Stop Worrying About Engagement & Other Good Advice I Ignored

Subscribe to the newsletter for early access and updates: https://lwj.dev/newsletter I used to focus on all the wrong things as a content creator. In a recent Q&A session, I got asked for my top advice for new content creators, and I shared how I used to screw it up and how I’ve gotten better. Read as a blog post: https://jason.af/content-consistency-templates/ Content creators I admire and talk about in this video: - @mattpocockuk - Cassie Evans (posts on the @GreenSockLearning channel) - @alistapart - Chris Coyier (https://chriscoyier.net/, created @CSS-Tricks) - @SmashingMagazineVideos - Nicole Sullivan (http://www.stubbornella.org) - @KentCDodds-vids - @UnaKravets - Sarah Drasner (https://sarah.dev) Chapters: 0:00 — My best advice for new creators 0:43 — "Trying to go viral" isn't a good plan 1:41 — How I used to screw up with my content strategy 2:20 — What I was missing about good content strategy 3:21 — I was preventing myself from growing as a creator 3:57 — How many times do you need to hear from a new creator before you remember them? 4:52 — Posting consistently keeps momentum up 5:09 — Using templates and formats make consistency easier 5:42 — Find a format that works and stick with it for a while 6:54 — It takes more than a handful of posts to "make it" 7:41 — Powerhouse creators rely on templates (I bet) 8:16 — Templates remove the burden of starting from scratch every time