Alive Content Mastery #6 - Make Graphics That Pop - And Adds Value - IAAC #161
Hi there and welcome to my vlog, my name is Erik Gustafsson and I go by the handle @flaxz on 3speak, CTPtalk and Hive.
Alive Content Mastery #6 - Make Graphics That Pop - And Adds Value
In this video I continue my series of Alive Content Mastery and here I talk about making graphics for your blogs and videos that pop and adds value.
Good designed graphics in the content of your posts and for the header which draw attention and serves a purpose will add value to your posts and get them seen.
Using free apps like Canva or Desygner makes it very easy for you to create your own graphics, so use them to add value and visibility for your posts and videos.
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I Am Alive - Day 161
It is now my day 161 for the #IAmAliveChallenge, and you can read how it started and how to join in this guide, I Am Alive Challenge - The Guide.
This is all about celebrating that you are alive despite the hard times we now live in, and to share that with the world and the Hive blockchain, you are alive, and that matters.
We Are Alive!
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Stay safe, awesome and alive!
Sincerely,
Erik Gustafsson
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Royalty Free Music from Bensound, track Hey!
The 4 points to join the #IAmAliveChallenge.
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Question, is there a tutorial on how to make graphics that pop on canva or desygner? On my part I use photogrid for photos and videoshow for videos. These two are apps that I have been using for quite some time now. 😉👍🏼 thanks!
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Thanks Rosyel, maybe the apps have some of those themselves, as to a screenshot recording of a tutorial like that I don't know any, maybe on YT if you search, the graphics I make are quite simple and not that hard to figure out, just a bit of practice really, I wish you an awesome new week.
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Thank you for sharing the cool apps, making the graphics look better.
Thanks man, glad you like it, and yeah I do prefer Desygner myself, way more professional and much better support if there are bugs.
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Interesting challenge.
Did you accept our challenge to speak our truth?
In a previous comment you said you watched the music video about our challenging times. So here's a repeated question as i received no answer:
What do you think about these lyrics?
Thanks man, yeah I saw it but did not have the time to answer it at that moment, until now I have almost not answered any comments for the past 2 days, I have been busy turning over the #LukeIsAlive contest for a new person to run it so I can focus more on the #IAmAliveChallenge and have time to sleep too.
Now as you said about the music video, the beat is basic and will improve with practise as you continue to make music, the video is the best part, the song though requires qite a bit of practice, but I think you already know that.
As to the lyrics I think that people needs to wake up to their own reality, not ours, it's not about us, it's about everyone.
Most people have been made to believe that the slavery of debt and interest that they spend their entire lives to work off is freedom, and that there are no alternatives.
The only way to move forward is to show them the alternatives working in practice, that debt and interest is not freedom, and that freedom is instead a world without debt and interest.
That is what crypto and blockchain has a potential to solve, I can't really say that we are there yet, or that Hive is the best solution, though I have yet to find anything better.
And apart from having a positive message with the #IAmAliveChallenge in these dark times when many people need it, it is more than that.
It's a way for people to join the Hive blockchain, and to start earning money that is at least without debt even if not interest, which it has with the inflation from the rewards pool, though we are still very early with both crypto and blockchain.
It also expands this scope through the I Am Alive ebook where the CTPtalk tribe on Hive-engine comes in, it adds crypto based affiliate and email marketing to the income that can be made on the Hive blockchain, an actual way for anyone to start for free and make content on Hive and take some of those earnings and over time and with hard work create an online income for themselves.
It's not an easy journey of course, as I said it takes time and hard work, but it's free to start and just use what you earn to build an income with.
That is the vision which I have with the #IAmAliveChallenge, and as I have now turned over 1 of the 3 projects I run on Hive to someone else I have more time to both sleep and to make that vision a reality.
If you wonder what the third project is then that is @thisisawesome, a manual curation project with the goal to encourage the creation of great content on the blockchain, by actual engagement with it, and with upvotes and highlighting it in the daily post.
This is what I do, and yeah I have since long made my homework on how the world works, especially the big mechanics of it, spending a lot more time on analysing the details would not lead to any changes, just waste time really.
To focus on the problem might make you an expert on it, but to focus on the solution once you have figured out how it works, that brings actual change about.
I have no idea how big of an impact what I do will have, but that's not the point, I just go ahead and do it anyways because I fully believe in the target and direction of what I do, always adjusting if the outcome might not be in alignment with the target, but just constantly moving forward towards that target.
