I may be talking for myself here but I try to not rely on inspiration to write any of the articles I have made here since it makes me write far less than would like to.
I do understand people that write only when they are feeling inspired or that want to simply say something from time to time to update people on what is happening in their life yet I can’t get myself to do that.
I feel that I have a lot of things to say that could help people around the world and not trying to write them down every day makes me feel kind of guilty (as silly as it sounds)
I am grateful to have people who enjoy reading my articles, connect to them and take something from it!
That is why I write. To help others as much as I can.
I don’t write only when I am feeling “inspired”, I try to write as much as possible, tips for things that I feel other people could benefit from, to show my point of view on an issue that somebody else might be having and to learn from myself.
Don’t write to get as many views as possible, try to write to help as most people as possible!
Helping someone will always be better than having an extra 100 views, I can assure you.
Don’t give in on making clickbait articles just for the likes, claps or whatever, try to create articles that have value inside them! Never forget that your credibility is always on the line, making those articles with no value whatsoever will ultimately lead people into thinking that you are a liar or a person who are there just for the views.
Yes, I know that views are important to get more people to see them, but there is always a better way to have people see your article.
The biggest problem I see with articles is that the headlines (including some of mine) aren’t portraying what is in the article in the best way possible.
I am not saying that they are clickbait articles but more like articles headlines that don’t show how good the article is. (Like the opposite of a clickbait article.)
This is something I am still working on and will probably make an article talking about it in the near future but for the meantime, this is the biggest thing that I have seen regarding headlines.
Before I finish this article I will say this one more time.
Create articles that bring value, don’t create one solely for views
Much love to every single one of you!
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Originally published on The Ascent
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