I'm doing something different for this post today, something from my heart to newbies who are just joining Hive. The price of Hive at the moment? Oh! It's more than enough reason to do a "U-turn" from Hive after signing up... I mean, I do understand if the mind of most newbie be like:
Ahhh! I came to earn some money and the token is this low? When will I get my first 10 dollars?
Believe me, it's as tempting to leave as it is for some oldies. Some days, we check our wallets and be wondering how our $200 went down to $100 within a few days, it's hard but what's keeping us? How come we're still here? Well, we joined and found more than just earning on Hive.
- We found a community that welcomes.
- We found a new habit we can't get rid of.
- We found a space to tell our hearts out.
So if you think you'd love a community or you have the habit of sharing and need a space to share, the sign up wasn't a waste of time and I'm happily going to share from my experience how to win over "worrying" about the Hive market until you don't have to (The price will go up soon! π₯²).
Many newbies get stuck at the sign up level, not because of the price of Hive but because they had no good guide on how to stay in the platform and be a part of it. So I'm sure this would be your favourite go-to step-by-step Hive guide as a newbie, you can tag a newbie if you're not one.
Signed Up on Hive, what's next?
After you must have spent a day or two to explore and ask questions about the features in your preferred frontend, you must know the rules and every rule screams "Originality", you must own most of what you bring to Hive especially your write ups. Explore and join communities, I always recommend Neoxian City community.
What's a Hive account without a good profile set up? Do that before you make your first (introduction) post, both together brings the originality and ownership of that account only you can give. The next step is "To start connecting" and the hack here is - Be intentional.
Instead of just logging to Hive to post and maybe never comment since you don't know anybody yet, have a small and quick plan instead. "Today, I'll comment on 5 different posts". That means, you'll be following users whether old or new.
Another hack in your intentionality is, "Write for prompts and join contests". This shows your account to other users who participate in them. Curators also check out prompts and contest entry more, so you'll get to earn some doing that.
While you're able to visit posts, others will visit yours too. Connect with them by reply comments on your posts and if possible, reply replies too. Keep a conversation going where necessary, many remember that and they come back again.
No earnings, little earnings?
It's normal, it's even harder to grow a wallet now than before so what you can do now as a newbie is keep your wallet safe and growing as steady as it can. You'd grow fine if you're with the Neoxian City though, if you love being part of a discord community. And don't start withdrawing too early.
No, these steps are not stressful as you think if you want to build for the long term and if you have a system of how you go about them daily or weekly depending on your availability. The first few steps are a "once in a sign up" anyways, the other tips I shared are what you would need to:
- Keep an active presence.
- Gain followers.
- Attract curators.
- Grow your account and wallet.
Nothing good comes easy but I've shared the easy way out from my experience. "Consistency in showing up and taking action is all you need" and that's where many fall aside because they couldn't just keep up. But if you're one of the few who wouldn't, do these simple steps and watch how you grow your account to loving it on Hive.
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