Summary

The article discusses the strategic use of Twitter to promote Medium stories, emphasizing the benefits of auto-tweeting for sustained exposure and increased readership.

Abstract

The article highlights the importance of self-promotion for writers on Medium, particularly through Twitter. It argues that even external views can be valuable, leading to greater exposure and visibility for their stories. The author advocates for the use of auto tweet features to consistently share story titles, ensuring that content remains in the public eye even when the writer is not actively producing new work. The piece also underscores the effectiveness of repetition in marketing, suggesting that frequent visibility can lead to increased readership and engagement with both new and existing content. The article concludes by encouraging writers to take advantage of a special promotion for auto-tweeting their stories and provides a referral link for a service that facilitates this process.

Opinions

The author believes that promoting stories on Twitter is beneficial, contrary to the misconception that external views are not valuable.
The author emphasizes the importance of exposure and visibility for a writer's work, suggesting that a diverse catalog can attract a wide range of readers.
The article suggests that even when not actively writing, a writer can continue to gain new readers through automated promotion.
The author posits that repetition in marketing, such as scheduling regular tweets, can lead to higher engagement and purchases, as familiarity breeds interest.
The author expresses that auto-tweeting is a smart strategy, as evidenced by the actions of successful Medium writers who have requested their stories to be promoted in this manner.
The article implies that writers who miss out on promotional opportunities should take the initiative to sign up for services that offer auto-tweeting capabilities.
The author is optimistic about the potential increase in readership for writers who employ auto-tweeting, not just for the promoted stories but for their overall body of work.
The author provides a referral link, indicating a personal endorsement of the auto-tweeting service and its potential benefits for writers.

These Smart Writers Have their Stories Promoted on Autopilot!

Do you recognize the benefit of promoting stories on Twitter?

Not every writer on Medium is smart enough to recognize the benefit of promoting their stories on Twitter. Some have the misconception that there is no value to promoting stories in a tweet, not if they only result in “external views”.

But I’ve learned from experience that this just isn’t true. In fact, I’ve written more than one story about the value you can get out of using Twitter or other outside sources, as a way to gain exposure and visibility.

How Can 500 External Story Views Help My Other Stories Earn Money?

My story about smoothies is getting tons of views but no one is paying to read it!

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Why Do Stories with Lots of External Views Get Very Few Medium Views?

I’ve been noticing two different extremes when it comes to external views!

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Keep creating ways to get exposure and visibility for your stories

Yep! there’s those two words again, because one way or another, that’s what it always comes down to.

As anyone who follows my writing diligently already knows, I’m big on self promotion, and all other forms of gaining more exposure for stories. I’m always blowing my own horn about how “prolific” a writer I am.

I do that on purpose, and for a very specific reason.

I want readers to know that they can always find something of interest to read from my catalog of stories, because I have a lot of diverse content.

That means, even if I don’t write another word for several days, a week, or even a month; you can still find something new and interesting in my portfolio.

I continuously get my stories titles in people’s faces, by using the auto tweet feature that I have tried to get other writers to start taking advantage of.

Smart writers see the value of repetition

As any good marketer or advertiser knows, people often make purchases as a direct result of repetition. That means putting your product in the potential customer’s face, and making them aware that your product exists.

That’s what happens when you use the simple method of scheduling your tweets, so they post when you want them to, and for as long as you want them to.

In what world is that not super cool???

I love it, and it works, as a way to help me squeeze the most benefit out of the stories I write and publish. I have way too much content, to allow it to simply fall by the wayside.

What about you? What are you doing to help your future stories and your previously published stories continue to shine?

Here’s a suggestion. Why not follow the lead of these smart Medium writers:

David Perlmutter asked to have his story: “Game Night” auto tweeted

please schedule a promo tweet for this story, which can serve as an intro to my ongoing fictional superhero universes.

Kathy K asked to have her story: “The Great Albino Takeover” auto tweeted

Mine is a sci-fi short and it can be published anytime. Thanks!

JF Danskin asked to have his story: “The Mission” auto tweeted

my story, 'The Mission'. It's a post-apocalyptic LitRPG short story. Thank you! My Twitter handle is @danskin

Lucy Socha asked to have her story: “Old Souls Within Human Bodies” auto tweeted

This story was inspired by the movie "Prelude to a Kiss" one of my favorites. Please run it at 7 AM in the morning any day.

Final Thoughts

All of the above requests have been honored, and I “closed the discussion” on the story where requests were being taken. So for those writers who missed out on my special one day promotion, sorry, but now you have to do things for yourself.

But don’t sweat it, because all it involves is going to the website that offers the service and signing up. SEE DETAILS BELOW

As for the above writers, who were smart enough to jump on the offer, they can now count on the stories they submitted, to continue posting twice a day on Twitter, indefinitely.

Hopefully, they will begin to see an uptick in readership, not only for the stories that are being auto tweeted, but also in their other stories.

That’s one of the POSITIVE side effects from constantly getting more eyes on your name, or at least one of your stories.

I appreciate these writers and wish them luck. Thanks for following the suggestion about auto tweeting, and allowing me to show you the benefits.

After reading this story, I hope more writers will take advantage of the opportunity to schedule auto tweets.

HERE’S MY REFERRAL LINK if you decide to join for FREE or get the $6.99 monthly service so you can tweet indefinitely, to your little heart’s content.

Not a Medium Member yet? Join now. Thousands of writers on Medium, and Authors on Amazon, got started just like this — with nothing more than a DESIRE to write. So what are you waiting for? Join us 😄