![111.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXximpB9kjPNYKT7BZFAqV951qWUL5MrYSsMzbC4Cj7xT/111.jpg)| Today's publication is by far my most important one yet of this year. It may be longer than my usual posts but I would absolutely appreciate your time and support, my dear readers.
*(if you're in rush then please just skip to "SUMMARY" section )*

As usual I reply to all comments.

Always. ---|--- ## INTRODUCTION ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) The other day, a friend of mine introduced me to an amazing contest organized by witness @theycallmedan. The idea behind his initiative is simple but brilliant. Readers were asked to nominate a few projects on Steemit platform, which they believe deserve extra attention and support. Every community project which will go through an initial selection (round 1) will receive 1000 SP delegation. `Winner of the second round (starting today) will receive 20k SP delegation for the period od of 1 year. ` ### HOW AMAZING IS THAT? Link to contest: https://dpoll.xyz/detail/@theycallmedan/which-steem-project-should-i-delegate-20k-steempower-to-for-1-year/?rep=33&sp=3&age=30&post_count=10&stake_based=0 ## AM I BEING GREEDY OR NAIVE? ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUdctSX6zStVkK84tS7hxA3R3R5GExVbjs8V3kodFmtNu/obraz.png)*[picture source](www.everydaycheapskate.com)* | I can only imagine how benefitial it would be for our small community if I could continue my work on this platform and support quality content with stronger upvotes. ---|--- Many of you know me long enough to notice, that I engage a lot with people (mostly those sharing similar values and passion towards blockchain technology) and I upvote pretty much every valuable comment I'm reading. Having extra 20k delegation would surely help us all. This I'm pretty sure off. But I still need to ask myself a few simple questions: am I not being too greedy? Would winning this contest be even a real possibility? Maybe. I hardly doubts so. Even with the current support I would probably end up as 2nd or 3rd, which would not benefit anyone. Neither me or anyone from our community. So I came up with an idea. Please spare few minutes and continue reading :) ## "REVOLUTIONARY" IDEA ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQLdkK1NAwWLxpPdZWtHiu8mDZKXYgUQ9DDGYgrY9Qr3U/obraz.png)*[pic source](www.shutterstock.com)* | Perhaps what I came up with isn't really that "revolutionary" as I would like to think, but I figured out that ...

instead of "fighting with other competitors" I could build an alliance with other Steemit community.

One of those participating in the contest. One that I believe in and I want to support with all my heart .

---|--- Alliance build on trust, which would serve one purpose: merging and growing both communites even more. So the idea is simple: Instead of asking my supporters for their votes, I would build a new healthy connection with either @SteemitBloggers or @SteemChurch and help one of them win. `After all: is there any better way of establishing a strong alliance by building trust between us?`I strongly believe that by "giving up the fight" and investing my time to promote other projects I will prove my good will. I wonder if it even make sense for you guys? I would really like to hear what you think about my approach, as it is constantly a learning process for all of us. Sharing your thoughts and feedback would help me greately to progress in the future. ## BUILDING ALLIANCES WITH VENEZUELIAN COMMUNITIES ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXzwemjDxYxTy5Y6P8mDaTkfv9hFz45PfjdWGetWt9Koz/obraz.png) | Initially, I contacted representatives of @steemitbloggers and offered them my support.

`Unfortunatelly I failed. My impression was that I didn't manage to gain their trust.` I understand that the level of distrust in the crypto industry is very high so I cannot really blame them.

Too bad. ---|--- My second thought was to get familiar with the efforts and work being done by the amazing Venezuelian community @steemchurch. I received a very warm welcome and talking to their CEO was very refreshing and brought a smile on my face. @emiliocabrera is such a positive and encouraging person. Someone really worth knowing. ### My vision and goals are quite simple and straight forward: ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) I see huge potential of using the Steemit platform to benefit a great amount of people in real life. I'm in touch with a group of over 40 Venezuelans already and introducing them to @steemchurch could potentially help some of them (after all it's locally strong community of Christians in Venezuela). On the other hand I will gladly get to know members of their Venezuelian community who share similar passion towards blockchain technology, crypto, economy etc. And I will do my best to help them grow (let's take them under "our" wings). *(and please do not worry, I'm not trying to sell anything to anyone :)* WIN-WIN scenario for everyone involved. That's how I see it anyway :) ## FEW WORDS ABOUT @STEEMCHURCH COMMUNITY ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNLnYogvccq3ZBuXE62L2v1xB7jJm28T5RW9GJyYTqVMz/obraz.png)

It's a real photo! | SteemChurch is a Venezuelian christian community using the Steemit platform in order to reach out to other people sharing mostly common interest and faith towards God and his creations. ---|--- `Important Note: It is crutial to underline that at this stage, ` I'm by no means a religious person and I would NEED TO ASK EVERYONE to avoid religious comments under this post. I respect all minorities and religions out there, but my wish is to avoid this very sensitive topic. I hope everyone can understand and respect this. Their founder and CEO are not very "tech savy" but seem to have great heart. So I believe that with my skills and knowledge this alliance can go really far. ## THREE MUSKETERS ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma6MrDJ99z1XCRr1BcoSLwCVYQvxmXkowdgumjUgEHnzN/obraz.png)*[pic source](www.steds.org)* | I would love to share one more awesome news.

My dear friend @achim03 (he represents @help.venezuela community, which also received solid amount of nominations) will join our alliance and support our efforts. ---|--- How amazing is that? Combining our efforts could potentially give @steemchurch a chance to win that competition. Be part of it and join us! :) Let's see if our projects combined can actually work together. I chosed to believe that we can. ## SUMMARY / SHOW YOUR SUPPORT ![line2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcAVemyLyrhdD4VUxguqEmZ6oB8qJEY6oHT5Wx9Xc8723/line2.png) ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNkzRrQNUz4TGvUZJHp1Sp14JcnnG7936JsrfNC8qoBXt/obraz.png) | If you value my efforts and you agree with what Im trying to achieve, then please visit this link below and vote on @STEEMCHURCH.

Let's help them to win that 20k delegation.
---|--- Many of you (dear readers) know me already for quite some time and have witnessed a number of my efforts and work I did to help our little community grow. I promote quality content (mostly crypto related) and I'm constantly looking for valuable content creators who need help with building their exposure and presence on the Steemit platform. I would greately appreciate if you could also drop a comment below and perhaps consider RESTEEMing this post, so I could reach larger audience. One more time link to contest: https://dpoll.xyz/detail/@theycallmedan/which-steem-project-should-i-delegate-20k-steempower-to-for-1-year/?rep=33&sp=3&age=30&post_count=10&stake_based=0 | ![arrows-left2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQje2woATWMzBFf4EfwttC4JCdrPX94aqFgyxTkcMa2oA/arrows-left2.png) ---|--- Thank you everyone, Yours truly, Piotr

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