Welcome to my blog, take a seat, there's a coffee around the corner. Make yourself comfortable. I am your tour guide on hive island, i will take you through the nooks and crannies of hive.blog with the sole intents of making you a full fledged Hiver.
Hiver is a nick for hive.blog users
Account Creation
Visit hive.blog to create a new account. Check hiveblocks.com to check if your preferred username is available. You can as well add digits to your username. Hive supports alphanumeric usernames, so there's nothing to worry about. It takes a while for a new account to be created. So you may need to exercise a bit patience while your account is being set up for you.
While your account is ready, you will be given your keys/passwords. Remember to always keep your keys/password safe at all times. You can either save it in cloud or write it somewhere and keep safe.
Avoid phishing links by all means, these links are indirect and suspicious links capable of stealing your private keys, such may lead to loss of your tokens in the wallet.
You can access hive via @threespeak, hive.blog or peakd.com.
Are you already on steemit?
No issues, just hop on hive.blog and sign in. You can as well use Peakd.com to get started afresh on hive.
You're a growing seed
Now that you are here, you may find it difficult to navigate around but there's nothing to worry about. First, search for your desired community. I call it Cliché, that's the community that wants your type of contents. Some communities like ocd recognize your original works and help curate them accordingly. Hive is an ever growing community. Once you are logged into your account, check for explore communities Here and join the ones that suits your writing style, there you can make yourself known.
Connection is power
Do not underestimate the affluence or influences it might give you over other users. When you connect with other users, you learn, make friends, share ideas etc.
Here's how we connect here:
Download Discord Application
Join us here : Discord server
Subscribe to us on Peakd
Avoid Plagiarism
The community totally frowns at plagiarised contents. These are contents lifted from the website such as Google etc. Make sure the contents you post are your original contents.
Reference images you get online. You can get images from pixabay. Also, learn how to use markdown as it helps to make your contents look well arranged, attractive and readable.
Engage Posts
Engaging quality posts will bring writers attention to your blog, especially curators. Also, it is worthy to note that only quality comments are welcome/appreciated.
Comments such as good post, wow!, great content etc will be flagged, avoid total use of such words.
Be Simple & Consistent
While it is good to express yourself through words, it is equally important to avoid ambiguity. No one loves to always carry a dictionary when reading a post. You can come as simple as possible. Make your posts relative, concise and easy to understand. That way, you sustain the interests of your audience.
Never to forget that consistency is key to achieving success. It is the right tool you need to remain relevant in today's world. You might want to continue posting/writing your creative articles without looking back. Your reward is just around the corner.
Here's a personal advice; be on the look out for contests, just like this particular one. Time and schedule beat me to this but no knowledge is a waste. I know newbies will learn from this. You can check out this contest by @zord189.
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Here's where I drop my pen, may the Force be with you.
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