
Like most creatives, Iām constantly creating and/or curating. When Iām not doing one of those, Iām doodling and/or noodling. Eating and sleeping are nice too.
With Summer in full swing and the crew off on other projects, Iām left to run our shops, sites, socials, and YouTube channels solo.
Such is the life of a modern-day creative.
The hustle and struggle is real.
The labor and love is real too.
The problem comes when thereās more labor than love.
Thatās when itās time to take a long look at whatās workingā¦and whatās not.
WHATāS WORKING = FOCUS
COLLIDE PRESS SHOP
Sales are up and based on them, Iāve been creating more PRIDE designs and curating more CLASSIC ART and VINTAGE PHOTOS.YOUTUBE = MAIN CHANNEL
After a forced ābreak,ā Iām looking forward to returing to our loyal 4K+ subscribers tomorrow. The channel has been a creative awakening, so itās been a weird week. Definitely not as creatively or financially rewarding..YOUTUBE = SECOND/TOO CHANNEL
Since rebranding another channel (with 4 subscribers) Sunday morning, this now has nearly 500 subscribers (as of Friday morning) and should be eligible for the first tier of YouTubeās Partner Program by the end of the day. Wow.TUMBLR
Tumblr is what I hoped Substack would be (for me). A fun, quick way to share posts (and images) that can be found by others. Who can choose to follow. Or not. More about Substack below, but Tumblr has quickly (and easily) become our go-to place to post (and research). Love it.
WHATāS NOT WORKING = LESS FOCUS
SUBSTACK
I love Substack as a blog and newsletter platform. But I donāt love Substack as a social media platform. What I thought would be a fun way to share information with a growing subscriber base hasā¦stagnated. Instead of doubling down on whatās not working, I think itās safe to say there will be fewer newsletters going forward. Arenāt YOU lucky?THREADLESS
I love the high-quality products and wonderful customer support. Yet, no matter what Iāve tried, getting traffic to this shop is difficult. Itās great they have so many options, but do wish there were a few more shop customizations possible. What Threadless canāt/wonāt do, Fourthwall (our Main Shopās platform) does. Currently, the plan is to add fewer new works here going forward.THREADS
I definitely do not love Meta-Static. And now that I can see how few people are seeing my posts (though more than will likely read this newsletter), I see how relatively pointless it is to post much there. Same for Instagram. Most videos on our main YouTube channel have more views in the first 10 minutes than posts on Metaās platforms have in 10 hours.
Speaking of time, itās way past time this up and get busy (not writing).
Thanks for readingā¦and Happy Friday!
Clint
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