Relating with social media

A lot of social media these days makes me feel like I’m doing it wrong; I’m not going to the right places or wearing the right thing or doing the right workout (or any workout tbh). Sure, it’s kinda an obvious takeaway about a common feeling, but what was less obvious to me is how this week’s contributor Alex Dobrenko characterizes this experience:... See more

It’s hard to break away when everyone else is going in one direction.

Be cautious about the promises made in a 5-second Reel. If someone’s content consistently leaves you feeling overwhelmed, inadequate, or distracted, hit the unfollow button.

Refocus on what truly matters for your business—building strong relationships with your audience, creating value-driven content, and sticking to strategies that align with your... See more

A succinct elevator pitch for your newsletter is much more marketable than being a whole person who communicates their ideas via blog. That said, some people, including me, market their blog as a publication dealing in existentialism and philosophy and the chronicles of life in the world today, which leaves room for your perspective to change as... See more

Few, if any, of this moment’s apparently unstoppable tech platforms will survive for long. The people on them will eventually leave—when they’re forced to do so by the continuous degradation of their experience, or because they’re forced to do so because their governments put the hammer down, as Brazil recently demonstrated—or sometimes when they... See more

I used to work with a client who followed many of these coaches. Her feed was FULL of fantasy marketing and after a while, whether you like it not, that gets to a person.

Not least because of the echo chamber effect of social media. Once you follow one of these grifters individuals, your Explore page is full of them.

And when I say it gets to a... See more

if you want to be a person that regurgitates meaningless babble to create an illusion of competence, Linkedin is just the right place for you.