What’s Your Why? You must know your strengths and weaknesses. You don’t want your future clients to figure them out before you do. With thousands of freelance projects to be snagged, you need to know when to send out proposals and when to let the opportunities pass. 1. What are you good at? – Are you a detail person? Do you enjoy organizing? Are you a good communicator? Can you explain complex...
6. How do I measure the impact and value of my writing on Medium.com, just beyond views and claps? Measuring the impact and value of writing on Medium is both subjective and objective. Some numbers are more meaningful than others. One might say that some metrics are vanity numbers while others are actionable numbers. For instance, Views are the number of people who click on a story page...
4. How do I contact Medium’s customer support? In the right sidebar, at the bottom, you’ll see Help listed in the footer. Image courtesy of the author. Choosing Help takes you to the Help Center homepage. Image courtesy of the author. Medium’s online Help is comprehensive and broken down into 11 sections. I have found Medium’s support team quick to reply. Getting started Getting started covers...
2. How do I balance my time and energy between writing and other activities on Medium, such as reading, commenting, and networking? Not to avoid giving a direct answer to this question, but how much time and energy one devotes to Medium is a personal decision each user must make. I’m sure our journies on Medium take different twists and turns. Let me explain. In my time on Medium, there are times...
Are you like me when you come to a new community? I want to learn everything I can. Because the more I know and understand how things work, the better I can leverage that information to reach my goals. My goals for writing on Medium look much like yours. I want to sharpen my writing craft, create brand awareness, assemble a considerable following, learn how to engage other writers, build...
When working on your own, you need to be productive. Yes, it’s convenient to greet the Amazon or UPS driver at your front door, drop the car off for a quick oil change, or take the dog for their morning outing. I had a friend long ago who was looking over my shoulder as I was working ask, “Are you making money doing that?” That statement has stuck in my mind for my entire entrepreneurial career...
With the Great Resignation underway, there are more work-site choices for the independent worker than ever. You may opt to sit in coffee hangs as I do, or perhaps a coworking situation fits you best. Some people need to be more social than others. There are people, though, that see commotion as a distraction. You choose. 1. Ambient Noise — Some people are skilled at...
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