do what you love, but solve for distribution
time to get over yourself and engage in some cringey self-promotion
sari and
do what you love, but solve for distribution
Algorithms pick winners. The worst content you make will be seen by NO-ONE. That should liberate you - Eugene Healey
from Make your Stuff by Austin Kleon:
“it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable.”
“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.”
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
“Teaching people
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don't take the bait
jasmi.newsself-promotion is important:
In the months leading up to pub day, I sent approximately 8,613 emails out to friends, professional contacts, people I talked to once in a buffet line at a writing workshop 3 years ago, people who follow me on Twitter, and people who have never heard of me or my little book, offering them galleys and (in some cases!)
... See moreMy new X, is coming out in X(!) days and I am…shall we say? panicking just a smidgen. Perhaps because X has been in development for so long, I just kept pushing it to the edges of my mind, like “Oh, that’s ages away! I’ll get to marketing or promoting it or talking about it when it’s time.” Or maybe it’s just the fact that I’m not really great at
... See moreAny AI application can be copied by other teams. The winner gets determined by:
1) whether people know you exist
2) whether people like your vibe
3) whether people trust you with their most sensitive data
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Lulu Cheng Meserveyx.comif you truly believe in what you do, self promotion doesn’t feel cringe because the feeling that the world needs what you’re sharing trumps any embarrassment to put yourself out there. sharing is only cringe when you don’t actually believe in what you do/it feels out of alignment
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