1. Imagine a world where you can enter a chat room, community or generalized online social setting and be surrounded with like minded peers who want to empower/pay you, thats basically Steemit in a nut shell.

Imagine having a following for everything you did online, a following that is constantly using their influence to reward you for your time and effort spent doing things that not only help the social network you both are using (Steemit/Zappl/SteepShot/ChainBB/etc) but also help each other in financial ways, and beyond that. Imagine a world where you can literally just share your life with this following and get money for doing so, and maybe even grow your following in the process.

Well that world already exists, and while it may be too soon for us to lean on Steem for full time incomes, it's very profitable and worthwhile as a part time gig and or just a hobby. So why not start investing into your future, your niche, your platform? I have been, and everyday I wake up wanting to contribute more than the day before. It's one of the most exciting things I have ever been a part of and I don't intend to squander it. You shouldn't either.

2. What if we could massively kickstart this concept now, what would be the effect of such an active small community upvoting one another? Wouldn't this create a snowball effect for the entire community? Damn right.

The problem with many hidden areas of Steemit is just that, they are hidden, or have low usage due to whatever reason. Well how do we stop or fix this problem? The best way I can think of is to simply post more often in these areas, invite friends and other to do the same and start building the market out for every single interest any human may ever have, before you know it that a once dead hashtag could easily become a top 50 or even top 20 hashtag and then we are really talking exposure!

Once you have 5-10 people working under 1 main hashtag often enough it gives that subject matter a whole new breath of life, and the activity can and will soon snowball over time. And who's post are they going to see? Yours.

3. What if YOU could make a huge difference in YOUR community? Good news, you can, today.

As with the goal of Steem, empowering others is the norm around here, but did you know YOU could help make a massive difference yourself? I personally have invited a few hundred people to Steem over the past year via personal conversations, direct messages, tweets and so on and while some of they may not know my real name, my account name or even why I'm such a steeming pile of steem hype, but they at least have found value in Steemit.com and thats all I could ever ask for.

Just invite people 1 at a time that have similar interests as you and before you know it you will have created the community you had been searching for, and everyone can hold hands and sing koombayah or whatever the song of choice is.

4. The community I have chosen to try and grow on my free time is going to be Marijuana/Cannabis and I will also be hugely focusing on the #KushSmokers hashtag and account to do so.

As with any good post, I should take my own advice and get it into action, so with that being said I started a project called #KushSmokers / @KushSmokers to help grow the cannabis and marijuana communities on Steem, as well as onboard professional authors already employed in the industry 1 by 1, and help them grow their influence here on Steemit in the process! Come watch us grow!

//Did you see my other posts from this week?

I just filed for my first LLC (Ember Creative), and paid the govt. fees w/ Steem (technically)! Steem is opening doors for people left and right. Myself included!

https://steemit.com/steemit/@decentralizd/i-just-filed-for-my-first-llc-ember-creative-and-paid-the-govt-fees-w-steem-technically-steem-is-opening-doors-for-people-left

Post 420:Why Steemit should have a Cannabis focused step child, a YUGE opportunity awaits the right team!

https://steemit.com/cannabis/@decentralizd/why-steemit-should-have-a-cannabis-focused-step-child-a-yuge-opportunity-awaits-the-right-team-ooh-post-420

Should I (or you) go to Steemfest 2017? (November 1st-5th - Lisbon, Portugal) The answer is yes.

https://steemit.com/steemfest/@decentralizd/should-i-or-you-go-to-steemfest-2017-november-1st-5th-lisbon-portugal-the-answer-is-yes







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