Author: Cristian N
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Seven Strategies to Attract an Audience When You’re Completely Unknown
The early days are a quiet kind of magic. Nobody’s watching. Nobody’s expecting anything. You can say the wrong thing, publish the imperfect draft, experiment with a voice that doesn’t quite work, and the stakes are beautifully, almost painfully low. It’s the one phase of building an audience where you’re truly free. Naturally, we all…
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Building a Content Marketing Plan From Scratch
I was on a call with a sharp marketing director who’d just been told to “create a content strategy.” She’d read the blog posts. She’d attended the webinars. She knew she needed one. And then she sat down at her desk, opened a blank document, and realized she had absolutely no idea what a content…
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What It Really Takes to Succeed as a Content Creator in a Noisy World
I once worked closely with someone who had bright pink hair. Neon, unapologetic, visible-from-across-a-conference-hall pink. And here’s what happened inside my head every time I sat down to write: Am I interesting enough? Do I need a thing? Should I dye my hair? Get a signature outfit? Develop a larger-than-life persona? It’s the question that…