Should you write online or start a newsletter?
Blogging, Twitter, newsletters as a path.
Axis: yes, writing compounds … not worth it
Concept: show your work
Answers by date: 3 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018), never reversed, in these records.
| date | who | answer | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-14 | Ali | Knowing he will email 650 people every week motivates Ali to write each week; wanting it to be good makes him research more, builds his writing habit and makes him more reflective about what he reads and thinks. | Monthly Favourites #4 - Ali Abdaal 00:03:01 |
| 2018-05-01 | Ali | Ali's advice for starting a blog: get started, don't worry that nobody reads it for the first few months, keep at it and be consistent. | First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A 00:16:01 |
| 2018-03-21 | Ali | Ali advises a new blogger to expect no readers for months or years: there is no point promoting a site with one or two posts; write high-quality posts regularly and readers will follow, valuing the backlog. | Q & A - 5,000 Subscribers! 00:07:55 |