"The most important thing to remember is you must know your audience" ~ Lewis Howes
Truer words have never been spoken. Yesterday I wrote a post—my second installment in a series I've undertaken as a means to enhance my understanding of a subject matter I'd like to dive deeper into, and needed a commitment like writing about it as a means to keep me focused on gaining a deeper perspective of my studies as opposed to getting sucked into the thrill of the moment.
I received some very positive feedback about the initial post In the series from @futurethinker and was excited to show him the second installment which ultimately wasn't as well received, leaving me to wonder why...
After reading the first and second posts again it's quite clear to me that the initial post was written in my personal voice, and the follow up was written in rather clumsy mashup of the second and third person, and it was far more technical than the initial post. This is an incredibly helpful perspective to gain at this early stage in the game, and I'm grateful to @futurethinker for being straight with me!
Why is this important? Because the posts we share here aren't for us. They're for the community! Be it learning from, inspiring, and entertaining one another, or simply adding valuable original content to the platform increasing the value of our stake in Steemit overall. Our posts, and the thoughts we share aren't about us. Not even a little bit.
So what am I going to do with this new perspective? Well now that I better understand my audience I can adjust the scope and the tone of my posts as a means of creating content that is valuable to the reader.
I'm considering doing a non-technical alternate version of the post in question that is more in line with the introductory post, and moving forward into Sutra 1:2, I will certainly take the perspective gained from the reception of part 2 into mind from word 1. After all, my primary goal of taking part in this community is to grow as a writer!
So what is it that "my audience" here wants from me? I feel it's for me to simply be me.
Much love to you all!
This post was created as an entry into @calumam and @penderis's #dropintheocean initiative. If you're interested in taking part next week, be sure to read this post and join in! The whole @buddyup family is an amazing community!
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