What looks like a waste of time to others is the truth of my existence — I can’t speak for everyone, but for me, productivity is a copious amount of time spent inside my head. The best way to make sense of this is with a couple of examples. In college, analyzing and synthesizing In my freshman year in college, I was a bit over my head. I was good at…

It’s back to basics, baby — Ever since I started writing five years ago, I’ve been looking for that perfect writing app; never satisfied, never quite there. Over the years, nothing could beat the Medium editor. Reedsy came awfully close, but it wasn’t quite that “it” either. I tried Penzu, Scrivner, Notion, iA Writer, Novlr, and…

A sure way to satisfy both Google and your human readers ;) — Best way to get organic traffic to your blog posts? Optimize content for Google’s featured snippets. Along with other best SEO practices, of course. 😉 The way Google ranks articles changes all the time as it analyzes how people search for content and what can be considered the most useful…

Lel — For context, I started a Medium experiment back in June. The premise: I’ll publish on average 3+ stories on Medium per week, from June through December 2022, and see if it’s possible to make $500+ in a single month by the end of the experiment period. When you get invested…

A proven method for selling more of your online course — Recently, I wrote about how I sell my evergreen online course year-round. Occasionally though, during the holiday season, or after (to avoid the chaos) I may run a sale on my course. It’s simple; I do a flash sale where people in my community (a.k.a. email list) can use a…

Or any writer for the matter… — I feel self-conscious when sharing writing tips. I’m not a native English speaker, after all. But I’ve made a living with my words, So allow me to share these tips anyway. In my short writing career, with a monstrous complex and a boatload of self-doubt, Practicing what I’m about to…

Do this instead of going cold turkey — Recently I’ve come across some of my favorite writers on Medium announcing their departure from the platform for Substack or Ghost or their own blogs. First of all, congratulations! Second, please don’t go cold turkey on Medium. Short of being nosy and rude and self-important, this is the best I…

I doubt it… — I started writing about five years ago out of desperation. I needed money, and while the web-design freelancing gig was keeping me barely afloat, it was exhausting. Seeing how most of my clients were bloggers back in those days, I was learning more and more about it, enough to finally…

In other words, “viral” is nothing but a buzzword — I’ve been a content writer for four+ years and I have zero viral stories/blog posts/articles. I’m not that great of a writer. But I’m a consistent writer. And while I haven’t tasted the sweetness of viralism (I think I just made up that word…) my consistency has paid off. I’ve…