introvert marketing for creative hermits — kening zhu

• What would business and marketing look like if they were  intrinsically enjoyable  for creative people?


• What would an online business look like if it contributed to maximal human flourishing, both for the creator and their customers?


• How can I maximize the amount of  aliveness  in everything I do in my business, marketing, and cre

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I embraced being a digital hermit.

everyday, I wrote my ideas and made art. I posted them on my website. then, I sent a newsletter about it. that was it.

in the deep flow of my art, I’ve always felt extremely detached/removed from “the world,” like I was existing on a different dimension than the here-and-now. I made art primarily for me. that’s still true. but. what if I deliberately committed (at least part of the time) to being IN the world, OF the world — in service FOR the world? that is a very... See more

instead of “building an audience,” build a world. build a digital garden-ecosystem, that exists — first and primarily — for itself. a world that doesn’t need likes, traffic, subscribers, or clicks — in order to validate its existence.

build a world that the RIGHT people — your kindred people — will discover, will gravitate towards, and fall in love... See more