Every artist can relate. Very few of us got into this business because we wanted to have to manage social media accounts or approve an advertising campaign. Writers became writers because they wanted to write. Actors want to act — not spend two weeks on a grueling press tour. The founder wants to be working on their product, not polishing blog posts for some content marketing side hustle.

From professional commenter to writer.

Warning: This is not for the faint at heart. However, this is how I write blog posts that get an average of 500+ shares and thousands of pageviews every time.

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This isn’t clickbait. This is actually how I feel. I know I’m pretty good at blogging, but what about writing? What about the traditional rules of grammar/syntax. What about proofreading? What about outlining my “points” and making sure those points align with my thesis?

I love that Charles Barkley commercial where he tells people, “I am not a role model.” What a freaking awesome spot. It got me thinking about an announcement I wanted to make.. I am not a writer, and neither are you. *Drops mic*

Don’t let it make you throw in the towel.

Like the settlers who invented the cobbler, content creators need to get inventive in order to contend with today’s marketing challenges and consistently create quality, engaging, and inspiring content. The good news? You already have key ingredients in your content kitchen.

A tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it. Does it make a sound? It’s a often-quoted and often-misinterpreted question. The idea behind it is if there is no one around to see something happen, to impose a perception of reality onto it, does its happening actually exist? Of course, you have the demographic of people that just answer, “Yes, the tree obviously makes a sound, what are you talking about? Why wouldn’t the tree make a sound?”

The app that analysed and scored users’ online followings has closed after 10 years – to make way for a tool that may cheapen social media even further

In five years, online membership service Patreon has attracted two million patrons supporting 100,000 ‘creators’ to the tune of $350m – including nearly $1m a year for rightwing psychologist Jordan Peterson. So what’s the secret of its success?

Disclaimer: This is Not an Overnight Success Story

Lil Miquela may be fascinating in her own right, but the rise of digital humans in social media and elsewhere is just getting started.

How to Never Run Out of Fun Content for Your Audience Ever Again.

A French-born American has now sued his home country because, he claims, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has illegally seized a domain that he’s owned since 1994: France.com.

Here are some surprising ways to help boost your focus and performance.

Listen, If there is anything I could wish on you, more than my work ethic, or my energy, or my charisma, it would be the mindset and perspective of how good life really is. I for one, was born in the former Soviet Union, with no internet and no capitalism to save me.

To get better, focus on the basics.

I stopped writing for a long time because I focused on perfection. Instead of filling an empty page with content. I filled it with my frustration. I had already written a novel. So far my first and only book. Every time I tried to write something else I would get stuck. I stopped because of pretension and ego. I made rules I thought I should follow before I could write with confidence.

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Over ten years ago the age of social media was born. But what it was and what it is is today How do we adapt. What mindset do we need to embrace?

Useful, well-crafted, fascinating content gets us into the game. But once we're there, we still need to help our audiences find it.

Since I’ve started out, I’ve discovered a ridiculous number of writers — big and small. It’s cool to see what’s popular in the written world, and through all sorts of publication I’ve managed to keep on top of the latest content trends. It’s also great to see the interactions that happen on this platform.

The long read: Their hero is Jordan Belfort, their social media feeds display super-rich lifestyles. But what are these self-styled traders really selling? By Symeon Brown

No matter how well you write, no matter how carefully you proofread, your article or story can’t live up to its potential if it’s not well organized. We all know someone who can’t tell a joke without doubling back to include some missing element that’s critical to the punchline. This happens to the best of us, but it happens less when we take a moment to organize a story in our heads before telling it. If organizing your thoughts is essential to being known as a superb raconteur, it’s as important in written communication.

Today I’m doing something I’ve never done before. I’m writing in a coffee shop. I know, it sounds so cliché. The funny thing is I’m surrounded by a roomful of people with laptops in front of them and coffee cups beside them. It’s like a premium, caffiene-fueled workspace. And as a bonus, I get three hours free WiFi. What could be better?

Just over two weeks ago, I wasn't a podcaster. Since then, my cofounder Harish and I have released 12 episodes of our new podcast, Hacker Daily, which has been downloaded over 32,000 times.

This past month saw a lot of preparation for upcoming events and releases across the WordPress project. Read on to find out more about these plans, and everything else that happened around the community in April.

“Substitute “Damn” every time you’re inclined to write “Very”. Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ~Mark Twain

Another week, another paywall. This time, it’s Bloomberg, which announced that it would be adding a comprehensive paywall to its news service and television channel (except TicToc, its media partnership with Twitter). A paywall was hardly a surprise, but what was surprising was the price: the standard subscription is $35 a month (up from $0 a month), or $40 a month including access to online and print editions of Businessweek

"Could we have a better metaphor for the way Silicon Valley considers local journalism?” fumed the owner of one of these remaining publications.

To me, life is pretty simple. There’s things you can control and others you can’t. Everything boils down to your actions and your mindset but there’s just far too many of you continuously caught up that just don’t see it that way. This is my attempt to clear things up once and for all.