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Why I love posting to Medium.com
(Originally written March 2018, updated January 2020.)
Medium.com has better SEO (search engine optimization) than most websites, and certainly my own blog.
I tested these two situations for six months each:
(1) Posting my writing to my website blog first, making sure it was indexed, then importing into Medium a few days later.
(2) Posting on Medium first, then copying to my own blog a week later.
The second method — posting to Medium first — always wins SEO for the keywords in the a…
Medium.com has better SEO (search engine optimization) than most websites, and certainly my own blog.
I tested these two situations for six months each:
(1) Posting my writing to my website blog first, making sure it was indexed, then importing into Medium a few days later.
(2) Posting on Medium first, then copying to my own blog a week later.
The second method — posting to Medium first — always wins SEO for the keywords in the a…
Why I don’t use images in my Facebook posts
Photo by George Pagan III on Unsplash
If you look at the posts on my Facebook Business Page (my social media platform of choice) you’ll notice that I basically post two things:
1. Text-only writings, without images or links.
2. Videos.
In this post I’ll focus why I don’t add images to my writings on my FB business pages.
Note -- this doesn’t apply to artists, photographers, sellers of physical products, or those whose business is very image-oriented. This does apply to anyone whose …
When you have so much material to share, how to get started creating content?
Photo by Charles on Unsplash
“I love the idea of free content. Do you have any suggestions for getting past the block of making my first video? Feel like I have so much material to share that I don’t know where to start…” — a reader.
For a long time, this kept me from making content as well.
Eventually, what liberated me was an inner question that wouldn’t let me go:
"What if I had only 6 months left to live?"
If that were true, then I have an urgency to say everything I can, no…
If that were true, then I have an urgency to say everything I can, no…
How to Deal with Internet Criticism, and the Higher Purpose of Online Discussions
I received an email from an anonymous person who harshly criticized my marketing methods.
Parts of the email had relevant points, and I will be responding in an upcoming post.
In this post, however, let’s first talk about how to deal with internet criticism, and how to critique others productively…
Parts of the email had relevant points, and I will be responding in an upcoming post.
In this post, however, let’s first talk about how to deal with internet criticism, and how to critique others productively…
How to deal with internet criticism / trolls
There’s productive criticism that benefits both parties and moves humanity forward… and then there’s trolling.
Trolling, usually done anonymously,…
There’s productive criticism that benefits both parties and moves humanity forward… and then there’s trolling.
Trolling, usually done anonymously,…
Create your own disciplined rhythm of Content Creation
Most successful content creators have some rhythm or schedule for creating & sharing content.
What about you? What is the discipline of content that you've committed to?
May this blog post encourage you and give you some guidance to create a consistent rhythm of content creation...
What about you? What is the discipline of content that you've committed to?
May this blog post encourage you and give you some guidance to create a consistent rhythm of content creation...
One of the heroes of content is Seth Godin, who has consistently blogged every day for more than 10 years. If you look at his amazing archive of posts, it took 2 years of consistent blogging (2002-2004) before h…