Your own platform is king

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Photographer Eric Kim had this bit of advice for photographers, though I think it applies to anyone with a creative project:

Simple way to thrive as a photographer: Own all your platforms.

For example, own your own self-hosted blog. Bluehost.com or 1and1.com and install wordpress.org

Instead of social media, make your own platform.

This isn’t tenable for everyone, but well worth it if you can.

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