Creating content worth publishing
How do you really feel? You don't need to be the foremost expert. You simply need to be more honest.
Your power starts with your willingness to turn inward, cut past what others expect from you, tear down the walls that inhibit you, and merely speak your mind. Openly. Passionately. Most won't. But that's your opportunity. [Jay Acunzo]
Meaning and point of view are essential for anything worthy of our attention. It’s about a sense of purpose and personality that goes beyond mere information transmission. It’s about paying attention, and not outsourcing observation. In a world increasingly populated by auto-generated content, the combination of substance and style will rise above
Carly Ayres • On substance with style
AI can't generate good taste, but it can help you transform the raw material of your taste into something beautiful.
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
Why does this article exist?/What is the point?
Nicole Kohler • Content Marketers Ask "Why?" Before You Write a Single Word - Animalz
The people with followings, or those gatekeepers at the publications, events, email newsletters, blogs, journals, broadcasts, and accounts have three unique qualities when it comes to sharing your work (or writing about you, inviting you to their event, including your link in their newsletter, etc):
- They’re driven by incentives to earn engagement an
Rand Fishkin • Who Will Amplify This? And Why? - SparkToro
Narrative-market fit is that intersection between:
Questions your audience is asking
Questions you can credibly answer
Topics that are valuable for your business.
When you have that figured out, you know which topics to write on and which to decline.
