Cross-posting doesn’t feel genuine
A rule I like to use when deciding how to behave is to imagine myself from another person’s point of view. Would I engage with myself if I saw myself doing that, or being that way? It’s a way to get feedback without needing anybody else, and although not ideal, it’s a good place to start.
Recently, I’ve been wanting to write more. Over time, I’ve had blogs on various platforms, from Google’s now antiquated Blogger, to Write.as and personal websites. Part of the reason I never saw my own progress and therefore didn’t get motivated to keep writing consistently was because of this switching between blogging platforms. I was spending too much time thinking about these things when I should have been writing.
Today, I’ve decided to keep the pieces I feel most passionate about on my personal websites, instead on platforms like this. That way, the writing is stored on my computer and backed up along with my other data, so I don’t have to worry about one of those platforms suddenly disappearing, my writing with it. Plus I can adjust the “feel” of the reading experience infinitely.
The problem is, how do I let people know about the writing if it’s all in a corner of the internet that Google could wipe from its search results without notice? That’s where the cross-posting marketing strategy comes in. I’ve tried it, but it doesn’t feel genuine, at least for full-length posts.
What I’ll try is sharing snippets from the full-length pieces on places like Twitter. I’ll write really raw thoughts on Nicheless, and only on Nicheless.
If I was reading my own blog, I would be put off by finding the exact same article in another place, so I won’t do that anymore.