Why Not Hive? .:. #MyHiveGoals 2023

Just 2 days ago, @beeber wrote her short recap of the HIVE Meetup in Graz, which she was attending after the break of an almost one year! Btw. I have noticed that I have a crisis two weeks after my last HIVE Meetup as I'm already thinking about where to go and who to meet next! 😃 If you plan to do a meetup somewhere in Spain, please let me know... For other places around Europe, maybe in 2-3 months, when I accumulate more money in traveling piggybank... 😂

You know me, I got stuck very often with bad news or some negative experiences... In my defense, I do try to "convert" them into positives, when it is possible, or just try to figure out what went wrong, to do better next time! In that post by @beeber, she mentioned that they had a guest who wasn't on HIVE at all and that they tried to onboard it! Unfortunately, they didn't succeed in doing it (yet, as you never know what can happen) directly during the meetup, but that's normal as some people need time to grasp all the information... I would probably do the same...


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Onboarding is hard... That's a fact... Everyone who tried to onboard someone to HIVE knows that the best... I tried that multiple times, with many of my friends and some of them even have HIVE accounts, but maybe wrote 1 post, or none... The only successful onboarding by me was my wife... lol... But, that doesn't count... There can be many reasons why people don't want to join HIVE, but many times the main reason is something that we find as one of the the biggest advantages of this network! The rewards on posts and the "crypto aspect" of it...

I suppose that we have to put ourselves in their shoes to understand the real reason WHY NOT... Imagine that you had no idea about crypto and the only information that you got about it is by watching a TV... Just by listening to the latest news, you would find out that "crypto is the main source of funding for terrorist organizations around the world, which makes it the reason for the current wars!"... And you have to try to explain to your friend to join HIVE where they will earn "evil crypto"?!


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Let's forget the "evil crypto" reason and go back to the "blog-to-earn" aspect of our network... "Where does the money come from?", "It will collapse and go to zero", etc. As I'm not too much into onboarding, I didn't hear these questions for a while... Until the latest HiveBeeCon where the guy asked them... While those questions are important to be answered, are they really important to understand BEFORE you even join the network? I mean, if you want to do blogging stuff and engage with others, without investing a dime... You don't get any money for your FB, or IG stuff, so why do you suddenly care about free money on HIVE (which isn't free, but that's another topic)?

What do I want to say with all this? Well, I suppose that we are doing things wrong with onboarding (me first!)... We are showing shining hundreds of dollars posts on the trending page which can occur very rarely for new accounts... We are trying to explain HivePower, RCs, HBD, HIVE, Voting Power, etc. at the first encounter with an interested person... Maybe we should emphasize the real value in our network, for example, that very HIVE Meetup where we gather to talk about it, to have a good time with our friends, and meet new ones... Maybe in all that crypto story and counting money, we forgot the point of HIVE... In the end, we are the social network, so why we don't "sell" those strong points?

The friends we met, the experiences we got, the things we learned, the things that have changed in our lives thanks to it... Show by example...


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After this long post inside the post, it's time to go back to the #MyHiveGoals part! As usual, in the beginning, let's check out HiveStats...


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Some of the well-earning posts came to the payout so this week's numbers look amazing... It would be nice to see them more often like that, but that's highly impossible... Never say never, ph1102! 😃

Anyway, in the last 7 days, I have accumulated 325 HivePower, which is probably one of the record weeks ever! Most of that came from 3 successful posts... During this week, I wrote 5 posts counting this one, which isn't bad at all!

"Only" 1355HP more to get to the yearly goal!


Regarding my LEO Power goal, I have changed certain things and it wasn't a bad week this time... I can't push up my curation rewards as they are more-less the same week by week, but I can earn occasionally more from the author rewards and by buying tokens from the markets... I did some of that and I staked 76 LEO tokens in the last 7 days... It's not something spectacular, but it is more than in previous weeks...


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GAMING GOALS - Flexible Goals

If you open regularly the same amount of packs week by week, you will have the same, predictable number of cards week by week... That's what I'm doing in the Rising Star game and I'm accumulating 175 cards per week with my strategy of opening 60 packs per week... Almost 13.5K cards in total... A bit more than 1500 cards to my yearly goal!


