Writers Writing, Readers Reading, Creators Creating

'- “Publishing advances one bankruptcy at a time”– Robert Cottrell

- In effect, it’s as if “You’re putting out the bat signal for the people who are the same type of weird as you” – *Chris Best*

- Changes in the content distribution model have been favorable for creators

- The world has shifted from the mindset of, “Never meet people from the internet,” to, “Only meet people from the internet“

- Some individual writers have been able to build personal brands, such as Ben Thompson of [Stratechery](https://stratechery.com/... See more

- We’ve been financing good writing with bad advertising for far too long—it’s just not doable

- Advice: Instead of spending the time and money attending conferences and networking events, share your valuable insights by writing online. This way, the network *comes to you.

- Here’s why: if your entire audience is on Twitter and Twitter gets shut down, you’re in big trouble

- Ideally, you want to have control over your audience communication platform (so start an email newsletter!)