Hello ladies. This is my entry to the LOH Contest #117. These prompts are very relatable and I feel like every hiver of high reputation has gone through one of the three scenarios. @kerrislravenhill gave scenario 3 in the comment section. So without further discussion let me go straight to the point
Scenario 1: A reputation 52 friend says that she no longer wants to be active in Hive, claiming that she can't make the time, the coin is so low valued, and only a few people ever read her posts. What could you do to encourage and help her to keep trying? Writing tips? Time management? Other?
I will be using myself as a case study. I started blogging on hive sometime ago because of the passion I had for writing stories. I specialised in horror and thriller stories and along the line I fell in love with photography. If you've been on hive for a while, you'd know that those communities are very competitive ones but I didn't have any problems at first.
For a newbie, I used to have notable visits on my blog and that made me very happy. Due to the eagle supervision from @malopie, I couldn't get anything wrong and I was and still am very grateful for that.
I kept going till I lost the love I had for taking pictures because my pictures never really came out well-or so I thought. My phone had a bad camera and I was terrible at editing pictures. I even took a three month photography class and I still sucked-or so I thought. I slowly drifted from taking pictures and I was all about the writing community.
I still had the driving force for writing stories till my daily activities got so much and I couldn't keep up with everything and so my engagement reduced drastically. I barely made three posts a week and that was very bad for a newbie like me. Before now, my reputation was moving like a turbulent river but everything started slowing down. I got less visits on my blog, less coin and that was when the POB community (my most used community then) started declining.
My education had greatly interfered with my blogging.I felt everything was going wrong until I asked myself why I started blogging. Was it for the coin? Was it for the reputation? Or was it because I loved telling stories and talking to new people?.
I loved telling stories right from the time I could make complete sentences and that alone put me back on track. I got to realise that there are a lot of different communities on the blog chain and it would do me good if I could explore all the other communities I had passion for and I did.
The truth remains, if you're just on Hive to milk rewards then you won't enjoy your stay here but if you're here to do what you love doing and have fun at the same time, then you won't regret your stay
PS: you could also get paid for doing what you love doing best😉. Everything takes time. You don't expect to start writing today and make your first million today. Slowly and slowly, you'd hit your target dear one.
>Words of Encouragement
The people on Hive are from diverse parts of the world and it makes it even more interesting to come on Hive everyday, you never know who you'd meet. So instead of focusing on your reputation, focus on having fun and trust me, your experience would be better.
If you engage and read other people's posts, then other people would be willing to read your posts too. Life is a give and take.
>Writing tips
One beautiful thing about Hive is that there's a community for everything! Do you want to rant, talk or complain? There's a community for that. Do you want to share a hilarious life story? There's a community for that. Do you want to tell the world how much of a minimalist you are? There's a community for that . Do you just want to take photos of your feet and educate the world? There is a community for that too.
Writing should not be a problem. It's the willingness that matters. There's always something you have to share. I've read posts from many authors who clearly stated that they were reluctant to write a post because they felt that the post won't be accepted or for some other reason but such posts end up being the best posts.
That little memory you have of your pet? Tell us. That fun vacation you had with your family? Tell us about it. That lecturer that keeps making school hell? Tell us about him.
It isn't just about telling us, it's about ensuring your post is attractive and at least 90% error free. Most people get turned off when they see a grammatical blunder or something of that sort. If you're telling a story of an event that occurred, please let it be genuine.
Another thing to note is the fact that your post titles should also be catchy. Many people would pick a post with a title like: " My not so fun day at the Asylum" over " Worst Day Ever". The title is supposed to tell part of the story. Personally, I click on posts with catchy titles faster.
>Time Management
This is a tricky part. No one knows your daily schedule like you do and so this should be a personal choice. I can only say that people make time for things that are important to them and if you feel Hive is one of your priorities then you would personally make time for it daily.
Set a goal for yourself. You could decide to make four-six or even seven posts a week depending on your schedule. You could drop about Ten-fifteen significant comments a day and make sure you reply to responses from comments. Consistency really comes into play when dealing with Hive. Checking on your hive account could be one of the first things you do in the morning and one of the last things you do before going to bed.
I would leave my reputation 52 friend with with the following sentences
There's more to hive than meet the eyes. If you began this journey, why don't you just continue and see where it leads.
I will tell her to access herself truthfully. Ask herself the question, "why did I sign up for hive?" If her answer is positive, she could always continue doing what she loves but if it's negative then I know there's a place out there that would suit her just fine.
With love , wongi ✨