The answer was staring at me for weeks, maybe months Consistency is key for building a following online. Consistent videos, consistent articles, consistent emails. Building a brand by publishing a daily email newsletter all but requires the fuel of original content. You may be able to recycle a post here and there, but do this … Read more
Be systematic in keeping up with your collaborators I learned the hard way that followers leave if they don’t feel valued. Not responding to comments is a great way to make sure your supporters don’t feel valued. I’m determined not to do that again. I do my best to respond to every comment. Responding to … Read more
Because your primary quest will get lonely A SMART focused goal that’s written down is a powerful motivator. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound all combine to make a goal that’s a stretch but is also doable. My primary goal for the next few months is to earn $100 through the Medium Partner Program in … Read more
And it helped me to get the whole thing done in a pomodoro Tonight I realized that my writing efficiency sucks. I write at the wrong time for my energy levels. A lot of the recent articles I’ve posted have been in the wee hours of the morning, and that’s pretty much immediately after writing … Read more
Three actions to get rid of that giant sucking sound I’ve set a goal to earn $100 in a calendar month through the Medium Partner Program by the end of August. To accomplish this, it’s a fair assumption that I’m going to need to write more and write better, and build relationships with other writers, … Read more
If you have the assets, you should use them! There are plenty of articles on Medium that describe how to come up with story ideas. I struggle putting this into practice, even now. When I get a reliable system up and running, I’ll be sure to let you know! In the meantime, I do have … Read more
There’s room for improvement but it works pretty well I’ve been writing articles on WordPress blogs since 2005, but at the beginning of this year, I started publishing my articles to Medium. I still publish everything to a WordPress blog first, though. I still see the canonical link advantage in the search engines as important. … Read more
Growing up my diversion of choice was video games. I spent many hours playing on the Magnavox Odyssey 2, on the Commodore 64 (yeah I’m that old), and later on PCs. “Interactive games” back then involved Player 1 / Player 2 stuff with your opponent sitting beside you. Oh, to be young again. Games as … Read more
Post-vacation email overwhelm is never fun. It’s a downer to see “Unread (664)” staring back at you. It’s not for lack of trying to keep up We went on a cruise this past summer. Not knowing how to cruise or what cruise internet connections were like, I paid for an extra device on wifi during … Read more
If ideas are a dime a dozen, sometimes they might as well be a million dollars as rare as they seem! That’s why creators are always in search of ideas for posts, videos, art, music, whatever. As a musician, it makes sense to me that I can riff off of other creators. What is a … Read more