If that is the right target is not for me to judge, it's my truth and what I believe in.
Thanks for your comments.
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Congrats for the fact that you help people be conscious of our debt system!
Now we have to respect measures such as wearing masks. What do you think about further measures?
I think most governments have totally overreacted to this, the most disturbing is that it also seems to be a test to see how far they can drive it without too much resistance, as to masks that's just a detail, I look at the big picture.
My view is that anything the powers do has many facets to it, one is that it's a test in preparation for possible massive civil unrest if the climate gets totally out of control, another facet is that they needed a recession now to steal more resources from the people, the most powerful always profit in those situations, those are 2 facets I see very clearly and there are of course also many more that are not as obvious.
That's my view, thanks for your comment.
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You're right: further measures are even worse.
What's your opinion about time? Do you believe we have all the time in the world, to prevent them?
I don't see it as an option that will get results to work against the problem, only to work for the solution, and there is a major difference there, as to time to get the solutions in place, I don't know if we have enough of that, but I will not let that keep me from trying.
You're right: our time is limited. Considering this, What's your opinion about effectiveness? How can we be more effective in helping people be conscious of our reality?
You can't tell people to change, they will not listen, you can just show with your own example your solution working in pratice, that is also the most effective because you just start and make sure that you adjust to stay on target.
You're right: It's good to lead by example.
Do you think our approach matters?
The approach in which we offer people a documentary or an article is a counterproductive approach:
We push people away from our reality because they deny that information because they're not interested in changing their beliefs.
What do you think about that?
If the goal is to get people to change, then the alternative don't just have to be better, it has to be an order of magnitude improvement of what they currently have.
So then how can we be more effective at helping people be conscious of our reality?
In my view it is very simple, not wasting time on telling people, only use the time to build the better alternative and let that be what makes the change happen, that being said there is no waste of having an honest discussion about it, but the goal of a discussion should not be to win, it should be to exchange information, knowledge and grow through it.
You're right: it's good to build a better alternative, so we can show it to people.
Do you think it's good to be realistic?
Considering the current lie allows our rulers to fast-track further measures, How much time do we have, to help people be conscious of our reality?
And How much time do we need to build an alternative?
I think that focusing on what they can and might do is missing the point, by wasting energy on working against that we have less energy to spend on creating the alternative.
And when applying that mindset even if it turns into something worse, that just means many more people will see what happens for what it is, and be more open to the better alternative.
You're right: it's good to create an alternative?
Nothing stops me from working on both components:
So, Do you think you can work on both components?
They work hand in hand.
You're right: it's good to consider both components.
Regarding helping people be conscious of our current system, Do you think our approach matters?
The approach in which we offer people a documentary or an article is a counterproductive approach: We push people away from our reality, because they deny that information, because they're not interested in changing their beliefs.
In this case we push people further away even though we took action.
What do you think about that?
Yeah as I have said before, people do not like to be told, they need to tell themselves, which is why a working solution proven in practise tells a much better story.
Do you think logic (a documentary or an article) is the only content we can offer people?
I think the best way is to just show a better alternative working in practise and leading the way by example.
You said that the 2 components go hand in hand.
Regarding helping people be conscious of our current system, do you think it's good to use a counterproductive approach?
Counterproductive???
I don't see anything counterproductive about building a better alternative and spreading word about it..
As you can read in the previous comment, i don't refer to building a better alternative. i refer to helping people be conscious of our current system.
i guess you missed this phrase from my previous comment.
Isn't our approach counterproductive when we push people further away?
If you do not want to build a better alternative there is no point in telling people about the current system in my opinion, if you do that you only look at the problem and try to work against it, not looking at the solution and working for that, the difference is monumental, and the only one to ever bring about any real change is the solution.
You're right: it's good to build an alternative so we can show it to people. How can we do that?
Analyze the problem, find a solution for it, and implement it.
You said:
How do you build a better alternative❓
This seems very one sided discussion, what do you think?
You said:
However when i ask you to show me how you build a better alternative, so i can be part of building a better alternative, you avoid the subject.
Are you leading by example or are you just talkinking about it?
Ok just cut that condesending attitude, I have told you exactly what I do on Hive to build what I think is a better alternative, all you have to do is go back to earlier comments.
