Thought Leadership
Content creators, by definition, don’t care about what they’re creating but only about the fact that they’re creating something. If you are a creator and you care, you should never think of yourself as a “content creator”
How to Survive as a Human Creator in the AI Era
5 tips to launch your book
artshub.com.au
Interesting local take on book launching
New Blogging Statistics: Blogging Still Works, Especially for the 10% of Bloggers Who Do Things Very Differently…
Andy Crestodinaorbitmedia.com2.6.3 True artists produce works that are novel, complex, and ambiguous.
2.6.4 Novel, complex, and ambiguous artworks can always be simplified to make conventional art forms more stimulating for mainstream audiences.
2.6.4 Novel, complex, and ambiguous artworks can always be simplified to make conventional art forms more stimulating for mainstream audiences.
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
it is called the thought leader journey as perhaps it is the act of helping people move from the simple understanding to the more nuanced implementation - a book - a talk - a podcast - an article - a video - these are all ways of simplifying a construct or an idea to make it grokkable and accessible. Seems that people will still need help in applying the construct to their unique environment - hence workshop - on site consulting model
Quantified status also drives entire industries. Influencer marketing is a $24B market growing quickly. The industry is built on status associations. We see this clearly in the 2010s rise of “the lifestyle influencer”—lifestyles are the most obvious markers of status, and the influencer economy is built on aspiration .
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
referencing the blue model influencers / creators / TLs
You should find and support a scene that resonates with you, whether it's local or virtual. In 1985, you'd play at local bars; in 2024, it might be through Discord. But the essence is the same: you want a community because collective attention is key.
Glenn McDonald • Interview with Data Alchemist and Author Glenn McDonald
Here's the bottom line: building a podcast audience is hard. I'd argue it's the hardest audience to build, but it's also the most valuable audience you can build.
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The function of art is also clear: Artists propose new ways of doing things and perceiving the world, which if successful, become conventional.
What is Culture? Part Four: Conventions
Again - the artists as thought leader