Direct from the desk of Dane Williams.
How to implement a daily commenting strategy on Hive to make more money from your blog.
The first section of our guide to making money as a blogger on Hive went over how to get noticed on day 1 by taking advantage of the introduceyourself tag on your very first post.
We discussed showing that you’re here to add value to the community via quality content and ultimately contribute to the blockchain’s security by staking a portion of your rewards.
If staking HIVE is good enough for those who you’re trying to get juicy upvotes from, then they’ve gotta see that it’s also good enough for you!
Now as promised, here is the second section of our guide, focused on how to come up with a daily commenting strategy to engage with those in the community with stake.
Implementing a daily commenting strategy on Hive
The goal of your daily commenting strategy is to get people to upvote it, click your profile and upvote your latest blog or follow you.
You’re trying to get people with stake and a ready made following within the community to recognise you and what you’re doing.
Even if you don’t get an upvote straight away, a reply is a good result because you’re planting the seed of a long-term relationship that may lead to more upvotes down the line.
Step 1. Go to Hive’s LeoFinance front-end
For maximum exposure, we’re going to use the LeoFinance front-end on Hive at leofinance.io.
LeoFinance is the finance community on Hive and one of the most popular in the entire Hive Web3 ecosystem.
If you want to get noticed, then this community is the best place to be.
Hint: As you’re trying to make money blogging on Hive, basically anything you’re writing about can be tied into this community’s topic of finance.
Keep that in mind and take full advantage of the exposure you will get by being here.
Step 2. Comment on each of the Curator’s Picks at the top
As soon as you open up LeoFinance, you’re greeted with 5 picks that community curators have sourced as being quality, discussion-worthy pieces of content:
These are entirely human picked and don’t rely on any sort of curation algorithm like Hive’s popular or hot streams.
All that matters in this regard is that they’re at the top of the home page and the first thing that EVERYONE sees.
Everyone, including those with stake are more likely to click these posts and give them an upvote because one of the team member’s has highlighted it.
Leave a comment with your opinion on the topic.
That’s it.
If you’ve never written a piece of related content, then don’t link to anything in your comment!
Hint: Don’t ever comment pLz vOtE mY bLoG sIr.
Only link to your blog under relevant anchor text if applicable or start a sentence with “As I wrote about on my blog yesterday…”
Play the long game by building a relationship on the back of adding value.
NEVER beg for votes in comments.
Step 3. Comment on posts in the Popular stream
Now scroll down a tad and on the left hand side of LeoFinance, you’ll see the Popular stream:
These blogs are in this tab not because they’re necessarily the best or most discussion-worthy, but because they have earned the most upvotes.
All that matters to you however, is that they’re readily accessible via the LeoFinance home page and getting eyeballs on them every second of the day.
You need to also be putting yourself in the comments section of these posts!
Hint. The exact same commenting guidelines that we just spoke about in the previous section should also be applied here.
Keep in mind that these are in the popular tab because those with large stakes have already voted on them and likely have a relationship with the author.
If you play your cards right, you could be friends with the friend of a whale! (lol)
But seriously, these sorts of relationships are the key to making money on Hive.
All stemming from a daily commenting strategy that consistently puts your name in front of those with stake and shows that you’re here to add value.
So what are you waiting for?
Set a target of 10 comments per day.
That’s a comment on all 5 curators' choices and the top 5 posts in the popular stream.
Best of probabilities to you.
PS. Yep you guessed it, there’s a part 3 to this guide to making money as a blogger on Hive!
This next section talks about how to come up with niche specific ideas for your daily blog.
And then how to use the ready made LeoFinance community to build a lifelong following on your own Web3 Hive account.
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This is a really timely reminder for me. I will definitely have to step up my approach to Hive using this guide.
I'm impressed to learn that curators handpick the contents shared on the curator's pick section.
I am wondering however, how do someone earn such a spot?
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This is just a leofinance.io feature.
I sound like a broken record, but curators earned the position by showing that they're here to add value.
They are now tasked with finding content that does the same.
Create good content, put yourself out there by commenting on other popular blogs and you will get noticed by curators.
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I'll surely do better. Thanks mate
Consistency consistency consistency. @zakludick I can hear you saying I told you so 🤣🙄 but really it does sound like one of those "eat well exercise regularly and you'll see results" schemes ....muncheschocolateundertheduvetwhilescrollingformemes
OK. Fine. 10 comments a day is totally doable. Thanks for the great post!
