Steem4Nigeria Contest | My dream about Steem/Steemit in my country

Steemit as a social media has been a very unique and beneficial one. Thanks to steemit we are able to express our thoughts in writing and also meet and make new friends from around the world.
It is social media that is built on the steem blockchain and that works at rewarding it's users with the steem coins.

In this post I'm going to share my dreams about steemit in my country Nigeria and how I intend to create more awareness of it.

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How well is Steemit known in your Country? Do you think it's popular enough or there is a need for more publicity?

The knowledge of steemit is increasing day by day in Nigeria thanks to all our active steemians who spread the news to their friends and relatives. They have worked hard to ensure that many hear and come to join steemit and their efforts is yielding good fruits.

Well it's true that there is great effort in promoting steemit in my country but not much people have come to know and understand steemit. There are more than 206 million Nigerians,but I don't think up to 10% of his population know about steemit.
For example in my workplace when I first mentioned steemit everyone was like hearing at for the first time.

Though most people here know about the steem coin because of the popularity of crypto currency, but much do not yet know about the steemit project. Here people use many social medias like Facebook especially for their social life but steemit has been out of the picture even though it is more beneficial than other social medias.

A great need for more popularity

Indeed there is a great need for more popularity for steemit.
For us who has already joined the platform in my country, we have seen the benefits. Steemit has gone a long way to to air out the intellectual voices and writings that has been long silenced.
It has improved our outlook in life and helped us to reflect more on the things we do and the situation around us. We get to write about the serious issues pertaining to the society and at the same time earn tangible tokens just by putting our thoughts to writing.

We want this good for all our other dear friends in the country and that is the more reason why steemit should be more popularized in my country Nigeria. Steemit can be a pillar and a great source of learning and earning, and empowerment especially for young ones in Nigeria.

What are the ways you think the promotion of Steemit can be more effective in your Country? This can include special projects you have in mind.

Several projects could be made to further popularize steemit in my country. Popularizing steemit can be achieved by creating awareness through different means.

• Speaking to someone and sharing Ideas on what steemit is about

Yes, steemit promotion in my country can be done by merely speaking one on one to someone and explaining steemit to them.

My countrymen loves seing the benefits of what they are going into therefore telling them about and showing them how steemit can be of benefit to them will help to convince many.
We should present the idea of both writing and investing since many here do not have the time or energy to write, the option of investing can be great for them.

• Nigerian State representatives for steemit

Nigeria is a country with 36 different states and up to 500 languages and there are several areas that has not been reached with the news of steemit.
I suggest that State representatives should be appointed for steemit awareness creation and guidance. These state representatives will do the work of reaching out to people in their different states and explaining and guiding them on steemit affairs.

The country representative will be supervising the work done by this State reps and make sure they are doing well and also provide tips and encouragement. The CR can host zoom meetings with them from time to time to see how the work is going, and they can also be writing reports on the people they have been able to reach and convince.

• Steemit promotion through the use of visual aids

Advertisement made on the media and using different forms of visual aids have been very successful. I suggest that same should be done for steemit.
Videos, billboards, flyers, demonstrations, Audios, etc. All of these can go a long way to help present steemit to to all people. This will be a very good project for steemit promotion.

• Making and wearing steemit branded products

This is also another effective way in which steemit can be promoted in Nigeria.
Branding products with the steemit logo will help create more awareness to the public and can lead them to make more inquiries.

Do you think Steemit would be adopted more in your country if the points you listed above are implemented?

• my point 1

It's true that a drop of water makes a great ocean, if we keep sharing with friends about steemit and they come to embrace it, they too will want to share it with this other friends and gradually steemit will be embraced by all

• My point 2

State representatives will do a good job in reaching the heart of people in the same state. Using their language to explain steemit to them will be very effective.
Appointing state representatives will help take steemit to all nooks and crannies of Nigeria and with their help steemit can become a household name for everyone.

• My point 3

A picture is worth a thousand words as they say, so the use of visual aids can go a long way to speak for steemit. With these visual aids, it will be easier to convince people about steemit and they get to see for themselves what it is about.

• My point 4

I believe wearing different steemit branded products is a good an effective way to promote steemit and it can help many if not all to at least know that something like steemit exists.

I believe that with all the points that I've highlighted above, steemit awareness will be very effective in my country.

How have you contributed your quota to the development of Steemit in your community?

In my little ways, I try to create awareness of steemit in my workplace and other places. I also try to assist new ones who have already joined steemit so that they can learn an also invite others to join. Engaging in steemit promotion with other zealous steemians in my country has been a great work. Thankfully @ngoenyi normally arrange for steemit promotions and I try to join when I can and that has gone a long way in bringing more people to know about the platform.

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I believe in projects such as these and I also believe it will go a long way in making steemit a household name in Nigeria. And all these can only be achieved if we all work as a team. Our goal is to creat a bigger and better awareness of steemit and it's benefits to Nigeria and I'm certain that we will get there soon.

Let's work it out dear Nigerians 🇳🇬

I invite @patjewell, @david-o, @swaylee to participate in the contest.