Unless you're rapidly approaching age four in blogyears (400 in blockchain years) and successfully managed to capture audience attention by seamlessly blending an intimate mirage of ha, ha funny! with ha, ha fuuu, the fuuu?! beginning with an opening sentence so convoluted viewers require two paragraphs before guesstimating the direction of this one, don't attempt a bullshit title like the one you just clicked on—that's 1 and 2. Tip 3—cover image:
IC King Lake, East TN. Images - GoPro Hero 5 Black
You only get one. It's the first thing your audience sees, objective—can't ignore it. Only your profile pic is recognizable but it's tiny. Consumers don't remember the title of your previous article and your homepage is only memorable to you. All they know is that tiny little profile pic so make the cover image count like fingers—you only get one. Advocating for murder at first sight in graffiti on an otherwise beautiful piece of #nature isn't recommended. Neither is #tagging mid sentence—that's 4 and 5.
Cliff face @ Lake Concord
'What number are we on?' Engage—tip #6. When the opportunity to insert your reader in the article presents itself, don't hesitate, pull out a chair and keep it simple, 'what comes after 6?'
Lucky number 7—they can't all be home runs. You'll notice quite a few content producers on the receiving end of big autovotes and there's wallets around here worth more than you know what to do with, Lucky number 7 doesn't pertain to everyone. But for the rest of us, they can't all be home runs. I've released content that took five days to process compared to content that took less than five hours and the five day'er received little support whereas the five hour hit trending. Emotions grab everyone differently and curators are people like you. What you believe is your best work isn't necessarily the opinion of the community and vice versa, something you threw together quickly was rewarded unexpectedly. Like traditional and crypto markets—you just never know. They can't all be home runs.
Ate—don't bite the hand that feeds you. It only takes one fuck up to erase a lifetime of attayboy's/attagal's. We may only remember a portion of your content over the years but we'll never forget the time you went off about how disgusted you are with the inner workings of the platform and how Hive should be different because it doesn't compare to bla bla and bla. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. There's tact and there's ugly. If you're incapable of presenting your idea tactfully and gain the support of a decentralized community willing to carry you toward your goal, it's ugly, wait! Chill out for a minute. Walk it off or sit down or something, take a breather. How many fuck ups?
9, 10, and 11. Support new content, support communities, don't forget how you got here.
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Everyone remembers being brand new and when receiving double digit upvotes was an emotional rollercoaster. Don't skip content because the authors rep is low or the payout isn't substantial enough to grab your attention. They're new, skipping them can be intimidating. Motivating and supporting isn't. Support new content—9.
Communities are fairly new to the blockchain and haven't stopped gaining traction since their introduction. They make it easy for like-minded people to get together and share content, there's a lot of content here, communities are an easy to use tool designed to avoid content you're not interested in. All the big curators nowadays are supporting more and more communities and the more you familiarize yourself with them, the likelier your content is noticed. Support communities—10.
When you registered your wallet however long ago and engaged, engaged, engaged your new platform, running around consuming everyone's content and shaking virtual hands, look around...
Ijams Nature Center - West Knox
Don't forget how you got here. Maybe you skipped content released by high reps only to entertain producers at or around your rep in the beginning. I did a lot of big wallet chasing back when I first started hoping they'd upvote my comments, did things like reblog high paying authors, shit like that, I tried all kinds of techniques to get where I am. I'm learning what does and doesn't work for me, personally, it keeps me on my toes—practice. I'm proud of my accomplishments. I've achieved more than I ever imagined on this socially internet thingy and I won't forget how I got here—11.
#12. The simplest pair of words in this whole thing and the most important—be yourself. We've all heard it, seen it written a million times, 'be yourself.' I can't stress it enough. What does it mean?
It means if talking out your ass is what you do, let'er rip! If politics is your thing and you designed the most elaborate road map down the rabbitist of rabbit holes, share the map! I probably won't follow you but who cares, there's plenty of people around here who think their opinion makes a difference in the grand scheme of things, I'm just not one of them. More? 'Ok.' How to be yourself between sexes, first up—fellas.
Gentlemen, if you only have one testicle after surviving a freak encounter with a blow fish and now your life consists of unprecedented comfortability such as, but not limited to, simple hurdle jumping, laying on your stomach, less noticeable jumping-jacks, write about that nut! Careful consideration before you do, this is a blockchain, you can't have it back. What happens on the blockchain stays on the blockchain. Be yourself.
Ladies, be yourself. This is an unintentional attention to genitalia, by the way, I didn't plan this, it's just an easy way to separate sexes, dammit!! 'Separate sexes' probably has legal ramifications these days. If you got the miracle yeast cure all, one size fits all, revolutionary yeast be-gone ya'all treatment, write about.. it! Be yourself.
Don't try to mimic someone else because you think they're successful or you think they're cool, it won't work. You can't be them, only they can. The reason you think they're cool is because you don't know anyone else like them. Easier than pretending to be something you're not—be yourself.
#13. More like a final thought but I like that number so I'll use it to wrap this up. If you practice some sort of variation of each of these tips and stay true to that practice while making it your own, you will get good at this. You'll be on the receiving end of tips you thought only professional writers earned. I've used 'overwhelming' to describe it. This is like anything else—cooking, free throws (with the exception of Shaq), archery, exercise, cycling, traveling, typing, painting, anything else. You will get good at it.