Cheers Claire!
Haha, this comment is great.
You can obviously write, you're going to do just fine here :)
PS. I love the look of what @zakludick is doing with you guys!
Mind if I ask what brought you to Hive and how you got involved in that group?
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Thanks so much @forexbrokr ! Yeah, that's my signature move, to try to distract people with humour when they're trying to convince me to me productive 🙈. Yes, @ZakLudick has the whole family blogging and has even managed to onboard some of our friends. We're growing here in Cape Town and it's very exciting!
That could be done in one "conversation" when you think about it.
When people start to engage with each other, it starts to steamroll.
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Absolutely. I love to engage. So many people leave their posts ad comments closed at the end, so there's no encouragement for further conversation, which is sad. I mean, 90% of the reason we're all here is engagement, right?
Haha! Brilliant babe! Yeah, this is exactly what I am talking about.
So.... I am going to respond to this first, then the follow-up comment and then the article. This looks like JUST the kind of thing I want to show my students!
hehehehe. Love you babe. Thanks for encouraging me. You're a fantastic teacher.
We will get there my love. We will get there. One post and ten comments at a time. 😉
💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 indeed my love!
I definitely will be more interested in getting to know more about niches and daily blog ideas.
I do visit the curated feeds most times after I have gone through my feed.
Commenting is one way to promote yourself here on Hive for the long term. It's not an easy task tbh, at least for me but showing up daily helps.
Thanks for sharing this, hope to learn more in the next blog focused on Niches specific ideas.
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Commenting is a great way to become known. This is a point that I think people overlook.
Plus people are essentially being rewarded for learning.
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It's a learn and earn process.
We overlook a whole lot of things here and commenting is one of those things.
Learning more about the crypto world entirely is something you get for free here on leofinance.
Had I entered the crypto-verse through other projects out there, it would have been a horrible experience for me.
just like how some still see crypto as a get rich quick scheme, without seeing the true potential and how it's more than enough to impact the whole universe positively if we follow the learning process
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I see you're posting via LeoFinance mobile.
How are you finding the app?
Does it make commenting easier?
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Yes, it does. The app is still in beta mode, and sometimes has glitches, but it's a very good way to make engagement easier.
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I believe commenting is not an easy task too but a very good way to make things easier for us on hive and creating a form of awareness to the community at large
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It is not easy but rather simple. When you think about it, there isnt a lot of to it.
So people are basically being rewarded for learning a bit about finance.
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I think I’m now enjoying engagement because it doesn’t only reward me but also add to my knowledge and in this process I meet new people. It is actually not easy but worth it
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Im first on how to bake clams? NIIIICE. This is a great post and now I have to go back and see where ya started. I like to make a lil chedder for my hive sammich. Some days my post expolde, but not hardly. I made posted in a community this past weekend and one of the head dudes thought I was gonna bash Ragge after he saw my title. But I didn't I just told the story of how I dig it. After that, it kinda blew up. Well for me it blew up. Ol boy said he could tell by my tags I was new. Told me to simmer down and think about what tags to utilize as I can get a lil more bang for my buck usiong the right tags.
Making that cash is like prety cool. I post on hive now more than I do on my other social media, aside from our business post there. I got my girl interested in the hive as i was making some coin. She wants to right and has a few post. But she don't know what to right about and she gets in her head and starts trippin. SO she wont write. Makes me sad because shes good at it. But she thinks folks are juding her stories n what not. I dunno.
As you may be able to tell. I never have a point, or do it just takes me awhile to get there. I cringe at the word "Niche" I have fought it for so long in our business and I will probably always fight it. My niche I think is about over coming adversity, midfulness, mental health, and living for today. I have no idea what tags to even nest that under. So I just pick random ones. See My girl and I both are plauged with mental illnesses. Most days are tough and the rest even tougher. We can get eachother through mostly but when we are both effd up at the same time, MAN ALIVE!!! We both understand human behavior pretty well in various degrees... This is funny. I do this all the time sidtrack I even put a disclamer at the begging of my post. If ya don't like this type of stopry telln, pop that clutch and boogie on down the roan... I had a thing to actuall say Mr. Dane Williamsd, or Mr. Desk of Dane Williams. But pur the Ush, I forgot it. TYvm for this post. Will you be doing one about tags? And how long do you reckon this series will be?
