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Day 1 of Instagram Summit by Manychat is in the BOOKS and I guess you could say... it went... pretty well. 😉 We listened to social media geniuses, we took home so much... and we handed out 10 Iggies awards to deserving creators! There's still time to get your Day 2 ticket today (and access to all the recordings from Day 1)! Come, have fun, learn! We've got even more today! IGSUMMIT DOT COM — before it's too late 👀

Ready to LEARN STUFF like you've never LEARNED STUFF before? We KNOW YOU ARE. Instagram Summit by Manychat kicks off in 15 minutes with our bossman, the one and only Mike Yan! Panicking from the FOMO? You're right to trust your instincts. Get your tickets NOW at igsummit dot com — or risk missing out. 😎

Oh yes, our hearts are still flaming from Hotmart Fire! ❤️🔥 If you missed out, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered with our recap video. Catch Flavia Rosario, Rodrigo Furtado, and Artur Evstefeev sharing how Manychat helps businesses and creators grow and win. ☄️ Let’s keep that fire going! 👩🚒 #hotmartfire2024 #manychatbrazil #businessgrowth

👀 Just in case you missed it! Dmitrii M. is still looking for a PHP Developer. If you’re passionate about both technical contribution and user experience, this role could be the perfect fit. 💙 🔗 Get on board: https://lnkd.in/d5rQuDFj

You. 🫵 You have 2 dawgs inside you. A creator. And a marketer. The first, whose passion for MAKING pushes you to share your UNYIELDING, UNDYING love for a thing or an idea with the entire world. It's scary, but you do it. You look for a connection, a community. And, boldly, if you don't find one, you build one for yourself. The second dawg? It hustles. It knows to turn that wild love into something bigger — an audience, a brand, a business, a life — it has to do more. It's probably not shocking that most official "marketers" begin as creators. We get into marketing thinking that it's mostly making stuff. We come in, ready to take big swings. Then, some salty coworker named Yancy, says, "Maybe cool it down a bit?" and a brilliant idea, one that we bring to the room with all the fire, with all the initial passion of our Creator Dawg, is snuffed out. One too many times, this happens. Then, we become shy with our love. We make passionless stuff, shrugging. "It's not worth the fight." At Manychat, we have discovered we are a team of creators, who in past jobs, yearned to show the world what we love. We are just a little bit more stubborn than the rest. 💅 So, last month, we went rogue. We started Chronically Online and asked our lovely LinkedIn team here if we can share it here once a month. (No shock that they let us in: They're secretly creators too) Our 1st round, more than 2,000 folks subscribed. We were absolutely bowled over to see that response. To know that so many people were interested so early? Man. It was such a relief. So this month, we went even harder —  fittingly.... Writer Bobby Hilliard, in "Creators In the Headlights," talks about what happens when the light of a talented group of creators, in this case Donut Media, is snuffed out by corporate interests. Dustin Dooling ran an official survey to ask creators more than 20 questions about their mental health struggles — do they feel constant pressure to act in an idealized way? do they feel responsible for their fans' happiness? — and (spoiler alert)... stress is a vibe. And Nick Gaudio writes about what happens to one's financial and career prospects after you go mega-viral (shockingly, it doesn't take long for fame to become nonfame). These are projects that drip with passion. We think you can see it in the writing and design. All this to say: It's not your pappy's corporate content. And we are super proud of it. So... now, we need your help. We realize to get anything like this off the ground, we need a community of like-minded folks behind it, all willing to say, "Ya know what? I agree with this enough to share it." So, Linkedin, we sincerely need your help. If you like this newsletter, help us build our community. Share it. And don't just do it for us. Do it for Yancy. 😉

Last Thursday, we hosted Barcelona PHP Talks #2, and it was fun on overdrive! 🎛 This meetup focused on smoother processes and PHP frameworks, with amazing insights from Joram Declerck Declerck from Manychat and Xavier Sastre Salvans from LambdaLoopers. The vibe was incredible, with passionate talks and an open exchange of ideas. ✨ Big thanks to everyone who joined us at our Barcelona office—it was fantastic seeing the community come together. Stay tuned for the next one! 🙌 #barcelonaphptalks #techevent #php

Harvard studies show that men often get better financial outcomes in negotiations than women. But that doesn’t mean we can’t close that gap! 💪 Together with Women in Tech, we’re holding a masterclass designed to help you improve your negotiation skills with empathy and connection. ✨ Flavia Rosario, General Manager at Manychat Brazil, with almost 20 years of experience in tech, will share real-life examples from her career that will enhance your negotiation skills. 🗓️ 27 September, 4 PM CET 👩💻 Online 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/dNA7NFBJ Let’s show the world you’ve got this! #womenintech #negotiations #softskills

Ready 🙌 So excited to be part of React Alicante as a sponsor again! We’ve set everything up, and now all that’s missing is you! (If you’re attending the conference, of course 😅) Whether you’re in the mood for a tech discussion, want to learn more about what we do, or just stop by for a chat, we’re here for it all. #reactalicante #reactalicante2024 #techconf

Want some well-meaning advice, from a well-meaning marketer like yourselves? Ok. *Deep breath*. Stop making sh*tty corporate content. 💩 I know this isn't a revelation. I know this tone is... somewhat "un-LinkedIn" (or un-profesh as my younger teammates might say), but I think it needs to be said. Right now: Channels are flooded with sh*t. Emails are garbage. Social posts are bad. There's been a decline in quality... *gestures wildly around*. CPA is up, everywhere. And who is floating in this ice-cold sea of doo-doo, gasping for air, grasping a frozen doorway as they fight for another heartbeat? Us. Marketers. We are losing out — to influencers, to creators. We are seeing layoffs.... They're the ones building audiences. They're the ones getting the brand loyalty and love. Why? Because our content isn't building trust. Because it isn't authentic. "But random Manychat marketer guy who may be fired after this post," you're saying, "The Duolingo Bird! Liquid Death! Marketing is still going strong!" These (admittedly GLORIOUS) examples bear out this even more. Their power is their humanness. Their realness. Their anti-corporateness. Hell, you're prob reading this right now because you know I didn't generate it. You feel, see, hear a person — a real one ( 👋 )— behind this. You may even be thinking, "Oh man, that intern is sure having fun." (I'm not the intern but I appreciate that you think I'm hip 💅.) No doy. The fact is that most marketing teams still can't cut the creative umbilical cord for their internal creators. Fourteen internal VPs have to ok something. Somebody snuffs out the humanness, the humor, etc... All this to say: Stop, stop, stop for the love of God, thinking like marketers. In fact, that's the advice: Start thinking like creators. Use AI, smartly. Build your audience. Build trust. Take risks. Be vulnerable. In fact, even better: come to our creator conference this year. It's two days. You can watch it async if you can't make it. We not only have the VP of Marketing for Liquid Death dishing on what they're doing so well over there, we have AI experts telling you how to make the best use of it while keeping your soul. We have actual self-made creators who have mastered the top of the funnel stuff in ways we're still humbled by. We've got celebrities. Moguls. Experts who have started industries. If you want want to be a better marketer, learn how to be a better creator. In fact, we've got a dedicated Marketing track just for you and your team. And because I'm the only one up at this hour, I made my own coupon for you for 20% off. Use code "gaudiosent" at checkout. (I'm Nick Gaudio, heh — our head of content! See? Already thinking like a creator! 😎) Tickets are about to go up to $49, then $69 — but with that code they're $23.20 today. So do it. And be sure to tell us — or even just little old me — how much you loved it. We think you'll get a lot out of it.