Just Because You’re a Writer, Doesn’t Mean You’re Not a Marketer
You’re also a salesperson
With the new changes on this platform, there has been a hot debate among writers about the morality of turning its content creators into lead magnets for user acquisition. Where you stand on the issue doesn’t really matter, because as a writer, you are always marketing and you are always selling. Even if you don’t realize it.
Marketing Your Writing
Let’s take the most relatable example, your writing. Have you written a great piece, then hit publish and had it go nowhere? That was definitely my first experience here. As you wrote more, did you start studying other successful articles to try and duplicate what works? That’s marketing.
How about after you started sending to publications, did you get any rejections? Did you make edits and improvements to your article to better your success in the future? Marketing.
the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising. — Oxford Languages
Looking at the successes of others, learning from the feedback of editors, this is all market research and this is all…
