mariyadelano

mariyadelano, 3 days ago to actuallyadhd

Question for fellow @actuallyautistic and @actuallyadhd neurodivergent folks:

How do you explain your ideas to neurotypicals?

I constantly struggle because my brain has made connections that are not obvious to others, and when I try to guide them through my thinking I confuse them with details or by skipping explanations that seem obvious to me but completely surprising to anyone else.

Frameworks, links, anything is appreciated!

mariyadelano, 4 days ago to random

I’m having the best day ever because my #actuallyAutistic self downloaded Google Earth on my iPad

MAAAAAAPS :blobfoxaww:

mariyadelano, 11 days ago to history

The more I learn about #history of the Soviet Union, the more I realize just how much my native #Ukraine was actively stifled, prevented from developing and innovating, and forced into this image of a backwards and hopeless nation.

Our people have always been so phenomenal, talented, ambitious, kind, and creative. But they’ve been punished, scared, and intimidated into a terrible subservient existence for so many decades and centuries.

I love Ukraine, but god history is unfair.

mariyadelano, 21 days ago to random

I admit I do often feel a bit weird as a leftist that lives near Wall Street

Then I think “I occupied Wall Street” and chuckle to myself

mariyadelano, 21 days ago to ghost

Y’all, I am so happy that #Ghost will be federating with #ActivityPub!

Full disclosure: I’m a paying customer of Ghost and have spoken to @johnonolan directly multiple times - he and his non-profit fully share our vision of the open independent web and I genuinely think we should be welcoming them to the #Fediverse with open arms 🤗

https://activitypub.ghost.org

mariyadelano, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to nyc

Mastodon friends… important poll (please boost for reach!)

The tables in our nearby #NYC deli have literal dried beans as decoration (see first reply to this thread for pics)

So…. beans? 🤔

mariyadelano, 1 month ago to random

Take the time to grieve lost business relationships.

Colleagues, collaborators, partners, customers - all of these are still people who make a mark on us when we spend time together.

When those relationships end, it’s okay to feel sad.

Don’t shame yourself for hurting.

mariyadelano, 1 month ago to business

Don't start an agency if you hate service-based businesses.

It won't be your path to "passive income", endless riches, fame, or whatever else you're imagining.
You can't build a great company if you hate your own business model. No amount of productizing your services, outsourcing, playing voodoo with your margins, or pretending you're happy on social media will make up for your disdain of the very business you're creating.

Service-based businesses aren't a toy. Stop acting like it.

#business

mariyadelano, 1 month ago to random

Something I haven’t talked about publicly because I’m scared someone in my family will see it:

In trying to heal my #BPD and #cPTSD I’ve had to dig deep into my childhood and look for the roots of my #trauma.

And this time… I found them. Or rather - “it”. There is just one root for all of my many many many mental health troubles and life issues for as long as I remember.

It’s my mother.

My mother, who I still maintain contact with. She was my abuser.

I don’t know what to do.

mariyadelano, 1 month ago to random

Remember to do the things that make you happy.

Yes, even now. Even when you feel like you have a million obligations to get to. Even when you feel like you haven’t earned it yet. Even when it’s “not the right time”.

It’s your life, dammit. Enjoy it. Do the things that make life worth living.

If you’re happy, you’re gonna be able to take care of others and meet your obligations better. You aren’t helping anyone by hurting yourself.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😂

mariyadelano, 1 month ago to random

What started out as one of the best weeks of my life ended up as a complete disaster.

I made one of the worst mistakes in my entire time in business so far, cost myself and my team money, lost trust of people important to me, ended up getting into a 5 day long BPD episode with panic attacks and full delusional paranoia, hurt people I love, and now I’m afraid that tomorrow will bring even more bad news as a result. My mental health is in shambles.

I am so glad to bid this week goodbye.

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to books

How did The New York Times, one of the world’s most famous and well-established publications, choose to review Geraldine DeRuiter’s ( @everywhereist) new book?

By illustrating her decapitated head on a plate, getting devoured by another woman. No, I’m not joking.

