Category: Creator Confidential
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Social media just doesn’t hit like a website does
Seven years ago, the Pigeons & Planes team shut down its music publication website, thinking it might be better to connect with people on social media platforms. Last month, it started up its website again. Here’s how founder Jacob Moore explains it: All that said, we’re not sure what a music website’s role is in…
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You can opt out of incentives
People and businesses offer all sorts of incentives to encourage you to behave the way they want you to. For example, an airline may offer discounts on multi destination trips instead of return trips. Or a credit card may offer points that you can travel with, in exchange for your continued use. These incentives can…
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Practicing in public
There’s a piano inside a bookstore. It’s available for anyone to play, including you. If you do that, you won’t need to buy a piano, but the trade is that everyone hears you play, practice, or perform. They might like it, they might not. They may be waiting their turn. You’ll need to develop a…
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Trust yourself
It’s simple, pithy, and cliche. It’s also something worth reminding yourself of more often than you think. There are two films that convey this message really well, spoiler alerts for both: In Rental Family, the protagonist is an actor whose job is pretending to be people’s family members. For example, a mom hires him to…
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Sketch, don’t paint
As I was developing my upcoming speech for CreativeMornings, I received some advice: you’re trying to paint, when all the audience needs is a sketch. There won’t always be a need for you to go through all the details in such high fidelity. Meanwhile, you can also choose from a variety of ways to communicate,…