If you or anyone else made it through this mess of thought I would appologize, but I don't think people appologize for being eho they are... I'm just a dude with racing thought that can't keep from wondering off from the subject. I like to talk and some days I don't. Imma isolationist by trade but I love to socialize. Funny. N E WHO GRACIAS!!!
Have A Happy Day And Dont Forget To Be Awesome!!!
Says,
Yeti
I was the first to post but It took more than 14 min to actually post it, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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I chuckled when I saw your comments about niches. I have been finding a lot of people with a range of interests who don't want to be locked into a niche to define their work. I recently relaunched my newsletter and called it "Nicheless and Loving It".
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you freakin get it!!!! @shadowspub I dunno if its getting pigeon holed or wtf ever it is. Just to hear some mention that word I freakin cringe. Now the area we live in is a great touristy niche. We would d so well if we were slinging Yosemite, or this towns collectable wear or some crap. But I cant bring myself to do it. More likely than not, we are loosing a lot of money, lol. STROOOOOOONG CONVICTIONS this boy ,boy. boy, I mean Yeti has. LOL
In this the creator economy, you can create a stream of income doing something that ties into the touristy schtick without locking yourself into a niche. It's just an income stream.
i HEAR YA @shadowspub . We sell shirts of the restaurant that my girl works out. Wanna know something odd tho. I have a couple colorful designs that say Yosemite on them. And then the same style with the restaurants name of them. Cafe sells more than the parks do. I dont get it.
likely because the Cafe is different ... People do like to get stuff that makes them kind of unique
That is true but it is hard to show expertise in a lot of areas. And when the numbers grow, where are people going to gravitate towards?
That is where building a brand enters. And it is hard to do that as a cross-section of many different communities.
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As I learned from Seth Godin some time ago, you don't have to be any more expert than knowing more than the reader you're creating content for. I create content on multiple subjects as I learn on multiple subjects. Some of them overlap.
In a world of billions, the concept of brand is what a person makes it. As a content creator, my brand is content that is either useful (my books) or informs (my writing).
Multiple audiences are not impossible to have. It can be one audience for one subject I'm known for or more that I'm known for.
In my offline community I'm known for my expertise in leadership, volunteerism and non-profits. Online I'm known for other things.
Finding a niche is easier said than done, for sure. You should be able to find something which already exists where you can publish your posts, make comments on other people's posts, and take it from there. At worst, you form your own community on Hive blockchain just so you have a place of your own.
Speaking of communities, there are literally 10s of thousands here. If nothing comes to mind, check out this list of communities as shown on PeakD. It's like reading the newspaper at the throne, so just be sure your legs don't fall asleep as you go through that list. If they fall asleep, you may as well keep going through that list until feeling returns to them.
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@magnacarta , funny thing. I actuallyy created my own community before I even made a post about me or anything!!! Then @traciyork and the INFAMOUS @lovesniper jumped my shit shit and said WHOOOOOA there big fella ur too big for em britches u be sporting. Take a step or a mile back and ease on into it. Since then I have only made a cpl post there in fear of retribution!!! HAHAHAHAHA..
As for the sleeping legs.. PFFT I have one of those lil foot pedle thingies to keep the blood a flowing, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!Thx for the reply. Got me to lol and big ol smile on this grill first thing this AM.
I'm glad I was able to do that for you! We need whatever LOLs we can get, especially with markets being what they are and money being of less worth than it should be. Life isn't always about money, but it's just so in-your-face and out-the-door these days.
Soon I will be drinking the blood of my enemies through their skulls and listening to SLAAAAAAAAAYER!!!!! I just cant wait till we get back to basics. Bartering. I am way ahead of the game. I have so many old school says. like back from the 40's when humans were big time douche bags and were just willie nillie cutting down the giant Sequoias in Yosemite!! I have 12' spike. These, these are the things that are worth trading. cryptowhaaaa? MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
I was just going to listen to some Japanese tunes and the Brian Seltzer Orchestra version of "Hawai'i 5-0," but your plans are good too!
DUDE, nobody know wtf BSO even is!!! UR A DEAMON!!! I am going to go listen to that now!! Thing is. I have been trying to get to Three Tune Tuesday, since, Well Tuesday. I sat down this AM with full intentions of just tha and well, I havent even begun to waste that sort of time yet, BWAHAHAHAHAH. Ur iaght hommie!!
