A moodboard for people who hate self-promotion
Abhilash Rao added
Self-promotion makes me uncomfortable.
Maybe because I (read: most women) am not really great at it?
Or because I never want to sound sales-y.
Maybe because I (read: most women) am not really great at it?
Or because I never want to sound sales-y.
Sari Azout • A Moodboard for People Who Hate Self-Promotion
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Sorry (Not Sorry), Self-Promotion Doesn't Work
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How to talk about your work in public
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Famously, when Gmail came along, Google told us to stop trying to organize (and delete) our email and instead just rely on search to find what we’re looking for. Broadly I’d say that approach has worked well, and in the vast majority of cases, I err on the side of risking losing track of something later instead of spending the time to organize it n
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having to market themselves. They are, it seems, afraid of appearing sleazy or “self-promotional,”
Jeff Goins • Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
sending an automated scheduling link makes me look and feel like an intolerable tech bro
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gabriel added
the best way to let others know about your work is to get rid of the word ‘promote’ altogether - it just isn’t a good fit for what creative people do. Instead, I like to tell people what my work is about, and let them make up their own minds.
How to talk about your work in public
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