Social Media Archives - Allison Crow

Struggling with the Social Media Marketing Machine

allisoncrow — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:16:25 +0000

An insight about my creative process that may point you to insights about your own creative process:

When I openly acknowledge the hard and I can compassionately witness myself and even the tiniest of suffering, the hard often lifts within a few days.

It is a part of accepting the both/and – of living in the Wild Edges of Being Human.

PS TL/DR people move on. I’m not here for your dopamine hit; my writing is here to help me and then you think differently and change your life.

Current Hard:

In my current facebook memories – are the promos and images for the course I used to teach called Share Your Heart: Show Your Work – a delightful and helpful course about authentic marketing on social media. The course was reverse-engineered from what delightfully worked for me in the first 7 years of moving my business online after leaving corporate.

I LOVED and enjoyed my relationship with social media.

And currently -I don’t feel that love. I am aware that my lenses are cloudy and the “lens cleaner” is in my own hand, not outside of me.

Since 2008 I have created and shared prolifically online. Since even before that, if you count my blogspot blog.

I do love to write and to process and share with words.

I did thousands of live videos and have recorded almost 200 Podcast episodes. For the last four years, I have written and then published a book from my heart.

For most of that time, it was effortless – truly 98% spontaneous overflow of my precious yellow heart .

And that Sharing My Heart and Showing My Work allowed you all to get to know me – and many of you – hundreds – stepped forward to work with me in some way. It never felt like selling.

Recently, I have inner parts that are overwhelmed and irritated, and deeply sad about the extreme parts of crappy capitalism. My brain can’t unsee the patterns of greed. I, like many of you, often feel the burnout of crappy capitalism and the burnout of shitty social media. And yet, here I am, a capitalist, selling a high-fee service – a luxury. And my revenue has become reliant on me “Sharing My Heart and Showing My Work.”

“Content creation” in order to….. SELL has been repulsive to me. I feel like I’m standing in a house of mirrors and can’t escape it. Go viral, get followers, convert in your DMs, do this reel, do that tiktok, get famous on booktok…….

Be in the world, not of the world, became a mandate instead of an opportunity.

Of course, instead of letting it rest, I wrestle and inquire with that repulsion; I judge myself and become hard on myself – not mean, but certainly, I put pressure to come to a conclusion.

My discernment has gotten foggy, and I’ve slipped into full-on waiting for people to ASK to hire me. It’s been easier to judge others for not choosing my credibility and value than it has been to stand in it and make offers.

In writing this and speaking with my friend Jeanine – things are already starting to clear up. It makes perfect sense that those muscles would atrophy after the year I had last year. Grief and a heart attack will do that to you.

The questions I’m tenderly pondering in this content creation marketing kerfuffle:

What do I truly desire?

What would feel fun?

What obligations could I release?

What if I didn’t give SO much..what if I let less be more.

What’s possible in business and networking relationships away from social media?

What in the garden of my business is ready to be uprooted and released, what just needs some pruning, and what needs to be planted, anew?

And for now, I’ll end right there and just BE.

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#155: How to Create Content Gold Share Your Heart Show Your Work Style

allisoncrow — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:26:09 +0000

Episode 155 of the Better Life Better Work show and I have a heart-centered business system and tool for you today. Grab a notebook and get ready to write a few things down.

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Down on Social Media – An Insight that Helped Me Get My Groove Back

Elyse Rich — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:17:02 +0000

Who else has felt really down and burnt out and exhausted and annoyed or discouraged with Social Media I know I have and that was a very strange feeling for me because I love and have loved Social Media.

If you’re up for reclaiming your love for social media, I want to share a few things with you.

Being Self Led – Self is our core highest energy

What if I were Self Led on Social Media, What if my marketing was Self Led on Social Media , What if I used Calm , Curious, Compassionate, Connected, Confident, Creativity, Courage & Clarity with leading the marking team, time & content on Social Media:

How you can support yourself in being Self Led:

Clean Up Your Feed – If I see something that comes through my feed and my initial reaction is to feel bad about myself then I mute it/hide it
When ads come up that trigger me, I hit the hide ad and hit “irrelevant
I follow my hobbies
My Facebook feed is full of backyard birdwatching and nature
My Instagram is full of Art and Funny Stuff

If it’s taking me out of Self, I don’t want to spend my time on it or have it subconsciously in my feed

My Divine Facebook Manager is in charge of Social Media

In your system, Which part of you is scrolling, Which part of you is creating
Are you creating from scarcity, obligation, “I should be doing this,”
Or Calm Creativity Contribution Curiosity or Courage

If I’m leading from Self, I can do this My Way! You Do You!!

When I lead from Self I feel energized to create and energized to use the tools that I love! I am doing it from the place of sacred self remembering who I am, owning my credibility, owning my contribution, owning my gratitude..

Letting Self lead all of parts of my system has not only been helpful to managing stress and relationships
but also social media. I’m having a blast letting Self Energy be the leader!

I want you to Allow and get curious with yourself about what would it look like if you let your highest self lead in Social Media.

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Episode 30: Relational Sales, Achieving Introverts, & Instagram w/ Heidi Taylor

allisoncrow — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 21:11:27 +0000

Hey, introverts and quiet creatives. This one is just for you. And extroverts… you’ll want to listen because understanding introverts can only help you in your relationships and business.

Meet Heidi Tayor – A Relational Sales Coach – whom I met on Instagram a few years ago. I am so drawn to her essence and her work and her spacious style. And then when I found out she serves and creates all of her clients in the land of Instagram – I was intrigued. Join us for the recorded live interview where we discuss being an introvert achiever and get some permission and tips on creating Better Life and Better Work in a relational and aligned way. Oh and we made up a new hashtag! #instravert

You can connect with Heidi and find her work on Instagram @heidilistening

Thanks for spreading the word about The Better Life Better Work Show. And of course, I love your Social Media Mentions and Shares with #BetterLifeBetterWork @allison_crow on Instagram. @allicrow on twitter and Allison Crow on Facebook.

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Episode 30: Better Life Better Work with Heidi Taylor Relational Sales, Introverts & Instagram.

allisoncrow — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:01:08 +0000

Episode 30: Better Life Better Work with Heidi Taylor Relational Sales, Introverts & Instagram.

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Off the wagon, on the wagon, Babbling my way back to brilliance.

allisoncrow — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:19:34 +0000

Off the wagon, on the wagon, Babbling my way back to brilliance. A bit about my brain being fried by my addiction to social media and what I’m doing about it to strengthen my attention span.