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Cross-post your best long-form content as a native article on LinkedIn and Medium

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Cross-posting your best long-form content as a native article on LinkedIn and Medium extends distribution to platforms with their own built-in reading audiences, using native publishing rather than just a link share.

Native articles perform better on these platforms than link-outs to external content, reaching audiences that prefer reading directly within the platform.

The full picture

Native republication of your strongest long-form content on LinkedIn and Medium extends its reach into these platforms' own built-in reading audiences, using genuine native publishing rather than merely sharing an external link — native articles consistently perform better on these specific platforms than link-outs to external content, since these platforms' own algorithms and user behavior favor content that keeps readers within the platform itself.

The genuine selection of which content warrants this native republication treatment should reflect real substance and completeness — your genuinely strongest, most comprehensive long-form pieces represent your best work to these platforms' distinct audiences, while thinner or less complete content undersells the opportunity this native publishing format provides.

Canonical attribution back to your original content, where the platform genuinely supports this technical feature, protects your original content's search value while still enabling this broader native distribution — understanding and properly implementing whatever canonical or attribution options each specific platform offers prevents this distribution tactic from inadvertently undermining your original content's own search performance.

This tactic represents genuine additional distribution leverage extracted from content you've already created, rather than requiring entirely new content production — the primary additional effort involved is the native republication and any minor platform-appropriate adaptation, making this a relatively efficient way to extend your best existing content's reach into these platforms' distinct reading audiences.

How to do it

  1. 1
    Choose your genuinely best long-form content
    Pieces substantial enough to work as native articles.
  2. 2
    Publish as native articles on both platforms
    Not just a link share — genuine native republishing.
  3. 3
    Add a canonical reference back to your original
    Where the platform supports it, protecting your original content's SEO value.

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How you will know it is done

Your best long-form content is natively published on both LinkedIn and Medium.

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