How To Grow Your Audience Using Facebook
I have a friend who’s a comedian and he asked me for advice about how best to use Twitter. Here’s the email I sent him…
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How To Write 3,000 Words A Day
“Silence the internal editor. In other words, don’t listen to any of your critical voices while you try to hit your goal; just keep writing.”
How To Get More People To Subscribe To Your Newsletter
It’s not easy to get somebody to give you their email address. Most people wage an ongoing war with their inbox and the last thing they want is to invite more i...
The Difference Between A Mother And Daughter’s Facebook Feed
“The people who populate our unique social media worlds set the bar for what we may perceive as ‘common’ or ‘normal.’ They make up our networked information uni...
How One Metric Has Changed The Way We See The World
“This metric is called engagement, and emphasizing it — above all else — has subtly and steadily changed the way we look at the news, our politics, and each oth...
How I Doubled The Reach Of My Facebook Posts Without Spending Any Money
My Facebook page isn’t huge…but it’s growing. While my For The Interested newsletter is closing in on 12,000 subscribers, its Facebook page currently only has 2...
What It Takes To Write A Book
“Part of the mystique of the artistic brand is to make it look easy, effortless. The result is that creativity seems like a black box. In fact, we should show h...
The History Of Japan As Told In A Video 31 Million People Have Watched
“Knock, knock. Get the door. It’s religion!”
If We Don’t Buy From The Stores We Want To Exist, They No Longer Will
I didn’t need a coffee table book. But there I was in The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles about to buy one — and I couldn’t figure out why.
It Might Be Your Mom’s Fault More People Don’t See Your Facebook Posts
“The Facebook algorithm immediately thinks that because my mom liked it, it must be a family related piece of content — even if it’s obviously about theoretical...