Social Media

Smarter ways for writers to ask for money on the internet and live the good life — Time for a wake-up call. The creator economy has temporarily become slightly more challenging because of the recession and economic situation. Writers need to eat. Writers need to pay bills. I get it. As a result many creators are being forced to focus on money more than normal. Asking readers…

If you play it right, you don’t have to “work” on your brand at all — Personal branding and marketing are things that new entrepreneurs obsess about. After all, if you market yourself well, you’ll get more leads and sales. And you’ll soon become successful, right? But this thinking skips the most important thing: The actual work. A personal brand, or reputation, is something that comes…

Two years ago, I decided to get off social media. Twitter made me anxious, and Reddit and YouTube ate up all my time. Undoubtedly, it was one of the best decisions I’ve made. The problems that pushed me off these platforms have only gotten worse. However, I’m a profoundly online…

We’re going to be seeing more and more of stuff like the newly launched Twitter-style microblogging app called Damus, which is now available on Apple’s App Store after undergoing testing. Damus uses a decentralized protocol called Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays), a network based on cryptographic key…

A short story of how 2.8 million followers couldn’t sell 36 t-shirts — and how to escape this nightmare and make money — Personal brand culture is a virus. I absolutely hate it. Full of huge egos, too many selfies, and dishonesty in the way product placements (I’m old school) work or “brand deals” as they’re now called. All of this personal brand mumbo jumbo is designed to make the people behind them…

Episode 1 — Last Wednesday I started my new Youtube channel, Filmalysis. Let’s run the numbers after my first week: Views: 5,200 Subscribers: 75 Videos Posted: 5 Watch Time: 110 hours I want to talk about my progress so far and note things that HAVE and HAVEN’T worked. Let’s go. Analyzing The Performance Of My First Video Here’s my first…