Does this mean goodbye to half of your customers? — In 2020, I indirectly declared my hate of social media by switching off the platform and muting half of the people I’m not too close there. My only active social media is Instagram. I rarely use Facebook now. In one day, I spent at least 20 minutes or more on…

You don’t have to be Elon Musk to do this instead of rubbing people’s faces to convince people to buy your stuff. — As the title is self-explanatory, honest marketing is when an ad is being truthful and authentic to the public with no sugar coats about their products or services. And it is the most genuine and sometimes, funny way to market. We’ve all seen Ryan Reynolds’ ad that kept us hooked…

A closer study of what leads to layoffs today. — A few days ago, on the 20th of January 2023, as most of you may have heard already, Google laid off 12,000 staff. According to The Information, most who were affected were high performers and payers. Other tech companies are also doing the same thing: Mass-layoffs. I’ve read comment sections…

It’s a straight ticket to depression. — When I fell into my first depression about nine years ago, it didn’t come slowly. It came in an instant. It didn’t start from day one and then slowly spread like poison until day 200. …

The insane potential of AI in the writing world. — “Hey, Nicole,” my former boss once messaged me, “Try this cool tool for your writing.” And he sent me a link with it. “Okay, sure,” I clicked the link and gave it a go. It directed me to a website that displayed two boxes, and the website was called Quilbott. …

Another way to use social media and avoid acid leakages. — People who followed me know how much I don’t like social media. I still don’t use them much today. In fact, I’m on another break after using it for a week or two. Though I used it to contact my friends, and that’s it. But really, perhaps social media isn’t…

#4. You are trying so hard to be “Sherlock Holmes”. — There was a time long ago when me and my team lost respect for someone in the company, and we had no problem when this person left. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like it if someone leaves the company. It feels like I lost my team. But this person…

At least Fantasy books have reality checks. — Tolkien once said: “History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien On Fairy-stories And apparently, he’s right. If I were to find a more realistic point of view, I’d go for fiction stories, fantasies to be specific. …

So young, yet so old. — I now work in the Marketing department in a new company where it requires me to work with a lot of celebrities. And after working with several of them, I feel like there’s this facade that they must keep when creating content. …