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On your campaign, the strategist, spokesperson, model and athlete can be the same person

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See life at a different resolution. Experiments in time, energy & mastery. The objective is fidelity to reality.

You think you are buying reach

  1. 5M+impressions in 12 months
  2. 1M+people reached on LinkedIn in 12 months
  3. 29×more people reached than I have followers
  4. 66%of my impressions were from members outside my network

Reach is the part a media budget already buys, but I exponentiate its effect

Images carry thoughts farther

I art-direct what I publish. The photograph stops the scroll. The idea shifts the category.

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63K impressions394 reactions393 comments
67K impressions668 reactions252 comments
104K impressions596 reactions356 comments
28K impressions719 reactions256 comments
72K impressions553 reactions227 comments
76K impressions405 reactions445 comments

On your campaign, the strategist, spokesperson, model and athlete can be the same person

Engineered virality

1B+ Views on under $5K of marketing

Nosy was the first product I invented and patented: a wearable air filter for the nose. Sunglasses protect your eyes and headphones protect your ears, so why not a filter for your nose? I developed it with former Dyson engineers and launched it as a high-fashion accessory, worn by models. The cognitive dissonance stopped people mid-scroll, and within a week my images had traveled around the world.

It was also the first time I did my own PR. Three months after the Kickstarter launch, Dragons’ Den contacted me, and two Dragons competed for a product that didn’t even work yet. Within six months, TV Tokyo had sent a camera crew to my home to film a documentary, and hundreds of publications had covered the story.

01 / 07The Nosy campaign. Tap to see it full screen

Carina mid high kick in a photo studio
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Reframe your
category

Own a new category; expand into new verticals; reach entirely new audiences; build a deeper connection with the ones you have.

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