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Think Twice Before Only Publishing Your Posts on LinkedIn

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Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a trend for people to publish posts on LinkedIn.

Not only two to three paragraph posts, but long posts with more than 1,000 words.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t publish posts on LinkedIn.

Their interface allows you to create a post, write your thoughts quickly, add a few line breaks to break up a wall of text, and press the “Post” button.

But I’m a big believer in owning your own content, rather than using Medium, LinkedIn, or Facebook to publish your content.

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Improving Your Writing: What Is Singular They?

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Headshot of J.T. Bushnell, with short hear, glasses, wearing a black top with words next to him saying, If a writer cares about grammar, they'll use pronouns carefully.

When we’re taught writing, we learn about pronouns: “he,” “she,” “you”, and “they.”

And when I was growing up in school, “you” and “they” were the pronouns we used when we didn’t want to refer to a specific gender.

“You” was used to refer to one person, “they” referred to more than one person.

But that’s changed recently, as “they” is slowly becoming the accepted word to refer to someone in a gender-neutral way.

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My Year in Review for 2021

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As 2021 comes to a close, it’s time for reflection.

In the past, I’ve published a few end-of-year posts where I’ve reviewed my professional work as well as personal accomplishments.

This year I’ve decided to use Problogger’s 12 great questions to ask as a guide for evaluating the year, specifically my writing.

Which means my review won’t be focusing on client websites, training, and site maintenance. I’ll save that for another future blog post.

As I evaluated my work, I discovered a change in my focus. For the past two years, I concentrated on building my business, bringing on new clients, and client training.

In 2021, my focus turned to my writing.

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