The first Pimp Your Post Thursday of the new year went really well. It was well attended and lots of great posts shared. Not to mention the great conversation we had during the sessions.
Hive account@thebugiq is a new user on Steemit having applied to join on Wednesday evening he received notice during the session that his account was ready to go. He was glad he had joined into the PYPT session. The night before when he’d looked over the Trending page he wasn’t as certain he wanted to join. Seeing the great rapport going on during the PYPT made him way more enthusiastic.
The purpose of PYPT is for Steemizens to bring along a recent post, share it with the assembled and talk about the post and their blog. The Pimp Your Post Thursday sessions are broadcast live on the Steem Star Network Radio
Here are the posts that were shared.
Hive account@molovelly shares another of her 5minute freewrites which turned into a story. She’s looking for some feedback on the story in the form of comments.
Hive account@bluefinstudios shared his green colour challenge. This photo catches a Red-Breasted Nuthatch diving into a bird feeder against the greens of late spring.
Hive account@poeticsnake shares her new curation project in which she introduces some new members on the platform. One of the toughest challenges getting started on Steemit is getting people to know you. Great work Hive account@poeticsnake aka Snekky
Hive account@princessmewmew shared 
Hive account@nicknightshade’s post reviewing Tredici’s Treats in Swellendam South Africa. The writing style is relaxed evoking the sense of a lovely meal in a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere.
Hive account@angelveselinov rewrites the ten commandments for use on STEEM. Pay attention, like the biblical ten, these are good ones to live by.
Hive account@anaman shares his thoughts about a recommendation by a prominent Ghanian business man to the Bank of Ghana to invest 1% of its investment portfolio in cryptocurrency.
Hive account@daudimitch discusses different cryptocurrency exchanges and transaction fees which reduces our net gain on our cryptocurrency.
Hive account@rodeo670 aka SaipanDamashii shares with us his excitement upon receiving his xBox that had been payed for through the generosity of other Steemians.
Hive account@pennsif is our keeper of lists. This list covers all the businesses he’s aware of which will accept Steem for payment.
Hive account@queenerica shared this post for her sister 
Hive account@mitchelunique. Her sister was nervous about coming onto voice chat but ended up taking the mic from Hive account@queenerica and did a great job presenting her post. It’s not as terrifying as it might seem talking on voice chat.
Hive account@stormriderstudio presented this post of Hive account@pennsif’s about his success in reaching his 2017 goal before midnight on New Years Eve by a community effort. Hive account@pennsif stated the goal and some members of the coummunity found they could help.
Hive account@seablue presented a post by 
Hive account@whatsup which was written as the result of a discussion in the Steemspeak discord about using the rise in STEEM to help promote the platform to the general public. The idea is to do posts with the theme of “Steem, march to $100”.
Hive account@seablue also shared a variation on the theme published by @reko.
Hive account@battleaxe presented her latest contest. She avoids a lot of rules on what qualifies as an entry in favour of having some fun with the theme.
Hive account@pennsif examined his list of businesses accepting STEEM and put together a possible itinerary for travelling around the world eating food purchased with STEEM. It would be a tad lean but possible.
Hive account@steemitgraven29 shares some fiction about thinking like an animal with a rather surprise ending.
Hive account@sgt-dan shared this post from 
Hive account@rakkasan84 about a veterans only discord he has opened.
Hive account@sgt-dan shared this post from newcomer 
Hive account@mattofsawdust. Sarge commented that he had found this new user and was very impressed with his writing. I agree. The post is long but it is the story of their business, how it came to be and the value they put into it. Well worth grabbing a coffee and giving it a read.
Hive account@ethandsmith has started off the new year with a new podcast featuring five of the best posts curated in The Steem Engine discord. Well produced and a great idea.
Hive account@svashta shared his story based on the writing prompt ‘dogs breath’.
Hive account@dcardozo25 discusses the culinary technique of sous-vide or vacuum cooking.
Hive account@mitneb of the Mitneb Curation Trail joined us to talk about her project of outreach to Steemit users for which English is not their first language. She not only curates their posts, she also coaches them to help them improve their English language communication skills on her discord server.
Hive account@krazypoet shared two links to posts in which he shares photos he’s taken and then applied filters to in order to create unique presentations of the subjects.
Hive account@tinypaleokitchen shares a short story that involves a dog, her puppies and one of them being abused and rescued. A sad story but well worth the read.
Hive account@tinypaleokitchen shared this post for 
Hive account@bex-dk on the topic of freewriting and their benefits for a writer. She also touches on how she feels it’s best not to use freewrites.
Hive account@yushaina shared her post on how they celebrate the new year in her country.
Hive account@catweasel popped in latest post as part of the Magnificent Seven curation series he and 
Hive account@enchantedspirit put out.
Hive account@thekittygirl shares her quest to determine the highest of a group of mountains using trigonometry.
Hive account@morodiene presented on behalf of 
Hive account@negativer’s short story that involves the blockchain, witnesses and freezing cold.
Hive account@molovelly shared 
Hive account@ferybae’s post about the beauty of Indonesia.
Hive account@stormriderstudio shared 
Hive account@johnkingwriter’s first installment of his short story. If the first part is any indication of the rest of the story, you’ll want to be sure to keep reading every installment.
Hive account@steemitgraven29 shared this post of 
Hive account@baby07’s as she announced the great surprise she started her new year off with that will let her work better on the platform.
Conclusion
Thirty posts were shared in the morning session. A great assortment of posts. Don’t forget to visit the posts and at least comment. I was delayed on getting the summary done so some of the posts will be beyond being voted on but they can be commented ont.
Don’t forget, you can visit the Steemit Ramble discord at anytime. When you share the post of another Steemizen in the nominate-someones-post channel you will get access to another channel nominate-your-post. I regularly review those two channels for potential posts to share in the Steemit Ramble.
If you are two busy to share, there is a post promotion channel. I might look in there some day. Steemit is about sharing and building community.
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