While doing research for a post comparing the Shiba Inu token released in 2020 with Dogecoin I encountered this sentence from the "Woofpaper" for SHIB (also part of the cover image):
2. We were not founded from an existing community, let alone a preassembled team. The brilliant minds behind Shib had never collaborated before. They were a fresh team of developers, designers, moderators, marketers, and shillers....
(Emphasis added)
Normally I would post ideas and opinions on some topic or other, but this time I'm posting questions.
Although the questions were spawned by research into Shiba Inu and Dogecoin, the questions should be just as relevant to us at Hive at both Layer 1 and Layer 2.
In everyday living, terms based on the root word "shill" tend to have a negative connotation; think the selling of used cars, insurance, or altcoins such as SafeMoon.
However, "shill" must have a specific meaning in the marketing arena. In this context, it looks to me as if it's neither bad nor good but simply a word like any other. I'm OK with this: words mean different things to outsiders and insiders.
So what is the role of a shiller?
Once the questions are answered, it becomes a matter of applying that new (for me) knowledge to Hive, its Layer 2 tokens, its dApps, the blockchain, its use cases, and even educational content.
Marketing is a valuable skill to learn and master since it can be used in virtually all aspects of life (including job hunting and dating). I'm coming to the marketing world as a novice with other kinds of knowledge, so I'm learning as I go along. This is why I come to the experts and role models in both Loving HIVE ❤ and ClickTrackProfit.
Whatever answers and knowledge you provide would be greatly appreciated.
