How Beginner Developers Improve their Online Presence Strategy and Achieve growth
My journey as a self-taught developer began with a burning curiosity. Growing up in Uganda, where resources were scarce, I couldn't afford a formal education. Instead, I relied on handwritten notes from friends and online tutorials. As time went on, I got good at building websites for local businesses, each project proving my self-taught skills. But my dream of joining a major tech company seemed unreachable. Rejections piled up, all due to my academic background and self-doubt crept in. Then, a turning point. A friend I had shared my knowledge with landed a job at a promising startup in Kampala. He believed in me and recommended me. For five years now, I've been working remotely for that very company. They saw the potential in passionate, self-taught talent. But my heart is saddened by the millions in Uganda and the world facing the same challenges. That's why I am sharing my knowledge on this platform and other social platforms. My expertise is in PHP, JavaScript, WordPress, Technical Writing and business leadership. If you want to learn from me or collaborate, consider to follow or send me a on X.com/davidofug
Without a strong online presence, you many chances of monetising your skills. But you might be a Developer who has a website, blog, NewsLetter, Youtube channel, Social media accounts and others. Sometimes make an effort publish content, but despite all the efforts you find yourself short in terms of engagement, follower and traffic growth.
You wonder what could be wrong. In this article I share questions that have helped many developers to improve their online presence strategy and achieve the much needed growth.
Below are the questions
- Is the content I share necessary to my followers?
- Does my content influence the decisions of my followers?
- Do I request for feedback from my followers?
- If they give me feedback, how I have responded to feedback?
- Am I consistent with my content?
- What do other people who publish similar content do that I don't do?
- Why do they do that and why haven't done it?
- Are my followers the people who need my content?
- Are my followers enough for me in terms of numbers?
- Does the platform where I submit content need my type of content?
- Am I focusing on likes more than quantity and quality?
- Do I use analytics tools to gather insights about the performance of my content?
- Do I do keyword research to help me come up with Search Engine Friendly content?
- Do I know what my audience know me for?
- Do I know have enough knowledge about Search Engines and how the content algorithms of the different platforms where I post work?
- I have consulted/engaged with content creators who are performing better?
- I content creation my thing?
That's it friends.
In summary, we can't achieve results without a strategy, even more we need to implement the strategy, monitor and evaluate it. Did you find this helpful? Take a moment to give me some feedback. Follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram
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