I got mad about it. I wrote about why:

https://www.admdnewsletter.com/platform-responsibility-in-defense-of-geraldine-deruiter/

#books #media #writing #literature #reading #ReadingCommunity #bookstodon

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to random

Last week someone sincerely introduced me as “a LinkedIn influencer”

Idk how to feel about that 😅

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to internet

#LinkedIn is down right now so if you're on Mastodon / the Fedi and missing your daily fix of bro content and hustle cringe... I've got the perfect read for you:

https://www.admdnewsletter.com/hustle-bro-culture-is-making-our/

Featuring screenshots of some peak LinkedIn cringe and multiple pyramid scheme references :blobfoxcrylaugh:

#socialMedia #newsletter #marketing #broetry #business #LinkedInOutage

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to random

I just ran a first full company meeting for my agency and I’m still shaking that was terrifying

Wanted to cancel until 10 minutes before but I can’t really do that given I’m the CEO 😭

Thankfully it seems to have gone okay? I think people liked it????

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to random

Don’t give up on the internet.

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to random

Finding a good team really is a success hack.

I can’t share too many details publicly yet but I’ve brought people on into leadership positions and having someone to work with like that and actually lead the company along with me has already been life-changing.

I feel so cared for and supported 🥰 The past two weeks were filled with so much joy and love and gratitude.

And I get to work with such smart freaking people too!! I feel so lucky.

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to ai

Come on. This push to summarize all webpages and written content with #AI is ridiculous.

See this example from #Arc Search - in what world is this an adequate summary for an 8,000+ word article that takes 43 minutes to read?

The amount of detail, specificity, narrative, and actual arguments that get lost is mind-boggling.

Everything is just… flattened to the most basic and bare-bones facts.

Every unique part of that piece, every voice, personality - stripped away.

#content #marketing #LLM

Search Engine Land How to 'un-ruin' the internet: The ultimate guide for SEOs Amid unfair industry blame for the failings of the modern web, we aim to challenge stereotypes and spotlight real individuals in SEO. Mariya Delano on November 17, 2023 at 9:00 am | Reading time: 43 minutes

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to Help

#Help: I need recommendations for resources to learn #business financial concepts and #calculations.

I have advanced #math knowledge up to and including multivariable calculus. My background is in physics though.

I am a business owner and want to make some financial models for #marketing budgets for fun (but also hopefully useful).

But I never studied #economics or #finance in any way.

(PLEASE BOOST! 🙏)

#AskFedi #AskMastodon #recommendations #request

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to mentalhealth

#BPD is a real bitch, y’all.

Because of it I’m not good with conceptualizing a coherent sense of reality beyond the present moment.

So right now I’m deeply upset because someone I really care about and like working with is on vacation until Monday.

Even though we have messaged every single day for a month now - my brain is telling me that because we aren’t speaking RIGHT NOW it doesn’t count, they aren’t real, they don’t care about me. Ugh

#mentalllness #personalityDisorder #mentalHealth

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to marketing

I've been making a big mistake: I think of myself as a marketer, and forget to think as a business executive.

Concerns about financial planning, pipeline, business model, service mix, hiring and onboarding, etc. – felt irrelevant. Like topics for stuffy business dudes to talk about in their giant boardrooms.

I fell into the trap of thinking that if I did well #marketing and we did a damn good job, the #business would run itself. (Spoiler: it didn’t)

https://youtu.be/RaLy__gyQUw?si=FSY5G_y5z8VylUT9

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to random

Hi everyone I’m freaking out because a YouTuber I watch lives in my building and I ran into him downstairs.

…I was too scared to say anything tho so I guess hoping for a next time??

mariyadelano, 2 months ago to Help

#help request: I have a client that’s a large enterprise #tech company making #B2B software for marketers.

They’re looking to get speaking placements for their executives into large tech #conferences and #events. Within tech, B2B, software, or general marketing and advertising, with 10,000+ attendees.

Anybody have contacts or tips they can share? Really appreciate it.

Haven’t pitched large clients like this before so I’m nervous 😬

#software #marketing #SaaS #PR #advertising #speaking

mariyadelano, 3 months ago to random

Why are there 50 formulas for ROI that are all using totally different variables this is killing my physics brain aaaah

I can’t assume that the same variable is actually the same variable across equations how do people even get any work done like this

Confused Rooster Teeth GIF by Achievement Hunters gif of a confused man with equations overlaid on top of him

mariyadelano, 3 months ago to marketing

#Marketing is a lot like abstract #art.

Everyone thinks they can do it, wonders why it’s so expensive, and fails to realize that the whole point is how it makes them feel.