So, I just recruited the fitness and political influencer (who's also a dear friend of mine) "The Golden One" to Hive after explaining the benefits of decentralization (which he is very well aware of after getting banned from Instagram where he had 54k followers) and all the things happening with Hive. He has a good reach with over 100k subscribers on YouTube, and he already posted on his Twitter about signing up.
I've been promoting Hive on Twitter from time to time but reaching out to those we have personal connections to already in private messages always seem even more powerful. Recruiting people with a large following on centralized social media will also create a lot of leverage in the future.
Hype the Hive!