I got myself some extra Shares from my own support project which came along with Sponsorships that I can give away to quality Minnows!
The idea behind these Sponsorships is to make Steemit a bit more social and friendly while offering Minnows that are putting effort into growing an extra way to do so. While the intention was to get these Minnow Shares to go to really small accounts that have very low SP and try to get something going on Steemit, they so far nearly all have gone to somewhat more established accounts that managed to get a following and some basic post earnings (only <1000SP accounts can be sponsored).
This made me realise how much of a wall most small accounts have to face to break avove 0.50$-1.00$ average daily post earnings. Only the ones who really learn to understand steemit tend to break through. A couple reasons why Small Accounts have a hard time.
About 95% Small Accounts Fail. It is is really unrewarding to give them some support and see one after the other give up on Steemit after a couple months (the ones who do make it really make up for that though). The chances of a 100SP+ account staying active on Steemit are so much higher that it most of the time feels like wasted Steem Power to support smaller accounts.
Having no Upvote to 'Give Back' is a Huge Handicap. Most people are at least in some way selfish and there is very little to be gained by upvoting tiny accounts since the vote can not be returned and it is very unlikely to get good curation rewards.
Subpar Quality. Everyone has to start somewhere on Steemit and most of the time this start is not very good and has s a lot of room for improvement. The minority seem to be willing to put in a lot of effort in now to get the potential rewards later.
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.” ― Napoleon Hill

3 Minnow Shares
These will give upvotes from the account for a limited amount of time and can potentially be traded for an Upvote Share which will give longer term daily upvotes. (For more info see You Got Sponsored !)
They will be given away to 3 accounts that have
- 100SP or less
- Daily post Earnings below 1$ on their posts
- Community Response will help to determine the Winners. The entries that get the most Upvotes / Replies / support in the comments will win 1 Share Each. Everyone is free resteem this contest or to make a post on their own blog and asking their followers to support them ...
- Multiple replies can be supported
- Nominating someone else and writing some words about them also will get the one who made a nomination a reward if it ends up winning.
- Winners will be announced 7 days form now