Post Overview
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Expression
5 years ago+11 11 0How to Promote Yourself Even If You Hate, Fear, or Despise Self-Promotion
It is done! Your book, your article, your course, your product. After all your hard work, blood, sweat, and tears, the thing is finished. Now, it’s time to sell it. Get people to buy it. Read it. Adopt it. It’s time to find clients, find an audience ...
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Expression
5 years ago+19 19 0The Rookie and the Pro: Different Ways to Succeed on Medium
A Q & A with Shannon Ashley and Shaunta Grimes, two top Partner Program writers.
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How-to
5 years ago+13 13 010 Tips To Help You Become A Much Better Writer
I’ve been writing, and making a career of it, for well over a decade now. I’ve done all kinds of writing, from SEO copy to personal essays to novels. Over the years, I’ve collected a bunch of best-practice tips. Here they are.
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Expression
5 years ago+4 4 0How science journalism is broken and how can we all fix it
Here’s a problem worth pondering: imagine you publish a Medium post one night (after hundreds of laborious edits) to wake up the next morning and find at least 3 publishers, including Medium itself, running it as a story of theirs, with very minimal ...
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Expression
5 years ago+16 16 05 Tips To Find Your Writing Voice
I didn’t want to be a writer. I loved reading and had read four digits’ worth of books by the time I was 10. I loved making stuff up and writing it down, especially if it would make people happy. But I didn’t believe I could actually be a writer. No ...
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Analysis
5 years ago+19 19 0How to Turn Failure into Success
Research reveals strategies for staying motivated in the face of challenges
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Current Event
5 years ago+37 37 0 x 1Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content
Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns
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Expression
5 years ago+8 8 0Why Google+ Failed
Google Plus didn’t fail because Facebook is invulnerable. It failed because of deep flaws embedded in it from the very start.
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Expression
5 years ago+23 23 0How we got 11.3 million pageviews without the growth hacking bullshit
People don’t desire products. They desire feelings that products give them.
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Analysis
5 years ago+9 9 0How I wrote a technical book in under 200 hours
A behind-the-scenes look at how I self-published “Level up with WebAssembly” as a side-project in 4 months
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Expression
5 years ago+9 9 0What Writing Confidence REALLY Looks Like
Have you ever felt unsure of your writing?
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Expression
5 years ago+19 19 0595 Power Words That’ll Instantly Make You a Better Writer
Ever wish there was a shortcut to tap into your readers' emotions? An easy way to make them feel exactly what you want? Well there is. Power words.
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Expression
5 years ago+13 13 0Build For You First. For Your Friends Second. For The World, Last.
I think it’s intimidating to build anything. No wait. It’s fucking terrifying to build anything. Because you’re creating something that has meaning to you, and putting it out in front of the whole world to see. And analyse. And criticise. And h ...
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How-to
5 years ago+18 18 0How To Get Work Done When You Don’t Feel Like It.
We’re human and most of the time we can’t be assed doing the work.
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Expression
5 years ago+5 5 0Write Now (with Dan Moore)
How a funny way of paying the bills evolved from a passion.
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Expression
5 years ago+12 12 0Why Everyone Wants You To Fuck Up
Here’s a “life-hack” — when someone tells you that your biggest fuck up was probably for the best, don’t believe them. Don’t believe a word of it. No matter what they say, it’s not true — unless they’re actually a part of your project or company or t ...
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Expression
5 years ago+37 37 0 x 1The Science of Developing Mental Toughness
Talent is overrated, mental strength is critical.
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How-to
5 years ago+19 20 1 x 1How To Create Interesting Long Reads That Will Actually Engage Your Audience
A recent survey by Orbit Media found that bloggers who invest more time in writing their blogs — and also write longer articles– generally have a higher number of readers and interactions. The best SEO results are booked with blogs that are approxima ...
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How-to
5 years ago+11 11 0How to Use Clickbait Effectively, Genuinely, and not like a Dick.
Let's be genuine again.
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Expression
5 years ago+18 18 0Tips for Getting Readers Engaged with Your Content
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air! But how do you get readers to share the love for your content?