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How to Keep Your Social Media Accounts Secure

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Are Your Social Media Accounts Secure?

Initially, the intent of social media was to bring people together. We could share our lives with our loved ones and friends that were far away while making new friends across time zones and cultural boundaries. If this were the only outcome of people sharing cat videos and baby photos, the world would be a sweeter place. Unfortunately, something more unfriendly also came with this intent—putting it mildly.

Marketing organizations, hackers, and many other entities will take and share your informational data for a whole variety of reasons. Some extreme examples such as Cambridge Analytica using your likes and dislikes for influencing an election should give the average user some pause for thought. Following, we will look at what kinds of security issues come from social media and what you can do to keep yourself along with your data safe in these times when everybody is online all of the time.

How Is Social Media a Security Risk?

Currently, almost everybody having an internet connection or a mobile device will have at least one social media account. Their usage may differ from reading news, sharing their lives, or updating their professional resume. Regardless of usage, social media is a part of modern-day life. 

What was considered private conversations in past years are now openly shared in public spaces like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Massive numbers of strangers have access to your opinions, comments, political leanings, and family concerns. It is essential to know how to protect your privacy and the data being disclosed on social media. Following best practices for safely using social media will give you peace of mind.

Begin with a Strong Password

When it comes to social media protection, Password Managers is your top tool. A Password Manager produces a varied series of letters and symbols that are distinct, difficult to decipher, and hard to recall. With that in mind, the Password Manager saves these in a secure location that is readily available. You can find trusted password manager apps everywhere, but the top ones include:

When you have numerous accounts requiring passwords, these apps will save them all together while revising the existing passwords. It is advisable never to assign the same password to multiple accounts. The Chrome Password Manager is a tool that creates diverse character strings for you.

Facebook Security Concerns
The behemoth of all social media is Facebook. 
 

Facebook has an estimated two billion daily users. You can minimize the use of Facebook's platform, but it would be extremely difficult to disengage from it completely. Most social media users assume others have a Facebook presence. Consider how family, friends, and colleagues use it. Even educational and performance institutions depend on Facebook for announcing essential events. Regardless of its flaws and changing demographics, most everyone seems to be using it.

Now review all the issues that result from this situation. Investigators and documentary films have exposed extensive hacking and manipulation of personal information. Cambridge Analytica acquired personal information on more than 50 million Facebook accounts and with it altered the results of a democratic election. As the saying goes, "If you are not paying for the product, you ARE the product." We are currently a long way from any reliable enactment of worldwide information rights being human rights law. Thus, the user needs to know how to safeguard themself and their online identity.

Facebook Account Security Tips:

  • Make a unique Password & save it with a Password Manager.
  • When viewing your Facebook account on remote devices that are not your personal mobile phone or home computer, do not activate "Keep Me Logged In."
  • To ensure only you can log into your account, set up 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication). This can be activated in the Settings Menu under Setup.
  • Friend requests should only be accepted from persons you know already in the real world or are no more than two degrees of separation from your direct network. 
  • Notify Facebook of any irregular activity.
  • If you are harassed or attacked on any comment threads, Block their accounts.

 

Next up, Twitter!
Twitter has revamped how we consume the news and media.
 

From its short bursts of journalism, its humorous use of wordplay and jest, to its regrettable reports of radical ideology and cluelessness, this social media organization has altered the process of gaining information. No longer does one need to scour entire news blogs to track down a report that is important to you. Identify the author on Twitter, follow them, or find a relevant hashtag to get the latest updates.

Also, Twitter is excellent for the self-promotion of a local business, developing a group of trustworthy associates, and marketing products and services pertinent to your activities. However, with this remarkable opportunity to communicate, there also come significant risks. 

Some valuable ways of protecting your identity, location, and data on Twitter are:

  • Like Facebook, start by creating a complex password and store it in a Password Manager.
  • From now on, your best friend is 2FA (Two Factor Authentication)! Use it wherever and whenever it's offered on a social media platform.
  • Go into "Settings & Privacy" and select "Protect my tweets" for added privacy. This way, only your approved followers can see what you choose to share and say on Twitter.
  • All third-party apps with permission for entry to your Twitter account must be monitored. Some permit access to data, so it is prudent to control any third-party functions.
  • Do not accept or respond to any direct communications from unknown senders to avoid viruses and phishing attacks and viruses.
  • Remember to always log out of instruments that are not your personal mobile phone or home-based computer.

