A Real-Life Example of Maximizing the Niche You Write In On Medium
How to take one article and turn it into an endless stream of stories
At least a handful of readers appeared to get something out of my most recent article that focused on writing — I’ve Been Writing on Medium For 18 Months and Here’s the Most Useful Advice I Can Offer If You’re Struggling.
So, in this article, I expand on one of the areas readers highlight and respond to most when I detail my writing process and experience.
The idea of finding an area of focus, then thoughtfully and aggressively expanding within that niche.
Three key elements comprise this approach —
- Finding a rich focus area
- Thinking ahead, taking notes, and drafting new articles before, during, and after the process of writing every article
- Using your day-to-day and life experience
From the above-mentioned article —
I distilled a decade of writing about investing and personal finance down to the issues most relevant and concerning in my day-to-day life, particularly retirement and the realization that I’d Never Retire. Now, around 95 percent of what I write centers on that theme and meaningful offshoots.
