Why Authenticity Can’t Be Automated
So, time for a harsh truth. If you need AI to generate your “content ideas” for you, you are a fraud. You are doing nothing more than bullshitting people. If someone is curious enough to gather some surface-level, maybe-or-maybe-not-accurate content about your subject matter, why wouldn’t they just use AI to generate it for themselves? […]
So What?
I can give you the ultimate content algorithm hack in two words: “So what?” Stop playing a game whose rules you don’t control. Post how, what, and when you want. Cut your dependency. Say what matters. Write for people. Everything else? So what? Link: https://the-graceful-thought-leader.syncresis.com/the-ultimate-content-algorithm-hack/
The LinkedIn Paradox
One of the top-performing content types on LinkedIn is content about how to create content on LinkedIn. That’s great for people who sell formulas and frameworks for writing LinkedIn content because they can use their own content performance to demonstrate how good their products are. Social proof and Fear-Uncertainty-Doubt are built in. It’s less great […]
Liberating Yourself from Algorithmic Dependence
Time for a hard truth: most of the tips and tricks you read regarding the algorithm of a social platform are magical thinking AT BEST. More often, they are charlatanism. People take advantage of your desire to make uncontrollable forces seem predictable and manageable. Because lack of control feels precarious and scary. They are also […]
The Invisible Ink
Being a ghost can be as scary and sad as seeing a ghost. To be a ghost, you have to die first. And as the story goes, you stick around because there’s something you left unresolved. So what about being a ghostwriter? There you are, dead for at least some of the time, haunting other […]
The Content Professional’s Guide to Value Creation
Content professionals have an opportunity to play a central role in creating value. But not on their current path. Imagine…people who can find and amplify great ideas that drive growth and change. They would be at the center of everything that matters to an organization, wouldn’t they? Senior leaders would trust them innately, seek out […]
Pruning the Web of Smut
I have a mission—to rid the internet of smut content. No, it’s not what you’re probably thinking. Although it’s likely just as lost a cause.
Turning Sleeplessness into Creative Gold
A lot of people binge-watch. But what about binge-thinking? Around 2:30 AM, yet to fall asleep, I started flopping around in bed even more so. One of our cats had the same energy. Our other cat and my partner slept peacefully. I had a couple of new ideas for topics I want to write about. […]
Fifty Dollars to Fame
How much is an idea worth? $50? $50 million? In 1961, Andy Warhol was freaking out. Other artists were getting ahead of him and making Pop Art into a movement. He brought it up at a small get-together. Aspiring gallery owner Muriel Latow said she had an idea, but she wouldn’t tell him unless he […]
GRACE in Business: How Ideas-Driven Change Spurs Growth
To grow your business, advocate for change and rally people around it. Ideas-led growth is a virtuous cycle in which ideas become the driving force for your growth: revenue growth, capabilities growth, and possibilities growth. It’s a virtuous cycle that you can learn to master with GRACE. Grace is a mindset of cultivating ease, fluidity, […]