Seth Werkheiser is the founder of Social Media Escape Club, a freelance email marketer, and, among many (many) other things, has been on the internet in earnest for 25 years.
Over the last two-and-a-half decades, Seth has found his place on the internet, through places like his 2001 heavy-metal blog (Buzz Grinder), his AOL music blog (Noise Creep), and being an early adopter of places like Twitter (he was user number 2,700, or so), Flickr, and something called 'IRC', a text-based platform where he used to make plans with people before going to local shows.
In this conversation, we talk about:
- The early internet in all its glory (including a little trip down memory lane).
- How he accidentally discovered SEO
- How spending time away from social media can allow you to spend more time on your craft
- Why most of us wouldn’t know what to do with virality, even if growing more slowly is, well, slow
- Why 50 subscribers can be more impactful than 5,000 followers
Find Seth
- Social Media Escape Club: socialmediaescape.club
- Substack: socialmediaescapeclub.substack.com
- Seth's Blog: sethw.xyz
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