much better retention. That would make us more robust. And the bigger a social platform is, the better. There needs to be a critical mass and that's exactly why these games and giveaways help spur people to "stick around" and make new friends!
ps... Love steem monsters too, it will be awesome for steem and the platform!
I like your mention of the concept of "stickiness", Dave. I agree, this is something that the whales could practice more often, but many of them are too busy bemoaning the current value of the Steem token and doing the HODL thing to notice that so often it is those of us with the least resources who can so often be the most generous towards others. Unfortunately, that isn't just a cryptocurrency exclusive; it happens in the fiat currency world too. 😠
I agree completely... Some peoples' worlds are distorted and insular... this keeps them from seeing the flaws in their own actions. I am not mad at them, but I do think they will get what they deserve in the long run! ;)
And that is what I like about steem and the monster game, it is sticky if they do it right. And frankly I think they will :D
it raises awareness.
the more people know about it, the more interesting it will get when the tournaments start.
I think if Steem Monsters was to truly be successful and widely adopted, we need to first develop a thriving community, and without awareness it's going to be difficult to build community. Contests and giveaways like this one are a great way to create awareness and build a supportive community. So thanks for the giveaway guys!
WINNER 🏆
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We would like you to post your thoughts in the comment section about contests/giveaways and why it so important for community?
I believe that giveaways are always an important part to any project which is going on not only to promote something but to also motivate the users to keep writing quality content. Rewards are nice too but when you win a giveaway it's a different story.
For many of us, Steemit has become a platform that, more than a simple "hobby" has established itself as a fundamental part of our life and our daily life.
That is why little by little, we are integrating with their users and we are looking to create and entertain and equally entertain ourselves, and that is why when they appear great initiatives like the one that brings us the steem monsters, it is impossible not to feel more than attracted, rather to a point of almost an obsession to figure and be better within the platform, because at the end of the day, monetariso benefits are there and we all caught the attention of this platform from the beginning for that factor.
that is why when we see that there are people with initiatives, and with desires to share, we can not but thank and give them an increasing loyalty, besides creating bonds of friendship that often become important to us even for our daily life.
Meetings, exchanges, support, even love, are a part of the words that become facts, being on this platform, I am very grateful with this type of giveaways because they show that there are many people integrated within the platform, and if They give away a Selenia Sky, even faster!
Thanks for your work and for your support guys!
Hello,
Been a lot of fun checking out your post and yes contest and giveaways are key to growth here on steemit. This platform is still in beta. It isn't as polished as any other social site. A new user wants to join and it can take days not seconds like most. Then you get all ready to make the big money and write a post and maybe get .01 from a few votes mostly by bot accounts inviting you to join their groups. Some of those are real groups but how are you to know. You check trending and see people making thousands of dollars so you try a few more times keep getting nothing and leave. That is a story I have heard too much. Contest like these can be the key to keeping people here and having them grow their accounts. I haven't been able to get one real life friend on steemit yet. But I am still having a great time. It took a little while for me to meet a good group but I found them through contest. This is the same way I found you two. If steemit is going to become more than it is we need to engage users with fun reasons to be here. Thanks guys you are helping lead the way in this.
Engagement engagement and engagement. Contests are a great way to enhance the social side of social media. To get people talking, commenting and discovering things they have in common with other members. Even if it's just a love of getting free shit.
That engagement has a flow on effect of building a community that can then support bigger ventures on the blockchain - such as Steem Monsters for example
The importance of community is something I've been learning the importance of recently, so I'm looking forward to contributing to the flood of comments here =)
So... Community is a word we often hear thrown around as essential to the Steemit platform but what does it mean, exactly? At first, a village comes to mind... Or a small, friendly neighbourhood. So how does one build a community online, with everyone so far apart, behind their screens, and so often focused on numero uno ...?
Engagement is usually what people will answer that with... "Go out, be interested in others, take the initiative, find commonalities, join in on the discussion." ... Basically, it means discovering what is important to you, and finding others who are of like mind and joining up with them - be it through comments, discord, or steemit chat.
And by doing this, friendships slowly start forming, and around those friendships, communities!
But the catch is... Quite often, the kinds of people who'll go that far, and be pro-active, are far and few between. And they'll find each other fast enough, but then what? Especially in these early days of Steemit, something more is needed to rope in the majority who often aren't even aware that there are groups out there with whom they might enjoy interacting with...
Enter... Games, competitions and contests!
When I first discovered Steem Monsters, I thought "Yes! This is exactly what Steemit needs! Talk about adoption potential!" ... And of course, history shows us that a community grew fast around it. It's something fun and unique, and yet another practical use case for Steemit.
Contests within the SM community, just like in any other community, serve as incentive for pulling in more and more people. Winners show off their prizes to their friends and family, many of whom are not necessarily on Steemit yet, and those who don't win look on at the winners with just a bit of envy and try again the next time ^^
Hosting contests are also a way of simply being generous to the community that has helped you get to where you are. I've only just discovered you guys but going through your feed, it's obvious that you're doing exactly that... Being generous and building the community along the way.
Thanks, guys!
Contests can provide a fun incentive to any interested topic but ultimately it breaks down to value. There has to be perceived value in the giveaway and the interation between the audience and the contest provider.
The best contests add value to the community (in this case Steem Monsters by providing art, music, story and also helping users increase their card count! :)
The secondary hope is that by holding contests more people might be inclined to do similar - in turn it may increase the reach the 'product' has on the wider audience. If only everyones grandma can start collecting the cards then its a success. :)
Many thanks for the contest! :)
Contests and giveaways have a lot of pros, and some cons as well.
But if I could choose the most important pro, it would be "it incorporates new members in community more easily than posting or them waiting for upvotes"
Just ran into you guys! Awesome account name btw.
Giveaways and contests are not well seen by everybody, because some think you are making a gift with a possible winner not "necessarily" deserving it. I don't think that is a good argument and I will just say my thoughts on this subject, thank you!
If something we have proven with crypto, is to show others that they are valuable and to prove our value to ourselves as well. Winning in a random or especial moment is something that makes us happy, feel empathy, be more patient; we can learn how to share with gifts and rewarding others.
Managing and overcoming difficulties can also be something that giveaways somehow serve and probably help better the members activity with bonding platforms, communities, etc. To make gifts is something everyone should practice and to receive one can be a great opportunity to feel loved and cared about! Blockchains are the future and we're already working in them. Cheers and thank you for this possibility!!
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From the looks of this, a lot of people are not in agreement with your opinions on this matter. That is the first time that I've seen quite so many downvotes, represented here by the red lines. Maybe you should find a more productive use for your time?