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👉🏾 Catch me at the Institute for Independent Journalism conference Thursday, February 29th - Friday, March 1st 👇🏾

Hi reader,

How do you share without a platform?

We create with no audience, no brand, no deal. We create because we are inspired. We create because we can.

But the decision to share, though, makes things more nuanced. It is why we go after the book deal, choose to give our rights to an organization, or build our connections on a social media platform.

To go one step deeper, we often forget reach is different than sharing. Are you trying to reach thousands, millions, or even billions of people? Or are you trying to share it with the right people?

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Here’s the thing: You are probably already know the right people. You likely have access to them. And you probably know what they may want.

This truth is the proverbial chin check as veteran journalists get laid off, media institutions hollowed out, and companies don’t know what content matters.

But you know what matters to whom you serve.

It is rough out here. There are also more opportunities than ever to establish your own pipeline to your audience.

I’ll be chatting about how to build your own pipeline with dozens of other journalists at the Institute for Independent Journalism conference this Thursday, February 29th - Friday, March 1st. From layoffs to newsletters to producing, we’ll be going over how you can carve your own niche - independently - within any media climate. Even this one.

Come join me at the IIJ tomorrow.

And start building that pipe 🚰

-​—Damon​ 

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🙋🏾 I’m Damon! (http://www.damonbrown.net) I help side hustlers, solopreneurs & others like yourself bloom. As a bestselling author, 2x startup founder & 4x TEDTalker, I co-founded the popular connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year while being a stay at home dad with his infant son.

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