Steemfest in the USA will certainly make it easy for us Americans. Looking forward to finding out where and when.
Are you a member of @sndbox? I just became one. They carry over 500k in SP and will up-vote you're work and give yourr earning a big boost. You have to pay them a membership fee of 60sbd a month, but the up-votes you'll receive will be way more than that. I just got in and I'm allowed to nominate two people per month.
Here is their info page. Let me know what you think.
https://steemit.com/incubator/@sndbox/how-to-become-a-sndbox-fellow
you are the first to offer me a nomination, believe it or not. That's actually what I was waiting for, a nomination. I met the two guys at steemfest, but I guess I didn't make a lasting impression