🌍 TikTok fame 😔 Freelance café culture is dying 👀 Being a creative and an influencer


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💸 Lead funnel
🌍 TikTok fame
😔 Café culture is dying
🚀 Creative & Influencer?

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WHAT'S NEW 🔥

Twitter will soon incorporate podcast access into its audio tab.
Obscure video game movies could flood the industry following Sonic’s success.
Mark Zuckerberg has responded to the metaverse memes.
Google announces new search updates which will put more emphasis on content depth.
It’s official: Streaming has overtaken cable.
YouTube is now auto-watermarking Shorts.
Instagram faces more user backlash as it continues to chase TikTok.
Instagram is prototyping a BeReal murder clone.
YouTube launches a dedicated page for podcasts.

Why to construct a lead funnel and how it will lead to more organic work

While ads and social media strategies may do a great job boosting your brand, but they aren’t enough to close deals. As freelancers, finding the work is most of the work. That’s why many small businesses and freelancers create a digital marketing lead generation funnel that charts out how you will approach prospective clients as they become more aware of your brand. An effective funnel can maximise lead retention and help you close more sales.

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Does a TikTok hit really make for an artist’s career?

Recently, a fantastic study was carried out by Vox and The Pudding to truly answer this question. Matt Daniels, Data Journalist at The Pudding embarked on a data project in the autumn of 2021 which looked into whether TikTok virality truly changes the outlook of an independent artist’s music career and what internet fame actually means for new music artists.

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The New Statesman

Freelance café culture is dying and I have nowhere else to go

My regular haunt has closed and co-working spaces are too pricey. I’m not the only one, so why can no one fix this?

The reason I have been reduced to the sort of working environment which would make a Victorian coal miner quake in terror is because of the unexpected closure of my “office”: Fugitive Motel, a café/bar type place with wifi and air conditioning and friendly staff and all the other things that make somewhere a conducive place to be hunched over a laptop for several hours a day...

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The blurred line between being a creative and an influencer

As a generation of creative freelancers and artists come of age on social media, the lines between being a creative and an influencer are increasingly blurring. There is a new wave of creatives raised from the era of Instagram, YouTube and TikTok that are just as comfortable in front of the camera as behind it, redefining experience and credentials beyond the ordinary portfolio or creative degree. In this newsletter we’ll talk about how embracing the influencer mindset can open more doors to creative opportunities.

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Extras

Why is Meta’s new AI chatbot so bad?
Remote workers are starting new businesses behind their bosses’ backs.
Tinder for readers: A new social app is based on books you love. Romance readers, this one may be for you.
The origins of people pleasing.
How to have a lasting career as a creator.
Bringing your Instagram followers to Substack,

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