Diversity, Synergy, Fusion, Serendipity

Recap of Community Actions & Ideas

Guidance for new writers of ILLUMINATION

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

— Winston S. Churchill

The purpose of this post is to provide a quick update on our progress.

My aim is also to provide a quick recap of activities for new writers and remind some ideas and activities for all to align our community for greater success.

In the last three weeks, we made substantial progress. The number of our writers are increasing each day. Several of our writers took the challenges, and by using the guidance provided in my bulletins, they created highly appealing content.

Our writers’ profiles on Medium are substantially improving based on the feedback they provide in their articles and private messages sent to me.

I am very proud and grateful for the success of our writers. The progress is noticeable. The enthusiasm in community is contagious.

Reader interest in our publication is increasing rapidly.

I sent this invitation on 19 March 2020. I felt honored and humbled with the interest. I cannot even manage the comments in this article anymore.

We started with 92 followers on our first day on March 19, 2020, as recorded in the attached article. We reached to 1957 followers today.

We had a very good start. In our third day, March 21, we had six articles distributed to topics.

Here is a quick snapshot of publication stats today

100,678 minutes of read

103,860 views

1957 followers — 226 new followers since yesterday

1,020 new visitors

230 writers

48 editors —content curators

1000+ articles submitted

Our publication turned to knowledge source for our readers. We will further design it for better utilization.

Recap of our ideas and actions in the last 3 weeks

Here’s a recap of our key topics in the last three weeks for consideration of new writers.

We set our vision and strategy on March 23, 2020.

We set our innovation agenda on March 24, 2020.

We identified growth factors on March 25, 2020.

We learned how to deal with adversity on March 26, 2020.

We set our content quality standards on March 27, 2020.

We learned how to increase the quantity and become a prolific writer on March 28, 2020.

We identified our core values on March 29, 2020.

We discussed the financial aspect of writing on March 30, 2020.

We created our FAQ on March 31, 2020.

We created BIOs of our writers on April 1, 2020.

We discussed the importance of tools and techniques on April 2, 2020.

We discussed our community culture on April 3, 2020.

We identified our community activities as a privilege on April 3, 2020.

We noticed that our community has a therapeutic value for writers on April 5, 2020.

We pointed out the importance of online behavior for writers on April 6, 2020.

We highlighted the importance of testimonials for writers on April 7, 2020.

We discussed the importance of visibility for writers on April 8, 2020.

We emphasized the importance of metrics for writers on April 9, 2020.

We learned how to deal with online bullies on April 10, 2020.

We learned how to find our niche using novelty on April 11, 2020.

We learned how to deal with technophobia for writers on April 12, 2020.

We learned the power of planning on April 13, 2020.

Our content gained more visibility

We started distributing our articles internally and externally each day. Today’s list is attached. The attached list also includes the last two weeks of articles we curated and distributed from ILLUMINATION.

Featured Article

Each day we feature an article.

Our editors selected an article from Rasheed Hooda who is one of the most engaging and contributing members of our community. Our aim is to make this article go viral so let’s support as much as possible.

Today’s Action

Consider adding a line representing your traits at the bottom of your articles.

A few examples coming to my mind now:

Sylvia Love Johnson creative Editor of ILLUMINATION.

Bill Abbate Leadership Writer of ILLUMINATION.

René Junge a published author writing on ILLUMINATION.

Paul Myers MBA extraordinaire on ILLUMINATION.

Charles Roast humorist on ILLUMINATION.

Volo Vash an innovator ILLUMINATION.

Dipti Pande psychological insights ILLUMINATION.

Julia E Hubbel a mentor on ILLUMINATION.

Terri DelCampo-Nelson a poet on ILLUMINATION.

Robert Nelson a fiction writer on ILLUMINATION.

Customize your signature based on your interest areas, topics, and other factors to represent you. You can change it in each article. This simple technique may create further visibility and bring more writers to our community. The more diverse we get the better we can perform.

Cross-pollination is happening well

We had several articles written about ILLUMINATION within last 24 hours. Please review and provide feedback to the writers. We are all in discovery mode and need to support each other by giving feedback.

Let’s start with Gabrieknowseverything because this is the philosophical view. I love the way Gabrie articulates the things.

Joe Luca provided a great testimonial for some of our writers.

Another well deserved testimonial for super Karen Madej 💛by Terry Mansfield

I enjoyed selections from Trista Ainsworth

A testimonial for Mike Schoenhofer by Besom & Bletherskite

ILLUMINATION articles distributed to Medium topics today

Three fantastic articles were distributed to topics.

COVID-19 and ongoing clinical trials in China by @Marina T Alamanou distributed to #artificial intelligence & #coronavirus [a premier]

How can Christ be both the only begotten Son of God and the firstborn Son of God? by Joshua Davis distributed to #spirituality & #religion

The Anatomy of a Creative Storytelling Logo by Paul Myers MBA distributed to #design & #visual design

Invitation to new writers

If you want to join our growing and supportive community as a writer, please leave a message on our FAQ document. We are a writers’ community. We curate and amplify valuable content for creating awareness and visibility to extended audiences.

Connect with ILLUMINATION editors and writers

You can connect our editors and writers by clicking on their Medium accounts provided in the FAQ. By following them you can access their materials easier. Our writers know importance of reciprocity hence they can follow you back to create synergy.