100 ways to share your work + life that aren’t social media
Start an email newsletter
Send a postcard
Call your friends & family
Try out @wearequilt
Create or update your website
Start a blog
Put up a flyer at a local coffee shop
Learn about & implement SEO so people actually see your website
Join a discord channel
Launch a podcast
Make stickers & stick them all over town
Find your local community college & see what continuing ed courses & networking meet-ups they host
Take a workshop & tell people what you do when you introduce yourself
Join a penpal exchange
Sign up to write letters to someone who’s incarcerated
Make a zine
Host a workshop at a fave local or virtual spot like @rec__center
Ship a care package
Put a sign in your window
Put a sign in your yard
Volunteer your expertise to a non-profit or mutual aid project
Write a fan letter/email to your fave artist/author/podcaster/local government official
Invite someone for (virtual) coffee
Join a free online community like the @holisticism hub
Pitch an article about your work to a journalist or publication
Set up a @calendlyhq link so people can easily book time to chat on your calendar
Write a book
Host a book club
Make a playlist
Set up a group text
Let your alumnae association know what you’ve been up to
Place an ad on a radio station
Place an ad in a magazine
Hell, place an ad on a billboard!
Write an oped for the local newspaper
Create your own newspaper & put it in free little libraries around town
Ask a local business if you can put up a flyer in their window or leave business cards by their register
See what’s happening at your local library or rec center & show up for a community gathering
Set up a texting service like CallMultiplier to send text updates
Host your own online community on a platform like MightyNetworks
Schedule a weekly friend date or open “office hours” for virtual or IRL biz & babe hangs
Write an essay for an online or print publication
Pitch yourself as a guest for a podcast
Ask a friend to share your work with their audience
Collaborate with a friend or colleague on an event or offering
Leave reviews for businesses/podcasts/authors you love
Ask customers/clients/admirers to leave you reviews
Create a yearbook or annual report
Develop an app
Create a magazine
Host a webinar
Stand outside & shout to the sky
Rent a booth at a local craft fair / business fair / trade show
Create or update your business cards
Join a local coworking space
Two words: BUMPER STICKERS
Two more words: GRAPHIC TEES
Two final words: FANNY PACKS
Ask everyone you know to tell one other person about your work
Send holiday cards
Make some funny memes
Hang out on a live-streaming platform like Twitch
Read or write fanfiction for your fave series
Hang out at a local coffee shop / book store / bakery / bar & befriend the babes who work there
Send valentines
Host a fundraiser for a fave local org
Start a free little library, pantry or love fridge with your neighbors
Share some of your photos, sounds, or words with a Creative Commons license for free use by others
Go to a virtual conference & actively participate
Put up flyers on all the street corners around where you live
Practice telling people who you are. Record an audio note of yourself saying it over and over again. Write it down 10 or 100 times
Practice telling people how they can work with you. Record an audio note of yourself saying it over and over again. Write it down 10 or 100 times
Create a free presentation about something you’re good at and share it so others can learn from you
Spend time writing or speaking about your ideal client or friend. Imagine them into existence
Go for a walk and look around
Take a drive and look around
Buy domain names for popular things you do and reroute them to your website
Reconsider what you really want to share
Reconsider who you really want to share with
Read The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer to embolden yourself to share and ask for what you need.
Write yourself a theme song
Invest in a session with a healer or coach you admire
Put all your info & links in your email signature
Use a service like @flodesk to set up a free download that you share with people who join your email list
Drink something warm and care for your voice
Make a list of people who do similar things as you and reach out to see if you can collaborate on something
Make a list of people who do way different things than you and reach out to see if you can collaborate
Make a media kit
Take new headshots or promo photos you love
Create a discord or Slack channel for your community
Launch a course on a searchable platform like @teachable
Host a game night or online trivia
Create a useful tool or template using a service like @airtable and send it to everyone you think might appreciate it
Chalk the sidewalk
Commission a mural
Write a guest post for a friend or colleague’s blog
Film a commercial (for tv or just for your website)
Make a giant sign & hire a sign-spinner (or do it yourself!)
Reach out to one new person a day for a whole month
Reconnect with one person you already know each day for a whole month
Actually do something (or a lot of things) on this list
Write your own list of 100 ways to share!