Here is one that I’ve encountered time and again: marketing is the mother of revenue. Some of you might wince at the idea of self-promotion and all of your biases with the word marketing. When it comes to gigantic corporations, I do too. But let’s consider this in a small business context, where you work in and with your community. In this sense,... See more

A slow creative is someone who takes the scenic route when pursuing the creative process, taking time to deeply explore their ideas, creating a more thoughtful and intentional end product. The slow creative values quality over rapid production, which essentially leads their creativity to unfold at a slower, more natural, pace.

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It helped me to think of marketing as simply: sharing my work with one person at a time — even if what I do on the internet can be accessed by everyone, anyone, anywhere. (This is the magic of the internet: asynchronous intimacy at scale, across distances.) This intimacy draws me closer. It lets me be more honest, more inspired, more real — like... See more