If You Want To Be A Content Creator, Then Don't Be One Who Just Creates Content

We have a lot of people creating content on Hive. That we can see simply in the number of people who post.

However, the question is how many content creators do we have here?

Creating content and being a content creator are not the same thing in my opinion. In fact, they are world's apart.

To create content, one simply logs onto whatever the platform is and posts something. That is it. Nothing else is required.

Billions of people do this daily.

To be a content creator requires a much different approach. While it can look similar, it is vastly different.

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Time To Get Serious

Let me ask a question:

When was the last time you went through your old articles on Hive and updated them? Did you clean up any broken links, add more to the article, or engage in some SEO tactics?

The majority will answer with something like "why should I do that, the post was already paid upon".

This attitude tells the entire story. Content creators have one goal in mind: to get as many people viewing their content as possible. This means do all that is possible to garner attention.

In other words, they approach this like it is a business.

We see people all over social media operating in that manner. Yet, oddly, the same approach is not taken on Hive. People claim to have an expertise yet somehow believe others should recognize that.

Where is the disconnect?

Perhaps it is in the monetization factor. On Hive, people get paid for content rather quickly. With something like YouTube, years of grinding is often required before anything is monetized. Here, that often happens on the first video.

This is where all the attention goes. Anything beyond that is overlooked. This is understandable since most who are on here are having their first real go at content creation. Most of us were not social media success stories. Those people are still residing on the Web 2.0 platforms.

Nevertheless, there are some lessons we can take from them.

Become A Serious Content Creator

People act like doing a post each day is a major accomplishment. We see this all the time of how people will brag about posting, regardless of what takes place.

What, do you want a medal?

Do you think it a major accomplishment for Jeff Bezos to show up each day? Elon Musk? Warren Buffett? Does the last one go around bragging about how he read a company's annual report today?

Of course not. That is what Buffett does.

If you are to be a content creator, then the first minimal priority is to show up each day. It is not an accomplishment but your duty. In other words, part of the deal.

The next thing is to create. This can go in a couple directions. One could opt to write epic posts or create sensational videos. That is a way to stand out from the crowd.

To achieve this is going to require some education into improving ones skills. Nevertheless, it is possible.

Another tactic is to create informative pieces and go for quantity. This is my approach.

One is not necessarily better than the other. Both will denote a degree of seriousness. Only the individual can determine how dedicated he or she is. That said, actions will tell a great deal.

Strive To Be The Most Successful

Of late I am discussing big thinking and large dreams.

When it comes to content creation, if you are serious, set a goal to become the most successful there is. You can use whatever metrics or standards you want. However, the idea is to imprint upon your mind that you are going to do something with this opportunity.

If you want to be a content creator then, dammit, get serious about it. None of this fly by night, do a 250 word post trying to scalp a few rewards. Consider writing stuff that will inform, excite, or educate the audience.

This means giving some thought to what you are going to write. It also means searching for ideas. That usually means reading and scouring the Internet.

All of this is time consuming.

Of course, like any endeavor in life, this is what is required for success. It is baffling how people believe success on Hive, or anywhere else for that matter, comes from doing the bare minimum.

Take Advantage Of Opportunities

Hive is small.

This can be looked at as a negative. However, if we turn it around, that means it is also easier to stand out.

There is an old saying about being a big fish in a little pond. That is often better than being a small fish in the ocean.

Of course, we also have to look at the possibility that, over time, perhaps our pond grows into a lake. As we get bigger, those with the attention will likely capture more of it. The tactics that got people noticed with 10K users will likely work when there are 50K. Naturally, there might come a point where some altering in approach is necessary but we are a long way from that.

To me, this is all an opportunity. The tools being developed are giving people who are serious about content creation a lot of options. If people will pick them up, they could see their lives change in a rather short period of time.

Commit to doing 5 years of continuous effort. Those who take massive action over that time, in my estimation, will be well rewarded.

There are a number of forces in play, something that all should look to ride.

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