Hello Hive,
If you are a Hiver who is active on X (formerly Twitter), you probably know that I’ve monetized my account and am building the X empire. (lol) It’s been pretty easy to get it up to about $60 a month. While that’s not a lot, it pays for the blue check mark and a few subscriptions on X. This is important not because I love Elon, but I love that he is taking a stand for “Freer Speech”.
But at the same time, I always love Hive and check in often, because Hive is where the real magic happens. Hive is the blockchain and cryptocurrency for Web31, with fast, scalable, and powerful features2. Hive has over 126 decentralized applications and communities3, and is home to some of the most-used Web3 apps in the world, such as Splinterlands, PeakD and InLeo. Hive is also one of the most decentralized blockchains, with no single entity or organization that controls the network2. Hive is awesome, and you know it.
Now, I’ve figured out some of the easy steps to grow your account on X (while monetization is young) and building the account is easy. I think Hivers could unite and help build each other pretty easily. We can use X as a gateway to introduce more people to Hive and its amazing ecosystem.
It’s been my observation that as my account grows, the visibility of the Hiver accounts goes down and many of them are below the viewing line of comments (lightly shadow banned). This is not cool, and we need to change that.
Here are my suggestions for getting more power out of the X posts.
Hive Users follow and support each other, but not exclusively. You can easily build your account by making comments on large accounts threads, especially when the thread is new. I find that if I engage too much with all the same accounts and don’t get out of my network, my account goes a bit stale, like a loaf of bread. So I get out of my common areas and go to new topics. I always get a boost from those comments, like a shot of espresso.
At this stage of the game, I’m averaging about 4M impressions a week, but still only have 3500 followers and engagement on my main posts are growing. I’m up to about 20 new followers a day, but it goes faster and it grows. Like a snowball rolling down a hill. Or a virus spreading in a pandemic. Wait, scratch that last one.
So, follow and engage with Hivers, but make Hive a smaller part of your content. Make a joke, post a meme, run a poll and comment on other topics. That will help your own engagement and also attract more people to Hive. For example, you can post something like this:
What is the best social media platform for Web3?
X
Hive
Facebook
TikTok
Comment your answer and why. I’ll go first: Hive, because it’s fast, scalable, powerful, and awesome. And because I’m a Hiver, and Hivers stick together. #hive #web3 #socialmedia
If we built a large network, the larger accounts can help lift the lower accounts out of shadowland, and we can all benefit from the synergy of X and Hive. Together, we can make a difference and have fun at the same time.
What do you think, Hivers? Are you with me? Let me know in the comments below. And don’t forget to follow me on X and Hive for more tips and tricks on how to grow your social media presence. Cheers! 🥂
I hope you like my suggestion. Feel free to edit it as you wish. Have a great day! 😊