Hey guys. I have been busy trying to get Vibes off the ground which is why I havent posted recently too much. I just quickly want to update everyone on what has been happening and what we intend to achieve with this going forward.
First to address the Hive community:
It didnt take long for Vibes to become the most active music community on Hive. Why that is, is fairly obvious. I just want to make some things clear. This competition primary goal is to attract new users to Hive and increase our social footprint.
If you want to provide value to Vibes, you two can help us onboard new people.
As some of you might have noticed, some of the highly rewarded new musicians entering this first week of Vibes have tens of thousands of followers on social media. Even the competition itself requires content placement on Twitter (X). That is on purpose to get the word out about Hive.
Yes, existing Hive users can get rewarded by our curators but for Vibes to go on, we need growth, we need attention from the outside.
This competition is a way to do that.
Just to mention one more thing. Begging and complaining to me about not getting votes will get you blocked. Youre not entitled to anything and curators will vote who they vote at their own discretion.
What has been happening:
So what we are doing right now is firstly targeting the crypto music community. They are more open to trying new blockchains and have an easier time absorbing the difficulty of creating a hive account.
The onboarding we are doing manually for each single musician.
Yes, that is painful. Yes, its extremely time consuming but there is no better option right now for onboarding that will not lead to losing 99% of potential users. So we do it manually, one person at a time.
So far we went through about 80 signup codes. Mostly accounts with 1000-10k followers. Onboarding all of them should double or triple the overall Hive reach on Twitter. Onboarding ofc isnt a 1 time thing, its a process that will take time.
Making a single post is 1 thing, staying and commiting to Hive is another.
Once we are satisfied with results here, we will move to other platforms as well.
Im also exploring partnerships with other NFT communities, specifically on Solana. Considering doing a community giveaway of some pfps for cross promotion. Need to find the right partners.
This is step 2 that will focus more on getting regular users on en masse. For step 1 first we need credible and recognizable musicians to participate.
So far my wife, considering she is a part of the crypto music community has been on about 20 twitter spaces in the last 2 weeks and Im actively talking to various non-crypto music discord groups. Its much harder getting them onboard then crypto savy folks. But we will get there.
How you can help:
Right now we are looking for connections anyone has with the wider music community. Do you follow some Facebook music communities? Know any music podcasters? Are you a part of any non-Hive music Discords? Do you know anyone from any NFT community? Anyone in your local area? I want to meet those people.
Send them this google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UOeTfIOt5lNbP-APNVpRzySyxBNKE0JjpHU7c0ac5w8/edit
The best way to contact me with questions and ideas is on Discord or Twitter (X). Or drop it in the comments here.
Follow the Vibes Twitter account. https://twitter.com/VibesWeb3