 
Now Onward to LinkedIn

Most likely, if you have looked for work sometime in the past decade, you have set up a LinkedIn profile. It is the worldwide benchmark for executive networking and hosts a vast amount of personal data ranging from your locality to your educational history and business associates. This is very tempting for hackers, identity thieves, or third-party marketers.

LinkedIn is targeted by scammers offering dream work positions, phishing schemes, and the ordinary hackers that saturate the internet. This can put your occupational life at risk if you do follow the privacy practices outlined below.

Here is what to do on LinkedIn:

  • Create a complex Password to start and file it in a Password Manager.
  • Carefully go over the information you want to provide on LinkedIn. Post only essential details about yourself. If your resume has already been posted, review it, and remove any non-essential items.
  • Identify the third-party apps given access to your LinkedIn account. Most often, these would be old applications processed or outside job boards. Remove all that is not being used.
  • Watch out for any direct messages coming from unknown recruiters or countries where you've never done business. Maintain internet savvy and don't trust every message you receive.
  • Maintain a record of your job applications and how your LinkedIn profile has been disclosed.

 

Instagram, Picture Perfect Privacy:

Who does not love pretty pictures?

The popularity of Instagram has soared in recent years. What formerly was a niche photo-sharing site has beaten the old standard Flickr. Instagram has risen in popularity to the top spot. Its platform promotes the exploring of stunning fashions, spectacular landscapes, and unbelievable parties. It also allows for following hashtags, sharing stories, discussion threads, and links to other profiles.

A nice thing with Instagram is you can make your profile totally protected from spying eyes. If the Instagram user, or bot, does not appear in your curated followers' list, they won't be able to see your photos. Despite having more than 1 billion active users, privacy is important.

Ensuring privacy in your IG account:

  • As with all other social media platforms, create a complex Password to start and file it in a Password Manager.
  • Enable 2FA (two-factor authentication).
  • Every few months, change your passwords as an additional precaution against fraud. Do NOT use a password more than one time.
  • Identify the third-party apps given access to your Instagram account. Disable all not being used.
  • Disable Geotagging that permits your locality to be shown when you post a photo. Do not geotag your photos.
  • Unless it is necessary, do not hashtag your locality. For example, if you post a photograph of the hotel, you visited a couple of months ago, that might not be leaking private information. However, if you are now on a trip and away from your house—that is currently empty—you might want to reconsider posting that photo on Instagram.

 
Staying Safe Online

Adhering to these basic security and privacy guidelines is a valuable procedure for making them the usual way you interact when employing social media. They are mostly just common sense with exemplary password usage. Become familiar with the special distinctions of each platform your personal details are on, and implement the changes needed for a safe and secure user experience.

The documentary, The Great Hack, describes Julian Wheatland's effort to have Facebook regulated as a utility. Wheatland said: "every company is a data company today, and how that data is ethically managed needs to spread through all companies." 

As our developmental and spiritual view becomes overtaken by social media, we must be focused on protecting ourselves. At the same time, we should continue to learn from people and share our experiences throughout the world.

 
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Written by Gene Aasen
Entrepreneur 1 and Writer for Markethive.com, the social, market, broadcasting network.  I’m a strong advocate of the Markethive mission for technology, world progress, and freedom of speech. I support change and endeavor to help others understand, grow, and move forward with enthusiasm to achieve their goals. 

 

 

 

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KYC, WALLET, MHV – Your Questions Answered

As we move closer to one of the most significant milestones of Markethive yet, I would like to touch on a few topics that the more recent members of Markethive may not know or be aware of.  Questions and queries are continuously being asked about subjects relating to KYC, the value of our coin (MHV), and exchanges.  

Below, I explain some critical factors and clear up some misinformation and assumed expectations of a few that may have been misled. 

What Is KYC? (Know Your Customer)

"Know Your Customer" (KYC) refers to detailed and authenticated information required by banks and financial institutions and first introduced in the 1990s. Today it's applied to a wide range of business sectors, especially online businesses.

According to Wikipedia, Know Your Customer (KYC) is the process of a business verifying its clients' identity. KYC policies mandated by regulators globally are becoming progressively essential to prevent identity theft fraud, money laundering, and terrorist financing. 

The process was once a simple one but now becoming an expensive nightmare for organizations and their customers due to compliance costs and the increasingly long time to complete the customer onboarding process.