Something similar to the RS goal happens with my GLX tokens goal... I'm accumulating new tokens ONLY by compounding my rewards, but the weekly growth is incredibly precise every time! I'm not buying additional tokens, I'm not "rigging" the game... 😃

During the last 7 days, I have accumulated 2250 GLX tokens in total, which is the same amount that I have done in my last report!

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It's time to update the numbers and put them into the spreadsheet until the next week! So, freshly updated numbers for #MyHIVEGoals, on October 22nd, 2023 are:

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These are my initial goals for 2023 created on January 15th, 2023:

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Join me in this awesome #MyHiveGoals and let's grow together! It is fun, motivating, and will keep you focused!

Thank you for your time,

~ph~

PS. None of this is financial advice of any kind...


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I see on other social networks people posting lots of content and getting no rewards and you are so limited on these platforms. On Hive you have so many ways to interact plus earn. It really is a wonder more people don't sign up.. I think some people believe it is too good to be true... Like HBD interest.

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It could be what you say... "too good to be true"...
But, I still think that it's mostly the mainstream media brainwashing about crypto... and as Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory would say: "I would believe more to your words if they would come from a TV"...
Sad, but true...

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The media does have control on people's thoughts of crypto for sure. Another thing is on and off ramping is hard to understand in the beginning. Especially if you need to make 3 steps or more to get Hive. When I sent fiat to Kraken this week, my bank sent me a warning too..

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I have been interested in making another account just to interact and not blog with say $200 of Hive and see how it grows, ie 15 comments a day from monday to friday and probably microblog at most, probably that would be a great example to show off to onboard others, full blogging is not for everyone, it takes time an effort to show up daily, its great to see you progress, hope one day my account grow as big 🤑🤞💪

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full blogging is not for everyone

That's true... It is not for everyone, and it wasn't for me when I came to HIVE... I never blogged before... But, that's another topic... lol... It is not for everyone, for sure...

You should do your experiment as microblogging is very popular and with Leothreads and Ecency Waves possibilities on HIVE are growing... For example, microblogging isn't for me... I had more attempts to use Twitter, but couldn't get around it... I like to take my time... 😃

But, you should try to do it... It has potential for sure!

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Maybe it's easier if we tell someone who wants to join to open an account, save the passwords, and then delegate enough to them so they can post 100 times a day. Use it like any social network without worrying about money and if you like it then you will see how to win.

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From my experience, and from that experience that Beeber had, the problem was even BEFORE all the things that you mentioned... Before the passwords hustle, RC issues, etc... Those are still complicated things, but they can be learned in a very short period of time...

In general, I do agree with you that with microblogging, newbies need more RC to be able to comment more...

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Onboarding is like marketing for networking products, but many people do not understand using a blockchain network as a socializing platform, because they are too much busy in Web2 stuff that does not give them anything in return.

I have tried to onboard many fellows some even made accounts but later left or could not grasp the patience to earn quickly. !LOLZ

Your Hive HP goal is pretty tough, hope you'll reach it soon.

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What you described, says it all... I suppose that we ALL made the same mistake... We were/are selling HIVE as an earning/crypto platform and not as a social network where you can build REAL connections and friends...

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Some new users feel frustrated when they do not get any HP or engagement, they see posts with plenty of $ signs and think they are all paid like that crazy dollars.

Well, a proper education is necessary before getting them on Hive or during the course of their engagement their should be a community give them good upvotes to keep them active.

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Actually, I think it's easy to invite people to Hive and get them started. The hard part is getting them to stay here. This reminds me of what we talked about when @theycallmedan was a guest on my show. People come to Hive and they just stay in an ocean. Instead, it would be better to direct them to 1 or 2 communities that will interest them and advise them to hang out here in the beginning. At least that's what I think.

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Well, it's true that getting them to stay is a problem... But, I suppose that I don't count my friends with whom I have opened accounts as ONBOARDED people at all... For me, they aren't onboarded at all... It was super easy for me to create accounts for them, but that's not onboarding...

