📈 Digital Publishing News (July 2021)

Must read industry news, platform updates, and all my July 2021 articles

Hey everyone!

July was a month filled with a lot of updates for the digital publishing industry.

Here are some of the best articles I read covering digital publishing news, trends, and predictions.

I’ve also included a list of all of the Blogging Guide articles published across multiple platforms, from this past month (ICYMI).

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Articles Worth Reading (Digital Publishing Topics)

• What the “Creator Economy” Promises—and What It Actually Does—The New York Times

• Tumblr starts letting bloggers charge a subscription—The Verge

• Facebook’s latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal—The Washington Post

• The original Substacker: How China expert Bill Bishop built a six-figure newsletter business—PressGazette

• The Information is launching its first standalone publication—Axios

• Facebook wants creators, but YouTube is paying creators much, much more—Vox

• YouTubers are making a living on videos about Microsoft software—CNBC

• Hello, Content Creators. Silicon Valley’s Investors Want to Meet You.—The New York Times

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Blogging Guide Articles

Includes content from the Blogging Guide Newsletter and Blogging Guide’s Blog.

• Substack Course 📖

• 📝 How to Grow Your Email List Using Facebook

• 📝 How to Rank for Multiple Keywords

• 📝 Benefits of Guest Blogging

• 📖 Substack FAQs and Tips

• Blogging Terminology (The Ultimate Blogging Glossary)

• Canva vs. PicMonkey

• How to Market Your Blog

• Substack Recommended Links

• How to Create an Amazing Featured Image for Your Blog

• How to Make Passive Income Blogging

• How Often Should You Send Your Subscription Newsletter?

• What is a Canonical Link?

• Medium Partner Program Bonus Tiers for Writers

• Substack Statistics

• The Ultimate Guide to Taxes for Bloggers

• The Ultimate List of Newsletter Directories

• Ghost Alternatives

• The Best WordPress Plugins for Bloggers

• How To Optimize Blog Content For Voice Search

• Substack History

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Digital Marketing Lab Articles

• Content Atomization

• SEO for Bloggers: What Is SEO?

• Letterdrop Review

• What is Marketing Technology (MarTech)?

• What Is Inbound Marketing?

• Mirror.xyz Review

• 7 Tips For a Successful Email Automation Campaign

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Medium Platform Updates

• An Ode to Lists: And how to publish your very own on Medium

• Announcing Our Summer Creator Workshop Series

• How Has Writing Saved Your Life | Write Here Week 2

• Who Owes You An Apology? | Write Here Week 3

• It’s Not Me, It’s You | Write Here Week 4

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Substack Platform Updates

• Writer Office Hours 📅

• Shoutout Thread 📢

• Breaking off the engagement

• Spotlight On: Fiction Writing with Elle Griffin of The Novelleist

• What To Read: Will Dowd is ruminating on the moon

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Wattpad News

• Wattpad opens submissions for 2021 Watty Awards

• Wattpad partners with kumu, PH live-streaming social platform

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Ko-fi Platform Updates

• 👀 Memberships Coming Soon for Everyone

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Until next time!

—Casey