Finding Your Tags

Summary

The article discusses the author's experience with learning Medium blogging tips from Tom Kuegler, including the use of tags and consistent writing habits.

Abstract

The author expresses gratitude to Tom Kuegler for his guidance through a free webinar and expert email tips, which have been instrumental in focusing the author's writing energy. Despite being twice Kuegler's age, the author acknowledges the value of Kuegler's advice on Medium blogging, such as utilizing a provided list of tags to enhance article visibility. The author, who admits to being digitally challenged, has learned to incorporate tags and hyperlinks into their writing and is striving to maintain a consistent posting schedule of five articles per week, as recommended by Kuegler. The article reflects on the challenge of selecting appropriate tags for articles that cover multiple topics and the author's commitment to tracking the effectiveness of their chosen tags.

Opinions

The author is appreciative of Tom Kuegler's mentorship and the practical blogging tips provided.
The author feels that the list of tags provided by Tom Kuegler is a valuable resource, saving them the effort of coming up with suitable tags on their own.
There is a sense of accomplishment in learning new digital skills, such as adding hyperlinks, despite the author's self-described digital challenges.
The author is inspired by Kuegler's advice to maintain consistency in writing and is currently meeting the goal of publishing multiple articles per week.
The author is uncertain about the effectiveness of their current tag selection strategy but is open to refining it based on the performance of their articles.

There’s a list, choose some.

Thanks so much to Tom Kuegler for his enthusiasm, his free webinar and expert email tips.

I’m twice Tom’s age, but I know I am already learning some useful Medium blogging tips from him. He’s the guy that is focussing my, often over active, energy. If I hadn’t been presented with a story from Tom, I’ve no clue which particular one it was as I’ve read so many of them now, I wouldn’t be writing this now.

What have I learnt since that encouraging webinar?

There’s a list of tags here. Thanks, Tom Kuegler, you saved me from having to dream up things I thought might be suitable. I am pretty digitally challenged, give me analogue any day. This is the first time I’ve used the # with someone’s name. I’m not really sure what it does. Does it do anything?

I have just discovered how to add a link so that when you click here you go to the list of tags page. Here’s how: a) copy the link you want to embed, b) type the word ‘here’, c) highlight it, d) click the two joined chain links in the functions bar.

Consistency is key. Tom advises five articles per week. Don’t worry though, because if that’s too much to start with you can drop down to two to three. I’ve got time this week, so I’m aiming for five. This is my fourth. I’m inspired!

It’s day four, have I chosen my tags yet? Sort of. No, not really.

It’s tricky when the way I write any one article might span mental-health, life-lessons, life, relationships, and finance, or this one, for example, has inspiration and self-improvement, education, writing, and life. I’ve chosen five tags for each article so far. Maybe I will have to hone the tags, or maybe these high number categories will really give my little bit of learning and sharing a chance. I’ll let you know how it goes.