14/ I understand if Twitter isn't for you. Maybe it's too loud. You can try,
- Making art/dev/creative friends on discord channels,
- Joining virtual world meetups/networking,
- Telling your friends/fam, getting their HONEST feedback,
15/ There's no need to start BIG, you can start small and sell a handful of NFTs.
Like I said, the "10k avatars for millions" is/was a very lucky 4-6 months where even anon devs could get away with selling out low-mid effort projects.
Why not sell 200 avatars? Or just 50?
16/ It's more manageable, less stress, you can expand as your project grows.
A great example of this is @lastraum "Last Slice Social Club".
Started off with just 50 NFTs at 0.08 ETH I believe.
Now they've sold 200 and are slowly growing.
17/ They run meetups and teach how to dev in Decentraland, and slowly release more as members want to join.
Slow, steady, sustainable but long term VERY powerful.
I feel like everyone is trying to copy this 10k avatar thing or sell their first art piece for $10,000 USD.
18/ Xcopy started off selling his art for like $50-$100.
In fact many artists did. Their 3+ years of experimenting has lead to their success now.
Starting small, humble and letting curiosity direct them.
Don't let every big success story set the "norm".
19/ For artists that want specific direction here's a thread I did about how I'd grow my career from scratch.
Youtube - try make videos of your process launching an NFT project.
Reddit - Share a breakdown of what you've learned.
Facebook - ew skip
21/ Twitter tweet cap incoming! Last points
Persistence/feedback.
Persistence really is the secret sauce. If part of you feels, "I really can't be bothered..", EXACTLY. See, that's the opportunity.
90%+ people just don't persist.
So...if you're one of the smarties that DOES..
22/ I'm telling you,
Most people SEVERELY underestimate what they can achieve in 3-5 years of continued growth.
It doesn't have to be 10 hours a day. It just need to continue.
Take breaks, sleep in, go see friends, but get to work when you need to.
23/ If you're building and you're seeing people come in and say they like the project, GREAT, continue!
Imagine all the compounding learning, the social growth, the network, the small wins, the occasional viral moments, the BIG breaks, your second, third, fifth project,
24/ How much would you learn?
There's a reason why celebrities or influencers are able to just jump in. Because at some point in their past they've worked their ass off too.
And built a social platform they can leverage and pivot when necessary.
25/ Experiment a lot.
The more you experiment, the more you learn.
- Try throwing in physicals,
- Running virtual meetups,
- Change color theme,
- Change target demographic,
- Use another social medium,
- Start a podcast,
- Do a "20 tweet/day for a week" challenge,
26/ Again, it's a "be here for a LONG time and grow mindset."
If you quickly put together an idea and spam sell sell sell, people can tell what's going on.
Vs someone who's been here for a while, made art, supported people, made content, spends TIME delivering tremendous value,
27/ In summary,
- Build something you TRULY believe is spectacular,
- Experiment a lot,
- Become a person of value,
- Share ideas, art, stories, experiences, on social, (grow your brand),
- Join communities, discord, make friends,
- Small wins,
_ Spend years not weeks doing so,
28/ What NOT to do,
- Spend months/years heads down building without getting feedback/sharing on socials,
- Spam your feed with links - no one wants to follow anyone who advertises 24/7,
- Give up completely after 2 weeks. At least pivot/try something else,
29/ Lastly, it really comes down to this,
Start caring. About the people you're building/making NFTs for.
That way, you'll put so much value in it, tell the world about it because you can't shut up, and just naturally win because you care.
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Barbados to become first sovereign nation with an embassy in the Metaverse. 🤯
“The Barbadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade signed an agreement on Sunday with @decentraland for the establishment of a digital embassy.
“the government is also finalizing agreements with “Somnium Space, SuperWorld and other Metaverse platforms”
“In an interview with CoinDesk, Barbados’ ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Gabriel Abed, said that the country intends to expand aggressively beyond this initial effort to build structures and purchase digital land in a variety of virtual worlds.”
Ok What’s this Metaverse thing everyone keeps talking about?
Books, Ready Player One, random nerds on the internet and now Facebook?
The next decade is going to be LEGENDARY.
1/ Thread 👇
2/ What is the Metaverse?
There’s a lot to unpack here.
Wikipedia has a good line on this,
"Metaverse is a speculative future iteration of the Internet, made up of persistent, shared, 3D virtual spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe."
3/ The term initially made an appearance in the book “Snow Crash”.
I’m not going to fake it. I didn’t read Snow Crash.
But I DID watch Ready Player One and was like HOLY SHIT this is the future.