My 2014 Writing Roundup
With the end of the year upon us, I thought I would do a round up of everything I’ve written and published (other than here) since my last round up in August. If you missed any of these, definitely follow me on Twitter, where I post each article when it goes live. Hope you enjoy these articles and feel free to share them.
More to come in 2015!
BETABEAT
The New Media Dilemma: Eschewing Crap for Quality, Despite the Incentives (August 11, 2014)
Thought Catalog: Why I Won’t Pull My Pieces, Despite the Outrage (August 22, 2014)
Spare Us The Sanctimony: The Gross Hypocrisy of Online Media in the Nude Photo Leak (September 2, 2014)
Apple’s Free Ride: Why Journalists Treat Product Launches Like News (September 9, 2014)
Facebook Is Getting Rid of Clickbait — But Not Because They Care About You (September 15, 2014)
Who Can You Trust? A Guide To Your Online Media Diet (September 23, 2014)
The Giant Online Ad Scam: Infinite Inventory and Prices That Should Be a Red Flag (October 7, 2014)
Rage Profiteers: How Bloggers Harness Our Anger For Their Own Gain (October 21, 2014)
From Zero to 35,000: How I Built A Big Email List Exclusively About Books I Liked (November 25, 2014)
I Was Summoned by #GamerGate; Here’s What I Saw (December 3, 2014)
You Are So Terrible: A Letter About the Cosby Coverage (December 9, 2014)
No Gray Area: It’s Definitely Not OK to Publish Emails From the Sony Hack (December 12, 2014).
If You Think the Sony Hacks Were a PR Stunt, You’re an Idiot (December 26, 2014)
THOUGHT CATALOG
3 Stages To Actually Knowing What You’re Talking About: Where Are You On The Path? (August 7, 2014)
5 Criminally Underrated Things About LA (August 15, 2014)
No Matter What You Want To Change, It Won’t Be As Terrifying As The First Step You Take Toward Making It (August 21, 2014)
You’ve Been Voluntold. (August 27, 2014)
So You’ve Just Dropped Out Of College (Or Made A Life-Changing Decision) (September 2, 2014).
What Is “Work Aversion,” And Do You Have It? (September 16, 2014)
Alive Time Vs. Dead Time: Which Are You In? (September 22, 2014)
Why Do You Do What You Do? Because You Better Know. (October 2, 2014)
The 16 Best Books About Marketing, Period. (October 13, 2014)
Passion Is The Problem, Not The Solution (October 26, 2014)
13 Quotes On Being Magnanimous From Aristotle (November 3, 2014)
2 Simple Rules That Great Readers Live By (But Never Tell) (November 12, 2014)
Two Questions Every Writer Needs To Ask Themselves (November 20, 2014)
Things I Learned Reading In 2014 (November 30, 2014)
How To See Opportunity Where Others See A Roadblock (December 7, 2014)
The Difference Between Just Saying Something And Having Something Worth Saying (December 11, 2014)
3 Books You Absolutely Must Read Next Year (December 17, 2014)
Every Phone Call Can Be A Walk in The Park (December 23, 2014)
NEW YORK OBSERVER
Disrupting How Bestsellers Are Made: Apply Startup-style Growth Hacking To Publishing (October 14, 2014)
Abraham Lincoln as Media Manipulator-in-Chief: The 150 Year History of Corrupt Press (November 5, 2014)
5 Reasons Nobody Likes Tech PR (November 19, 2014)
Ryan Holiday Picks the Best Books of 2014 (December 18, 2014)
ENTREPRENEUR.COM
Capturing Repeat Customers Is the Magic of Growth Hacking (November 12, 2014)
THE NEXT WEB
Productivity Advice I Learned From People Much Smarter Than Me (November 21, 2014)
99U
This Is Why You Don’t Have a Mentor
SVBSCRIPTION
Three Ways To Refocus Your World (December 12, 2014)
STOICISM TODAY
Stoicism Is For Life, Not a Week (November 22, 2014)
GENIUS.COM
Growth Hacker Marketing (Annotated Excerpt)
The Single Worst Marketing Mistake You Can Make (October 29, 2014)
BUSINESS INSIDER
How To Build A Self-Perpetuating Marketing Machine That Reaches Millions By Itself (December 13, 2014)
Hello, you used to write magnificent, but the last several posts have been kinda boring… I miss your great writings. Past few posts are just a bit out of track! come on!