I had recently an interesting discussion with a friend where I tried to explain the merits of blogging on Hive. My friend found the concept interesting but he thought that it wasn't for him. He had the feeling that he didn't have any knowledge worthy of a post.
I remember that I was thinking similarly when I tried to create online courses that I wanted to sell. There was indeed a phase in my online career where I created online courses and wrote e-books that were intended to be sold. Before I went down this lane, I read several books and researched the topic of creating content that people would be willing to pay for. I learned a lot and got started.
How to create content that others want to read or even pay for?
What I remember of the things that I researched is that there is often a wrong perception of what type of knowledge could bring value to others. Many think that you need a PHD to have enough expertise to write things that others would want to read. But this is not true at all.
If for example you read a book on a certain topic. You automatically become more informed than 95% of the population who hasn't read this book. This is also true if you watch a video, a movie or anything similar. Some minimal research allows you to be among the 5% of the best informed people regarding the subject. This means that you can actually teach something new to 95% of the population! You don't need to be a the leading specialist in a field to be able to create content about it. You just need to have a better knowledge than the average person.
Chose your field of expertise and write about what you learn
What I want to say is that you can be an expert on any subject quite quickly. Imagine there is a new website where you can earn crypto. You check the site out, register and try it as well as possible. Now, you simply share what you have learned in a post or a video. In very little time, you can become the expert regarding this website. You can then later give updates about what you have discovered, give some tips and tricks and make this website your field of expertise. You will be more knowledgable regarding this site than all the people who haven't registered yet. Maybe this website offers a referral program and in addition to having something to write about, you might get some referrals on the way and earn some crypto.
An example how I became a specialist for Freebitcoin
Freebitcoin is probably the oldest bitcoin faucet in existence. I knew about it well before most of other people and I brought tons of people to it. I then started to create videos about how to get more out of the site, how to improve your earnings,... Each time I made a video, I referred to it over my websites. People watched and asked me a lot of questions. Over time, I became the Freebitcoin specialist.
Not only did I always have something to write about but I got also 245 referrals that joined the website through my referral link. I earned 0.048 BTC on Freebitcoin just through referral commissions. At today's BTC price, this is close to 3200 USD worth of Bitcoin. So it can pay quite well to be a specialist in a niche :-)
This is just an example. You can chose whatever area of expertise. It's always good to chose something that you are already interested in and you are enjoying. Simply do some research, share what you have found out and then go on. Become the person that people turn to when they want to learn about this subject. You will suddenly find a lot to write about...
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I'm glad you had an exciting discussion with your buddy.
It's genuine that we often underestimate the fee of our very own know-how.
Creating content on topics we have information in may be very precious, and your example with Freebitcoin is proof of that.
I'm certain you may follow your capabilities to any subject matter that pursuits you and grow to be an professional in it.
Go ahead and percentage your know-how with the world!
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Sharing your know how is a good way to create great content I believe.
That's a great deal to get that. I ever did that and got a comment that Freebitcoin is a scammer 😂🤣. I don't know what happened to his/her account. But, I never get scammed or banned from my Freebitcoin account. However, I don't use my account anymore (Not a faucet player anymore)😂.
Expertise... 🤔 Nice way of thinking to make content... Ty
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I believe that everybody can be an expert in a niche. We just have to find it, build our knowledge and share what we learn.
Once again a very interesting article.
Absolutely right, I also think that you should choose a topic that you want to write or make videos about and preferably also know your stuff. And then just get started. And I'm sure that many people still have a lot of untapped treasures. Often they just lack the courage to come out of their shell and unearth their treasure for the public.
In my view, however, it should also be a topic that is not already being played by many. If this is the case, then imagination and creativity are required to perhaps rethink the topic and make it something special again. Let's be honest - the 50th blog post on a topic no longer attracts anyone from behind the stove.
And if I had to summarise it in one sentence:
You are right, it often comes down to courage and also self appreciation. We tend to underestimate what our knowledge is worth. I believe that if our post only helps one person, it's already worth writing!
In the future I will also be an expert in something and I will take advantage of it.
That's a good plan :-)
Just like the work which we have experience and we learn about it by hard work then it becomes easy for us to do it and other people can't do it that way so that is why it is called. If a person does what he has to do, then the work is perfect.
Indeed.
That is a good way of looking at things. You just need to know more than the average person and from there it depends on how much value you can provide based on that. Do you still earn a lot from the referrals?
The income from referrals is much lower nowadays because most of them are probably not around anymore.
I must attest to the effectiveness of posts here. Your post has gotten me to at least click on that freebitcoin link. Whether I sign up is another matter, but I'm sure with enough people clicking, you will definitely get a few more hits. 😁
Haha, well I did it to give an example. So far there are no new signups :-)
I agree with this. It's a good way to start from one's interests and hobbies. :)
The more a subjects is interesting for ourselves, the easier it will be to share this knowledge with others.
Great analogy and that is a nice stack of bitcoin too! That hardest part is getting started in something. Aim not for perfection, just get started.
That's so true. Instead of asking ourselves over and over again whether our content would be interesting to somebody. Just try it out !
Really?
I know Freebitcojn but I never took it seriously. Wow!!!!!
Gotta go check my account again. Kudos to you!
Well I joined a looong time ago and things were different back then :-)
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The main thing is give it time and become an specialist of that. As you gave enough time here in hive and became an specialist. So, now you can guide someone through your post. I also joined 'Freebitcoin' 2-3 year's back. But couldn’t earn much. However, your posts are so informative.
When I joined freebitcoin 1 BTC was 250 $. So it was a different thing then :-)
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