There is a lot of conversation online for social media influencers on how to best create a brand and engage with your following… but what about the people who do the following? Today is part one of a two part episode where I sit down with Jodi, @jmbergerson on Instagram, an active member of the […]

When you build an audience online in a hobby community, it can be really stressful to speak out on controversial important topics. I’m solo today, reflecting on a recent experience speaking out, and why I haven’t always in the past. My goal is to seek balance, while acknowledging the privilege I have. It’s not an […]

What do you do when the world feels like it is falling down around you? I get immature.

  For many of us, building an audience on Instagram (or elsewhere on the internet) can be a slow, frustrating process. But what happens when you go viral? Today I’m talking to Grace Frösén of @gracecallidesigns on Instagram, someone who did go viral. We look at the positives and negatives of getting a big audience quickly […]

Today I’m talking about my difficulties making friends as an adult, and how seeing people who have adult friends on social media reinforces my negative feelings about myself. How in the hell do you find grownup friends? Is there a platonic Tinder? Are you there God, it’s me Cindy? (Margaret?) If you have ever had […]

  Building community. That’s something we all take part in on the internet, whether as community members or as people looking to build one around their brand/business. But what is it like to build community for a business or brand that ISN’T you?   Today I’m chatting with Tiffany O’Grady, @breathecreatedance on Instagram, who works […]

As we approach the halfway point of the year, I have been thinking about getting my life together, what goals (haha) I’m working toward, or more realistically, do I actually set goals or just pretend like I do? And on a more meta level, I’m wondering when in the hell I actually graduate into adulthood… […]

I’m feeling in a retro kind of mood. I am a child of the 80s (literally – I was born in January of 1980) and this month for my challenges I decided to go to a couple of my favorite things from that fabulous decade.

What happens when the hobby you pick up as an adult becomes the thing that supports you financially? Today I’m talking to Kristen Mangus, a knitting YouTuber and author who has created an entire business around what started as just a hobby. We discuss how that happened, the ups and downs along the way, and […]