Hi, there! I’m a Chicago-based creative consultant since 2014. This hub is for in-house marketers and indie creators who want more pragmatic promo tactics in their arsenal. No marketing degree necessary!
SEP 6, 2023Surviving the death
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Howdy –Welcome to Issue 2. I hope my Miro template simplified how you think about promotion. Please tell me, what helped you most? I would love to iterate and improve its impact. A devolving web and You ⬩ ⬩ ⬩ ⬩X neé Twitter, Reddit, Stack Exchange… Summer of 2023 was about digital watercooler destruction. Here’s some “light reading” that helped me make sense of it.
These all poke the same wound. Social platforms are juicing revenue by eroding their experience AND the cultural media institutions we relied on. American television usage dropped below 50% for the first time! Not like I’m crying over it. But the void has jilted our collective trust in what comes next. So instead of saying LinkedIn is the new Snapchat or whatever, here are my guiding principals for the new era:
Got something to add? I’d love to hear what’s working for you. And I’m on a secret mission to resurrect Web Rings. Lemme know if you’re in! shoutouts ⬩ ⬩ ⬩ ⬩Have something to share? A marketing win, project launch, your latest blog post, etc., send it to get a shoutout at my discretion. How I can help ⬩ ⬩ ⬩ ⬩
Thanks for reading, see you in 2 weeks! — Jamie Sanchez |
by Jamie Sanchez of curiouser.design
Hi, there! I’m a Chicago-based creative consultant since 2014. This hub is for in-house marketers and indie creators who want more pragmatic promo tactics in their arsenal. No marketing degree necessary!
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