What I distinctly dislike about your attitude is that as soon as I wanted to ask you a question you just go and try to shame me for asking despite that I have been answering a lot of your questions.
So either apologise and answer or leave the discussion.
i apologise for my condesending attitude and you're right: i should answer your question:
My answer to your questions can be deduced from the previous comment.
i think we're effective at helping people be conscious of the impracticality of our current system by showing them an alternative.
However i don't see how your projects are useful for building an alternative through which we help people be conscious of our reality.
That's why i asked:
Thanks for the apology, and sorry for the late reply, crazy busy week.
So then let's take a look at the #IAmAliveChallenge.
It brings people to Hive they start posting, not too good at the start, but they grow as they practice, and we have quite a lot of support in the official guide that can be found pinned up top in the I Am Alive Challenge Community.
I have so far made some tutorials to start making videos, plus also others have contributed too, and they can be found in the Hive Affiliates Community, which is built to act as a knowledgebase for Hive and affiliate marketing with extra fous on the #IAmAliveChallenge, and I am also drafting a smaller guide with instructions to make videos plus more info which will be pinned up top in the I Am Alive Challenge Community, making videos makes you grow a lot as a content creator and this is to help participants start with that.
Then we have the I Am Alive ebook, it's free to download and to rebrand with your own affiliate links, it talks about the #IAmAliveChallenge, and how to participate, and how to join Hive and start posting, plus also how to build an email list using the ebook as a lead magnet which also includes the tools for that, plus also to get traffic and leads through the #LukeIsAlive contest, all available to start for free, most able to upgrade with CTP tokens on Hive-engine, and also get affiliate commissions.
So these 3 points combined is the journey, not all will take part in all of them, but by starting to post on Hive, you start to earn Hive rewards for that, by making videos you grow as a cntent creator and if you are consistent and keep on growing that is also heavily rewarded compared to blog posts, and in step 3 you add affiliate marketing to this, which with time and hard work also keeps growing into an actual income.
So that is the journey, the target, we want to help people to take charge of their own lives and their own financial situation, with the Hive blockchain as a backbone and earning a residual income from affiliate marketing, whih in turn is also tied to the Hive blockchain and the CTPtalk tribe, since you can pay and get paid on the blockchain.
In the longer perspective this is of course to move the fiat economy to the blockchain, want to buy a coffee, pay with Hive in the shop, and do so with money that is free from debt, and that no bank can take away from you, this is of course a long journey, but it all has to start somewhere, and a single person can not do all or in most cases reach a very large amount of people by themselves.
But by starting to spread the I Am Alive ebook, which have now been downloaded almost 1000 times, then more people can also spread it, and you get this network effect, hopefully anyways.
In short this is the vision and what I am working so hard for, it will not happen over night, or even this year, but all it takes is to start and not stop, and adjust as I go to make sure that we are moving towards the target.
You're right: blockchain is a better alternative to our current debt system?
Still, Do you think it's good to be realistic about our solution?
It will be realistic if we create the solution first, and then make a plan for how to implement it, we should never plan to do all the work ourselves, but it's basically required that it keeps on spreading on its own merits where people want to be part of it by seeing it in action with their own eyes, it will never reach enough people to get a critical mass otherwise.
Soon enough we reach an interesting point. Soon enough we live in a world in which we all use a central bank digital currency that's fast-tracked with the fear of germs:
How realistic is it to move the fiat economy to the blockchain until that point?
The first stepping stone is of course to make sure that decentralized crypto actually has a place in the future, regardless of what the central banks do, after that we can see where we are at and how to move forward.
You're right: decentralized crypto is a good stepping stone. Our current direction leads toward a point in which we use central bank digital currency. From your perspective: How much time do we have until that point?
Realistically considering that some central banks are already rolling out some limited forms of this, around 5 years until most countries will launch their own, and about 10 years until fully implemented, but that is just my opinion.
From your perspective, how much time do we need to move the fiat economy to the blockchain?
So long as we just make sure that the decentralized crypto stays relevant and has a place then we do have whatever time needed to make it happen.
How realistic is it to move the fiat economy to the blockchain in a point in which we use central bank digital currency?
That remains to be seen when we see how the economy looks like at that point.
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Mmmmm, as always, you have a very good point there- 3 infact!
Thanks Erik, I will be taking your advice on this one. 😊
Thanks a lot Leesa, I am glad to be of help, and I wish you an awesome new week ahead.
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