As more companies begin to intensify their customer identification security policies, technology has provided us with biometrics for KYC management. The use of biometric identification management technology for accurate customer identity verification has proven to deliver efficiency and convenience for organizations and comply with government regulations to prevent identity theft and money laundering. 

Biometrics use intrinsic data, allowing for immutable identification and verification of people, and is fast and straightforward. Like face recognition and fingerprints, this inherent data is the way to go when accessing wallet apps on smartphones. 

The Genesis Of MHV Revisited 

Let's revisit for a moment a little bit of the history with the Markethive Coin. Established in 2018 with the micropayments faucet system released in January 2019 into the Markethive system. In March 2019, Markethive took the next step and listed MHV onto its first exchange, Raisex.io, and was subsequently listed on coinranking.com, a cryptocurrency information site. 

However, it wasn't long after the raisex exchange collapsed, but MHV is still listed on the Coinranking info site. Coinranking insists on keeping MHV recorded while Markethive moves forward to establish MHV on more high profile coin exchanges. Coinranking will then show MHV as listed on these alternate exchanges, and the actual value of MHV will be realized. 

The Value Of MHV

Right now, MHV's price is coinciding and fluctuating with the price of Bitcoin and, as explained above, is a failed report of a dead exchange, so for the benefit of the newer members, it's currently not listed on a live exchange to date. The value of MHV can not be officially determined until our wallet is released and the exchanges we will be listed on have achieved equilibrium. In other words, demand and supply are considered to be in a steady-state.
 
Currently, MHV can only be utilized internally with the Banner Impressions Exchange (BIX), whereby you can purchase impressions with MHV. Or if a Markethive Associate offers a product or service accepting MHV as payment. There will be many services and products (such as The Blast, to be released soon) that you will be able to purchase with MHV and only with MHV, including ILPs. It's what an ecosystem is all about. 

When the Markethive multi-purpose wallet is rolled out, along with the exchanges, Markethive will be listing its coin on (to be announced) will mean you can buy and sell MHV, thereby creating equilibrium and value in a free and open market. 

What Are You Waiting For?

Every savvy online entrepreneur knows that when it comes to technology, setting a deadline or an actual date for the release can be misleading and is difficult due to its complex nature; however, we can project a timeline. The Markethive Wallet and exchanges are on the table, ready for release when the timing is right, as there are numerous facets to consider. 

Instead of waiting to join Markethive until the wallet is released or proven, join now and be ready. A growing number of social media users and marketers are fed up with the likes of mainstream social media with their dubious agendas and the tyranny it continues to dish out. Also, paying way too much for the access to expensive SaaS marketing platforms. 

All should embrace Markethive and accumulate as many MHV as possible before its debut on the worldwide free market. It's close and will be an opportunity for long-term prosperity, so you won't want to miss out. 

First, receive the MHV coin airdrop for just joining Markethive. Next, refer three people to activate your micropayments and earn MHV for every activity you perform on the Markethive platform after that. 

That's a great start; then, by taking the time to learn how the blockchain-driven social media and inbound marketing market network works, you will be busy, having fun in the collaborative, free-thinking environment while earning income! 

Instead of giving away your content and hard work to the social media platforms that make money off you, why not have the platform pay you? That's what you get from Markethive, along with all the tools you need to build your business and acquire a brand presence. 

The author of this article, Facebook Is Dead (It Just Doesn't Know It Yet) just about sums up the current state of mainstream social media and opines in no uncertain terms the way he feels. Jared A. Brock is on the right path when it comes to new opportunities and next-gen platforms. He's just not aware of Markethive yet, but he will be. 

 

 A Visionary's Life's Work With A Mission At Markethive

CE0 & Founder of Markethive, Thomas Prendergast, a passionate Entrepreneur by nature, declared,

 "I'm put on this earth to empower and bring prosperity to every living soul with a purpose. Even if that purpose is only to be free from the shackles of the Social Media tyranny we all face, this is a new era with the evolution of technology. It is the next generation of Social Media and Market Networks." 

 Mr. Prendergast added,

"I am fully committed to building the members of Markethive into huge success stories. This is my way of helping make this world a little bit brighter and helping the struggling entrepreneur to have a lot more advantages to reach their goals".

 
The Release Of The Wallet Will Be In Stages

The wallet will be released in four phases: (The first phase is projected to roll out sometime this month.)

Phase 1: The Entrepreneur One associates will have access to their wallets with no limits on transactions or the number of MHV coins per day.    

