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The Secret To Hooking Readers Online (5 Dead Simple Ideas)
I was embarrassed by my early writing. Here’s what I changed
Looking back at my early writing makes me wince.
I had ideas. Big ones. I wanted to help, to teach, to connect. But most people didn’t even make it past the second paragraph. I was proud of what I wrote But painfully aware no one else seemed to be.
It’s a weird feeling. Having something to say and no one to hear it.
But I stuck with it. I read obsessively. Bought courses. Took notes like a schoolkid desperate for gold stars. And somewhere in that blur of study, it clicked:
Writing well isn’t about having great ideas. It’s about presenting them in a way people want to read.
Here are five things that helped me go from invisible to (finally) getting noticed.
1. Win them in the first 10 seconds
Intros are like first dates.
Show up boring or unclear, and the other person politely excuses themselves to go “powder their nose”… and never comes back. Your intro’s job isn’t to impress anyone with your genius. It’s just to keep them reading. That’s it. No pressure.
