If you have not already encountered the Hive account@welcomewagon , it is an inspired Steemian development concept started by Hive account@bluefinstudios and Hive account@dreemsteem . The discord is not open, you are invited and with their hand picked team of teachers they scour Steemit for accounts that show potential to become incredible content creators - invite them to join and then help guide them on various techniques to improve their posts.

Everyone knows how hard it is to get established on Steemit, and so many accounts get quickly tired of getting nowhere fast and leave before realising their true potential. This is why communities are formed to help nurture and grow accounts, communities like Hive account@thealliance, Hive account@helpie, Hive account@minnowbootcamp and the many others bring together Steemians to help them learn and grow together.

As an honourable member of Hive account@welcomewagon (I think they invited me into the discord to give everyone a caffeine kick) I have been able to enjoy the posts of their new recruits and graduates alike - and they are all incredibly impressive. I was so impressed in fact I wanted to give them an incentive - to create a post telling us what their goals on Steemit are and what they would do with a 100 Steem Power delegation from Hive account@c0ff33a . My aim was to learn more why people come to Steemit and create a blog - because we are all different, of course the opportunity to earn rewards for making a blog post is a big draw - but people have all sorts of reasons - they like to write, take photos, share experiences or get critical acclamation for their work. I have found for so many people, they just want feedback on what they post, the rewards are secondary - but getting people to comment on your posts is hard - and has nothing to do with quality of the content - getting work seen is the hardest struggle. And this is why community discords have become such an essential part of Steemit - because they bring Steemians together to share their work and enjoy it together.

For the Hive account@welcomewagon challenge we had excellent posts from all the members, it was announced with the 100 SP Delegation contest post and the post quickly arrived.

https://steemit.com/welcomewagon/@ravijojla/generosity-and-added-value-as-seen-under-wraps-c0ff33a-s-welcomewagon-100-sp-delegation-contest by Hive account@ravijojla

https://steemit.com/welcomewagon/@eveningart/my-entry-into-c0ff33a-s-welcome-wagon-100-ps-delegation-contest by Hive account@eveningart

https://steemit.com/life/@anutu/my-goals-on-steemit-expressed by Hive account@anutu

https://steemit.com/c0ff33a/@maquemali/who-wants-a-little-cup-of-c0ff33a by Hive account@maquemali

https://steemit.com/welcomewagon/@twodorks/2-n-1-spreading-joy-for-welcome-wagon-and-267be4444445a by Hive account@twodorks

https://steemit.com/partiko/@mimismartypants/100-sp-delegation-contest-by-c0ff33a--entry-by-ulog9-evkma1zh by Hive account@mimismartypants

https://steemit.com/c0ff33a/@xcountytravelers/giving-and-recieving by Hive account@xcountytravelers

As you can see, every entry was more then deserving of an account boosting 100 SP delegation, but between myself Hive account@bluefinstudios and Hive account@dreemsteem we had to choose a winner. We had to spend a great deal of time dissecting posts, considering goals and genuine effort put into the entry post - and finally we came up with a Winner

🏆 Hive account@twodorks 🏆 Congratulations, your post completely shined out for quality, effort and engagement. You have been working hard to develop and grown your account on Steemit, and your post is a perfect example of the creative and fun style of posting that works so well while presenting unique content to you. You are more then deserving of my 100 SP Delegation.

BUT WAIT

That is not the end, and this is entirely my own little addition. I was so impressed with the quality of the WelcomeWagon entries I could not just give one delegation, so the following accounts will be receiving a 25 Steem Power runner up delegation in respect of the quality of their work.

Hive account@ravijojla
Hive account@anutu
Hive account@maquemali
Hive account@mimismartypants
Hive account@xcountytravelers
Hive account@eveningart

You were all too good, I couldn't not reward every one of you for your incredible level of post quality and engagement. And to be fair, I did power up this week to Dolphin 🐬 so I have a little bit of spare SP.

Delegations will be allotted tomorrow - because I have to dash of to the SteemStar Discord for PlayHouse - well done to all of you though and keep producing those incredible quality posts we all love.

Some of my previous posts you might have missed

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Witness Update by @c0ff33a v0.19.12 and giving something back to voters

The C0ff33 Vlog 25th August 2018

Sublime Sunday by @c0ff33a ☕️

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