PinnedMember-onlyThe Simple Way Tana Keeps Me Focused & In Flow DailyThere is nothing more detrimental to finding flow in your digital systems than having to click around constantly to work on things. It’s one of the main reasons I stopped using Notion. Everything was siloed. If I was working in my content hub, I couldn’t see my daily agenda easily…Tana5 min readTana5 min read
Published inTana Alchemy: Supercharge Your Knowledge Life With Tana·PinnedMember-onlyHow Tana Turbo-Charged My Knowledge Building & WritingThe hype is real when it comes to Tana… and it’s completely transformed my spark notes & writing system. Marshal McLuhan famously said, “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” After years of trying to stay tool-agnostic when it comes to talking about note-taking, I’m willing to…Tana7 min readTana7 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Simple Process I Use For Turning Notes Into Knowledge (& Knowledge Into Content)Create An Infinite Library Of Things To Write (& Create) — Everything in my writing system starts with something that I like to call a SparkNote⚡️ Sparknotes can come from anywhere. But usually, they pop up when I’m consuming books, articles or scrolling through my Twitter feed. If you’re familiar with the Zettelkasten method you might call them fleeting or literature…Writer7 min readWriter7 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyHow To Make Steady Progress On Your Big Creative ProjectsI build processes for myself not because I’m super organised. But because I can’t be trusted to get work done otherwise. 👉 I am a procrastinator 👉 When anything feels hard I won’t do it 👉 I have shiny object syndrome 👉 I struggle to finish things I start Lately…Creative Process4 min readCreative Process4 min read
Published inStartup Stash·Jun 27Member-onlyThe Simple Tactic I Use To Create The Illusion Of Being A Prolific CreatorPeople often ask me how I create so much content Here’s My Secret: I create two tweets a day & the rest of my content is built from those two tweets. Shocking right? Here’s how I leverage 2x tweets into a smorgasbord of posts, articles, & short-form videos across multiple platforms… First, Start With A Signature Platform I haven’t seen any creator able to come out of the gate guns blazing on multiple platforms…Content Marketing4 min readContent Marketing4 min read
Published inStartup Stash·Jun 18Member-onlyHow To Swap Your Blank Screen For A Content Bank Overflowing With IdeasEven after 10+ years as a content marketer, I still hate that moment at the start of the week when I’m staring down the barrel of a blank screen, wondering what to post. So I swapped a blank screen for a 🏦 Content Bank full of ideas. I spend my…Content Marketing3 min readContent Marketing3 min read
Apr 17Member-onlyHow to get an insane amount of content ideas every day by simply scrolling through your feedIf you treat it right your Social Media Feeds can serve you up some of the most delicious insights & ideas. — Most people treat their social media feeds as a chance to check out of life for a while. But hiding in those dopamine-inducing screens can be some of your juiciest insights as a creator. For instance, today while casually scrolling through my Twitter feed I had three separate pretty powerful…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Apr 15Member-onlyWhy Your Content System Keeps Failing (& What You Need Instead)…For 10 years I was a wannabe creator. Starting creative projects, only to have them fizzle out time after time. And because I solve problems by building systems, I convinced myself that if only I had a better content creation system I would eventually succeed. But no amount of tweaking…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Mar 27Member-onlyThese Four Signals Will Guarantee Your Writing Resonates Every TimeEveryone tells you to follow the signals as a creator but what does that really mean? If you’re writing (or creating anything) online then you have a distinct opportunity that no other writer has had in the past. You get to write with your audience. These days you don’t have…Writer5 min readWriter5 min read
Mar 23Member-onlyThe One Thing Large Creators Do Differently To Build An AudienceI’ve been building my personal creator brand for the last 2 years. In 2 years I’ve grown from a following on Twitter from 0–20k and people are always asking me what the secret key or tactic or hack to unlock growth is & it’s really very simple… It’s a dead…Creators4 min readCreators4 min read
