Growing an online audience is completely misunderstood. Many writers look for growth hacks, or headline tricks, or new platforms that will make them the Pamela Anderson of the writer’s world. I’ve built and continue to build an audience online. Instead of staying in...
Substack confuses most people. We innocently believe it’s another newsletter platform. That’s why a lot of great content creators have missed the opportunity. They’re too close-minded to try it. I suffered from the same narrow-minded thinking too. So I decided to...
Creative people used to be a joke. In high school, I told people I was going to be a musician. They laughed out loud at me. I grew up with odd characters who wrote poetry. They too were laughed at. I had a friend who was a standup comedian. He tried to do it...
Web 3.0 is like discovering the internet in 1996. It’s one of the most exciting opportunities of our lifetime. Yet, because Web 3.0 is a tech revolution, it’s buried in hard-to-understand information. The biggest opportunity I see on Web 3.0 is the ability for writers...
Writers are liars. This is the advice I once read from writer Niklas Goke. It got me thinking, what do writers not want readers to know? Well, I spend a lot of time around other writers. The patterns are too obvious not to point out. You will understand writing online...
If you’ve written online for a while then you’ve most likely experienced the online writing plateau. Yes, it’s real ladies and gentlemen, according to science (joking). I’ve danced with this devil. I’ve had those hard days where you find yourself checking stats...
