NEW ACCOUNT GROWTH TIP # 4

Using Contests Right From the Beginning!

I know this sounds counter-intuitive, but Mark, why would I want to give anything away? I'm trying to make money!

Well, first, let me show you what happens when you do.

Here's the first promotion I did on Hive account@dolphin school

Without any further promotion,to an audience of less than 50 followers at the time, it got 72 views, 14 comments, 28 votes and, $2.29 in potential payout.

I know that doesn't sound like much, but at the current steem price, the average post is worth about 75cents, so it's doing okay!

That, was without offering ANY real prizes.

SO, here's a super secret way to offer a cash SBD prize, without having ANY money, ready?

Get the chrome browser. Add the SteemPlus add on for steemit. Use the "Add beneficiaries" feature at the bottom of a post to split the revenue as many ways as you want!

So, basically, you can offer half of your profits to a winner! You simply set up a two part promotion, the way I've done here on Hive account@markrmorrisjr.

Here's what I did.

I said I would write a brand new story from a prompt, chosen by a reader.
Then, I offered up five photos for them to vote on.
I chose one voter to be the winner.
This afternoon, I'll write the story and put it up, splitting the profit between myself and 25% to that winner.

It got 35 upvotes and 65 comments. Not much in payout, but the activity is huge!

So, figure out what you've got to offer, whether you want to try a split, or offer something else. Can you design graphics? Give one away! Whatever you've got that you know you can deliver on, can be an incentive for a contest.