Published in The Writing Cooperative·PinnedGenerate More Writing Ideas With These 5 Google Tools5 tools to help you get back in your creative flow — Empty notebooks. Empty idea boards. Empty Google docs. Empty Medium posts. Content creators often have to deal with a lot of blank space to transform it into content that attracts, engages, and converts. Once you’ve defined yourself as a content creator, it can be difficult to sustain the kind of…Writing6 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Pinned30 Lessons I Learned From Shipping 30 Atomic Essays for 30 Days#1. Starting a new challenge is fun — A month ago, I set myself a target: A target to ship 30 atomic essays in 30 days. And I did it ✅Writing11 min read
Published in The Writing Cooperative·PinnedStop Wasting Time on the Wrong Content With This Method‘Minimum Viable Content’ framework — How many times have you faced a situation that your amazing blog idea generated no interaction? Quite a lot of times, right? Now let’s picture that situation again: You think you have an amazing idea for your next blog post that will go viral and be read by hundreds of…Writing8 min read
Published in The Finanz·PinnedBefore You’re Starting Content Creation, Create Your Creator-Market FitYou need to create a niche within a niche — Twitch, Instagram, Medium, Youtube, Twitter, Substack… Nowadays, all of the content creators like us try to reach large audiences through these platforms. Still, a tiny portion of content creators are reaching more than 1,000 people or making more than $1,000 regardless of the platform. Only 6% of Medium writers make…Creativity7 min read
Published in The Finanz·PinnedDomino’s “100 Years of Free Pizza” Backfired When ~400 People Got Logo TattoosAn uncomfortable U-turn — A marketing campaign that outperforms expectations is usually a good thing. However, due to an overwhelming number of entries, Domino’s tattoo campaign quickly became one of the year’s worst marketing campaigns. The campaign promised fans 100 free pizzas per year for the next 100 years when launched in Russia. The…Marketing4 min read
Published in The Writing Cooperative·Jul 21, 2021Generate More Content Ideas With Simple Google SearchHow to use ‘Google Autocomplete’ for SEO-driven content — Writing both creative and data-driven content that generates constant traffic is difficult. Once you’ve defined yourself as a content creator, it can be difficult to sustain the kind of idea consistency you need. Likewise, it’s challenging to create quality content day after day without that consistency. To keep consistent traffic…Writing7 min read
Published in The Finanz·Jul 14, 2021One Offhanded Joke Cost This Business $1.8 Billion in 10 SecondsAnd today, “doing a Ratner” is in the dictionary — Have you ever thought of making a joke during your speech? Let me start first: I thought about it a couple of times when I was preparing for a speech. I thought It’d be nice to make a joke to break the ice with the audience. Well… Not always. Unless…Business5 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·May 3, 2021How I Became 2x Top Writer and Made Thousands of Views in My First MonthWhat I did, a few strategies and resources to start with — First thing first, it wasn’t my first month on Medium. I started writing on Medium around early March. However, April was my first full month writing on Medium. After clarifying this, let’s get to the business. I started my journey on Medium to: → Keep my book reviews in one…Writing12 min read
Published in The Finanz·Apr 29, 2021Stop Bribing Creators to Try to Increase Creative ProductivityBecause creativity is driven by intrinsic motivation — Can you increase the creative output with incentives? Is there a correlation between creative productivity or the ability to innovate and incentives? The Incentive Myth argues that the quantity and quality of creative work can be increased by bigger incentives — monetary or otherwise. …Creativity2 min read
Published in The Finanz·Apr 28, 20216 Habits of Highly Successful Online Content CreatorsHabit 1: They give themselves permission to fail — Creativity is not something innate. There are common traits of highly productive online creators. Behaviors that anyone can replicate and apply. Contrary to general opinion, these behaviors aren’t something only a few selected people have. Or, there is no genetic coding for creative thinking or for breakthrough ideas. Creating something…Writing8 min read
