Graduated in Digital Media M.Sc. now developing the next generation of educational software. Since a while I develop full stack in Javascript using Meteor. Love fitness and Muay Thai after work.
I would most focus on why you write. If you want to write for the views, well do the "listicles" but don't expect to grow in skills but only in views and followers. And trust me views and followers won't bring you contract requests or job offers.
If you write articles to show off your skills or to validate what you have learned (if you can explain it you have definitely learned it) then you can expect to become recognized for what you have done one day.
Accessibility First DevRel. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
Yup and the point (I am beginning I realise I made badly) was that as a new author you should deliberately write both for growth and for yourself. Once you have a base of followers you can pivot to pure high quality content.
Maybe that should have been the entire post as I certainly appear to have confused a lot of people 🤣
If you write articles to show off your skills or to validate what you have learned (if you can explain it you have definitely learned it) then you can expect to become recognized for what you have done one day.
Agree entirely and I think perhaps I need to embolden these two paragraphs as they are exactly that:
But, with all that being said, there is a key factor that is less tangible: does asking questions and creating listicles help your "personal brand", does it help build up your authority in a subject? Probably not.
Long term, that personal brand value does start to add up and results in opportunities and meaningful conversations. If that is what you really want from your writing then focus on that and ignore the numbers.
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I would most focus on why you write. If you want to write for the views, well do the "listicles" but don't expect to grow in skills but only in views and followers. And trust me views and followers won't bring you contract requests or job offers.
If you write articles to show off your skills or to validate what you have learned (if you can explain it you have definitely learned it) then you can expect to become recognized for what you have done one day.
Yup and the point (I am beginning I realise I made badly) was that as a new author you should deliberately write both for growth and for yourself. Once you have a base of followers you can pivot to pure high quality content.
Maybe that should have been the entire post as I certainly appear to have confused a lot of people 🤣
Agree entirely and I think perhaps I need to embolden these two paragraphs as they are exactly that: