Casey, do you have an article that goes over the best options to set up a writer's site in 2020? As I mentioned in our interactions before I've been trying Medium and Substack,but I'm not happy with either options due to the lack of custom domain support. Using either one means that if I write a popular piece of content, Google will be directing traffic to Medium or Substack, instead of my own site.
So after experimenting with both platforms I'd like to build my own online presence. Do you have any recommendations on that? The key features I'm looking for:
- Custom domain
- Content hosted on my own site (not on Medium/Substack/etc)
- Ability to paywall a portion of my content
- Paid newsletter (could be Substack)
Going with a simple hosted Wordpress sounds like a simple option, but I haven't found good paywalling options.
I’ve been working on improving my website’s ranking so this article came at a perfect time. It’s funny I write what inspires and moves me. I don’t do keyword searches. At all!
But when I move the blog post over to my personal website I then become invested after the fact. Backwards, I know.
Someone told me I’ll never rank that way. Maybe. But I won’t write for SEO ranking either. I can’t stand to do something like that for such a reason. That’s not why I write. I’d begin to hate writing if I was forced to come up with content for SEO.
This is rabbit trail from my original point, which was to thank you for these great tools!
Casey, do you have an article that goes over the best options to set up a writer's site in 2020? As I mentioned in our interactions before I've been trying Medium and Substack,but I'm not happy with either options due to the lack of custom domain support. Using either one means that if I write a popular piece of content, Google will be directing traffic to Medium or Substack, instead of my own site.
So after experimenting with both platforms I'd like to build my own online presence. Do you have any recommendations on that? The key features I'm looking for:
- Custom domain
- Content hosted on my own site (not on Medium/Substack/etc)
- Ability to paywall a portion of my content
- Paid newsletter (could be Substack)
Going with a simple hosted Wordpress sounds like a simple option, but I haven't found good paywalling options.
Would appreciate any advice.
I’ve been working on improving my website’s ranking so this article came at a perfect time. It’s funny I write what inspires and moves me. I don’t do keyword searches. At all!
But when I move the blog post over to my personal website I then become invested after the fact. Backwards, I know.
Someone told me I’ll never rank that way. Maybe. But I won’t write for SEO ranking either. I can’t stand to do something like that for such a reason. That’s not why I write. I’d begin to hate writing if I was forced to come up with content for SEO.
This is rabbit trail from my original point, which was to thank you for these great tools!