But, retention is a real problem too... And we have to connect it with onboarding, as there is a question... "Would those people stay on HIVE if we "SOLD" the HIVE in the right way?" If they came to HIVE because we told them that they would earn $100 per post, it's normal that they will quit... We LIED to them...

If we SOLD them HIVE as a social network where they can find communities that fit their interest, and where they can discuss things that they like, would they leave that place?

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I'm with you on this one. I see some of the new members' posts even exceed $100. What do you think will happen when his next post earns a few cents?

We need to market the Hive the right way. Making money should be the incentive for people, they shouldn't be here just for that.

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I'm with you on this one. I see some of the new members' posts even exceed $100. What do you think will happen when his next post earns a few cents?

It would happen what happens in 90% of cases... They will be disappointed, power down their HIVE, and leave... Again, that depends on WHY they came in the first place...

We need to market the Hive the right way. Making money should be the incentive for people, they shouldn't be here just for that.

In my opinion, making money by blogging is a nice BONUS of HIVE, but it shouldn't be the MAIN selling point...

Just my 2c

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Good to see that we are on the same page man :)

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I think it's easier to stay at Hive as an investor than as a writer. Most aspiring writers receive little money for their posts. They are too lazy to write every day for 1-2 content curators.

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Exactly! You nailed it with your comment!

Nobody wants to write posts for 1-2 content curators! I want to write posts for other users, my friends and followers! That's why I stayed on this platform... I'm not here for those 1-2 curators...

Cheers!

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My onboarding history has been one of failure. The only one I managed to get to join and even post some posts was my sister-in-law but she quit pretty soon, she didn't want to understand the cryptographic aspect, the wallet, how to get her rewards, the power up, and all that. For example, I have been after my husband for months, he has had blogs and is very active on social media but when the topic of Hive comes up, he looks at me with a raised eyebrow and ends up with the phrase, one of these days.

And definitely, yes, there must be some way to do it better, the onboarding.

Congrats on the progress toward your HP goal!!

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We are too fired up and people can't follow us when we "try to sell HIVE" to them... 😂 I suppose that we look like a religious sect to someone from the "outside" 😃

I suppose the best onboarding is when they come by themselves and we are there to help them with the first steps... Everyone needs a different time and a different pace...

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The friends we met, the experiences we got, the things we learned, the things that have changed in our lives thanks to it... Show by example...

Yes friend nio, I find myself very often in line with your ideas and I completely agree with you that the publish-give approach is not productive.
We need to promote the "nice climate" that there is on Hive that there is nowhere else web 2.0
For your goals, yours are great progress
!CTP
!DHEDGE
@tipu curate

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We need to promote the "nice climate" that there is on Hive that there is nowhere else web 2.0

I saw some people saying that they had a "better connection" on FB or IG, but I can't say that from my personal experience... But, I'm probably biased with my very positive experience on HIVE... 😃

Thank you for your support, my friend! I'm glad that we are on the same page regarding many things!

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I can understand how much onboarding is hard because I onboard my sister on hive, but the thing I said to her try to use it instead of Facebook and use short post on hive just like you send streak on Snapchat and upload status on Whatsapp. I didn't make her greed by saying to her you'll get rewards but i said if someone like your content than he'll like but rewards aren't granted on hive.

Your goals are near to achieve 😍 I hope so you'll reach to your yearly HP goals before new year 🎊

Have a good day 💫

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I didn't make her greed by saying to her you'll get rewards but i said if someone like your content than he'll like but rewards aren't granted on hive.

And? Did she stay? You forgot to mention that! :)

Thanks for your wishes! Have an awesome day!

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Hahaha no actually there's many other to join her hive, she's a student and have interest to improve her English too so i prefer her hive as she should make friends here around world and talk to them in English 😁 and she used hive for mostly short content...... Her username is @iaiman 😀

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Onboarding is definitely tough. They need to stay interested so I think it's better when it's a game or some other thing that attracts them. I think that is why I think Hive needs more applications because these are reasons for people to stick around.

