Hey there 👋 I'm Donna, a newbie to Nostr.

I'm super curious about Nostr because since 2005 I've been teaching women worldwide about Manifesting + Money + Magic.

So I'm an educator/ teacher/ coach/ guide and a content creator with the pain of having to do the "Algorithm Monkey Dance" on Social Media to reach my students and followers.

Which in 2018, I basically stopped doing because it was exhausting and felt inauthentic. And I focused 99% of my energy on my email database because "I own those connections".

Although many of the communities connected to my online programs still run on Facebook.

And so the "Nostr use case" made quick and easy sense to me. And the added incentive of Sats through Zaps... yipppeeee!

Except, of course... my students, followers and audience are not on Nostr yet.

Ah... the Catch 22... the Chicken and Egg of Nostr.

So here I am, ready to contribute anyway and put my content up here anyway... because this feels like the right place to be building. (And because I lurve being a pioneer)...

And I'll probably need help... so would love your feedback and help please.

And also suggestions on the best and easiest way to contribute. Thanks!

This post was inspired by who was so welcoming and super helpful at Bitcoin Amsterdam.

#Introduction

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Welcome!

welcome to nostr, Donna! here are some guides for you to help you on your nostr journey!

https://nostree.me/npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424/nostr-guides-resources

Welcome to nostr 🤙

Welcome to #Nostr!!!! 🤗

Welcome to Nostr 🤙

Welcome and thanks for building your business with Nostr!

What is "Manifesting"?

welcome!! if you are a creator and have an iphone you should check out the nos social creator residency

https://www.nos.social/creator-residency

Yo! Have fun, typos are forever here and that'r fine : )

Welcome!

Welcome to not-1984!!

Welcome 🤗

Hey Donna. Welcome to the nostriverse.

Welcome

Welcome

Welcome! ⚡️

Welcome to Nostr!

Welcome to #nostr

Hi Donna! Welcome to #Nostr

I know you’re going to enjoy your time here. The community here is awesome. Let us know if you need anything. See you in the feeds! 👋🏻

Welcome!

Welcome.

As for “building on #nostr “ and to help you #grownostr I’d say a couple things.

1. Learn to love hashtags and use them to find affinities

2. Read the note I link in note1jwvrlaps2tttkx6axwhdt43zdj4sg7nh8f6v3l7f0wcpunmyhezqce9783

And note12hv59qa9atjzx8upqj3rdhjzu8m9fsl3ggcl9sfr463mtz4a538s5w9qxp

And note1fw4wr38cthv38ng20gng8af6kpsacdc6ejj7jgrndf43qxzrxyjqlu35qw

And

note1299sf9xk645vldfc629vrzhzge3hsde6u3cjazlyr9ttc775ngss54wjzq

Welcome 🙌🏽

Algorithm monkey dance 🤭🤭🤭

Keep posting content here, it’s the only way the change will happen ✨

Welcome! Glad to have you, get ready for a fun ride! If you have questions just ask and the hashtag #asknostr helps.. people are friendly and you’ll get answers.

Just post what you love and you’ll find your people.

It’s still weird here (May it always be) and things sometimes break, so patience is key.

Welcome home !

Welcome

I'm there as well. Started my business on Facebook 7/8 years ago. Did very well in the beginning but I was never comfortable with the way it worked, I rarely used it as a "social" platform.

In the end the algorithm killed my business and me. It was so exhausting. For the first time I now have a platform where I feel comfortable to share and social on. I like to share my adventures with others and finally found my people.

Took the plunge and deleted my FB and IG yesterday and it's so freeing!

ty for sharing your story with us. It is very refreshing that I was not alone on this. At first I was confused how people put up with it and gave their hard earned cash for the ads. The answer that I've got was: you either beat the algorithm or learn the ropes. I truly understand that some small business has to do anything to keep it upfloat. The same goes for those who need to stick to their job because of their bills. I have respect for them. However, what I have learned that the more I compromise my values, my authenticity in order to survive, it only brought resentment. Hence, I decided I will do business within my terms and with the people/company I am comfortable with. No more compromises. I have no problem creating organic content from those platforms to drive traffic to where I need my target audience to reside. I am 🤞 my fingers that #nostr last so I do not need to go back creating ads from those big techs! ☺️🫂✌️

Totally agree.

Every situation comes with an opportunity. One time my FB page was blocked from creating ads and I was livid and frsutrated. That was my awakening moment for me that I was giving my power away to those tech companies and let them dictate my business. 3 weeks ago I finally deleted my FB acct! Yes, it was so liberating! 👏💯☺️

I am so pleased to see another educator/coach and magic lover here. The "Universe" is indeed listening...!

I can 💯 relate to your experience. I stop all my efforst doing the ads from all platforms because as like you mentioned it was exhausting esp if you do not have unlimited cash to compete with the big cash companies doing ads.

I am super excited to see you around on #nostr. Like yourself I am new here too and I am slowly moving my assets from centralised platform to my self-hosted content. Defo see you around! ❤️🫂👏

Welcome! 💜

Welcome and I like you use the sticker design what I made.✍️ and the biggest connection of all is love that connects us. Love from what we do and in all aspects of life. 🙏🫂

I love your stickers. i wish I had picked up more than one. Thank you for your fab work for Nostr at #BitcoinAmsterdam. I love it as a reminder of the connections made at the conference.

Welcome to NOSTR!

Great to see more educators on Nostr and get more diverse content.

Welcome! Yes Bitcoin and NOSTR need more women!

yes... for sure more women. Was just at the Bitcoin Amsterdam conference and I kept saying to people "where are the women?"....

do you have any ideas or guesses why they aren't here? #curious

I'm inspired to actually be a key driver of shift in this area and create more adoption amongst women.

now.... how to do that.... that's percolating...

My experience is that most women do not feel drawn to the nerdy tech or money side as much, and #bitcoin, for a long time and now #nostr has a male dominated culture. Than I guess the few women that show up, miss to meet other women in the space.

I know nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech together with other women have arranged #Womenforbitcoin at some conferences.

I would like to include my wife and family more in this space.

Hello! I’m fairly new also (got on while back then life been busy, so need to reeducate myself here and learn more).

I’m a singer-songwriter/music artist, and the algorithms and posting (we are advised we need to do) are exhausting, indeed. I never know when my posts will be seen or won’t be seen. And, it’s hard to figure out why. Crazy stuff. Then, a thin half-dressed person posts and they get all kinds of attention and go viral sometimes. Again, Crazy!

Welcome! We are all figuring it out together! 🙌 Following you here; I love what you do!