Bret Devereaux Twitterissä: "In retrospect, I didn't plan this, but if you can tap into an existing subculture, that can really help build an audience, because chances are those folks have their own forums and reddits where they share neat stuff."

Maa	Koodi	Asiakkaille yrityksessä
Yhdysvallat	40404	(mikä tahansa)
Kanada	21212	(mikä tahansa)
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta	86444	Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Brasilia	40404	Nextel, TIM
Haiti	40404	Digicel, Voila
Irlanti	51210	Vodafone, O2
Intia	53000	Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
Indonesia	89887	AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
Italia	4880804	Wind
3424486444	Vodafone
» Näytä muiden maiden lyhytnumerot tekstiviesteille

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

The next thing to think about is if you are aiming to use other people's platforms or build your own platform. If you are planning to publish on someone else's platform, *make*them*pay*you.*

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 12 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

Going rate for the bog standard 1,200 word think piece is around $300. Longer pieces pay more. Too many academics, esp. junior ones, make themselves free labor for magazines, etc. If you are building their platform, make them pay you.

2 vastausta 0 uudelleentwiittausta 15 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

The exception to this rule is if you are doing something that aims to get attention for your other work or platform (e.g. you are using their audience). But then you want to be very sure that you are gesturing back in that to the project you want them to know about.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 12 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

Have an idea? Write a draft, polish it carefully, pitch it at the publication of your dreams. When they pass on it, drop down to the next choice until someone takes it. Now you have a byline. Amend your next pitch to note that your words have appeared in print at X.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 13 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

Placing articles in mainstream media places is one of those things where the more bylines you have, the easier it is to get new bylines; another reason to start this stuff early (but don't do it for free because bylines by places that didn't pay you don't matter as much).

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 10 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

While you are doing this, be nice, prompt, and courteous, because the gold ticket is building a good working relationship with an editor at a solid publication. If you are a known, reliable quantity, it becomes much easier to land pieces.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 11 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

If you are building your own platform (like ACOUP)...uh...get really lucky? This advice is harder for me because I think there's a lot more alchemy than science here, so I can only speak to what I did.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 13 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

My strategy for ACOUP (where I hoped to perhaps have a few hundred regular readers, so...uh...mission accomplished, I guess?) had a few basic elements: 1) Write with posts appearing on a regular schedule so readers knew when to come back looking for new stuff.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 12 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

2) Conversational writing more akin to a written 100-level lecture than an 'essay.' Teaching experience can also help you get a sense of where the average person is in terms of subject knowledge, so you know where you need to start.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 12 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

3) Honey on the cup of wormwood (Lucretius, DRN 1.939-41) - always lead with the hook, where the hook is going to be some modern connection, either a modern work of pop culture or a modern assumption about the past.

1 vastaus 0 uudelleentwiittausta 10 tykkäystä

Näytä tämä ketju

Bret Devereaux‏ @BretDevereaux 24. kesäk.

In retrospect, I didn't plan this, but if you can tap into an existing subculture, that can really help build an audience, because chances are those folks have their own forums and reddits where they share neat stuff.

19.03 - 23. kesäk. 2021