Summary of Nicolas Cole's The Art and Business of Online Writing

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Get the Summary of Nicolas Cole's The Art and Business of Online Writing in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Nicolas Cole, one of the most viral columnists on the internet with more than 100 million views on his writing, is pulling back the curtain. After becoming the #1 most-read writer on all of Quora in 2015, a Top 10 contributing writer for Inc Magazine from 2016 to 2018, and one of the most popular writers on Medium in more than 15 different categories, Cole went on to build a multi-million-dollar ghostwriting company publishing thousands of articles on the internet for more than 300 different Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, C-level executives, New York Times best-selling authors, Olympic athletes, Grammy-winning producers, and renowned industry leaders.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669344292

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Starting a blog can be done in just a few hours, and it does not require any money to start. All you need is a computer and an internet connection.

#2

The author eventually started getting more readers for his blog posts than the school newspaper, which led to him becoming one of the most popular writers on the site.

#3

The author began his writing career by writing for his college newspaper. After graduating from college, he worked as an advertising agent for a local firm. He began to notice the similarities between his work and that of a journalist.

#4

The author spent a year writing one answer to every question on Quora. It took him a while to build up the courage to share his story, but he eventually did, and it turned out really well.

#5

To succeed, you must first and foremost be willing to fail. You have to be unphased by rejection, and you have to be willing to put in the time and effort required to succeed.

#6

The author began answering questions on Quora, and within a year, he had accumulated over 3 million views for his responses. The most popular question he had answered was about is it possible to change so much you no longer recognize yourself.

#7

Nicolas launched his

Reviews for Summary of Nicolas Cole's The Art and Business of Online Writing

[Goran Vinko · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a well summarized book on the original author. Good feel on what to expect from the full book. Thanks.
I recommend to anyone who expects a quick read

[seanylala · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I wanted to read the book, but it was not available, but this summary was available. It was somewhere between "it was ok" to "I liked it". It is hard to say (because I've not read the book) but it felt like something was missing (and yes, it's a summary, so what to expect?). But even some of the drafting of the paragraphs seemed rushed and incomplete, for example Chapter 9 item 10 "The five main points of an article should be", which goes on to list just 4 items: where did the 5th go? The author does this again at item 27 "The five steps to the Art of the Summary". These are explicit examples, but I felt this to be the standard of the summary as a whole. Something significant was missing.