It Pays to Be an Influencer, Coffee Lovers Beware!

in coffee •  7 years ago 

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My Coffee Story!

Four years ago before I started my rise as a Crypto Currency influencer I was 100% focused on social media and building my brand. @AnaHilarski and I spent a good deal of time at coffee shops. This means that I used to share a ton images pertaining to coffee.

One day I received a message from the owner of Climpson & Sons in London. They are one of the worlds premiere coffee roasters. He asked my if he could send me some coffee in return for some blog posts and a few social media posts. I said sure and forgot about it.

The Package from Climpson & Sons Arrived and Boy Was I in for a Surprise.

The package included 9 different roasts from all across the world. The total value was over $250 so I was pretty impressed. Ana and I were in coffee heaven! My favorite was the roast from Guatemala. I also really enjoyed the coffee roasts from East Africa including Ethiopia, Rwanda and Kenya.

I wrote a few blog posts and shared images all across social media. Thank you Climpson & Sons for the delicious coffee!

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Companies Need Your Help.

I took this approach and applied it to Crypto Currencies. The market is flooded and it is quite difficult for brands to be seen. Yesterday Facebook announced that Crypto companies can no longer advertise on the platform. This means that companies will have to use Influencers more than ever before. This is great news if you are an influencer!

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What is not good for one side is better for this other side.
Broadcast your interest and spread good vibe.
Keep on steemin'

I think drinking coffee is a personal expression
People who drink coffee are often more active and energetic than other people
thanks @hilarski

That would be the caffeine :D I can not get started before I had my morning coffee. Right now I am rocking Cafe Punto De Cielo, a Mexican brand, very good!

@hilarski,
What do you think about TEA? My country is most famous for TEA! Anyway this is a nice experience! I could imagine how much you surprised with this gift!

Cheers~

I think the great thing about tea is that there's just as much (if not more) variety as with coffee, and so many different methods in which to enjoy it. White, green, yellow, black oolong/wulong, puerh, purple, and even fermented varieties like kombucha, water kefir and more. Cold brewed or enjoyed hot with dozens of different steeping methods, there's something for everyone.

I also find tea less intimidating when it comes to getting great tasting results than coffee. A bad grind can give you beans that don't work great with certain methods due to overextraction. Water that's too hot can create bitterness (similar with tea, but more notable, I think).

If you enjoy coffee, tea is a fantastic next step. There will definitely be something you like.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Great.. This is really amazing way to promote brands online, wonderful opportunity for influencer's like you... Good luck, i am sure you will get many more endorsements like this!

Excellent story friend and yes i am also a coffee lover but sadly not an influencer but after hearing this news i will try to develop myself. thanks for sharing your nice thoughts with us, Stay blessed

Great stuff as always @hilarski ! I used to be a coffee lover/adict until one "beautiful" day no longer tolerated caffeine and it started to feel quite bad ... Now only caffeine free coffee, which some of them are pretty good. About your influencer idea, it is a very inspiring story for me... Im after doing a similar thing with some wine producers here in Spain... Let's see how it works...wish me luck mate! :P un fuerte abrazo para ti y para Ana amigo! ;)

successful entrepreneurship example :)

really nice post sir

A coffee in the morning or any time is very good, everything about this I like, even its history.

wow your story is really nice
thanks for sharing
i am very glad for your blog
have a nice day

Coffee or coffee dat high quality energy source kaffefin good catalyst to start your day
thanks for the wonderful publication

If you love coffee, I advise you to follow this person @c0ff33a

good job
You are a very active man
And has worked in several fields
Greetings
And good news for those who work in this field
As I said Facebook will stop advertising

But what if you blogged about yachts or pricey car brands.
Would they send you them too? When I think about it... it's not bad to be an influencer :d

I have to try it, i mean out there there are a lot of little companies with interesting projects trying to be visualized and for influencers they are a gold mine. Regards

Many of these sites were deceivers, how now to be honest crypto-drivers?

I will never shill a garbage ICO.

The coffee they sent you must have been amazing. What a nice perk for blogging. Interesting news about advertising on FB. Good news for you, since your such a great influencer.

