Janice Harayda
1 min readMay 17, 2023

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You can get still more views if you do a teaser for the piece on Everything Shortform (which I do often and the pub allows): Do a summary of it with a link, or pull out a brief part you like and link to that (to catch the eye of potential readers who aren't following you, me, or FanFare).

A huge challenge of writing on Medium is that the algorithm doesn't always put your stories in front of people who might have a keen interest, so it helps to take the initiative. You don't have to change the art again, but I often do that to make a post look fresh. You might also try changing a tag or two (esp. to a tag like "Tech," "Technology," or "Philosophy" and "Shortform" if you haven't used those).

Here's an example of how I did it for a recent piece on Bruce Springsteen: https://medium.com/everything-shortform/why-did-a-nun-stuff-bruce-springsteen-in-a-garbage-can-17a203a53a7c

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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