Feeling awkward about self-promoting

I never considered how freelance writers would need to do this…

I’m a fairly new writer, but I quickly realized that few clicks will come when buried in the giant pile that is Medium. Even fewer reads. I’m not completely naive about SEO, but I’m no marketing guru.

If you’re not putting your links out there to be clicked, virtually nothing will happen. Don’t let that discourage you, but get comfortable with the idea of telling people about your work, whether through engagement or posting links where appropriate. Although I’m new, I quickly saw the difference in additional traffic once I posted my links around various platforms.

This feels weird

This can be hard. If you’re like me, you’d starve to death before you sold fitness shakes or Mary Kay, for fear of alienating your friends. But if you take some time on places like Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit (tread carefully — there be pirates here!) and build some goodwill with genuine engagement, you’re links will be welcomed for the most part. It is awkward at first — you have to push past that though — or you’re not likely to get many clicks.

There’s some excellent advice out there — I highly recommend becoming a Medium member so you don’t hit the article limit, because you could easily…