Douglas Adams! Cool name :)
The verification is to head off Hivewatchers thinking you are dodgy. The Twitter link still seems broken from a couple of places on your site. You linked to your LinkedIn, but I don't see a mention of your Hive profile there. There needs to be a link back or at least a mention to prove you control that profile.
Now it's up to you to market yourself as you see fit. An introductory post with the #introduceyourself tag is fairly standard. Spamming comments is not a good idea, but commenting on people with similar interests can pay off. Hive is a bit different, so have a look around to see what others are doing. Big rewards can be hard to get, but the community is fairly small.
I delegated a little so you can be active. This is needed to keep your resource credits up.
Thanks again for the support, Steve! And the name is both a blessing and a curse.
The site is updated now and I've dropped a link to Hive in my LinkedIn summary so fingers crossed!
Thanks for flagging the #IntroduceYourself Tag -- I'll be taking a dive into this. I'm excited to join the community and see what people are sharing.
No problem. I know it can be confusing to start with and I don't want people to be put off.