Who Are Our Loyal Fans? The Truth Isn’t As Obvious As It Seems
So today I wanted to confess my reader love for my favorite authors.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about who my loyal readers are?
Who gets genuine pleasure and benefit from my words?
Who does it regularly and not for reciprocation?
Do you know who your loyal readers are?
If you think it’s those who like, clap, or make nice comments to you, then you, my friend, are wrong.
I mean, some of them are really your loyal fans. But a small fraction.
The weird thing about this is that our real fans often never tell you this.
They’re shy.
They don’t like to talk or signal about it, preferring to stay in the shadow.
They love us to bits, but they don’t always show it. Or doesn’t show it at all.
Many of our loyal readers are introverts, maybe even most of them.
I see someone grinning ironically right now and thinking, “Hmmm, many loyal readers? Dude! I’m read by an average of 10–20 readers. A few of them (maybe) love my words and read with pleasure on a regular basis.”
Hold on, hold on!
Low reach on many platforms doesn’t allow us to draw any serious conclusions in this matter.
The truth is, we no longer have freebies like we did even a few years ago.
We only have one chance to catch the eye of our potential loyal fans.
And a few more tries to convert him from a casual visitor to that loyal fan.
That is, if today your article gains 50 new readers, and 2 of them decide to give you a couple more chances, with one staying with you “forever,” then you have succeeded.
Having collected hundreds of loyal readers over several years, the second step is to unobtrusively ask for their support. But that is the theme of a separate article.
I’d really like to know for sure who the few guys are who sincerely miss me when I’m out of writing.
Even if someone told me that in a comment, I probably wouldn’t believe it.
My favorite authors and writers, I may not be the most loyal reader on earth.
And sometimes I “cheat on you” with other authors, and I don’t agree with you on every point, I apologize.
But I appreciate your work, your efforts, and I enjoy reading you.
I was going to mention your names in this story, but found it better not to.
You’ll feel it in your heart sooner or later.
Because I’m an extrovert.
It pains me when you underestimate your abilities. Each of you has your own beautiful writing style, voice, charisma, regardless of sex and age, nationality and color.
The second reason why I refused to mention my favorites is that other equally talented but vulnerable and insecure folks might get offended.
My little sister loves cabbage pies, I dislike the taste of them so much it hurts me to even look at them. It’s okay.
Lastly, I want to ask those who have a favorite author whom they love madly.
At least let him or her feel it from time to time, but don’t flatter them.
Sincerity is well felt even if not immediately.
And share “tips” with them more often in the form of likes, claps, sharing on social media.
These are free tips, but they can help an author make real money, many authors literally survive to write for you.