Success stories for ILLUMINATION Writers
Exciting Projects & New Initiatives
Cross-pollinating 2400 writers to create synergy and value
Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning. — Gloria Steinem
We are planning new projects and initiatives to cross-pollinate among our writers. Based on feedback from our writers, several initiatives that we introduced earlier are making excellent progress.
As we grow, we need to scale everything. The policies, process, and procedures are being reviewed and updated by the editorial team. We added a few more editors. I will update their profile soon. In the meantime you can meet them from this story.
A new initiative
Today, I want to start with an initiative for writers. My proposal is to create special projects, feature them, and distributed them to target groups. I am creating a detailed profile of our readers based on constant feedback provided by various means.
You can consider this another writing challenge, but this challenge require structure, commitment, and dedication to your selected initiative. We may even call them special projects.
You choose a theme or topic. By keeping the same kicker name, you can create multiple stories related to your chosen topic. I recommend you start with a topic in your expertise area. Let’s say social media. You can create numerous stories about Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube etc. Your kicker should be social media.
Based on themes, I will create multiple distribution lists and redesign our publication page based on these initiatives. I will also distribute the right topics to the right readers. This is expected to increase our views and reading times.
For example, one of our editors Dr John Rose has started a new initiative. He called it The Gaia Project. I copy it for your reference. You can join to this project if you are interested.
You can run the initiative yourself, or you can collaborate with other writers in similar fields. You can be the owner of the project and allow other writers to contribute their stories to your project, or you can join other projects as a contributor.
To manage this project, I need you to inform me either by tagging me in your stories or providing a link in our Slack channel.
We have a Slack channel called #projects. I can collect your project stories from the channel daily. If you don’t have Slack access yes, you can request from this link with a title “Slack Request”.
We already have 450 writers in our Slack group collaborating daily.
Accelerating YouTube Initiative
Another initiative is accelerating YouTube presence for writers.
Our readers want to meet our writers. They want to see their faces and hear their voices. We have a platform ready. All you need to do is to create a five-minute video to introduce yourself.
For example, one of our writers Stacy Belinsky introduce herself today, and several readers loved it. I created a story about it for your reference.
Let’s meet our new writers.
New writers who joined ILLUMINATION today
43 new writers joined our publication today. We have 2,477 writers supporting ILLUMINATION and serving our 21,834 readers.
A warm welcome to our new writers who joined our great team today:
L Aruna Dhir, Raman Mama, Katrina Di, Nima Thing, Viki’s Notes, Ankur Agarwal, Amanda Edwards, Olawale Kayode, Emily Andersson, Ivonne Kristiani, Danesh, Simbiat Ayoola, Daniel Hlang, tesmo, Chandra Santos, vikranth ch, Shubh Patni, Giovanni Hojeije, Lavender Sky, Aruna Gobalan, Manzoor Ahmed, Khoi Le, Taylor Moran, Jeremy Ray Payne, Blake Powell, Bee Garcia, Rebecca Kojetin, Owais Ali, Alyssa Nicole Maaño, Annika Wappelhorst, Nandini Gosine-Mayrhoo, Angela M Mohn, Benjamin Nweke, Aditi Khamkar, Andy Deleruyelle, The Weekend Philosopher, Chandra Santos, Mimi Bordeaux, Floyd Mori, Drashti Buch, D. Luke Allen
Please check our process process and procedure manual for submission guidelines and other essential information.
What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?
This is a collection of our stories distributed to our readers. If your story is not in this list please leave a comment on the story with a link to your story and make yourself visible to your readers. If you don’t engage with your readers, your views and read times cannot progress.
No Silence, No Struggle
Eclectic stories selected from 2,400+ writers for 21,700+ readers
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You can access previous distribution lists from the attached link.
Featured Writer Bios
CJ Kowalski
Erin King
Bill Abbate
Please consider introducing yourself. We add these bios to the attached story and distribute it to our readers who enjoy meeting our writers.
Featured Interviews
Featured Stories
Kindness Connects People
Our lives are intimately connected more than we know or believe.
medium.com
So You Want to Start A Podcast
An overview of what you need to know before you hit record
medium.com
You can access previously featured stories from this link.
Stories distributed to Medium topics
18 stories were distributed to multiple topics.
A story by Dr Jeff Livingston was distributed to #coronavirus #health.
A story by Jed Silverlake was distributed to #business #startups.
A story by Allison Gaines was distributed to #race #history.
A story by Pepper Lowe was distributed to #self #social media.
What I Learned After Taking a Social Media Break
Apparently my mind cache needed clearing
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A story by Kim Petersen was distributed to #spirituality #relationships.
A story by Luke Beling was distributed to #parenting.
A story by Sanjeev Yadav was distributed to #fitness #lifestyle.
A story by Darby Days was distributed to #self #work.
A story by Kristi Keller was distributed to #race #relationships.
A story by Mayank gujran was distributed to #pets #parenting.
A story by Toni Koraza was distributed to #self #spirituality.
A story by Bebe Nicholson was distributed to #philosophy #politics #society.
A story by Julie Nyhus MSN, FNP-BC was distributed to #relationships.
A story by Julia E Hubbel was distributed to #travel #outdoors.
A story by Mike Arnold was distributed to #freelancing #relationships.
A story by Nathalie Weisz was distributed to #self.
A story by Darryl Brooks was distributed to #self.
A story by Antoine Blodgett was distributed to #race #history.
You can check previously distributed stories from the attached link.
Useful resources for new writers
Self- assessed & selected stories by writers of ILLUMINATION
Meet Top Writers on ILLUMINATION
Meet Editors of ILLUMINATION
Analysis if viral story which reached to 67,000 viewers today
Writing challenges and prompts
Testimonials by ILLUMINATION writers for their peers
Testimonials about ILLUMINATION
Invitation to writers who are interested in joining ILLUMINATION
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