Katherine Young Creative

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Today is the day! Please go pick up a copy of my new book! I kept watching as people online would continually fall for the same marketing tactics over and over again. With my background as an internet marketer these tactics were so easy for me to see. I went looking for a book to recommend to people to spot marketing tactics and when I couldn’t find one I wrote one. This book is more relevant now than ever and I can’t wait for you to read it!

This book has real life examples as well as short and simple descriptions. In a couple of paragraphs you can find what you are looking for. Read it cover to cover or simply check out a type of meme you want to know more about. I hope this book is helpful and I hope this book gets into the hands of those who need it most.

Thank you for all your support.

You can get a paperback copy here: https://amzn.to/375Gzhy

Y’all I have a big announcement! I have been working on a book for 3½ years now and it is officially done. Finished, finito, and ready to put into the world. With everything that has been happening I know this is the best I can do to help right now. This book takes my ten years of expertise as an internet marketer and turns it into something real.

I see behind the scenes of posts online. Over and over I watch people share content that I know is purely made to be divisive and shouldn’t be trusted. Sometimes these posts have no links to information but overwhelmingly they are logical fallacies with obvious marketing tactics. My experience made it easy to see. I would sometimes try to inform people why the post was inappropriate because I cared about them enough to put in the effort. But the majority of the time I would be yelled at, unfriended, sent nasty-grams, or blocked for pointing out a post was untrustworthy, deceptive, or problematic content to post. It became too draining and I would just be silent 99% of the time despite all the awfulness I saw. My heart was heavy with guilt over my inaction. I have a responsibility to speak up because I know better. Every time I decided to say nothing, I was just exhausted.

I kept seeing the same kind of posts fooling people and I couldn’t do anything on a large scale to change things. I would save the posts and during sleepless nights I would stay up writing about the marketing tactics used to ease my frustration. And that is how my book came to be. The book features real examples people post. Examples my editor said no one could ‘possibly believe.’ These are posts I saw everyday and they are believed by millions.

http://www.katherineyoungcreative.com/blog/2017/9/7/women-i-needed-to-see-growing-up

I received a $500 grant from the Roseville Area Schools Foundation to purchase art supplies and work with students in Roseville Area Schools' out-of-school-time programming. The goal of the grant was to allow students a chance to work with fine art supplies they have never tried before and keep the supplies in top condition by only being available to out-of-school-time students.

Working with the teaching staff, we were narrowed down student interest and focused on creating custom vinyl toys. Munnys are a customizable vinyl toys inspired by Japanese culture. They have a Manga aesthetic and come in a blank white color ready for creativity. I started out working with middle school students. The students started by listing their favorite things, researching, and sketching out their ideas on a template. Many students found taking a flat image to a 3D item a really unique challenge. It wasn't as easy as they thought it would be!

The students got to work with all kinds of fine art materials. They mainly embellished the Munny toys with acrylic markers but they also used paper, gems, fabric, and more. The final projects really brought their sketches to life! The final creations took on a life of their own!

I then took creating custom vinyl toys to Harambee Elementary School's out-of-school-time program. The students participating were kindergarten-6th grade. We had the students fill out a worksheet of their favorite things, draw their design on the template, and then create their characters all in one day. I was so impressed with how sharp their final projects turned out!

I am giving away FREE enrollments to the first 25 people who sign up for my new class! This is a great way to see what Skillshare is all about and try online learning!