4 Pieces of Common Writing Advice That Do More Harm Than Good
I am here, and ChatGPT is here, but why am I still making money?
I get that: writing is a gift, but your writing is not unique.
Medium alone has 100 million monthly active users — plus, minus. Not everybody writes on Medium daily, but they consider themselves writers. Go to LinkedIn, and you’ll see countless people as Medium writers when they only publish a post once every couple of months.
Sure, everybody’s different. Writing has become a generic term. You must do something extra to make your writing efficient and stand out. Stop listening to naysayers.
You can do it!
Wrong advice can take you off the right path, and following the right ones can shorten your path. Start with the proper guidance if you’re trying to build a writing empire.
Let’s get started.
1. Everyone can do it- it’s easy
Writing has become a piece of cake.
- You can write on Medium
- Create your newsletter
- Sell digital products
Medium can flag you for writing the wrong content. You can lose followers if you make irrelevant claims.
Good work → reputation
You don’t have to risk your reputation to make some dollars. Instead, choose the right way. The right way of doing things is to minimize problems.
Here’s a $0 proven method I used to write on Medium.com:
- Research and survey: look at what’s hot. Is it the writing genre, politics, or history? A few months ago, Medium was crazy about curating history topics, and now they’re nowhere to be seen
- Look for sustainable topics: don’t keep your eggs in one basket. Take three topics that work simultaneously: writing, self-improvement, and productivity
- Don’t lie to yourself: look at the analytics and see what your audience wants you to write about. Be open to learning
2. Use ChatGPT
Everyone I met these days is fond of ChatGPT.
Now, when I say “it’s bad, unproven,” people often chuckle, interpreting my skepticism as a sign of insecurity. I am here, and ChatGPT is here, but why am I still making money?
- Somehow, the ChatGPT is still stuck in 2021- try it yourself. (Exp: ask a current research-related question).
ChatGPT is not proven. Hence, the ChatGPT doesn’t give you current answers but instead provides plagiarized creations.
You and your articles don’t want to be a casualty in this Microsoft and Google war.
Your website can hurt. And unless you know Sundar Pichai personally, it’s not worth taking the risk.
Instead:
- Write quality content
- Use ChatGPT just for idea creation and brainstorming
- Refrain from ChatGPT SEO keywords or any information until proven right
3. Nobody wants to read that
These are not new concepts:
- Scrub Daddy
- Bee d’vine
- The Magic5 too
We still don’t have solutions for all the problems.
We keep buying new stuff because they solve our problems. That’s why entrepreneurs are alive.
Meaning the problems are yet to be solved. And how can you get upset when someone tells you the self-improvement market is cluttered?
Is it?
Recreating, refining, and polishing are not the wrong things.
Self-improvement is a proof-of-concept niche if you can write what the reader wants to read, VIOLA.
You need to understand: never be afraid to try.
If you have a way with your words, readers will become — today or tomorrow. Hold still.
4. Spread the flowers
- Creators these days: focus on everything
- Creators classic+gold: focus on one thing
A jack of trades is a master of none.
As soon as you figure out what works for you, focus 100% on it. You can later diversify your content but feed the information to your followers right away.
Medium is a fish tank. Your fish (readers) will die if not given the correct information.
As I always say: readers owe you nothing.
There are probably 1000s worthy articles readers should be reading right now, but they’re here reading yours. Give them something fruitful.
Here’s what to do:
- Don’t confuse yourself
- Don’t try to copy others — you are different
- Share your life story, personal info, teachings etc
- Get the proper Medium top tags through hard work
Final thoughts:
Hear this:
90% of people who write on Medium didn’t write for money. Medium started in 2012, a time of no inflation, and writers who wrote on Medium focused on building a platform or an audience.
If your growth is tied to making money, you’ll suffer.
My growth is tied to growth.
Yours should be too.
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