SoS Daily News : news about the State of Steem @ 27 January 2019

The elections for the Steem Alliance Working Group took place on Sunday.

There were 24 nominations and nearly 500 people voted.

The final results will be released shortly.

In a separate initiative Hive account@impactn and others are looking to develop a Marketing and PR strategy for Steem - take part in the polls for the chance to win 20 steem.

Steem Alliance Working Group Elections

The elections for the Steem Alliance Working Group took place on Sunday.

Over a hundred people attended the Election meeting in the Steem Alliance Discord.

There were 24 nominations for the 11 positions on the Working Group.

During the 12 hours the voting was open, almost 500 people cast votes.

The final voting numbers are still being confirmed but those nominees receiving over 100 votes include Hive account@reggaemuffin (165 votes), Hive account@llfarms (137), Hive account@inertia (111), Hive account@jedigeiss (111) and Hive account@lemouth (111).

The final election results will be released shortly.

Full Voter List | Full Transparency And A Call For The Community's Review

Getting STEEM back into the TOP 10

The CoinMarketCap.com website ranks all cryptocurrencies according to Market Capitalisation.

For a long time Steem comfortably held a top 25 position, and even as high as the top 10 for a while. Over the last few months Steem has been drifting down and down. It now struggles to keep a place in the Top 50.

After taking part in Saturday's Steem Witness Forum Top 20 witness Hive account@therealwolf tackles the question of 'How can get STEEM back into the Top 10'.

For Hive account@therealwolf it is about making Steem more investor friendly...

We need a change: Investor first - Userbase second
...to get STEEM back into the top 10, we have to attract way more investors.

We have to show them: invest in STEEM because it's lucrative.

Getting STEEM back into the TOP 10 - Making Steem More Investor Friendly

Developing a Marketing & PR strategy for Steem - Polls & Prizes

Running alongside the State of Steem Forums Hive account@traveller7761 aka Hive account@impactn has brought together a team of people to explore ways of developing a decentralised Marketing & PR strategy for Steem.

As part of this process the team have produced a series of polls to gather views and input from the Steem community to help move from ideas to action.

There is even the chance to win 20 steem for participating in the polls...

Development of a joint marketing and PR-strategy for Steem – the polls

Add Your Opinion: Marketing & PR Poll: Potential Prize Pot for Contributors

Get involved in developing a marketing strategy for Steem and win Steem

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & Hive account@arcange ]

(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)

Steem price	US$ 0.286	2019-01-28 5.40am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.874	2019-01-28 5.40am UTC
Market Cap	US$ 88,801,311	2019-01-28 5.40am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#51 (-5)	2019-01-28 5.40am UTC
No. of Whales	37 (n/c)	2019-01-26
No. of Orcas	321 (+2)	2019-01-26
No. of Dolphins	1976 (+3)	2019-01-26
No. of Minnows	9115 (-1)	2019-01-26
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#4247 (-26)	2019-01-28 5.40am UTC