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SMEC: CURRENTS007 - Use your voiceUse your voice, even if it’s not a full fledged podcast, or 4K video.“This is who I am. If you're along for the ride, cool. Maybe hit subscribe. If you're not, hit unsubscribe. That's fine, too. And so, I think whether you want to do video or not, or if you want to do podcast audio or not, you don't have to do any of them. Find what's true for you and and show it to your friends.”As I said in this episode, I think we’re so terrified of publishing our own vide...
2025-03-2805 min
Social Media Escape ClubTalking offline community building with Joi KatskeeSocial media companies want you sitting on your couch consuming as many ads as possible. It feels like a leisurely activity, but really you’re working very hard to increase shareholder value for massive corporations.Sara Eckel wrote about this in ‘The People Who Don't Want You to Sleep,’“Social media companies don’t want you to go out and have fun with your friends—they want you to look at pictures of your friends having fun without you.”Eckel references the the book Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again, in whic...
2024-12-0232 min
Social Media Escape ClubColin Czerwinski sold most of his photo books at book fairsColin Czerwinski spent his own money making his first photo book and sold most of them by being in the right room.Being in the right room is an elusive destination for many creative people, mostly because we find it very easy to be in the wrong room on many occasions.Colin and I talked about our friends Diana Pappas and Tom Bland, who recently set up at a local art fair, and it didn’t go so well:“As soon as we walked in the door to the art fair, we realized we were...
2024-11-2614 min
Transcendent SolopreneurshipIs Substack the Secret to a Solopreneur’s Marketing Success?To Substack or not to Substack? Lots of folks are asking this question! And the most accurate answer is that it depends! Join Seth Werkheiser and Scott Perry for a jam session about why they're on Substack, how it fits into their business growth strategy, and what's worth thinking through before you opt-in or go all in.Click here to go further.Please drop your reflections and questions in the comments!Prefer to watch? Here’s the video replay. This is a public episode. If you'd li...
2024-05-301h 25