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Francis Zierer

@fzierer.bsky.social

Researching, writing, podcasting about creators and digital media Editor @ Creator Spotlight for beehiiv Co-host of Tasteland with Daisy Alioto πŸ“§ francis@creatorspotlight.com

138 Followers  |  151 Following  |  53 Posts  |  Joined: 13.11.2024  |  2.2272

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How to migrate from Substack to beehiiv - Knowledge Base - beehiiv In order to successfully migrate from Substack to beehiiv, you’ll need to do 2 things: Migrate your subscribers Migrate your newsletter content You can follo…

Have not done it myself but I know the beehiiv knowledge base has great documentation. LMK if there's anything more specific you're after. www.beehiiv.com/support/arti...

29.07.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ernie rules! Stoked to read it.

18.07.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Tasteland this week, @mikerugnetta.com joined us to talk about late-stage platformism, the rise of the agentic web, that the attention economy is a zero-sum game, how Hentai explains platforms, and heading to the library to avoid AI slop.

Full episode on all pod platforms! pod.link/1760333416/

18.07.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΄ Your audience wants to pay you How one former media executive is teaching creators to think like founders, not freelancers

What’s a creator journalist?

Liz is featured in today’s Creator Spotlight talking about how creator journalism differs from traditional newsrooms

www.creatorspotlight.com/p/liz-kelly-... @lizkellynelson.com

15.07.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So fun to talk to @fzierer.bsky.social about my favorite topic!

15.07.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Make a Living as a Creator in 2025
YouTube video by Creator Spotlight How to Make a Living as a Creator in 2025

Full episode on YouTube here or on any pod platform, just search for The Creator Spotlight Podcast!

15.07.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People ARE paying independent, creator-model journalists for their work.

@lizkellynelson.com is one of a network of leaders helping journalists make the jump from traditional newsrooms to starting up their own publications through her essential newsletter, Project C.

An essential episode today.

15.07.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today on Tasteland, @colenowicki.com joins @princessdaisy.bsky.social and I to talk about the state of the skate industry, Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (and the pitfalls of happinessmaxxing), the smell of skateboarding, and religion being big in skateboarding.
www.tasteland.fyi/ep-46-state-...

11.06.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I forgot about this part of our conversation! If you do end up moving on, you've created such a rich body of work in the project, though. You're thorough!

26.05.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Edith Birthday to you indeed, Eric

02.05.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so glad to hear it! Always my hope with this kind of piece, and I'm never *exactly* sure how it'll land among the readers. Pleased to give you something to chew on.

02.05.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love to hear it! Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed it :)

18.04.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brand sillage|Dirt Let it linger.

A good read for my fellow synesthesic freaks, as a person who often thinks of things that aren't smells in terms of smells, loved this from @fzierer.bsky.social!

18.04.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That incubator sounds fantastic; you're learning from the best in the biz.

16.04.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brand sillage|Dirt Let it linger.

Growth hacks like me are killing what’s good about the internet.

@fzierer.bsky.social has the antidote in his piece for Dirt on β€œbrand sillage.”

dirt.fyi/article/2025...

15.04.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lol

11.04.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How could I pass up the opportunity to introduce Amanda (2025) to Amanda (2018)??

11.04.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic interview with @fzierer.bsky.social for @beehiiv.com! Never before has an interviewer quoted one of my vlogs back at me 🫢🏻

11.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Make a Living as a Creator β€” from a podcasting expert
YouTube video by Creator Spotlight How to Make a Living as a Creator β€” from a podcasting expert

β€œ[What qualifies someone] to run a digital media company or be a digital media creator is making digital media.” β€” @amandamc.bsky.social on The Creator Spotlight Podcast today.

What Amanda, Eric, and co. are doing at Multitude is a blueprint for sustainable creator-first media businesses. Listen!

11.04.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ep. 37: In defense of hospitality ft. Colin Nagy This week Daisy and Francis talk to travel and hospitality writer, Colin Nagy. Colin is also the co-creator of the newsletter 'Why is this interesting?' Colin: http…

Today in TASTELAND, Colin Nagy joins @princessdaisy.bsky.social and I to discuss laundering credibility, who gets to decide what we remember, how cultural mores get baked into LLMs, fact-check literacy, "irrational hospitality," and more

09.04.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's only one piece of advice that matters imo: post, analyze, tweak, repeat

01.04.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep. 34: Fragrance Rich ft. Trey Taylor This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Trey Taylor, Gen Z consumer expert who has recently pivoted into the world of fragrances and just launched their perfume b…

Today on Tasteland, Trey Taylor joins @princessdaisy.bsky.social and I to discuss his new fragrance brand Serviette, how he taught himself to make perfume, the art of selling a lifestyle, perception vs. perception vis-Γ -vis taste, Kelly green, and more.

Listen β€”

19.03.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Atleti does rule though

12.03.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spurs moment

12.03.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You read that Brian Morissey piece too, I see.

07.03.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, I haven’t thought about him in years

06.03.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eric. An absolute blast to pod with you. Never have I had a guest so befitting of the descriptor "sparring partner." You really have a knack for talking into a mic, which sounds silly, but it's true.

06.03.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Make a Living as a Podcaster in 2025
YouTube video by Creator Spotlight How to Make a Living as a Podcaster in 2025

Sworn enemy of video podcasts @ericsilver.bsky.social came on my video podcast and we talked about:

πŸŽ™οΈ How he teaches podcasting
🎧 Audio-only podcasts are still the future
🚫 Spotify toxicity
🀝 Building an ethical, creator-first business
🎲 Why "actual play" podcasts work so well

And more : )

06.03.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hell yeah

05.03.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"It is so much harder to teach someone who has no imagination how to have a creative idea than to teach a creative person to learn Excel."

@ericsilver.bsky.social on tomorrow's episode of The Creator Spotlight Pod. It's a good one.

05.03.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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