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Shaking Peach Trees, Cozy Entrepreneurship, and Reading For Fun
Internet People: Issue 098
Internet People
September 04, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes
Welcome to the Internet People Newsletter: An unserious weekly roundup of unconventional strategies, fresh perspectives, and little pep talks for your big ideas — written by and for digital creators :)
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HELLO to former Twilight fans, anyone who wants to get better at cold pitching, and everyone who’d rather be working from a coffee shop today — this one’s for you ☕️
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🗞️ Hot Off the Press
📝 Blog
This week on the blog, MJ studied all the cold outreach that lands in her inbox and identified the 3 biggest mistakes where founders and freelancers go wrong. If you want to start getting more replies, this one’s for you!
🎬 Video
Some of us drank a little too much of the Girlboss Koolaid and forgot that we’re allowed to read for fun — MJ can’t be the only one who fell victim to the YA Fantasy to Self-Help Book Pipeline. If you’re tired of focusing solely on productivity and want to bring back your childhood reading habit, this video is just the pep talk you need 📚
🎬 Video
Stuck in a rut? Anna’s latest YouTube video goes into 3 mindset shifts that turn those stagnant, mundane, meh vibes into energy that feels magnetic and dare we say even a little magical? 🔮
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👀 Recs and Rabbit Holes
🧚♀️ 4 Rules of Soft Entrepreneurship
In this YouTube video, self-proclaimed cozy entrepreneur Deya dives into her 4 rules of soft entrepreneurship. She had us at Rule #1 — Zero Shame Policy.
📺 Seinfeld Cast Roundtable
If you also grew up with Seinfeld reruns playing on the living room TV, or can just appreciate one of the most successful group projects of all time, we think you’ll like this roundtable with the cast. There’s just something about listening to talented people discuss their craft 🤌
💰 Million Dollar Homepage
In 2005, a 21-year-old named Alex Tew launched the Million Dollar Homepage, offering 1 million pixels of advertising for $1/pixel. He made a million dollars and internet history, because this is one of the first known examples of Internet virality. Less than a decade later, he launched the Calm app. Read about it here.
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🎵 WFH Playlist
For the days when you’d rather be working from a coffee shop. You can almost smell the espresso when this is playing.
🎙️ TED Radio Hour Podcast
This is a great episode about unapologetically loud women who push boundaries in their fields — but not without pushback, ofc.
🎙️ Overthinking It Podcast
Did you catch our Season 1 bonus episode? We recorded our first episode together and spilled 10 of our favorite hacks that make life more fun and easy!
⭐️ Tiny Trivia
Which social media platform from the 2000s was first?Click to lock in your answer! |
☝️ One Last Thing
The next time you feel the keen sting of someone not liking or understanding your creative work, think about this 🍑
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