So we just concluded the first ever Steemit Parade in Port Harcourt and (possibly Nigeria) and it was a success. See promo post HERE.
The venue was the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State; and though we encountered some difficulties, we ended up meeting a huge target with a team of 4, myself and 3 minnows if you may. I had just recruited them and they showed signs to be part of the steemit community. @kamaraoti @davethomas and @igwemohgeorge were amazing and they made the promotion fun, especially the almost 2 miles walk into the campus from the east gate.
EXPECTATIONS
As for everything planned, we set our minds to storm the University of Port Harcourt with 1500 flyers and a team of at least 10 persons as we had printed T-shirts to cover that number. New members were pegged at 100 with hopes of getting over 50 phone numbers of interested persons.CHALLENGES
The day started out as a rainy day, given it has been raining in Port Harcourt everyday for the last 2 weeks. On getting to the rendezvous point, I was disappointed to meet nobody there. All efforts to reach the supposed steemians and newbies proved futile and after waiting for almost 2 hours, I set out with the team that was available.
Between the 4 of us, I was the only one with an account that is above 25. After having another round of peep talk with them, we hit the ground running.RESULTS
We distributed close to 700 flyers, helped at least 12 persons register on their smartphones and secured over 80 phone numbers of interested persons and we are putting them in a Whatsapp group to better help and manage the community. We also happened on some few persons who had registered on Steemit for weeks and have been inactive for lack of "understanding of the steemit platform.
Let me not bore you with too much stories, just enjoy the picture and a little video we made for you. We would have gotten more pictures but we were limited and had to take turns to snap some for your viewing pleasure.
PEP TALK AND DIRECTIONS TIME.
I got so excited that I was lifted off the ground when I discovered we had shared 500 flyers.
This guy (@samsplashk) used his smart phone to register on the spot and insisted we take his pix
SNACK TIME - the team took time out to have some snack after walking and talking to students for 2 miles.., or there about. hehehe
I will be posting the video soon.
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