Ivory Hecker

Power hack: If you’re an employee, be so good at your job, go above and beyond, SO THAT when the company tries to push you into something you’re not comfortable with, you can stand your ground confidently.

They know they need you at this point, so when you say you’re not going to do that sketchy activity, the company will cave and allow you to keep your boundaries without firing you.

In this vid I tell my experience with TV news and the boss’s desire to control social media.

One reason bosses want to own your social media is because it keeps you dependent on them.

When you have your own page and voice, you can stand on your own. You have your own audience, and wherever there is an audience, the advertisers will want to go. Instead of advertisers paying your boss for commercial space on the tv channel and giving you a sliver of that revenue, they pay you for commercial space on your social media, and you pocket all the money. Your own audience, your own revenue, your own freedom.

This is part of why independent journalism is booming. The other reason is that viewers love to hear from a real person who isn’t controlled by a media company.

Today is the last day to enroll in my independent journalism course for summer study.

Enroll: https://pages.freepresscourse.com/ni-redesigned-home