For 1k, 100k, 1 million views. Including case studies, examples, and behind-the-scenes screenshots from a YouTuber with 30k subscribers. — The short answer? Your favorite YouTuber’s YouTube earnings are probably lower than you think. The longer answer to “How much does YouTube pay?” is that it depends. …

And only one state has stepped up to offer the most token protections. — A few years ago, I was scrolling on Instagram when I came across something that truly skeeved me out: a child, four years old, posing and modeling like an adult, down to holding a Starbucks coffee cup. The Terrifying Rise of the Child Influencer and the Parents Who Profit Parents exploit a legal loophole to profit from their children.onezero.medium.com

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I tested all of them. — AI is the new crypto. Every single startup bro who saw the writing on the wall has pivoted from pushing too-good-to-be-true financial products to pushing too-good-to-be-true AI products instead. But it’s worse, actually. Because ChatGPT is free, for now at least. Yet almost every single one of those new AI…

These have nothing to do with text generation, but I use them almost every day. — Anyone who’s tried “write an article about [topic]” as a prompt to ChatGPT will tell you the truth: ChatGPT can’t write well at all. That’s not a secret. If you doubt me, ask it or any AI writing tool, to write a blog post. It will crank out very bad…

Example #3: Get a byline in an industry publication — It’s a little corporate-speak, isn’t it? But the thought leadership definition is a leader who shares their thoughts on a platform to demonstrate expertise. In this article, I’ll share eight thought leadership examples to help you understand how to establish yourself as an expert in your field. I’ll include: Each…

My thoughts, a place for discussion, and what I recommend writers do. — On August 1st, Medium is rolling out the new Medium Partner Program (MPP). Medium’s Buster Benson talks all about it here: “New Partner Program incentives focus on high-quality human writing” Quick reminder: The MPP is how writers get paid. You join the MPP, then every time a Medium member, AKA…

I have extremely mixed feelings about AI tools, especially the content creation ones that promise to “10x your productivity” or “write an article 10x faster.” But I have found some good ones, or at least some tools that do the job they say they do. (Quick recap of my findings…

It’s October 2022. The skies are red and darkening. Somewhere in a haunted lair, Elon Musk cackles maniacally. Journalists everywhere sharpen their proverbial quills and write their latest think pieces on why Twitter is going to die and why everyone needs to jump on Mastodon — Wait. No, that’s not…