Greetings Steemians. I salute everyone of you. And do welcome you to my blog.
Year 2015 through 2016 to early this year witnessed a tremendous increase on the number of ponzi programs in Nigeria as well as what appears like its sudden demise today. It is estimated that Nigeria as a nation lost more than $10 Billion to ponzi schemes and its likes. These schemes came in different versions; some had websites without any known addresses, some were Telegram based while others were whatsaap based. And you hardly see a Nigerian youth that is not a participant mostly in the capacity of an investor.
A lot of ponzi inspired whatsaap based groups were created to primarily market ponzi schemes. Personally, I used to have my own share of this; I created a number of whatsaap groups to market ponzi schemes that I was participating in. I also belonged to a few others. However, when proprietors of these ponzi schemes began to show their criminal nature by suddenly disappearing into thin air with public funds, owners of the various whatsaap groups that were hitherto used to market these ponzi programs turned their groups to promote other ideas such as porn, marriage counseling, gospel, etc.
Visibility Efforts
I therefore found it wise to take the advantage of my membership in some of these groups to preach steemit gospel. The strategy I used was to create a whatsaap group I named Lucrative Writing Scheme. After this, I crafted a very short but catchy advert note having a link to my newly created Lucrative Writing Scheme room and then approached the admins of these groups, seeking their permission to drop the advert notice on the floor of the various groups.
While some admins approved me to drop my advert notice, others refused. However, I still went on to drop my ad note on the floor of all the groups I found myself in irrespective of the position of the admins. This resulted in my being booted out of some of these groups. But it doesn't matter; I am passionate in my 'steemivangelization' campaign. The task to take Steemit gospel to nooks and crannies of Nigeria must be accomplished. And it is my decision to play a central role in this regards.
Below is the names and the screenshot evidence of some of the groups I dropped my ad notice in as well as the corresponding total number of their members
- Christian E_bks Embassy = 114 members
- Sensation By [Blank Point] 4 = 257 members
- Yemlay Cryptocurrencies = 141 members
- Funny Chats = 172 members
- O and E Contributions = 83 members
- One Heart One Soul = 172 members
- Let's Make Love = 179 members
- CFC Fans Forum (Winning) = 255 members
- Funniest Hall = 220 members
- Worldwide Sports Arena = 99 members
- HWMG Xmas Promo Team 1 = 234 members
- Alat Team = 65 members
- Jamalife Helper Global = 64 members
- Millionaires Club = 230 members
- Christmas Package 7 Accounts = 111 members
- Helping Hands Society = 104 members
- Sunrise Consultants = 159 members
- HWMG Winners Team 3 = 238 members
- Mypremiea Achiever's = 172 members
- MLM Coming Up in 2018 = 193 members
If I should continue to upload images and total number of members of the various groups where I dropped my ad note, it would be much of a task both for me and the moderator who is going to review this post. For instance, the screenshot below is the image of other groups I dropped the ad in but did not include them nor state their membership total number.
Judging from the ones I dropped so far, the ad note has a total reach of 3262. This number can be likened to impressions generated by tweeter or Facebook ad stats. However, based on the other various groups where I dropped the ad note but did not state their membership numbers, I estimate that this visibility efforts had well over 10000 reach.
Responses
The response was quite encouraging, as the approach saw to the growth of Lucrative Writing Scheme room from zero to 112 members who then underwent the training. see screenshot below
Registrations In the Aftermath Of The Training
The following is the number of attendees whose accounts have so far been approved while others are still awaiting approval of their accounts.
Responses still coming even after the training
Following the catchy nature of my advert notice, and because I had since revoked the link to the webinar room, my whatsaap personal page is still bombarded with messages from prospects who are madly enthusiastic to be part of the training. I however responded to them to remind me later as I had already finished the training. I intend to add them to the group when next I organize webinar. This is to allow me some time to provide the requisite assistance to those who had undergone the training in terms of making their intro post as well as having a good grasp of the program.
screenshot images of prospects still willing to be part of my already held webinar
The above is just a pointer; the number of interests are just too many. I will keep the community posted in my future reports.
Suffice to say that I will not rest in my visibility endeavors until steem/it becomes a house hold name in Nigeria and the world at large. Till we meet again, thanks for reading.
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NB: The first uploaded image is an altered image from pixabay.com. Others were taken with my Tecno phone model L9plus android version 7.0**
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