Call for writers 📢 - Read & Write with Clind = Clever + Mind

We are looking for writers to join our happy curators

Hey! Gilles and the Clind community here.

It’s now been 4 months since we started this new flavor of Clind and The Timestamp.

We built a ‘curator community’ to help online writers reach a new audience by sharing every week some nuggets of knowledge. We’re pleased to report that The Timestamp now reaches 2,500 readers both free and paid.

Our curators have received claps and followers in the Clind app. They read and dissect anything interesting to share it with you in short-size summaries that we call key takeaways. Most of our vetted curators do write their own newsletter with the goal to grow their own readership. The Timestamp helps them by giving more visibility to their writing. The Clind app is now working on pushing these verified curators further.

If you are looking for an audience, some writing tips, and a community to read and write with, we’re here and ready to take your application to become a verified curator.

More details below, but here are the key takeaways:

1. We’re opening applications to join our vetted community of curators,

2. We have 20 slots available for new US writers looking to expand their audience for their newsletter,

3. We’re asking you to answer our questionnaire and submit a first takeaway in the Clind app about an article, book, or podcast you would like to write on,

4. If we like your application, we’ll feature your takeaways in The Timestamp,

5. Deadline to submit is September 17th, 2021.

What kind of writing do we publish in The Timestamp?

We love writing that helps people think and learn about the world in many different flavors. The overload of information is flooding us continuously; this is why we expect our curators to pick topics that are entertaining and informative… in bullet points or short summaries. We like summaries regrouping some key takeaways that are bringing high value to the reader and are actionable. Our 2,500 readers expect to feel nourished by key insights exploring various perspectives, industries, people, and contents.

At Clind, we think there is too much content on the internet, and we want to focus on the essentials, clever, respectful, and inclusive viewpoints and summaries. We think that a good summary can be as good as a good article, podcast, or book you might be interested in consuming in full after reading some key takeaways.

Here are a few examples of key takeaways we published in The Timestamp:

For creators:

• Writing tips: How is your writing doing featuring key takeaways about the best pieces of advice from Paul Graham, David Perell, and Kundera),

• Building a mobile consumer app: 2021 mobile consumer tips featuring case studies about Deliveroo, Calm, Blinkist with a focus on Eric Seufert’s analyses about user acquisition,

Analyses about world affairs:

• China vs. tech by Julien Triverio

• McFly & Carlito vs. Macron by Louis Collard

• Will Facebook read your brain by Noemie Kempf

For learners:

• Remember the Feynmann technique by Fabien Raynaud

• Learning communities by David Guerin

• How one student built a 150k community in 15 months by Aurore Lanchart

Tips about personal finance:

• Personal finance philosophies by Yoann Lopez

• How people get rich now by JF Marti

• Time for Calm investors by Patrick Kervern

For sports fans:

• Lebron James as a business 🏀 from Huddle Up

• World-class coach 🎾 from GDIY

• Djokovic making history 🎾

What does Clind do for writers?

Clind is a ‘curator community’ and here’s a number of things you can expect from us:

• Live onboarding and tools: We’ll tell you everything you need to know to write exactly what our readers expect. We will dedicate time to understand your expertise and we’ll provide you with the tools to ùake it super easy to publish your key insights,

• Distribution to our audience: More than 10k readers already downloaded the Clind app on their smartphone making it easy to spread your writing to this audience. 80% of this audience is US based and 20% from the rest of the world, mostly Europe,

• Push your newsletter content: Clind and The Timestamp will make sure to make your own newsletter available to our audience so that you get the opportunity to get new subscribers,

• Access to a community of writers: Clind wants to create a platform for verified creators to interact, share their best practices for growing their audience,

• Your own list: you will get access to the list of new followers you can get through Clind where readers can follow your profile,

• Assist you on a future writing project: we have developed contacts with the writing industry and we will share with you any good tip or contact that can help you launch a new writing project (a newsletter, blog, or a book).

How to apply?

Applications can be made either in the Clind app (best by accessing the apply to be a creator in the right section) or by filling out the (very) short questionnaire below.

Make sure you write at least 1 takeaway in the Clind app (it will remain private just for your eyes until you apply and you get verified).

Any verification involves a 1 to 1 live interaction with the Clind team so pls leave your email so that we can reach out and guide you through the application process.

The following topics are eligible:

• Arts and Entertainment (Architecture, Writing, Reading),

• Tech (Product, Engineering, Design, AI),

• Sports and Gaming,

• Business (Entrepreneurship, HR, Marketing, Customer Support, Sales, Creator Economy, Investing),

• World Affairs (Climate, Economics but no politics pls),

• Wellness (Personal Development, Productivity, Mental health, Meditation, Eating Well, Parenting),

• Knowledge (Philosophy, Science, History).

If you are not sure whether to apply or not, or have any other questions, pls Tweet us @hello_clind or write us an email at happy_to_reply@clind.io.

We can’t wait to read you!

Gilles and the Clind team.

See you next Sunday.