Thank you for these valuable tips series that you are getting out here. With many new cubs coming in, these are definitely must-reads.
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Yep, and I expect many more to come!
The plan is to package this little series into a reusable piece of content for them.
Trust me, it wont get lost and go to waste :)
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That is a great plan and they will serve as a one-stop source of information. And yes, they won't go to waste and since it's in the blockchain, they will stay forever.
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This is how word spreads. People who follow some of these suggestions are likely to have more success than those who ignore them.
If a few people take the tactics mentioned and start to push forward, then it is worth it.
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It sure is. And it's happening now, more are coming and getting engaged. The challenge is to keep at it.
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We are seeing some articles with some truly impressive comment totals.
That is the start. Hopefully we can keep building upon it.
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Indeed and it's amazing how fast people can pick up a buzz these days so growth will be massive.
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It becomes a numbers game. Slow in the early days when there are only a few people but as the buzz picks up, we see a change.
A lot of great things happening with the Leofinance community. We are all going to have a great ride.
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That's right. It's great to be here and see things as they happen and perhaps, take part in some too.
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I'll say this is a good strategy, but not everyone has a good post for Leo although Leo is a good place to find great finance content for comments. That's if you can get through all the finance talk and understand it. While many may have the concept of basically handling money which requires basic math, gets bored with anything more, like finance. That's like a whole other math concept and language to most.
I love math at any level and love finance even more but lately I find reading about finance not as interesting as I used to when I was younger.
You give good tips but I would apply them to a different frontend on another topic.
!CTP
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Most of us are so focused on the crypto aspect of the community that we tend to forget about the finance aspect unless it's about LEO or HIVE.
There's still topics we can write about which are more meaningful to us than just "following the markets":
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Thanks for the list, I'll print it out and hold onto it for the times I need something to write about.
!CTP
You're welcome, and thank you for the CTP!
What's important is that you have options, and with the list as a starter you may even discover your own options which would be just as welcome at LeoFinance. Whenever you're ready, on your own timetable, LeoFinance will be there waiting for your post! :)
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What you say is probably true. Of course, most people have few basics regarding finance. So the fact that people resist is probably not a good thing. The level of financial intelligence for the average person is not great.
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Well written. I'm currently writing a series for newbies learning the basics of getting started on Hive. It's up to part 8 and more coming.
How many parts are you expecting to do on your series? It would make a good resource to point to for those having gone through the basics.
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This content will all end up being compiled into my how to make money blogging on Hive guide:
P2 at the moment for the long tail keyword of 'how to make money blogging on hive'.
With the eventual goal to rank this for the much more competitive 'how to make money blogging' keyword.
In terms of all these smaller sections, I'm just trying to word the titles to rank on Google themselves.
But the overall purpose for each section is to increase the rank of the main guide that I'm linking back to.
What is the plan for yours?
Due to my LEO stake, I'm all about trying to drive ongoing traffic to leofinance.io so the ad revenue can be used to increase the value of LEO.
For this reason, I'd encourage you to use the LeoFinance front-end to publish (not just tag it) and also to not duplicate it onto Medium.
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My question was how many parts to your series you were expecting to have and reference point to be able to point to. You seem to be more focused on where it will be in Google.
It's nice your interest and focus is on LeoFinance. I don't focus on writing crypto and finance as a regular practice. I also don't "just tag" LeoFinance on my posts. When I write a relevant post I post to the LeoFinance Community. Or is that not supposed to be used?
My focus is on reaching out to Newbies and people who may be interested in coming into Web3 through Hive. There is zero reason for me not to post my content to Medium. I also help to cohost a Twitter Space each week for the same purpose.
So, I will continue to use a general frontend, create content that I want to create and place my content where I choose to.
Excellent advice! Reminds me of a post I made the other day... naw man, just kidding.
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You could have used this as a perfect example of showing how to tastefully link back to old pieces of your content in comments!
;)
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Nicely said. Commenting is also the best way to enjoy the experience of blogging on Hive, whatever the front end you are using. It is the only way to form long term relationships of any kind.
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And long term relationships lead to long term support by those with stake.
Relationship building is key :)
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It's funny. I think of it the other way around. Relationship building allows me to help others.
Once people start taking commenting more seriously, they will see the value.
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You're a prime example of it working!
I'm pretty sure I stumbled across you in a comment somewhere else, saw that you write interesting content daily and now pretty much always vote.
It's all increased your social standing in the community and now another paid writing gig for LBI comes off it.
