With all the consumption of audio-visual content on the internet it's easy to forget that writing still is a form of content-creation and deserves all the deliberateness and craft that goes into developing other content forms.
Edit as many times as needed, use high-quality, original (if possible) images, leverage tools such as Quillbot, Grammarly and the host of AI tools to improve tone, structure etc.
How large is my online audience? Do they consume written content? What themes of written content do they read on average? How and where do I distribute my write-ups (insights)? What are some demographic or psycographic attributes of my network that might inform/dictate what and how I write?
These are a few questions to ask yourself to come up with the right strategy when sharing your content from TwoCents to platforms like X (Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp or Telegram.
As you write and observe how your audience interacts with your content and sends you tips, you will devlep an intuition for what the right frequency is. This could range from once per week to thrice a month, but will generally differ from writer to writer.
With all the writing/editing tools available today, it's inexcusable to push out written content containing grammatical and/or typographical errors. Use all the editing tools and apps at your disposal to ensure your writing is clean and error-free.
People appreciate unique insights that they can relate with (relatability), learn from (informative/educative), get inspired by (inspirational), or whose theme they are simply interested in (interesting/exciting/captivating).
As a writer/contributor on TwoCents, your content should capture/convey at least one of those four characteristics to increase your chances of getting tips.
On the one hand it's as simple as a "KFB", "Please share, like and comment" or "Subscribe to my...", on the other hand receiving tips requires that you adhere to the above-mentioned guidelines and meet the previously discussed requirements.
At the end of the day, the big take-away is...well, don't be scared to ask. A simple "Please read and consider tipping" would suffice.
This is a reasonably good howbeit non-fullproof litmus test for determining whether or not you will receive tips for your content.
However, generally, if you check all the boxes listed on this page, like "Knowing your audience", "Doing the basics", "Writing at the right frequency" etc, asking and answering this question will more likely than not be a good predictor of whether or not you'd get tipped.