Phase 2: The Apprentice Membership associates wallets, limited transactions – 10 MHV coins per day

Phase 3: Activated free members wallets, limited transactions – 1 MHV coin per day

Phase 4: Entry-level free members wallets, limited transactions – 0.1 MHV coin per day. 

All members will be required to submit and be approved via a KYC process (Know Your Customer.) For free members, that will incur a cost of US$20. 

The above schedule is subject to change and is required to protect Markethive and its coin from shills and pump and dump scenarios. 

Markethive is an ecosystem for entrepreneurs, not a pump and dump, like so many speculative coins on the market, with numerous failing miserably due to the lack of protocol and integrity. 

 

The Apprentice Program And The Unleashing Of Markethive

The Apprentice Program is just about there, ready to be integrated into the Markethive system, which means free members can go to the next level at a minimal cost and have access to more services and be ready for the Phase 2 wallet release. 

The Apprentice membership is for the masses, aspiring entrepreneurs, and marketers looking to earn an income in a meritocratic and sovereign environment. 
 
Markethive's multidimensional wallet is a POS wallet, a Mining Wallet (through MH faucet systems and Bounty Program), a private KYC/AML authentication provider, and a secured messaging system – ALL IN ONE.
This multidimensional wallet will not only preserve, protect and grow your coins through a Proof of Stake function, but it will also provide you 100% control of your private KYC/AML (Know Your Customer/ Anti-Money Laundering) information. It is also a secure messaging portal. 

This multi-functional wallet is part of Markethive's proprietary Intellectual Property. 

Within the local and app-based wallet, you will store MHV coins and other top coins like BTC, ETH, etc. You will also be able to upload your KYC documents into your device and only release a READ ONLY view of them at authentication time, with your approval; 100% under your control. 

Markethive will never store your private information; an authentication code will be held in Markethive's Blockchain. The secure messaging portal will also be integrated into Markethive's cloud ecosystem and take full advantage of the groups and folder technology.


 
 
Culture Of Integrity

What we are building here in Markethive is a culture of integrity, eliminating duplicate or fake accounts and hackers. Furthermore, as Markethive is built on the Blockchain it's not centralized information. 

Once the system has verified you, your information is placed in your wallet, and only you receive the Key to that wallet. It belongs to you, and no one else has access to your information or MHV coins you accumulate by using the platform, including Markethive – the company.  

When Markethive implements the wallets, the KYC protocol will be mandatory for every member. In the past, for any company, it was commonplace for us to scan and upload a utility bill, passport, or drivers' license when asked for verification. Organizations in the online world now require a much more verifiable course of action.

A photo with you holding your drivers' license or some form of identity card and a signed piece of paper with Markethive with the date written on it next to your face is a foolproof way to authenticate. It will secure your identity, account, and any transactions you administer within the Markethive system. 

A video stating who you are may be implemented and will be another level to the whole KYC process, ensuring your peace of mind and Markethive. 

 
Conclusion

Implementing live and recorded video calls while scanning and comparing photo ID (govt identity cards, passport, utility bill, and bank statements) between you and Markethive adds a verification level. When combined with the SMS code and Social Networked OAUTH that was executed when first registering to the Markethive Network, delivers a real person, not a clone or a fake sock puppet. 

This more in-depth KYC protocol is a step up from web 2.0. It is the next generation where privacy, security, and autonomy are of the utmost priority, with Markethive leading the way on its mission to deliver a Social Market Network of the highest integrity. 

There's still time to upgrade to Entrepreneur One and be privy to the complete Markethive system that can be described as a cottage industry with money machines that champions everything else out there. You will be one of Markethive's early adopters and have a rare opportunity to cement your future of self-sovereignty. 

Come with us as we make our way through the final stages of BETA, building the foundation and on the road to realizing the full potential of Markethive and you. 

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Written by Deb Williams
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Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;

Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.

Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;

Someone who makes you believe that there is good in the world.

Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

– Unknown

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Daily Briefing recap of Sunday Weekly State of the Hive NOV 302020

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Daily Briefing recap of Sunday Weekly State of the Hive NOV 30.2020

We cover in depth coming projects, soon to launch upgrades and the classic

Entrepreneur One membership upgrade  

To acquire 2 or more go to the vault page: https://markethive.com/vault?subscriptions

For your first upgrade; https://markethive.com/index_members?subscriptions

 

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FORCE MULTIPLIERS IN MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA

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FORCE MULTIPLIERS IN MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Entrepreneurs face many challenges that can make it difficult for their businesses to survive and prosper year after year. As is commonplace, the problem is how to use the limited resources available to you, be it time or money, for maximum impact and profit. These issues are addressed when force multipliers come into play. What are they, and how important are they? 