It works! ;)
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Another good blog!
This is actually relevant for me even though I have been here a while. Mostly because I have slacked for a long time in community involvement and am now getting back into commenting/interacting. Love the top-down prioritizing of commenting :-) Smart idea. After I finish that type of commenting I will add always replying to others who comment to me. No matter what. Good or bad :-)
I have had a few whale votes in my time. Most of them came from not my own posts. Most came from a comment on someone else's blog where I added an idea that was different or new to them concerning the topic they were writing about. Sometimes they were from an idea that helped them in a way they didn't see. A very few were from comments I made that were against there idea but structured in a non-offensive way.
Bottom line is engage, be real, don't beg, and be constructive. These things will not pay out immediately in most cases, but will pay out big on a long-term scale.
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Your strategy sounds good to me!
There you go.
Happy to see that what I'm saying is also working for someone else out there *in the wild!
Haha, for some reason human beings don't like being straight up told they're wrong.
Even if they are!
;)
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Yeah. I know I don't :-)
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Wise words and practical advice. When I first joined Hive, I used it mostly as a bulletin board...I just posted stuff and walked away. I got very little action or traction. A couple of years later, I came back and decide I needed to engage more, engage in a real, authentic manner. That's made all the difference. I still need to do better on this, the time factor is always the obstacle, but the secret on Hive really isn't even a secret:
Good things will happen. !LUV
You're also in another category of someone who is offering value via the products you're building.
In my opinion, those with stake shouldn't be shy to support dev work via upvotes.
PS. I love the concept of Hivebits where every single one in existence means that someone actually took action by calling the bot in a social post on chain.
Keep up the great work!
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I think this is one of the things that makes it different. I'm writing a post talking about this, hopefully this week some time I'll get it out.
!LUV
@crrdlx(1/4) gave you LUV.
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So I have to NOT be lazy - got it!
And look, you weren't shouting today 🙃
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This one was written at the end of the week so I wasn't as grumpy ;)
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hahaha who would have thought of that right?! 🤣
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Thought I could just wing it 😄
Simple concept. LOL
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I'm enjoying this series you're putting together. Getting some insight into your success around here. It's really a lot of common sense but it's also all stuff I can be doing better.
Also, your comment the other day meant a lot. Thank you.
I'm still troubleshooting that tag thing but hopefully it'll be in the rearview soon.
This is all :)
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Thank you for your efforts today. This was a really helpful post! Can't wait for your third part! 😎
You've certainly levelled up your engagement lately mate ;)
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Haha, cool that you notice that man!
Trying to get the leo app on mobile to work though... Now its just "hanging" when I try to open it. So for now, in order for me to engage I need to open up my computer LOL!
When I fix the mob. app it will be much easier to engage, thus this will lead to more engagement and I will use your guides ofc 😎
Cheers!
haha! great tips and good advice for many!
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Now to get something to rank on Google for 'how to make money blogging on Hive' ;)
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I might give this a crack, see how I go.
Great tips, I'm surely going to put this to practice... I've been slacking in engaging since recently, I guess this serves as a wake up call for me.
I'll be looking out for the other episodes, but for now, I'll go read the first episode.
Thanks for the guide 😊
Happy to hear that it's the inspiration you needed to start commenting.
Leave a comment on every single blog in the popular section today.
Go! ;)
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Yeah, I will
And thanks for the reminder 😊
It will make a difference over time. Keep focusing upon what you are doing and where your account started from.
That will motivate you to keep going.
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Yeah, thanks so much sir 🙂
Yes agreed, Commenting should be almost if not more important than writing a blog at first
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I'd agree with that statement!
When you're first starting, you don't have a ready made audience of followers or autovoters on your blog.
So you NEED to build that via getting your name out there in the comments section of popular blogs.
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Those are good nuggets and easily achievable as long you can type fast and ready to make a run.
Great advice for everyone.
!BEER
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I wouldn't even say that you have to be able to type fast.
If you upvote a post, then you surely have a question you can ask.
Only needs to be a sentence to add value by starting a conversation.
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We can find nuggets in many different places.
That is if we are looking.
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I'm not sure how long you have been on the platform, but remember back in the day the follow for follow or vote for vote comments? I also remember there used to be reblogging services so that you would pay to have a person with a huge following reblog your post. Oh my, how things have changed! Great post with lots of good info!
