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Hello Reader! My daughter is taking a class called “Exploring History Through Graphic Novels,” and her most recent lesson got me thinking… You know. We've already learned everything we need to know about seeking a fortune online from...the Donner Party. Hear me out. Remember when the Donner Party took the advice in Lansford Hasting's The Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California to heart? And then they altered their route to try and get to California faster via the Hastings Cutoff? But, it...
Hello Reader! If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say, “content is weird right now…” It's true. Content IS weird, and it's not going to unWEIRD itself. Here are my thoughts on why it’s so bonkers and the way forward. The Why: 1/ 🤖 AI (duh) If your content is thin, surface-level, and built on copying other work, AI is replacing your content teams. AI is good at anything predictive. It can scrape what exists. It can define. It can summarize. It reads really fast. AI has already...
Hello Reader! Want to learn more about the state of blogging in 2024? Take part in this year's survey from Orbit Media. Take Survey Expert Interview | Andy Crestodina 1. Tell me more about yourself and how you got started with marketing. Step one was to found a little web design and development firm (2001)Step two was to figure out how to attract clients without an ad budget (also 2001)So I needed to learn SEO. And because we were building websites, I also had to learn it to help them drive...