Coffee
I loved to drink coffee

Coffee awesome
Crypto very good news
Keep it up
And update us with this really good information

Reminds me of a saying Something about preparations, hard work and opportunity.

Good onya mate

I am one of the coffee lovers, and I have a coffee shop business, try to feel the sensation of coffee aceh gayo, the aroma and the taste is amazing @ hilarski

You will be fine, caffeine is in soda also.

wow this is very great story... very influential one :)

Yes, you availed good deal from Climpson & Sons for the delicious coffee. Your story is much interesting. Thanks for sharing precious post with awesome picture for all steemians. Stay blessed

Facebook is now afraid of the steemit, this ban on crypto ads completely proves it.

I doubt they are scared of Steemit. We are but a speck on the interwebs.

I just started drinking coffee about a month ago, I'm 18 now so I waited as long as possible with starting to drink coffee. Some people say it's not good for your heart ^^

coffee is one of my favorite beverages.Great story!!!!
-cheers-

Thanks for the valuable information, you are the highest influencer of the crypto world, your every suggestions means a lot for all of us. Thanks for sharing such a valuable lesson. Wish you a great day friend.

They should sell their coffee with crypto currency and maybe people can give them tips via Dogecoin :)

Thank you! very much my dear sir @hilarski for sharing with us. have a nice day.

Excellent. It sure pays to be an influencer. I wish i were one. Its pros are that you can almost always expect an increase in traffic and social media interaction, purely due to the social media following that these influencers have, However the main con is that often this alone isn’t enough to warrant the price that some influencers will charge. That facebook ban on crypto ads is something else. Sounds like they’re planning on launching their own crypto asset and don’t want to deal with competing products based on Mark Zuckerberg’s previous post on the subject:
"There are important counter-trends to this -like encryption and cryptocurrency - that take power from centralized systems and put it back into people’s hands. But they come with the risk of being harder to control. I’m interested to go deeper and study the positive and negative aspects of these technologies, and how best to use them in our services."

it's a nice idea to support brands in an easy way.. good luck master entrepreneuriat and innovation @hilarski

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Have you tried green coffee @hilarski?

Great post. I'm a coffee lover myself, having lived in Central America for over 2 years. Good idea bartering promo work for products and/or crypto. Thanks.

I prefer to receive filtered advertisement by a reputational influencer, who wants to keep his good name, than some misleading "ad" in facebook that has no filtering whatsoever.

wao. amazing story this is. motivational..

Coffee Coffee...... What a testy drink.....

this story surely help to influence and branding of the product as well as advertise here, so we are looking if steemit suport adds on the platform.

It sure is and getting free coffee sounds reall good as well ;)
Got to know the news of FB though,It seems like crypto market is gaining more reputation and sure seems good looking for influencers !

Great news for influencers!

I Love Coffee :)

thank's for sharing..
love it...

@upvoted

Good to know about your story while building brand and being an influencer. Visit India for more coffee.

successful entrepreneurship example :) A coffee in the morning or any time is very good ... i am also a coffee lover....

it really does influences are the top choice on social medias

What about inspiration in the morning? ))
https://steemit.com/coffee/@andrea.pacini/muse-of-coffee

Sounds like an opportunity to me! I think this will just push a lot of companies to look for alternate advertisement, so I see this as good news!

You getting a free package of awesome coffee for your kick ass blogs and for sitting around in coffee shops. That's just awesome Randy! I tried to quit coffee way too many times until I realized it ain't gonna happen this lifetime :) Great post and coolest old school coffee shop pic ever!

I love coffee, too. I have always one in the morning. The best ones I have on weekends, because you can enjoy them without any stress.

wow so great coffee...it's amazing color & so hot..i think Its test so defferent @hilarski

Wow. That is a very neat surprise. I love coffee but I am pretty strict to how my coffee should taste like.

I really appreciate the tip how we could be the influencers for all kinds of companies, I have never even though of that and I think that was really cool for Climpson & Sons to ask you to write some blogs in return of some of their coffee. Really cool.
But how did they know you write blogs on social media?

@hilarski Such a great article & nice photography
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thanks for sharing got iy

excellent your post