As another week comes to a close, I’m reviewing the content I’ve shared on LinkedIn.
[You can see that content and follow me on LinkedIn by clicking here.]
For this first official edition of what I'm loosely calling my LinkedIn Week in Review, I will highlight what my posts explored for the last five days.
This is part of a bigger experiment I'm running as part of being in the Creator Economy. I'm curious to see what sharing specific content socially more consistently does for my business. After all, isn't that the ultimate point of creating and sharing content?
LinkedIn Week in Review
This week, I focused on aspects of operating in the Creator Economy and leading a creative life including:
-Productivity and what it means to creators
-The dark side of content creation
-Various ways to support your creativity through movement, naps, laughter, and sunshine
-How to succeed in your chosen creative pursuit
-Stats about creativity and creative potential
I will admit I took a broad approach this week. I experimented with sharing carousels of ideas as a creative form (which I create on Canva). Many LinkedIn “experts” say carousel content performs well, so I thought I’d give it a try since I haven't used this particular content form until this week.
Too soon to report on whether or not this advice is accurate -- or worth the time it takes to create carousels for LinkedIn.
Behind the scenes, I’ve been reading and writing extensively about the Creator Economy with the intention of understanding what it is as best as I can since I’m a part of it.
Some of my blog posts this week reflect what I'm learning.
What I’m discovering is both promising and discouraging.
Not surprised about this paradox.
All change and innovation comes with pluses and minuses.
The Law of Polarity and the Creator Economy
Like all other economies, the Creator Economy is operated by the Law of Polarity which states that there is an opposite for everything in this world. For all the good this economy is doing (e.g. offering creators freedom, autonomy, the opportunity to generate income from creative pursuits), it is also causing problems (e.g. mental health challenges, burnout, low to zero ROI for time and effort, etc.)
And, like all other economies, it is changing as I write these words and will continue to evolve as AI becomes more powerful and efficient, as more people enter it, and as platforms change their rules of engagement.
Also, as tastes change and generations grow, so too will the content they desire and consume.
Which will keep creators on our toes.
In this early stage of my deep dive into the Creator Economy, I'm cautiously optimistic about what I'm learning. I will continue to write about what I discover.
If there's an angle or aspect of this economy or just being more creative in general you'd like to know more about, let me know in the comments below.
In the meantime, stay tuned!
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