What if you allow HIVE users to pay to get their posts promoted as ads? Since you are not earning that much from ads so far, using the space for HIVE users to promote their content at a fee could create some revenue.
That had been a thing for 5+ years. You can promote your posts on PeakD from your dashboard page.
Unfortunately not many users are interested.
It did not generate enough views for me. It was probably the case for other users who stopped using it. I was hoping for a way to promote the posts (or just about anything) in the ad space paid with HIVE or HBD. What I thought of was an alternative to Google powered by HIVE payments.