It was the military who recognized that force multipliers were a critical element long ago. One example is a troop multiplier adds something to an existing military capability, making it more potent by increasing its size, or machine guns are a force multiplier for rifles.

Another example is the military would incorporate sniper training into all topics designed to increase snipers' value as a multiplier of the armed forces and ensure their survival on the battlefield. 

Force multipliers are defined as something that allows you to achieve more with the same or less effort than when you switch from a screwdriver to a drill; force multipliers can be critical to the business's survival.

 

What Are Force Multipliers In The Online World? 

The force multipliers are strategies, tactics, tools, software, and things that could give you an advantage and make your business more competitive than what you are already doing.

Force multipliers allowed me to grow exponentially and to reach an outcome that I could not have achieved in other ways. A force multiplier will enable you to scale quickly and efficiently and gain opportunities that you could not otherwise be able to.  

They are synergistic and have a dramatic force multiplication; they positively impact the company, its customers, and the economy on the whole. A small force becomes a force multiplier because it gives you an unfair advantage over a larger, more entrenched competitor with a similar business model. 


Image courtesy of Dan Seaman – Markethive Entrepreneur 1

 

It is corresponding to the military, especially when it comes to unfair advantages. You add night vision equipment to a carefully selected, highly trained group of soldiers, and you have a dramatic increase in forces. 

In the military definition above, the focus is on adding a capability. Markethive's focus is on adding processes because we want the sum of the marketing parts to cohesively come together and be larger than the whole marketing effort. In most other organizations, force multipliers are mainly operational to improve store operations or manufacturing productivity.

Force multipliers in marketing begin with strategy and process. Today's marketers must create new strategies because we all know the marketing landscape has evolved and changed dramatically, equally impacting retailers and brands. Linear thinking is doing business in the foregone era of yesterday. Force multipliers explode the myth of linear thinking to allow marketing teams and companies to keep up with the pace of change.

Every brand needs a Force Multiplier if it wants to see growth. The challenge is finding the right force multipliers to apply to your business.

The marketplace continues to change, and the change is constant. There is no end to the shift messengers affecting the marketplace. It suggests the urgency for identifying the force multipliers that can drive your brands' growth. They need to be identified and cultivated. Mentioned below are seven force multipliers;

Sharing Info And Content On Social Networks    

The ability to do this with the speed and interactivity of sharing on many social media platforms is a vital force multiplier. The broadcasting capabilities and interconnectivity of various social media platforms available to Markethive entrepreneurs allow for exponential reach. They are working in synergy with the Markethive social media platform for a more customized, personal, and interactive collaboration.

User-generated Content Attracting Feedback and Reviews

The ability to make user-generated content available to other users immediately is a positive force multiplier. However, the ability to generate online feedback and ratings can also be an opposing force multiplier if, as an entrepreneur, you are not attentive or decide to question your customers' view of reality. Be vigilant and empathic to your audience.

Blockchain – A Force Multiplier  

Blockchain and smart contracts are new ways and have been developed to reward and influence people who participate in crowdsourcing at a low cost. Crowdsourcing funding for concepts allows entrepreneurs to bypass professional investors and venture capitalists to obtain the financing of efforts to enable new platforms to meet the users' needs. The Incentivized Loan Program (ILP) is a perfect example.

Cryptocurrency is used as a micropayment to reward users' for activities. Also, loyalty and bounty programs with gamification make for a fun and lucrative environment that is not only a force multiplier but a game-changer. 

Storefronts and Campaigns

Markethive's storefronts and marketing campaigns associated with any given storefront a Markethive entrepreneur creates is a superior force multiplier. Within the storefronts/groups, we have integrated broadcasting to the entire group members' social network accounts facilitated by the group administrator. 

Blogging systems that empower the team, management reports for the admin showing each member's actions within the system (like blogging, autoresponder production, capture pages, posting to the news feed, running ads, sponsoring new members). A group rotator to share the results of the traffic generated by the group, and a co-op's ability to raise funds and shares for group ad campaigns.  

