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Welcome to my blog

Is good to see you guys here again today Am Louis by name and I love powering up alot because am aware of it's benefits. Powering up has always been my hobby in steemit because I really want to grow very fast in this platform and obtain lots of friends. ![1691456247728.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmX8VGX6GmeZd2DPWaG9uZxD7ivJarydhkMvD8FU3aiUPq/1691456247728.jpg) This community is also trying and they have lots of interesting contests. I even thank @hindwhale for organizing this contest because it has benefited me in posting my powering up activities and getting extra steem from it. ###

Steps in powering up

That process whereby we convert our liquid steem to steem power is known as **power up** and am a big fan of this activity. Please check the steps below. **Step 1** First of all you long into your steemit wallet and click little arrow beside the number of your steem. ![iMarkup_20230808_015846.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQXwZG9HExsxvHz7ha7NdNXf3xzebvVQ7fm7kZzgWguTe/iMarkup_20230808_015846.jpg) My steem was **21.025** and my steem power was **422.619** So I will be powering up 21 steem today. **Step 2** After clicking that little arrow, a short page will appear, indicating ***transfer, transfer to savings, power up, trade, and market***. ![iMarkup_20230808_015916.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR8rPMdH6yPe1ycXYrPL5bEU4PGS3Et4ALDE3UQhKk5AF/iMarkup_20230808_015916.jpg) Since our intention here is to power up, we will click the power up button. **Step 3** After doing so another page will appear and we will be able to fill in the amount of steem we want to power up. ![iMarkup_20230808_015942.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUbkDupCmqnSQsLgdMZs3xZoPnq6tQm5a1BRFypxnEoUf/iMarkup_20230808_015942.jpg) Like I said I will be powering up 21 steem today, that's why 21 is written inside the box. After doing so, click power up. **Step 4** Once you click the power up button, another page will appear, requesting for your active key. ![iMarkup_20230808_021007.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUFMj3e6NcXXi6VWnskAJmcPcbCtxXi14DUjENu7Sdqmi/iMarkup_20230808_021007.jpg) Go to where your keys are and copy your active key then paste it perfectly inside the box and click sign in then the process gets complete. Look 👇my steem power is no longer **422** but now **443** that's an evidence of the process. ![iMarkup_20230808_020011.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSvqrjqnf7S9XDfycPEM16iSJ7UKzxsS9fnPcFx1N3UU1/iMarkup_20230808_020011.jpg) ###

Importance of powering up

I know only few importance of powering up but am sure there are many other importance it has. The following are the importance; - It increases our influence in the platform. - It attracts other investors because they now believe most steemians aren't interested in powering down. - It helps us to be in any suitable club status of our choice. - It gives us opportunities to apply for some particular roles in different communities once our steem power is up to the required steem power a steemian applying must have. ***I appreciate you guys for reading, see you soon as I invite @patjewell, @sailawana, @radjasalman and @josepha to participate in this contest.*** ### Cc. @visionaer3003