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What Happens When You Say “I Want to Hear From You”

Journal November 3, 2023

In a world dominated by social media, where connections are often reduced to likes and emojis, the desire for genuine human interaction becomes more pronounced. Feeling a need to bridge the gap between digital acquaintances and real connections, I decided to take a bold step. A few months ago,... Read more

How social media erased the once popular work-life balance

Entrepreneur July 17, 2023

As a creative business person, or as I’d like to call it “artrepreneur“, you probably have a social media work-life balance: you’re active on LinkedIn, and keep Facebook for your personal life. Right? Wrong! Many entrepreneurs overlook the power of social media marketing on the personal side of social... Read more

Why you need to stop selling yourself on Facebook

Travel January 21, 2023

After an almost month-long journey through Central America, being completely disconnected from everything (that’s the way I like it) I just logged back into Facebook for the first time. It hit me more than ever that a lot of my “friends” are trying to sell me something, instead of share... Read more

Is It Time For Your Social Media Detox?

Lifestyle January 9, 2023

After seeing this brilliant video, and being frustrated for some time now with the fact that “social media” has very little to do with “social” but everything with “media”, I’m going

Putting the social back in “social media”

Entrepreneur December 10, 2022

I’ll admit it. I use Instagram professionally.

Here’s How To Use Facebook Without The Algorithm

Web November 17, 2022

I’ve been on a bit of a rampage lately when it comes to Facebook and meaningless online connections. I’ve even publicly posted my cell phone number in case anyone wanted to connect in person. You’d think my number would get invaded by online trolls and the likes, but posting... Read more

3 simple reasons why I don’t advertise on social media

Entrepreneur November 6, 2022

After attending a webinar the other day I was persuaded to give social media advertising another try. Getting your posts noticed on Facebook (or social media in general) isn’t necessarily easy. I’ve spent thousands of dollars contributing to Mark Zuckerberg’s vacation fund in the past without mentionable results (not even a... Read more

An Unconventional Approach To Social Media

Entrepreneur June 18, 2022

This week confirmed once again that social media advertising is probably not what you should be doing as a creative entrepreneur. Who else watched the 2018 Apple Keynote? Parts of it was a direct attack on Facebook and how people perceive their behaviour. While every entrepreneur out there thinks... Read more

How I became a social media influencer

Entrepreneur March 14, 2022

Have you ever looked up your Klout score? Klout is a company that measures the social media impact someone has. I never used to care much about my score, but other people did. I’ve gotten free trips, personalized welcome letters and gifts in hotels, and other cool perks –... Read more

Social media detox – why I removed my personal Facebook account

Entrepreneur March 5, 2022

I’m going to apologize for the rant in advance – but there’s a few things I need to get off my chest when it comes to social media. Let me start off with a question: Have you looked at your Facebook timeline or newsfeed lately? Other than cat pictures and... Read more