WHERE CONTENT CREATORS GET IT WRONG: CHASING REWARDS OVER QUALITY || A NEWBIE GUIDE
Not only is this geared at newbies, but it is also popular among the oldies, and this is because it is very simple to lose sight of what is important, which is always placing quality in their content. While navigating through various contents on the chain, you will see that, in comparison to the large number of articles published, just a few people are truly putting in attempts to do their best regardless of the rewards attached.
I completely understand that the primary reason we are on Hive today is for the rewards, and I am no exception, but it is always good to look at the greater picture above obtaining rewards and focusing on the quality your content has to provide to your audience. This is why I am never a proponent of rushing to publish articles or trying to make a deadline in order to obtain a curator's vote. If I'm not proud with my article, I'm never going to publish it till I'm finished with it.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Simply put your passion into your piece, and you will find yourself standing out and unique among the others on the chain. This will not only bring you rewards, but it will also set you on a long-term path. Your efforts will undoubtedly be noticed if you put up your best effort, and the rewards will undoubtedly be greater than you realize.
Yes, I write my articles in order to earn money from them. Yes, I live off the money I make from Hive, but that wouldn't make me want to spam articles or post in communities that have little to do with my material just so I could get a higher upvote. Why? Instead of pursuing my selfish impulses, I am looking at the big picture and doing my best to do what is right.
I've been watching some of the people I've onboarded and mentored on Hive from afar, and I always make sure to pass on every message of quality over quantity to newbies because trying to meet up with daily blogging deteriorates your quality over time, causes burnout, and even interferes with balancing your personal life. I recommend that you post frequently only when it does not put you under pressure.
What makes writing pleasurable is writing without pressure, clearly from your thoughts and mind. It is the source of the pleasure of communicating in thoughts. At this stage, you're creating content for fulfillment rather than enrichment. When both substances are consumed, there is always a variation in taste.
Posting in the right community is vital based on its niche. It increases the visibility of your posts and connects you with the relevant audience. I read a lovely article today by @erikah on Why it is important to publish in the appropriate communities, which goes into great detail about selecting the proper community for your posts. You should absolutely look into it!
As I previously stated, I have been observing newbies that I have onboarded and mentored from afar, and I have gotten to know those who are doing well and those who aren't. The significant difference is that those who followed this advise are doing well, despite both groups receiving roughly the same quality of mentorship from me.
Some have become completely diverted by the rewards and are now writing for the purpose of getting rewards rather than for the fulfillment of writing. They constantly wondering how I obtain my incentives, which I can't really explain but believe stem from the fact that I devote my time into following the advise I give to others. It's practically no secret.
So next time before hitting the publish button after writing each article, it is advised to ask yourself: "Am I proud of this content I am about to Publish?".
The truth is that doing what is right is one of the most difficult things to do, especially when the people around you are not doing the same but appear to be doing well. I strongly advocate remaining unique and pursuing what you feel is appropriate without first considering the incentives because doing so powerfully pulls you away from seeing the whole truth.
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๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด, @olujay ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 150 ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ: ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด..
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ-๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด.
CLOSING NOTE...
If you're on Hive for the long haul as a content creator, quality should always take precedence over rewards. Otherwise, you will find yourself making mistakes and even plagiarizing in order to accomplish your goal of earning more and more incentives.
If you stick to quality, you will find that the rewards will arrive over time and will be much greater than having to prioritize rewards above quality at initially. Remember this: Creating quality content leads to growth, which leads to far more rewards...
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