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I just checked Hiveblocks and it looked like I started in June 2017 lol.
Man, there was so much dodgy shit going on back in the Steem days.
I don't even want to go there ;)
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Yeah there was a lot of stuff taking place then. Hard to remember how far we have come. It is completely different today compared to where we were.
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It's the little things like those that, if done consistently over a long span of time will get you there.
Everyone should read and follow these guidelines
!hivebits
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The plan is to get this series to rank on Google for the search term 'how to make money blogging on Hive'.
Then ultimately just 'how to make money blogging'.
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That is the key to success in anything.
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I'm really starting to feel like a Pro after reading your second part of the series! And yes, leaving well-thought-out comments that indicate that you have read the blog is definitely recommended. But as I also said to @bozz in his post. That often takes even more time than writing your own blog. A well-thought-out comment requires that you have read the other person's content, and that takes time if you want to do it right. Anyway, for that we are of course on a SOCIAL blogging blockchain.
Good tips in your blog again. I can't wait to see part 3 appear in my Listnerds emails and in my followers feed of course. Thanks for writing this series!
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Yeah, you think that commenting takes a few seconds and then you're done.
But as I'm finding just going through and replying to the comments on my blog this week, commenting is certainly time consuming.
I guess you could just ask the first question that pops into your mind and be done with it?
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I guess you should try that to know it?
For me? No way!!
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Excellent advice! Looking forward to part three. :) !hivebits
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It's coming...
Soon to be packaged together as an email marketing onboarding tool too!
Stay tuned.
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These are good tips to achieve engagement not only on Leofinance or Hive but on any other blogging platform.
Commenting, engaging, and adding value with those comments is important too.
Thanks for sharing, and it's good to know that the posts that appear in the curator picks are manually curated :)
Cheers!
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Yeah, there's a team of trusted LeoFinance curators who have the power to put you in there.
It's cool how the different Hive front-ends choose to display content published to the Hive blockchain.
This is just one such way :)
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Commenting on comments is vital too.
It all helps to stimulate conversation.
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Of course, commenting and engagement are essential for the growth not only of our accounts but of the whole network in general. Of course, as long as they are comments that have sense.
This is what ultimately adds value and gives us social media status. However, if we look at the total number of users, there are few comments. Let's hope, this will improve.
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It is amazing what it does to an article.
We can see certain articles being very exciting because there are a lot of comments.
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I fully agree. What's more, there are many articles in which the comments are the most interesting part.
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I didn't understand what LeoFinance was. I assumed it was just for market investing and crypto. I was actually going to write a post about my investment strategies for what I earn from my scrapping and posting about my scrapping. I will go there and write the post on their front end. Thanks for the tips.
Technically it's the Finance community on Hive.
You do have to keep things on topic.
But they are very flexible - As I said, you can pretty much turn anything in the crypto blogging world into being related to finance.
Just use common sense, add value and you'll be fine using leofinance.io.
The extra LEO rewards will be worth it.
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Plz vote my post sir ;)
Great guide by the way. What some newbies are missing though is patience. It took me three years until I managed to monetize properly my blog.
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There's no teaching patience haha.
The majority of people just want quick wins with minimal effort.
Oh man, I went a ridiculously long time earning 1c per blog haha.
But I look back at how I was going about things, pretty much just sharing charts in my own little bubble.
I was never going to make money blogging like that.
And even now, I'm actually not at the point where I can sustainably withdraw every week.
So everything I earn just compounds for now.
But I'll get there! ;)
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Commenting, replying to comments are soooo important.
Just engaging overal is the key to grow your account and therefor help the community.
Came here through Listnerds 😉
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Thanks for stopping by via ListNerds :)
Like you said, engagement is key!
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You are welcome @forexbrokr 😎
I’m still a newbie from December but so far engagement helped me grow so much in a very short time 😉 I’m happy about that.
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It's a great way to get noticed and 10 comments a day is definitely doable for most people. At the same time, I would note that people should also reply to comments in their own blog if they are there (if applicable).
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Yep, good advice,
I make it a thing to always upvote and reply to every single comment that gets left on my blogs.
If someone takes the time to leave a comment, then I want to engage.
In my opinion, everyone here on Hive and LeoFinance should have this mindset.
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Golden info! 10 comments a day is 70 comments in a week. 70 chances to make money :') 70 chances to make lifelong friendships. 70 chances to get exposure.
