Facebook Overwhelm: Too Many Groups is Worse Than None at All
Facebook groups are great for support and promoting your posts but too much of a good thing can leave you overwhelmed and burned out.
Given the number of freelance writers out there, it’s no wonder most freelance writers struggle with the problem of how to get users to read and engage with their material. Medium writers are no different.
In 2016, over 7.5 million articles were published on Medium. This up from 1.9 million in 2015, so there’s no telling how many more posts will be published in 2019. This is a lot of content for potential viewers to read. Given this, if we want to build our brand, grow our audience and increase our earnings we need to find ways to direct attention to our work.
When I began writing on Medium, I wasn’t a stranger to the fact that freelance writers need to promote their work to be successful. I’d written on other platforms and had tried my hand at writing a blog. It wasn’t an easy task generating interest for my articles. I’d say I’d spend at least as much if not more hours each week on marketing efforts as I did writing new material.
With Medium though, due to their earnings being based on claps from members which translated into a portion of…