Good progress on your goals

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It's an interesting theory that you just said... Maybe people don't have that big expectation by playing the game and earnings like they have when they see $100 blog posts on HIVE? Usually, earning more from games means investing more... and for blogging, people think that they can earn hundreds of bucks from Day 1...

It's always about the expectations... High expectations, faster disappointment... 😞

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I on-boarded someone on Hive recently and I just hope that the person is consistent
When I also joined, I ran away for almost two years before I got the proper explanation of the platform and decided to come back

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I on-boarded someone on Hive recently and I just hope that the person is consistent

Fingers crossed!!! I hope that your friend will stay and add value to the platform! All the best!

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The impact of mainstream media and social networks like Facebook and X plays a role too. People are too caught up on web2, and web2 is stifling web3 by keeping people busy with the web2 perogative. I feel that a person must also be truly interested to appreciate what hive offers

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You are right about that... We are still too early in the Web3 development and many people still can't understand the difference between Web2 and Web3... It needs more time to mature...

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Yeah it's funny people post on so many social media platforms but don't have the expectation to get some rewards - but they never realise they are actually the "product" while the tech companies earn a lot of profits.
!LUV

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... and they come to HIVE with an expectation to earn $100 on every post... Totally weird... 😃

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Onboarding is hard... That's a fact... Everyone who tried to onboard someone to HIVE knows that the best...

I would say, it's almost impossible... at least for me. So I stopped trying too hard :-)

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I suck at onboarding as I said in the post... Educating others about the pros and cons of HIVE better suits me... Or at least, I think so... lol... 😃

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I am new and don't even know how I would onboard people. My account was set up for me by an experienced user who sent me my keys. So say I had someone on the hook to onboard how do I set them up top post and earn?

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That's a good question and it's worrying that you didn't already found that information... Which means that we didn't do a good job... I suppose that the first step is to open an HIVE account, which you can find links here https://signup.hive.io/ (I hope that they are operative)... Also, users that have a couple of thousands of HivePower can open you free accounts too... ;)

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I agree with you that onboarding is hard, especially for a complex platform like Hive. There are many things to learn, and it can be overwhelming for newcomers.

I also agree that we need to emphasize the real value of Hive, which is more than just the financial rewards. Hive is a community of people who are passionate about blockchain, blogging, and social media. It is a place where people can come to learn, share their ideas, and connect with others.

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It is complicated, but still, it is simple in the same time... :)

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It's good and the way we see that now people are meeting a lot and trying to make this platform more popular so it's very good and happy for all of us. My own effort is that once in my life I must meet all the people with whom I have been working for a long time and I also try to meet all my friends and relatives in my city. Bring it to the top of this platform.

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Start small... Organize a small meetup with 2-3 friends for the beginning... and after that, you can create a bigger event... ;)

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Onboarding is hard but retention is even harder here. I have onboarded approximately a dozen of people over the years but just a few of them are still active. Despite the fact that I personally guided each of them, explained what they needed to know etc. I´m sure for those who find Hive on their own and don´t know anyone here, the retention rate would be even much lower. Hive is a very complex ecosystem and it would be really great if we had some easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorials for newbies that would only explain the very basic things that they should know about how it works here. But yeah, we should also change the way we market Hive. Attracting new members here with the illusion of making easy money through blogging can be very deceptive...

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I suppose that everything is about the right balance... Marketing HIVE as a "money-making machine" can't work in the long run... People have high expectations and there is no worse thing than to get something valuable, and then lose it... You get disappointed very fast and quit... and not just quit that you don't care at the moment, but quit as you never want to come back...

On the other side, we have the "complexity of HIVE"... If we don't market HIVE as a chicken that lays golden eggs, maybe we don't have to go deep into every single piece of HIVE... Especially not at the first days for newbies... Moving the focus from money to the social aspect should help in removing the "complex barrier" from the equation... It becomes easier to grasp and maybe easier to grow... without the "money pressure"...

The truth is that the approach that I said in the post and this comment would probably mean fewer interested people in HIVE... Don't know... the solution is somewhere in the middle, we just have to find the right recipe... 😃

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