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Dec 15, 2020

Katherine Young is a designer and social media marketing professional who is well-known for her viral Girls’ Life meme where she recreated the cover of its airbrushed model magazine cover with that of a relatable and natural teenager. Her meme has been viral for over four-years now and it’s left an impact on girls worldwide. During our chat, Katherine and I spoke about creativity along with the courage you need to create, the surprising “dark side” of going viral, and about the biggest hindrance in creativity for adults. Such a thoughtful and inspiring conversation from someone who attended college for graphic design and went to work for the Walt Disney Company (despite 27-plus rejection letters) where she learned from the best of the best and began running large social media accounts. 

 

To date, Katherine has been doing design and social media marketing professionally for more than a decade. She has created internationally viral content that has been featured by The Huffington Post, TODAY, Minnesota Public Radio, and many more. She currently works in nonprofit, supporting libraries, and education. Truly a creative renaissance woman!

 

What’s Katherine up to now? How to Discuss Politics Online is the new book by Katherine Young that shows us how to spot marketing tactics in online political posts. This book shows exactly how we are targeted with these tactics that make us want to share divisive content. This extremely timely read cuts through the deception with easy to understand clarity and featuring real examples. The book covers online etiquette, marketing tactics, how to spot troll accounts, fake news, and so much more! The book debuted as a #1 New Release in Communications & Media Studies on Amazon. This book was inspired by Katherine’s professional marketing career and experience creating internationally-known viral content.

 

The designer who earlier poignantly called out the marketing about women’s bodies with her Girls’ Life meme is now taking aim at political propaganda. Katherine is now going after political memes marketed to us every day with her new book being our guide. Her marketing lens once again casts a new light on what these political posts are really promoting to us.

 

Show notes

 

Story: What’s the story behind the Girls’ Life cover that went viral? 

Courage: Let’s talk about having courage to speak up? 

Rejection: Katherine shares her wall of shame i.e. Disney rejection letters

Accidental or intentional: Katherine shares how she did not get ready to go viral 

Trolls and consequences: Key lessons of going viral 

Dreaming vs. doing: can you hire someone to help you go viral?

Impact: making a difference locally vs. at Disney

Significance: must you be a famous creative to feel important? 

Political memes and fake news: learn about How to Discuss Politics Online 

Fueling inspiration: should you create things out of frustration? Out of joy? 

Vulnerability: what is minimization? A survival tactic? Not wanting to stand out 

Insecurities: some people don’t feel qualified but that’s often so untrue 

Joy: Katherine shares what she has created due to joy

Creative: the biggest hindrance of creativity for adults is… 

Time: 7 pm to 2 am is enough time to do damage as per Gary Vaynerchuk (a prior podcast guest) 

Wisdom: your creativity is not responsible for paying your rent 

Value: There is value in your best piece of work and best piece of work 

Fear: To create a masterpiece or not, it’s scary either way whether it’s a good piece or a “bad” piece 

Next: what’s next for Katherine? We discuss what is a stable dream – working for a big brand like Disney or taking a bet on yourself?

 

Links to quench your curiosity:

 

Check out Katherine’s Girls’ Life meme

Follow Katherine on Instagram 

Reach out to Katherine on Twitter 

Meet Katherine on Facebook 

Other viral podcast guests include Marina Shifrin

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert 

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

 

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