No other social media platform has this kind of value prop.
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Literally anyone can do it if they put in the time and a relatively small amount of effort.
Do it people!
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They are good advice and it is clear that they work, you just need to see your publication, the votes and comments it has.
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Yep, I'm certainly not the best writer here.
But I have been in the top 5 commenters on LeoFinance for months.
Every chance I get to put my name out there, I take.
And I'm happy to see the engagement on my blogs going up and up as a result :)
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Well yeah, commenting is actually showing search engines that there is some activity on the platform thus helping rank the website better.
Yep.
And when the Google crawler reads a blog, content is content.
Doesn't matter if it's in the body of the blog itself or someone else's comment.
Nice addition :)
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Thanks :)
I would probably add only to comment if you have something to add to the discussion. Mindless spam comments are going to be annoying.
But if you've upvoted something, then that means it interested you in some way?
You will ALWAYS have something to add to the conversation.
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I assume that its not just the commenting itself, but upvoting the post you are commenting on as well, that helps get you noticed and in the minds eye of those who can help build your profile and presence
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If you're brand new and have 0 stake, does a vote worth zero really matter?
I'd say you're better off showing that you're here to add value through your content even if you aren't yet able to with your upvote.
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It matters because it gets the clock moving toward the moment we pass dusting threshold and finally see the curation rewards in our notifications. More reason to follow the accounts for both @dustsweeper and @dustbunny.
If a newbie never votes, then the newbie is locked at 0 stake with zero movement. That's just math.
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Since I learned the hard way that begging for votes is very bad and damages the image, I never did it again in my life, and by the way the strategy of commenting on popular publications is very good, one gets more exposure.
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Yep, your evolution here in the LeoFinance community has been great to see.
I'm certainly happy to keep upvoting you in comments where I see you adding value and I'm sure others with stake are the same :)
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I love how you make everything seems easy by sharing one of the most valuable secrets on hibe which is commenting, commenting helps us not only in exposure but also to know what to post by adding to our knowledge
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Yep, and if you don't know what to post, then just ask a question.
That's another simple trick that solves the problem of people saying they don't have anything to say.
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That is a great trick and I love that, instead of saying things out of context just ask a reasonable question
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Very nice I have to say I tried to block out like 30 minutes to a hour a day for just comments but that gets pretty tiring! What I've done now is simply split it up into 10-15 minute blocks as the trending and popular posts are always changing to find some new good posts easily but also then to explore in the new section. There's a lot of winners in the new section that don't get much attention yet and I'm trying to get them at least a little.
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Yep, it's all about finding balance.
...a balance that I haven't even found myself.
I am still replying to comments days later on these blogs, which has sucked time away from my own writing.
Cheers for stopping by :)
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I guess the difficulty I have with commenting is that I imagine it should feel natural, not like I'm forcing my presence into a discussion in a manner that feels out of place. The only way I can do that is by reading content until I find a discussion or topic that sparks an idea of merit, and then communicate it.
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We should be making comments using the strategy @forexbrokr outlines in this post, but there will be posts where we simply can't comment for whatever reason. In that case, we skip over until we find posts where we comment. So for us to leave at least 10 comments, we may need to skip over 1 or 2 posts and the comments in them.
Thankfully, the comments themselves give us opportunity to comment even if the post itself goes over our heads.
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Makes sense to me
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Yeah, that's certainly a good point.
This is where finding the niche community that interests you may help.
For example I spend all of my time in the LeoFinance community so use the leofinance.io front-end's popular section.
As its a community I'm interested in, most posts in that stream I will have some sort of opinion on and if I don't, then I'm usually versed enough to be able to just ask more about the topic.
Something I couldn't do if say I was hanging out in the foodies community looking to catch the eyes of whales.
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I found this really useful and would definitely follow the guide.
It doesn't look like a difficult task.
Thanks for these tips.
It's not.
Just add value.
:)
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It's a good target to achieve
I will choose the topic that I know and I like to comment. Then I can comment on comment to achieve the above target.
Because I don't like spam comment.
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Another handy trick is to just ask a question if its not a topic you're an expert on.
Most blog authors will be very happy to expand in the comments.
I know I am.
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Nice writeup, great commenting strategy but....
I use Leofinance front end most time when I have business or finance related blog, and that's rarely And I have tried commenting on post there but majority of the post are filled with technical talks about crypto currency and its trend which I can not relate with.
