Thanks for the huge shout out @jongolson.
As a business person you know all about the benefits of building and branding a strong project from the ground up. This proposal should only be seen as a starting point to try and expand the hive eco-system and to create a positive price cycle.
Monetize content through ads - Increased marketing.
Increase marketing - Bring in more users.
Bring in more users - More ad revenue.
More ad revenue - Increased marketing funds.
And repeat the cycle. All of this leads to a higher price for hive and more people using the system and building on the system which in turn increases the positive cycle.
From there you can keep expanding the vision and use those funds to build the eco-system and to expand into new areas over a few years. Over time this will move to individual tribes, games, interfaces ect... to build their own projects on the chain but for now we need to bring in the people and make this the most attractive place to build and to learn about what is being built.
I would eventually love to see ready built communities like @leofinance that you could buy from hive-engine and start your own version by changing a few options and have wallet, token, ad space, sub-communities already set up and part of the hive-ecosystem. that could be purchased.
Fully fleshed out smt's sites really. That would be too good to resist for a lot of people.
At the moment at least there is nothing being done in regards to expanding the hive brand and trying to market all of the great things that we have build here and nobody looked like they were about to start so hopefully this can gain some traction and I will do as much as I can to impact the chain positively. We need a 5 year marketing plan and revenue targets to fund it.
Build for the long term and do it one step at a time. There are a lot of individual efforts being made but having a team with a single message and co-ordinating these efforts would be a lot better.
Oh man, I think we are just scratching the surface...And like you said, we have all the pieces in place to really cater to wide ranges of industries and niches...We just need to get more people knowing about Hive!