I became a content creator so people would hire me to stop creating content
A fictional dispatch from the unpaid marketing department of a one-person business.
Confessions
My self-worth is waiting for the analytics to refresh
A fictional relationship between one designer and a number that keeps changing.
The post has been live for eight minutes. Our fictional designer is already conducting a performance review of their entire personality.
A quiet response can mean the work did not reach people. It can mean the audience was busy. It may also mean the post needs a better explanation. A single counter cannot settle which of those happened, despite its excellent posture as an authority figure.
Decide what you want feedback on before asking for it. Is the idea clear? Does the sequence make sense? What detail sticks? Send the work to someone who can answer those questions and give them enough context to be useful.
Keep a separate record of what you were trying to improve. If you solved a difficult composition problem, write that down before refreshing a dashboard capable of forgetting you by lunch.
You can care whether work reaches people without turning every response into a verdict on your future.
The counter will still be there tomorrow. Unfortunately, it has no hobbies.
Your revision is next. Keep rolling
See all dispatchesInvoice no. 000666Exposure.
Payment declinedThank you for the opportunity.
Rent $1,800
Coffee $12
Exposure $0
Payment declinedThank you for the opportunity.
I tried paying my landlord in exposure.
He loved the concept. Unfortunately, he’s going in a different direction.
Confessions
The logo animation has requested its own dressing room
Six seconds of choreography before you are allowed to learn what the company does.
Revision hell