Multi-Platform Content Publishing Tool -- Yixiaoer Experience
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Foreword
Recently, I wanted to write something to expand my income categories. I researched various creator platforms to see if I could make some money from writing. Even earning some gold coins would be good if that’s not possible.
Regardless of the specific platform, writing takes some brainpower. Producing articles isn’t easy, so naturally, I wouldn’t just post on one platform. If I need to publish on multiple platforms, it involves a rather annoying task: doing the same thing over and over again.
If all platforms supported external links and the markdown format, simple copy-pasting wouldn’t be too troublesome. But the reality is that many platforms do not support markdown file imports. The good news, however, is that they all support Word imports. You can convert md to docx and then import the docx.
Additionally, publishing on multiple platforms requires operating on each respective publishing page. What I hope for is the ability to perform batch operations. During my search, I found a tool called Yixiaoer. Rest assured, this is not an affiliate promotion. If this tool could truly bring me a lot of value, I would naturally and cautiously decide whether to share it. The fact that I’m sharing it now means I’m skeptical about the value it provides.
Supported Platforms
It allows one-click publishing of content to multiple platforms. The free version I use supports adding five accounts, which is enough for me since I’m a text creator. For video creators, this tool might be very helpful.
Text-Based Self-Media Experience
As for the video part, since I have no idea how to make videos, I’ll skip sharing that experience for now. The following will only share some experiences with self-media platforms.
- The creation interface is similar to a common Word editor, including paragraph formatting, bold, quotes, underline, strikethrough, italics, horizontal rules, indentation, and images.
- No support for hyperlinks.
- No support for tables.
- There’s no markdown, but some formatting can be retained by copying and pasting from the markdown preview in VSCode.
- Abstractly supports multiple platforms.
- Abstractly supports multiple accounts per platform.
One-click publishing, I have to say the experience is decent, but if I want to see article feedback, I still have to check each platform individually.
I don’t usually follow these self-media platforms because the quality is genuinely not high. Looking at it now, the barrier to entry is actually not very high. In the future, I will also be publishing some content on these platforms, so stay tuned.
This is my first time using this tool. I’m not an expert; I don’t know what content makes money or what the revenue is like. If there are any experts out there, I sincerely ask for your guidance and advice. I would be very grateful.