Happy Friday!
Todayās newsletter includes 15 Must Reads, a cute and uplifting Hit of the Week, 5 tips from Paula Holmes on how TikTok can be a platform for you & your brand, and a new segment called Hiring?, helping to boost profiles of people looking for and available for work.
There will also be another 7 Must Read Stories on Sunday this week, happily let me know (hit the reply in your email) what you think of receiving two installments a week.
āHit Of The Weekā
Here is an example of why you have to love creativity and how people are leveraging tech platforms to celebrate in a normal way as possible.
To be honest, the whole thread is an amazing use of tech to make it relevant to the school kids - Link
āThe Must Readsā
The unspoken: This is an important element of your day to day, many donāt ask if their boss is ok or HR teams donāt acknowledge the emotional toll of being a or the boss š„ - Link
New Burnout: How to avoid the latest wave of burnout, WFH burnout š - Link
Links: Conspiracy theorists are using the Wayback Machine to promote āzombie content" š - Link
Risky: Reddit is now offering chatrooms š - Link
Community: A fascinating look at āonline communityā - how Reddit built a pixel world - LinkBlogs over Twitter: Something I have been suggesting for a number of months - Expert Twitter' Only Goes So Far. Bring Back Blogs š - Link
Influencer Coach: How creator coach to helping influencers navigate the current landscape š£ - Link
Viral: How 5G conspiracy theories spread on Facebook and YouTube šø -Ā LinkĀ
AR beats Makeup? How AR (on Insta obviously) is changing makeups š - Link
Concert? Was fortniteās record-breaking event with Travis Scott a concert or was it something else? Whatever itās called itās impressive š¤ - Link
Find out why it was so impressive & the opportunity with 300m users and how you can leverage fortnite social graph š® - LinkPrimed? Brands are counting down to Prime day, but will it happen, or does Amazon even need it? š¦ Link
Amazon-ing: Want to understand why Amazon is scaring Google and Facebook? Hereās a good summary š§¾- Link
Brand Marketing No?: Marketing sometimes isnāt the right thing to do - friend of the newsletter Harry Lang drops some wisdom of why it isnāt ā - Link
Truth: Why advertising is so bad šÆ - Link
Fake: Here comes the deep fake iPhone generation š² - Link
And Jay-Z is using copyright to take down deepfakes - LinkThe British Museum has opened up 1.9m images for free š¼ - Link
ā5 Tipsā
Paula has featured a number of times on Must Reads, Paula is also known asĀ The LDN Diaries. Paula is a creator and an influencer, PaulaāsĀ lifestyle blogĀ has been creating great content for the last eight years.
ā The fact that over 50,000 people have watched me hold up a bag, pretty much sums up why I love TikTok. If you are not using TikTok for yourself or for your brand then I highly suggest starting now. TikTok isn't just dances and silly antics, in fact, there is a handful of helpful content on there. The amount of things I've learnt in the small time I've been on there is amazing.
Here are 5 of my favourite tips and tricks I've picked up, enjoy!
Stuck for content ideas? Try theseĀ -Ā TikTok Link
How to create custom Instagram stickersĀ -Ā TikTok Link
Spy on anyone's websiteĀ -Ā TikTok Link
Did you know the iPhone has a magnifying tool? See how it it works hereĀ -Ā TikTok Link
Write better social and blog titles -Ā TikTok Link
And of course, here is a funny TikTok video -Ā Link
ā”ļø Follow Paula onĀ Instagram, subscribe onĀ YouTube.
Got tips FOMO, all the tips are saved over on Medium - Link
āHiring?ā
This is a new segment, with Must Reads going out twice a week currently, here is a segment for those who are looking for work, if you or a friend is looking and wants to be featured, let me know by replying to the email or sending me an email.Ā
āļø Rachel is a freelance copywriter, I have known Rachel for a number of years and have recommended her for a number of projects. Check out Rachelās site https://www.rachelramsay.co.uk/ Or drop Rachel an email (hello at rachelramsay.co.uk) if you have any work coming up for a top copywriter.
Here is the Google spreadsheet if you or a friend would like to be added - Link
Thanks for reading and enjoy your Friday.Ā See you again on Sunday.
Danny DenhardĀ
~ Advisor & Consultant