Advocates Should Be Nurtured

Advocates are a valuable force multiplier. These dedicated fans and partners believe in your brand, cause, or product so much that they do the hard work for free. These supporters become influencers for many undecided people, talk to them, and see them as a step forward in customer loyalty and engagement. 

Situation Awareness And Network Connectivity

Another powerful force multiplier allows your company or business to be proactive to crucial changes and act before everyone else does. What it means is that your network has the right people and groups listening to the correct information at the right time and place so that you can make quick, informed decisions. It improves your awareness of the situation in real-time – time for decisions and is an essential part of your marketing strategy. 

Pre-empt Immediate Future Changes  

Competent predictions of the future are the supreme force multiplier, and most companies are still considered laggards in using analytics and data intelligence. Law enforcement agencies already use predictive hot spots to predict security emergencies and health-care authorities to forecast needs. 

Any network needs to take advantage of trends and directions. Predictive analytics, such as analytics for anticipating short-term and long-term change, is an effective way to identify trends and demands at all times. It is the epitome of an innovative culture. 

 

Expand With Force Multipliers  

Suppose you want to expand but only reach one customer at a time or one market or partnership. In that case, you will never grow fast enough to be competitive, particularly against the larger players with complete infrastructure in the market. Force Multipliers allows you to grow, scale-up, and achieve opportunities that you would not otherwise be able to facilitate. 
   
Businesses and marketers must continuously look for forces that can multiply the impact of productivity. We have limited resources and time, and we have to use the right multiplier for each element. 

 

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Enter Markethive

Let's break down the name – Markethive;

"Market" represents a robust portfolio of integrated and useful inbound marketing tools, like email autoresponders, social media broadcasters, capture pages, blogging platforms, SEO platforms, lead management, and analytics.

"Hive" represents the social network found within the system. It is a new type of social network called a Social Neural Network. This "Hive" concept gives massive leverage to campaigns, easily managed, and extremely powerful.
    
Regardless of your level of drive, Markethive will add to your agenda, broaden your reach, build your sphere of influence further and more significantly than anything before has even attempted to do.

Markethive is a combination of LinkedIn, Facebook, Marketo, and Fiverr and it is free. Driven by Blockchain technology, you have a full suite of powerful Inbound Marketing systems integrated into an intuitive social network that pays you to participate! 

The cottage industry is alive and well within Markethive, generating many cottage businesses as individual entrepreneurs. There are the money machines like BIX, built by Markethive to allow any associate of Markethive to utilize and prosper within the Markethive system. 

There are many more money-making platforms to be integrated into the system in due course. These hubs and portals are other forms and can also be identified as force multipliers. 

There are upgrades like any other platform (The Entrepreneur One Upgrade, with more entry levels to come); however, you have the essential tools required for inbound marketing as a free member. Also, a place in our social network, plus you will be paid for all your activity on the platform once you refer three of your colleagues or friends to markethive.  

We have here the world's first entrepreneur business person's social network, with the entire system offered predominantly for free to the whole worldwide market of entrepreneurs. 

That includes small businesses, local businesses, regional businesses, global businesses, cottage industries, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, insurance agents, affiliate marketers, software innovators, musicians, churches, political platforms, political candidates, distributors, network marketers, innovators, and dreamers!

Save money, eliminate your Internet marketing costs, increase your reach, grow your market, and make money with Markethive, the Social Market Broadcasting Network – The Force Multiplier. 

 

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I am Red O’Malley-Zibluk and I approve of this message.

I am Alan Zibluk, and I support my guy.  He has the kindest soul.

I am Fitz O’Malley-Zibluk.  I continue to look up and support by big brother.

 

Thank you for taking the time to read our blog post.

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Increase Earnings Being Active on Social Media

Today, Social networks are incredibly popular. From Twitter to TikTok, about 3.8 billion people are using them in all their many forms. On average, internet users are spending 2 hours, 24 minutes every day on social media.

Because of their popularity, social networks are an excellent place for finding new connections or sharing pictures from recent activities, and finding new customers for a business. One of the great things is that you don't even need to run a business yourself — you can profit from promoting someone else's products or services via affiliate marketing.

 

Affiliate Marketing in a Nutshell

Affiliate marketing online is digital marketing, whereby you generate earnings from promoting companies' products and services. You receive a commission for purchases by new customers you have introduced to a company. The more new customers you refer to purchase a product, the greater your earnings will be. As mentioned above, social media can be a tremendous source of referrals for you.

 

Which Social Network Should You Use?

