The Hype - April edition š£
My free monthly newsletter of self-promotion tips and creative inspiration.
Hiya š! Iām Lucy from Hype Yourself. The Hype - is my monthly free round-up born in 2019. I chat about self-promotion and creative living. If you are new to this page, pop your email below to ensure you receive my posts.
Hiya š,
How are we all doing?
This month has been a šŖ whirlwind for me. I could not travel or attend events in person as much as I had wanted.
However, Iām trying to embrace my new circumstances, which means my next local event will be either the Adobe Marseilles or the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
If you are going, drop me a āļø šš¼ in the comments.
Do you have a podcast, newsletter, or membership platform and seek guest submissions from new and diverse talent?
Pop your details on my collaboration corner template for my directory, which is going out to paid subscribers. (Last quarter's directory can be found hereā¦.)
Lucy
P.S. If you work with a PR freelancer, agency, or do DIY PR it takes more than 1-2 months to get results.
The price will increase once I return from the French half-term holidays as I incentivize people to join annually. You can lock in at the existing rate now. (Iām not a flash 50% off sales type of gal).
ā¤ļø Iāve set an audacious goal to hit 1,001 paid subscribers. Here is how the journey is going:
- I turned on paid subscribers on October 22nd; last month, I was at 292, and today, Iām at 326 ā¬34 nearly a third of the way there!
- Free subscribers: last month, I was 6,792, and this month, Iām at 7,286 ā¬494
- Went from a Top 61 to 56 ā¬5 in the business category
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BEST OF THE FREE TO READ
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RESOURCES AND HELPFUL THINGS
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is hosting a FREE online talk with Barclay's Eagle Labs on the 9th of May called Unpossible: Achieving More by Being Unperfect.š Substack doesnāt have an LGBTQ+ category, which can mean searching for these publications can take you down a negative hole. Thank you to
for flagging who has pulled this list of resources togetherš§ Want help with increasing your memory and focus? Thank you
for flagging this LoveBrain event to meš¤ After telling us how we can get paid with our first paid speaking gig, Alex Merry has launched the freebies of all freebies and gone viral on LinkedIn
šØ Career highlights: my former Creative Director, cofounder of my children, and now an evangelist for Adobe Hadrien Chatelet spoke at London MAX. You can watch the full replay here. Yes, I am very proud; click on 9 minutes 30 to see him.
šļø Want a blueprint for creating a media kit?
Get a behind-the-scenes view of how I made it here, or click this link to remix my template.
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has written for the UK Tech Talent Charter, whose mission is to make tech inclusive; her piece is about the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion when driving digital transformation. šš£ Networking is a key part of hyping yourself. Learn from this collaboration by
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šš¼ For paid members in May āļø
How to write a press release prompt card
Expertise article on how to get paid for writing opinion pieces
Monthly zoom with an opinions editor journalist for live Q&A
Keep on hyping.
Lucy x
P.S. Did you know Iāve written two books? Hype Yourself and Brand Yourself š
It's nice to finally read one of these the day it came out instead of 11 months later š
Brilliant to hear that many others are finding you! š Thanks for the shout out too. ā¤ļø