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Why You Want to Publish on Your Own Site

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I’ve shared my opinion many times about writing over the years with my friends, followers, and colleagues. When you publish your writing, publish it on your own website. A site you manage. Not LinkedIn. Not Medium. Not the platform formerly known as Twitter. Not Mastodon. Two months from now, people won’t find your insightful 18-paragraph… Continue reading Why You Want to Publish on Your Own Site

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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On Twitter: Will You Wait and See?

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News this week that Twitter will be sold and taken private took the Twitter community by storm. While some Twitter users are thrilled about the prospect of the new owner, many others—women, people of color, LGBTQ, disabled people, and their advocates—are reasonably concerned about the prospective new owner’s anti-censorship focus. Personally, I’ve already learned several… Continue reading On Twitter: Will You Wait and See?

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