Almost all of the more popular social networks provide the necessary infrastructure for doing affiliate marketing activity. Even on Instagram, where link usage is limited, you can still refer your target audience to an affiliate link in your bio.

The question becomes which social media channel will work best for you. If your preference is to transmit your message with text, Facebook and Twitter are most likely be the preferred choices. 

If you would instead communicate to your audience with pictures and short videos, then Instagram should be your critical social media channel. Marketers who enjoy making how-to and product review videos have Youtube available to host them — remember to put your affiliate link in the description.

While it's possible to use multiple social media platforms simultaneously, always keep in mind that quantity should never be pursued at the expense of quality.

 

Rules to Follow:

It's no secret that most people hate advertising. So when promoting items in your posts on social media, it's essential to follow specific rules:

1. Always provide value.
Short posts that say things like, "Use Go Daddy for domain registration" or "Get 20% discount at Go Daddy" with an affiliate link to the website. This doesn't allow any engagement and will result in disappointment from your audience. The critical rule of Twitter, as an example, is to develop a relationship with your community, so don't just focus on sales. 

Giving advice that provides solutions on forums like Quora or Reddit is a great way to brand yourself while giving value. The answers and recommendations you give should be valuable content that pertains to the enquirer. It's advantageous to describe a personal experience, a problem that you solved, the research you conducted (e.g., about specific or new Top Level Domains (TLDs), hosting uptime, etc.).

2. Link to articles on your website.
Provide additional details, context, and engagement by linking to a post on your website, which in turn connects to affiliate products. Tell a compelling story and build stronger relationships by presenting opinions, information, and content of an influential nature. 

3. Balance out different types of content.
It might seem that users are always happy to get news about a promo or a deal, but everything of one type becomes annoying fast. The answer is to provide a balance between educational or entertainment content and promo content.
 

 

4. Use shortened URLs
Long URLs will make your post cumbersome and unappealing.  It's good to know there are many link shortener services out there. On Twitter, the links are shortened by their service — t.co. Or you can use a third-party link shortener, such as Bitly or TinyURL.

Additionally, a lot of affiliate networks have affiliate link shorteners right within their platform. The top link shortener I've seen is Markethive's Tiny URL. 

The Tiny URL tool lets you convert lengthy URLs in to short URLs, use in social posts, email, and take up fewer characters in Twitter tweets. It's the perfect way to handle long affiliate URLs as well.

In addition to creating a more friendly URL, the platform will track visitor stats for you. It's the perfect tool to analyze your promotional results, better understand your target audience's interests, and optimize your social, email, and other marketing campaigns.

You can even use the Tiny URL tool together with the Website Rotator tool that automatically rotates to the websites you choose. Very powerful for teams working together to promote a single URL.

5. Refer to the most relevant page.
For example, if you're describing a special promo — refer directly to the promo's landing page, which will increase your conversion rate.

 

6. Include pictures and videos in your posts.
Including pictures and videos is one of the top ways to draw attention to your post. If you do affiliate marketing on Instagram, it's better to use your compelling pictures or videos rather than ready-to-use pictures or affiliate banners as they will appear more natural in your audience's feed.  

7. Make posts regularly.
Trying not to appear pushy doesn't mean you should disappear. Setting up a schedule for your social media activities will ensure you don't run out of ideas and content. You can plan the testing of different approaches and strategies.

Markethive's Blogging Platform includes dynamic benefits. Just publishing on the platform provides traffic. Your blog platform gives you a visitor display at a glance. Also, in development, you will have a separate, dedicated tracking feature showing statistics for deep traffic analytical detail on visitors. The data includes country origin, time on site, bounce rate, referrers, keywords, social sites, and a data-driven matrix. 

8. Leave a disclaimer.
Build transparency and increase trust by being open with your audience and adding disclaimers to your posts. This way, your audience has all the facts — and keep in mind that faith means loyalty, which means more business. 

 

It's Time To Act

If used properly, social media can be a powerful tool for your affiliate marketing success and increase your earnings. Follow the basic rules and tips listed above, and even social media newbies can quickly achieve great results. 

 

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Written by Gene Aasen
Entrepreneur 1 and Writer for Markethive.com, the social, market, broadcasting network.  I’m a strong advocate of the Markethive mission for technology, world progress, and freedom of speech. I support change and endeavor to help others understand, grow, and move forward with enthusiasm to achieve their goals. 

 

 

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