How can we monetize our (Hive) content OUTSIDE Hive?

That's a very interesting thought process that you go through here and I agree on many points. The problem here on hive is that we rely too much on the reward pool. Let me explain: Wherever else you create content, you need to find a way to monetize it through ads, affiliate programs, products, etc. Here on hive, we have in addition to that the reward pool. All other things being equals, Hive is so much better than your own website because you have an inbuilt reward system added to it. But you can do more or less the same things on hive than you can do on your website. You can promote affiliate links, you can create your own product and try to sell it. In addition to that you can create NFT's, tokens and many other crypto related stuff and sell it here...