I love finding new under-valued Steemians and this contest is a great excuse to find fabulous bloggers whose post aren't getting the attention they deserve. In case you aren't aware, the Pay It Forward Curation Contest is a weekly challenge from @pifc to find bloggers to promote.
If you want to know some of the things I look for when curating for Pay-it-Forward, please check out this article on How to Get Curated.
Here are this week's selections - reputation 55 or under.
Selection #1 - @sofathana (rep 50)
Venezuela: Country of National Parks
With all the negative press Venezuela has had recently, it's lovely to see someone bucking this trend and sharing some of the amazing natural beauty this country has. This post is filled with beautiful images and informative text.
At the time of writing, this post had an 0.02 STU payout.
Selection #2 - @rogernfl (rep 49)
Erupción del Volcán Popocatépetl del día 19/03/2019
I really appreciate this news item covering the eruption of Popocatépetl. I consider news sharing a very important part of what Steem and the other blockchains are about. I would not likely know anything about this spectacular eruption were it not for this blogger.
At the time of writing, this post had only 0.02 STU to its credit. I think it deserves more than that.
Flash-Back of the Week
This has proven fun - and is not meant to be part of the contest, just a fun extra. This week, I look back at:
Week 11 - @roger5120 (now rep 57)
My Actifit Report Card: March 21 2019
Sometimes featuring someone leads to a friendship, and this is one of those. Probably the no. 1 reason to keep doing this contest!
She hasn't been doing a lot of posting recently except her Actifit updates. However, whereas many people do a very simple post to go along with their fitness, her post is very detailed including her yummy oatmeal with strawberries and lovely dogs. Like many of us, she still struggles to get decent payouts for her posts and could use some extra love if you have some VP to spare.
These are my selections for this week. Please visit them and give them some love - even if you don't have voting power to spare, a kind word can make all the difference!
Note: All images remain property of the original poster. I've only used their locations.
Previous weeks
(Please consider entering this contest! If you no longer want to be tagged, let me know and I'll take the @ sign off it. People in bold have been active within the past month.* Designates someone involved with PIFC within the past month.)
Running totals: 58 out of 102 featured bloggers are still active = 56% (updated through week 45)
My personal observations - if you want to stay in the game...
- Don't restrict yourself to a particular niche - contrary to standard blog advice.
- Get involved in at least one community on Discord. Below are three of the communities I'm involved in right now.
- Support others, engage, meet people.
Lori Svensen
author/designer at A'mara Books
photographer/graphic artist for Viking Visual
now also on: Whaleshares and WeKu
Join us in the Official Whaleshares server in the text channel "the-phoenix-project"