Content Marketing
Storybooks and Indexing Publications
They work. Here is the evidence.
The purpose of this story is to highlight the importance of some basic tools that I introduced recently.
I aim to give writers more viable options to create further visibility of their profiles and content.
Yesterday I posted a short-story inviting our contributing writers to create storybooks for articles on ILLUMINATION and index the stories in their personal publications.
To guide our contributing writers, I added a sample from one of my personal and small publications called Euphoria.
Here is what happened within 24 hours after posting my publication index.
There is a substantial spike in reading time.
It is more than three times.
I also blogged about my publication index and noticed a similar spike on my personal blogging site.
How long did it take me to blog this story?
Only three minutes! It included just simple formatting as the content existed.
This effort in investing in my content produced a good outcome.
Blogging is a powerful tool for content marketing.
Writers need to add blogging to their content marketing strategy. And having your own writing platform and mailing lists can create excellent fall back positions.
Some people with a narrow focus and fixed mindset may call blogging a self-promotion tool to discourage you, but it is not. You are blogging to reach out to those who need your content. We need to reframe the negative term “self-promotion” by informing readers and creating visibility for your content.
Unless we take personal responsibility, our readers can hardly find our content. The market is saturated, competition is high, and platforms are too noisy. We need to learn to raise our voice meaningfully to be heard.
Remember, none of those best-selling books just happened because their authors were good, and their content was desirable. They happened because their agencies and publishers created substantial visibility.
I don’t know what happened on Medium as it does not make sense to me anymore. My followers and even fans cannot find my posts as easy as they used to. However, I am still grateful to collaborate with my regular readers on Medium.
Changing the Medium algorithm is beyond my control, so why should I waste my precious time on it? Instead, I take personal responsibility for my content and proactively inform my audience.
After I sent my featured stories and blogging, I received many pleasant feedback emails from my readers who were not even aware of my personal publications as they only followed my stories on ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, Technology Hits, and SYNERGY.
It was my fault because I haven’t paid much attention to my personal publication, instead invested my time on these large publications to support our writers. It was a serendipitous event for me.
In addition, several writers pointed out that storybooks worked for them. They received at least some additional reading times from their audience.
Here is how to create storybooks.
I hope you use these simple yet powerful techniques to increase reading times for your stories. A little time investment can produce great returns.
Operating in reality zone, I only recommend techniques and processes that work for writers and bloggers. If you are planning to become a six-figure income earner from your content, you need to start taking small actions, grow gradually, and repeat your success consistently.
Here is a simple formula to create compelling stories.
I created SYNERGY to discuss these types of techniques and learn from the progress of each other. If you have similar success stories, please share your story on SYNERGY.
Storybooks are not only for ILLUMINATION. I also accept storybooks about writing, editing, blogging, and freelancing topics on SYNERGY. I give you the platform and invite you to participate. If my offer resonates with you, it is up to you to take the offer. Everything I recommend is optional.
Remember, if you have a personal publication, please introduce it to ILLUMINATION or SYNERGY. I will help your publication gain visibility. Here is the collection of individual publications from our writers.
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