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 - @bricbric (rep 50)
A walk through the Bosnia and Herzegovina hills -= Wednesday Walk
This post is beautiful, but also tragic, seeing the former Olympic resort above Sarajevo with only a glimmer of its former glory. In any case, it is beautifully captured in this photoblog.
At the time of posting, this post had only 23 votes for 0.17 STU.
Selection #2 - @dogewm (rep 50)
Day 1 - Arriving at Dubai
Many travel bloggers only share the highlights of their time in their destination, but this blogger has also shared about the journey to get to Dubai. I enjoyed the comments about preparation as well as the Moscow layover en route.
At the time of posting, this post had only 4 votes with 0.04 STU.
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 19 - @deltasteem (now rep 58)
Macrophotography small flowers and shadows
I'm delighted that this blogger is still very active on the blockchains, not only here, but on Whaleshares and Weku. His pictures are constantly improving and have been very well received in all the blockchains. It's worth a visit to one of his blogs.
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. Italics means they've been featured as a flash-back.)
| week | authors | week | authors |
---- | ---- | ---- | ----
| 1 | @neilur, @changingworld & @trincowski * | 2 | @jandroh, @jabre & @potato-potato |
| 3 | @gmlgang, @mikefromtheuk & @efim-off | 4 | @steemminder, @liquidpoopcorn & @tomlabe |
| 5 | @unknovvn, @akash789 & @artofchi | 6 | @cosmodeluzgd, @frank-cris & @zorank * |
| 7 | @chuchoafonso, @marcocarrasquel & @nightcreature | 8 | @juanfb, @saffana & @zanoni |
| 9 | @francismoure, @miguelbarreto & @lynncoyle1 | 10 | @kurodevs & @fearless97 |
| 11 | @roger5120, @ana0918 & @lymepoet | 12 | @tdas0 & @matthewthonyit/@matthewtonyit |
| 13 | @zaimrofiqi, @pejugold & @marleyn | 14 | @edouard & @moderndayhippie |
| 15 | @elmicta & @anyisol | 16 | @rahulk200013 & @kweenbrand |
| 17 | @napeng & @buddin2 | 18 | @dollarsandsense & @maxijgcomm |
| 19 | @deltasteem & @badriadi83 | 20 | @k9world & @luisdraw |
| 21 | @norwegianbikeman, @iwansunarya & @rierie.marie | 22 | @kimbygrr & @elelobos |
| 23 | @shaheerbari & @avizor | 24 | @wilnonis & @zyzymena |
| 25 | @vishalsingh4997 & @abduljalil.mbo | 26 | @zlata777 & @alexisdauliac |
| 27 | @jasmink & @tatdt | 28 | @cendrinemedia & @jbreheny |
| 29 | @drahries & @sjarvie5 | 30 | @lightcaptured & @bankiezn |
| 31 | @anyaehrim & @nowargraffitis | 32 | @inu-jim & @wandairawan |
| 33 | @bettyd & @alesstorrb | 34 | @tomatom & @mdf-365 |
| 35 | @beforeyoupack & @ilsaione | 36 | @sabrip & @joshman |
| 37 | @nayita238 & @joshuaslane | 38 | @ciudadanoglobal & @littlemix |
| 39 | @virtualvictual & @amethystmidnight | 40 | @iiegon & @silenteyes |
| 41 | @jamerussell & @medro-martin | 42 | @superchaoman & @carloscaat |
| 43 | @ewefirst & @fionasfavourites | 44 | @harmonyval & @juliocesardraw |
| 45 | @aliciasteyn & @ajorundon | 46 | @goat-girlz & @lphnfotografia
| 47 | @bo-sirithip & @gertu | 48 | @becks723 & @aaronkroeblinger |
| 49 | @aloha-creations & @dvotravels | 50 | @sofathana & @rogernfl |
| 51 | @dansgardening & @lontongzombie** | [52]( | |
Running totals:
Week 45: 52 out of 102 featured bloggers are currently active = 56%
Week 51: 64 out of 114 featured bloggers are currently active = 56%
My personal observations - if you want to stay in the game... 1. Don't restrict yourself to a particular niche - contrary to standard blog advice. 2. Get involved in at least one community on Discord. Below are three of the communities I'm involved in right now. 3. 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"