And this is somehow painful because I really want to familiarize myself with the Leo community but don't know where to start?
So for now can this strategy work on other hive frontends? And how?
I'd recommend focusing on a niche or community that actually interests you.
Obviously if you're passionate about a topic then you're going to be able to add value.
If you don't understand it, then it's just not going to work.
But don't worry, there are plenty of HIVE whales to catch the attention of outside of LeoFinance :)
Jump into the other communities where you feel more comfortable and do the same thing.
Just add value :)
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Am seeing alot of helpful hint here and today is my first time using leofinace interface very helpful
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yh, thanks
None of us were born knowing crypto, even if it seems like it. For those times you want to use LeoFinance for crypto content or research, there are a couple of ways to go about it:
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Wow...these ideas are so useful just check out the blog and it is a real value ...thank you so much @magnacarta
You're welcome @estherscott. One reason LeoFinance is one of the leading communities across Hive is because Leos are responsive. Last year after I opened my account I had zip for 2 months until I came to LeoFinance. The rest is history. Even if you don't find the answers you're seeking, you'll get enough information to point you in the right direction.
If you can relate crypto to your favorite topic-- say, how crypto is used to fund smoothie carts in Paradise City-- you can use LeoFinance to publish that post and tag the other communities where the post would be welcome. This way you earn both LEO and HP/HBD and the tokens of the other communities if they offer any.
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Mind blowing🤯
Thank you
This is very helpful specially to the newbies.
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At the very least its sparked a few conversations :)
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:)
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This is very insightful and totally possible! As well it adds value to the Hive network in general by our interacting on it.
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Yep, it's all about adding value.
Thanks for stopping by mate!
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This is most definitely a kick starter to your blogging journey as it also begins to help wear out some fears you have of the platform of choice
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Just gotta take the plunge and put yourself out there :)
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This is so inviting!
I actually don't have a comment to make regarding your post, but I thought I should start using your advice on this post itself!
:)
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Gotta start somewhere! ;)
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This is interesting and helpful to me now I no how important it is to engage and make meanuful comment on peoples post, its really affecting me and have gotten a solution now
Thanks @leofinace
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Hopefully I'll see you around the LeoFinance community a bit more in the comments section of other blogs :)
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Sure man thanks for the comment @forexbrokr
Not a bad strategy, but 10 comments a day will keep you out of the top 10 hive interactions.) I think at least 30 comments a day.
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10 is just an easy starting point.
If you can do 30 a day, then go for it!
Just add value and don't spam meaningless crap ;)
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The quality of the comment is out of discussion)
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Thanks for sharing this amazing tips especially for someone like me who is trying to improve and finding connection I this community. I think this is the best way for me to start and some people like me. Thanks
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It's the perfect way to get noticed.
Jump into all the comment sections of the popular blogs and put your name out there.
Just add value!
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Thanks so much
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This is a great strategy to engage with other content creators and in time earn engagement back possibly on your blog while earning a bit of curation doing so. LEO challenges like Khal offering 100 LEO to anyone that engages more than he does is a very nice initiative to bring more comments for sure! Great post !1UP !PGM !PIZZA
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Challenges like that are nice short term sugar hits, but for consistent rewards, you want to be building meaningful relationships with those with stake.
Add value with your comments, don't just chase numbers.
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I try to add value and not chasing numbers, is that what you got from my comment? He is building engagement within a community with this sugar hit he pays out weekly while not looking for investors this way I don't believe. I also do not chase those with stake to add value via my commenting, while adding value sounds nice it is just a more effective way of chasing numbers.
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It's a very sinical but accurate summary of commenting on leo and hive.
Go after the low hanging fruit, the top posts, biggest accounts and see what votes can be gained.
Highly effective though as a lot of the top writers on leo have a big stake and reward in the comments.
Even better is making a name for yourself and getting recognition in the community. That is where the long term value lies and going down the levels to the smaller users can have value in that way as well.
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This is the way :)
Build relationships by adding value and reap the benefits long term.
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Self-interest is a beautiful thing when it is put in service to help others. After all, if what we do helps others succeed, why shouldn't we benefit from that effort?
It's OK to go for the low-hanging fruit as we seek to add value to our own accounts as we add value to the accounts of others in terms of the content we offer. Without low-hanging fruit, we starve! Over the long term, our success depends on others succeeding. In this way, the whales need the plankton as much as the plankton needs it's own survival.
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