Hi Joseph Hi to you from another Hiver and welcome to your new addiction! Life on hive started now and you are a blogger now ! 
A new life online in stories. The fact that this is a new thing that hopefully will get a big place in your daily life. 

Hi to you from our bloggers paradise, we are thriving and now you came along and joined ! That’s great. 

The beginning can be daunting but fear not all went through the same difficulties.

I have to warn you though,  it’s highly addictive , but we will understand we are also addicted, not on the least because you decided to join! So again Welcome to the Hive. 

It’s a true movement and blockchain, and I love that you decided to join us here. You will have fun blogging and vlogging I promise.

For all interests there is a community place where you can meet , read and leave your written piece.  Gotta be fair it’s not a GET RICH QUICK thing here! the beginning it’s hard and new and maybe you need help. We have amazing people here on the platform that help in discord if you need it. I love blogging, been here for three years already. But one important warning always be carefull with all your passwords, Never give those up !! I speak from experience !
I use Peakd and Ecency to post to Hive, 
It’s both a website, mobile and desktop application that improves your experience on Hive. If you are interested for Android download : https://android.ecency.com, for iOS: https://ios.ecency.com, for desktop: https://desktop.ecency.com or www.peakd.com both apps that helps you to connect, and that’s what we do here !
You can also earn to promote and boost your content. Again If you are interested https://ecency.com just some extra information in this early start of your journey here! Last hive.blog is an option too. And this “ steps to take blog”  : 
https://ecency.com/hive-125125/@beeber/ecency-help-signup-process-for
Or join discord 

https://discord.gg/qPRgm69AT9

Good luck with with hive experience and I Will See you around and may you find here what you are looking for. Just remember that all good things come in good time and never giving up is THE key to big succes on the Blockchain. Also you could join the the Terminal discord, as I said before we help there with problems or questions, for free don’t worry. Or visit @heyhaveyamet for more new arrivals, all are in the same phase that might be helpful or reassuring. Newbie exposure in the beginning is very important, so looking up friends in the same stage might be a good thing. 
Let me know if this was helpfull or if you need more help, see you in Discord the Terminal, or somewhere in the comments. Here is the invite again its totally free,

https://discord.com/invite/paeMUMkaXd

Good luck to you as the new arrival, may hive become your new life !


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Tip! https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@crosheille/so-whats-the-criteria-for-a-quality-post-how-curators-make-their-selections

Or watch this vlog 

https://youtu.be/Hoi7jwy_LTY

Or this blog https://peakd.com/hive-189306/@ryzeonline/hives-most-effective-but-controversial-marketing-video-so-far


See you in the comments or discord 
Love
Britt

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Welcome to the Hive community @joseph99!
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.

Seven suggestions to consider:
1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the **posting key**,
2. Use your **active key** only for wallet transactions, Keychain, Peaklock, and Hivesigner,
3. The ***master password*** and the ***owner*** key are only used to reset compromised passwords,
4. ***DO NOT*** lose your password or keys; **copy and store offline,**
5. ***Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit, and be sure to source all of your work, even if it is your own***.
6. ***An introduceyourself tag is used only once*** , and
7. ***DO NOT OPEN any links in memos or comments that you do not know who they belong to.*** If it sounds too good to be true it probably is, so the old saying goes. There is nothing free here.

I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Hiveans available who can help you; you can click to go to The Terminal in Discord here:

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Have fun and happy Hiving!

Welcome to Hive @joseph99! This is @chillwithshanna from @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) team. **Congratulations on making your first post on Hive and welcome to this amazing community**!

By the way, the friend who mentioned about hive, is he on hive too? You might want to tag him here and thank him for inviting you! This helps with your credibility as a hive too! 

Anyway, we have a lot of [Communities](https://peakd.com/communities) you can subscribe to which are all categorized based on interest or topics or you can check out the [Communities Incubation Program](https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@ocdb/ocd-communities-incubation-program-update-128). It is best to share your blogs in the appropriate community so they can reach the right audience for your work.

Please be aware that plagiarizing posts by using other people’s ideas or images is a major offense.  Here is a [useful collection of resources]( https://peakd.com/ccc/newbies-guide/abuse-and-plagiarism) about how plagiarism and abuse is viewed and handled on Hive.

Here is a [Newbie guide](https://peakd.com/@newbies-guide) for tips and information about blogging here on Hive. If you have questions, you can hop into [Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/YGVAvvm) server and we'll gladly answer your questions. 

**Happy Blogging**! </div>