The Secret to Standing Out Online When Everyone is Screaming for Attention
So how do you get heard when everyone’s shouting?
You don’t shout louder. You develop a voice worth listening to.
The exhausting trap of volume-based influence
When I first started writing about wellness and mental resilience, I fell into the same trap most people do. I thought visibility meant posting constantly. I scheduled content around the clock, jumped on every trending topic, and measured success by how much I was producing.
It was exhausting. And honestly, it wasn’t working.
My brother Nate, who works in tech and watches me struggle with this stuff, finally said something that stuck: “You’re creating noise, not signal.” He was right. I was so focused on being everywhere that I’d stopped being intentional about what I was actually saying.
