Hi Folks,
Have you ever wanted to know where to earn Hives and upvotes when you first start off on Hive.blog? Lets cut to the chase here as many users may likely only want to earn Hive rather than simply be lectured. A front end interface to Hive's blockchain that I learned about 6 months ago is Ecency.com created by @good-karma.
The platform is easy to use and has an instant rewards program for all Hive blog users. It is a point system built within the Ecency ecosystem. Inside the Wallet tab is a break out of your user Hive wallet and an Ecency points wallet.
Inside Ecency points wallet there are various ways users can earn points by doing basic activities inside Ecency's portal. A summary of all the activities users can perform on Ecency to earn points and how much points is listed below.
How to earn Ecency Points
If you make a blog post on Ecency you will instantly earn 15 Ecency points! Ecency recently updated their blog post writing interface that makes it very user friendly. If new users in the begin do not know what to write for blog posts feel free to go through other users' posts and curate their posts. Each upvote, reblog and comment on someone else's post will result in Ecency points. The points are earned instantly once the task has been executed.
Users can exchange the points for two difference services.
Promote a specific blog post (Starting costs at 150 points and up to 1,000 points. The more points the longer the blog post is promoted.)
Boost a blog post via upvote. (Starting cost at 150 points and up to 500 points.)
There is also the option to donate the points to someone else on the hive blockchain and there are no transaction fees and points transfer pretty quick between accounts.
The Ecency point system allows red fishes, minnows, and other other classes of users to earn points instantaneous on a daily basis. When user saves enough points they can exchange it to get more viewers and potentially more upvotes.
Learn about Tribes
Often times new comers on Hive feel frustrated as their blog posts earn zero to fractions of cents. This may lead them to give up pursuing the use of the platform and hive blockchain indefinitely. This is where Tribes are important to know. Within Ecency there is the community tab where user can find tribes, which are groups with associated similar interests, that blog on the hive blockchain. Joining a tribe to finding people that can relate to your hobbies and daily activities can help associate the right crowd to your blog posts and have better chances of earning an upvote. Ecency has their own tribe so please check them out when you have some time.
Another medium for users to search for help and ways to earn more Hive is Ecency's dedicated discord channel. In there they sometimes have giveaways and best part is able to instantly get responses to other active Hive users.
Conclusions
Like anything in life to earn Hive it takes time and effort. Some get more while others get little even if effort put in to their posts are the same. Just like in life sometimes it just is not fair. Yet as a user of Steemit/Hive for over three years I have come to the conclusion that everyone and anyone can earn Hives as long as they do the work. If you put in the effort sooner or later you will find ways to earn. As you grow your Hive Power equity on the Hive blockchain you increase your influence in the blockchain and can continue to compound your earnings. The end goal for this post is to hopefully be informative to new users or users who feel they are stuck and unable to earn any or very little Hive.
Thanks for reading and hope everyone enjoys their experiences on Ecency!