by Tim Denning | Sep 20, 2021 | Writing
Roam Research has a cult following. I first learned about it 18 months ago from Nat Eliason. Productivity nerds like me started to get excited about a tool that could change the way a writer lives. It took me a long time to take the plunge. Fellow writer Todd Brison...
by Tim Denning | Sep 13, 2021 | Writing
Social media is promoted as being amazing for your career. It’s supposed to lubricate your soul. Everybody tells you at work to build a personal brand and share interesting insights with your network. HR and marketing teams even run workshops at most companies to help...
by Tim Denning | Sep 13, 2021 | Writing
Writer’s block is a dirty little secret. Most writers never admit it. I’ve encountered it a few times in the last few months. When I analyze what has happened it comes down to the following: Feeling like any ideas I have are terrible.Overthinking everything.Not enough...
by Tim Denning | Sep 13, 2021 | Writing
The illusion of followers is a paradigm that’s changing. Social media platforms are starting to give creators access to their audience’s email addresses. This is an exciting change. Without an email address you’re at the mercy of an algorithm that prioritizes ads over...
by Tim Denning | Sep 6, 2021 | Writing
I’ve always hated Quora. Then my brain struggled for a few weeks to come up with writing ideas. I fired up my good ol’ Quora account again. That’s where I found a bunch of awesome questions that triggered some of my most successful writing. Quora is notoriously hard...
by Tim Denning | Aug 16, 2021 | Writing
If you create content then you work in sales. Congrats. Most of us aren’t born salespeople. In fact, many of us hate anything salesy. Sales applies to content creation because you need to persuade and market your work to build an audience — there’s no way to avoid it....