Marketing For Culture Makers

Business Tip for Culture Makers #531: Ask for Way More Than You Need

By Kelly Diels / June 4, 2018 /

When we don’t have institutions underwriting us, we have to underwrite each other. Feminist Marketing Tip #531: how feminist makers can flourish.

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #54: The GDPR is Good for Consent Culture

By Kelly Diels / May 4, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #54: The GDPR is Good for Consent Culture

I know there’s a lot of hullabaloo about GDPR and that it’s going to be bad for business, but I think it’s something culture-making entrepreneurs can champion.

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Dear Multi-Passionate Maker

By Kelly Diels / April 28, 2018 / Comments Off on Dear Multi-Passionate Maker

Entrepreneur spaces will often tell people with multiple passions and focuses that we are flaky, but I think we are cultivating a rich body of work.

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Our Audiences Aren’t Stupid. Let’s Take Them Seriously.

By Kelly Diels / April 25, 2018 /

I dislike “meet them where they’re at” marketing advice. It feels like contempt for the audience. Let’s assume our customers and readers are smart and brave

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #421: Ditch the Makeover Myth

By Kelly Diels / April 21, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #421: Ditch the Makeover Myth

In conventional online marketing, we’re taught to “manufacture” authority with a makeover story. Why? So that people will obey our authority and buy.

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #1225: Yes, Use Photos of Yourself!

By Kelly Diels / March 19, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #1225: Yes, Use Photos of Yourself!

Our challenge is to develop that well of images while avoiding conventional, performative beauty-signalling that props up existing oppressive narratives.

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #314: Save Marketing You Love

By Kelly Diels / March 12, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #314: Save Marketing You Love

Dear Culture Making Entrepreneurs: let’s learn from what we love.

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #301: Use Social Media Posts To Refine Your Ideas

By Kelly Diels / March 5, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #301: Use Social Media Posts To Refine Your Ideas

What if social media isn’t a time suck, after all? What if, rather than distracting you from your work, creating short social media posts can be a deliberate refinement practice that helps further develop and concisely articulate your ideas?

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #529: Nope, Opt-Ins are NOT Mandatory

By Kelly Diels / February 26, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #529: Nope, Opt-Ins are NOT Mandatory

What if something we do all the time in online marketing actually reinforces rape culture? I’m talking about opt-ins. Cookies. Not refreshing email consent.

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Business Tip for Culture Makers #130: Read Outside Your Niche and Ask “What if…?”

By Kelly Diels / January 30, 2018 / Comments Off on Business Tip for Culture Makers #130: Read Outside Your Niche and Ask “What if…?”

Inventing culture-making business ecosystems for yourself means reading way outside your niche and asking “what if…” rather than “how?”

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