Social Media is Dying
What would happen if Instagram deleted your account right now? Are you prepared?
We need to rethink social media because it is starting to betray us. We put all of our anxiety, hard work, and personal information out there just for it to be deleted without warning, or simply ignored because the algorithm didn't think it was good enough.
After my post got taken down without warning yesterday promoting body positivity, I realized that I'm putting too much time into a platform I don't control. What would happen if Instagram just deleted my account? Boom all my followers that I have been connecting with for over 6 years GONE.
I've worked too hard to build up my career to lose my biggest advertising channel. So I'm switching tactics. Let's stop drowning in the vortex that is social media, and get on that newsletter bandwagon. I still believe this platform is great to promote artists, but a newsletter is an easy backup. Especially for creatives that have sensitive subjects in their work that Instagram can really fuck with.
Remember blogs? Oh sweet pages of uncensored content where you have unlimited links, no annoying ads, and say whatever the fuck you want. Oh how sweet that sounds! No hashtags, trolls, or AI to worry about. You find a blog, sign up for the newsletter, and you get regular content. How could we have gotten so far from this basic concept?!
Instead of putting all my energy into just Instagram, I'm focusing on my website for a while. Click the link to sign up for my newsletter so you never miss another post from me again! Plus you'll get exclusive newsletter discounts and first dibs on all my free educational content for artists.
PS. If you would like to learn how to start your own newsletter for your art, I just wrote an article you can find on my blog.
