PinnedWho I Am And What I’m Working On In 2021A little about me and what I’m working on this year — I saw recently that Niklas Göke has a “What I’m Doing Now” page on his website. I wanted to do the same thing here on Medium. Here’s who I am and what I’m working on in 2021. Follow Nik while you’re at it, too. 😃 About Me I’m a traveler, blogger, vlogger…Self4 min read
Published in The Post-Grad Survival Guide·May 51 Huge Blogging Opportunity Most Writers Are Missing Out OnI published a post a while back where I shared how I got 1,000 subscribers on a LinkedIn newsletter in 5 hours. — I published a post a while back where I shared how I got 1,000 subscribers on a LinkedIn newsletter in 5 hours. Uh, what? I also shared that this first newsletter got more views in two hours than my Medium post of the same headline did in a week. Neera…Writing3 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·May 3Don’t Invest In A Medium Course If Your Goal Is To Make Tons Of Money“Why do you still sell a Medium course if you think Medium sucks?” — “Why do you still sell a Medium course if you think Medium sucks?” That’s the popular big brain question I get these days. These people ask it with all the swagger of a chess player forcing their opponent into checkmate. “Oh no! Whatever will I say” they think I think. …Writing3 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Apr 18I’ve Published On Medium For 6 Years— Do I Have Any Faith In This Place Anymore?If you know me, I call things like I see them. — If you know me, I call things like I see them. I will not bullshit you. Especially not in my writing. So that explains why lately I’ve been calling Medium a lot of things: A shitshow Wait, I thought I had more bullet points.. Well, okay, “shitshow” is about it. …Writing4 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Apr 11How Many Times Should You Write Per Week?Blogging lesson 18 of 150 — “AGUA BONAFONT!!!” I live in Mexico City. Here the streets are so much fun. You hear people selling stuff all day long down below, and they quite literally shout out what they’re selling to people at the top of their lungs. “Nieve!” (Ice cream) “AGUA BONAFONT!” (Water) *LOUD COW BELL*…Writing3 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Apr 8Writing Is Like Being In A FightBlogging lesson 17 of 150 — McGregor v Diaz 2. I got a picture from that fight hanging above my monitor. Why? It was one of the greatest fights in UFC history. It went five rounds. With lots of blood. And lots of tasty shots to go around. Conor was close to getting finished multiple times…Writing3 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Apr 4Do You Get Jealous Of Other Writers? I Got Some Harsh Advice For YouBlogging lesson 16 of 150 — “I just can’t believe they make money writing CRAP like that!” A fellow Medium writer told me this the other day. We were lamenting together about how there’s so much crap on Medium. So much gar-bage. “And it actually gets views!” they said. All I could do was nod my…Writing3 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Apr 1This Shocking Advice Will Create Haters, But It Will Also Make People Love YouBlogging lesson 15 of 150 — “I remember you kicked someone off your live stream.. ..and that sold me on your program.” I remember that day. Someone was being an ass on my webinar. Instead of leave, they trashed me the whole show. “This is boring.” “Can you just GET TO IT already!?” “WHY AREN’T YOU…Writing2 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Mar 301 Huge Blogging Opportunity That 99.9% Of Bloggers Don’t Take Advantage OfBlogging lesson 14 of 150 — “Tom, this program is so incredible because you’re just so kind and generous.” Wow. Someone in my LinkedIn Sprint program told me that the other day. I was blown away. And it reminded me of an old blog post I wrote.. A while back I wrote about how the best…Writing3 min read
Published in 150 Days To Blogging Mastery·Mar 28We’ve Been Defining ‘Writing Success’ All Wrong 😟Blogging lesson 13 of 150 — “Tom, it’s been my lowest performing post yet,” she said. I felt bad immediately. I should be the guy showing her how to post. She should be getting MORE views, not less. As I berated myself in my head as a writing coach, I saw something that changed this tale…Writing2 min read
