When it comes to being creative and putting stuff out there, often we end up focusing on the wrong thing. We ignore the audience we already have and put our efforts into reaching new people with the hope of growing and growing. However, what often ends up happening is we lose our current audience in … Continue reading Creating for your audience
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Restoring the balance
YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, podcasts and blogs. We have the opportunity to take in a lot of information every single day to the point where we can become overloaded. But more importantly a lot of this information is other people's thoughts, opinions or just things we don't need to know or don't benefit us. I … Continue reading Restoring the balance
Open to opportunities
If someone asked you why you didn't achive a particular goal it's likely that not having the opportunitiy would be one of your reasons. When you're far from where you want to be it can be difficult to realise that you are capable of making things happen. And it's not that you're in control of … Continue reading Open to opportunities
Could Instagram Guides replace blogging?
From November 17th, you may have noticed a new feature on Instagram, Guides. Guides allow users to 'find, curate and share the products, places and posts you love'. They can feature your own content or the content of others. Tech Crunch have a good article that explains things in more detail. Aside from captions this … Continue reading Could Instagram Guides replace blogging?
The best place to share your work
Coming up with an idea of who your customer or target audience is incredibly helpful. For example, if you are trying to attract a younger age group you would use different methods than those you would choose to attract an older age group. That could mean promoting your work on a Tik Tok account instead … Continue reading The best place to share your work
The people and the work
The idea that what you are doing might not be good enough can be difficult to accept. Especially when that might be the reason why people aren't supporting your work. It's much easier to hide behind the excuse that people just aren't supporting you because you're not popular but if it was *insert name of … Continue reading The people and the work
What do you want to be known for?
When Seth Godin answered this question he said ' I would like to be known by what the people who have learned from me have taught other people'. I think this was said on an episode of Tim Bilyeus' podcast, Impact Theory. If you're somebody that creates or puts stuff out there, I think it's … Continue reading What do you want to be known for?
As soon as possible
In you life you might find that there are people who will create a false sense of urgency. They'll give you something to do and give you a deadline like 'as soon as possible'. So, you put your blinders on because it's urgent and you don't want to contribute to something being finished late. But … Continue reading As soon as possible
The best work
Right now might be the right time to start exercising your creative muscles. Write, paint, draw, photograph, film, style etc Make time for the thing that you're interested in whatever it may be. Use the time you have to practice and experiment, try something that will challenge you. When you're just starting out creatively you'll … Continue reading The best work
When you don’t feel like it
So here's the truth, you're not going to always feel like doing the thing that needs to be done. And if you wait until you feel like doing it, it may never get done. You have to find a way to commit to doing the work wholeheartedly so that you're not reliant on how you … Continue reading When you don’t feel like it
The Daily Gemm 