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[jasonbu]

I initially flagged this as spam, I then thought about it and figured I could comment with a @commentwealth response. @CommentWealth trolls for trolls and spams the spammers... please be aware @sanmi that consistent spam comments like yours might eventually result in flags, which hurt your reputation and earning potential. Linking to your own posts in another Steemian's comment thread is really bad form. Next time, try engaging with the author in a way that builds true community here on Steemit!

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[sanmi]

Thank you @jasonbu for the guidance. I am not sure, how to interact with people and let them know about my new initiatives. I never mean to spam anyone's post.

I personally do not like begging for vote , I tried in promotion channels in chat, and there is begging every now and then there. So I thought, I would upvote people's post ( I even borrowed some SP so that my upvote contributes to their post), and let them know about my contest. But this also does not look like a great idea as you guys say.

So what other way is there, to engage with people ?

[jasonbu]

Hey @sanmi, I took a look through your posts and have a few suggestions. I think that you are starting to get some traction. Contests are a hard go and you need to stick with it. Off the bat:

• a) I would make resteeming your contest one of the requirements to participate. If they dont resteem it you get no network effect.
• b) In your Summaries, link back to the original contest.
• c) Take a look at your tags. It's insanely hard to break out your own tag. Try using "contest" "challenge" and as you build you might be able to start breaking out into a new tag, like "caption", or make it an entry requirement to repost the image with their "Caption" using the tag #caption then post a link to the entry in the comments.
• d) Another idea would be to branch out and ask an artist to use their art in the challenge (cross promotion) - Then the "art" tag would be good to use and a good engagement point with another Steemians and their followers.
• e) Once you have more followers ask for a submission to use in the next contest.

The other thing you should do is to take a look and analyse some of the successful art challenges/memes. Have a look at @fibra59, very successful meme challenge.

Also, if you are not on PALnet #Minnowsupportproject be sure to join. Check out the posts @minnowsupport.

Hope that helps. Best of luck.

[sanmi]

Thank you a lot for taking time and providing your valuable feedback. Will work on this.