This morning I noted that the word platform makes me cringe a little. I shared my philosophy to worry more about loving and serving my reader than building my platform. Here are 12 ways you can love and serve your readers:
- Point to Jesus. Always.
- Work hard.
- Make them laugh.
- Write to your audience and not someone else’s.
- Don’t take yourself too seriously.
- Respond to comments with gentleness and respect.
- Don’t provoke them to sin by hosting needless controversy.
- Listen to them.
- Be vulnerable. If I’m struggling or asking a question someone else probably is too.
- Be hospitable. none of this, “it’s my blog home, leave if you don’t like it”.
- Quit when you’ve made your point
