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Susan Boles

@thesusanboles.bsky.social
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Founder & Head Nerd → Privacy + Security Services for Creators @unpublic.co Work: unpublic.co Make Calm Your New KPI: beyondmargins.com & pod.link/1478304620

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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 8h
Having fun is a competitive advantage that we underestimate. I keep thinking about this from @justinjackson.ca about this idea that, in order to be the best, you have to want it the most. But that's hard and exhausting and one of the things that doesn't scale.
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Unpublic @unpublic.co · 25/06/2026
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Parasocial Paradox | The risks & realities of being visible online: Welcome to The Parasocial Paradox. Have a listen:
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Welcome to The Parasocial Paradox
Welcome to the Parasocial Paradox - a new show about the risks &...
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Unpublic @unpublic.co · 23/06/2026
Creator risk isn't just about how many followers you have... We're breaking down where your risk actually comes from in the newsletter on Thurs. Make sure you're subscribed to get it: www.unpublic.co/subscribe/?u...
Screenshot of newsletter preview for Unpublic, with the headline "you're not too small... audience size is only one factor in creator risk - there are six more"
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Benjamin Borowski 🍁 @typeoneerror.com · 26/05/2026
Founder of beyondmargins.com and unpublic.co @thesusanboles.bsky.social joined us on Grief & Pizza to talk about keeping creators safe online, pivoting businesses, and designing work around chronic illness and neurodivergence. Her "potato or tornado" phrase is a keeper. 🥔🌪️
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Grief & Pizza | Building Calm Businesses with Susan Boles
Susan Boles is a security officer turned fractional CFO/COO whose consultancy, Beyond Margins, is centered on helping people run calmer businesses. She's now pivoting towards Unpublic, which helps ...
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Creators get told to "just be authentic." But there's a tradeoff... the more of YOU that you decide to share, the more likely you are to build intense parasocial relationships with your audience - and that's not always a good thing. Going live now: youtube.com/live/IBkvo5q... Come hang!
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The Authenticity Trap: More You = More Vulnerable with Justin Blackman
The Parasocial Paradox is the inherent tension that IS being a creator → Your business runs on strangers feeling like they know you, but that's also the source of danger. We get told all the time to...
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ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · 02/02/2026
Hey friends, I’m looking for work! 👋 I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 20 years exp building & designing for the web. 🛠️ React, React Native, TypeScript, design systems 🎨 Designer background, detail-obsessed 📲 Just shipped Flux (Bluesky client) as a solo project www.linkedin.com/in/jessejand...
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Jesse J. Anderson - 80bit | LinkedIn
I started out in design over 20 years ago and found my way into frontend development… · Experience: 80bit · Education: School of Visual Concepts · Location: Puyallup · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. Vi...
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Shopping for software feels like Tinder: 🔥 Attractive features, terrible intentions. 😬 Respectful boundaries, zero chemistry. Why is it always one or the other? I just want tools that 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 without mining my life like a crypto farm. Is that too much to ask?
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It’s so weird trying to describe to people what it’s really like to live in a remote place… like, there’s legitimately a poster up in the post office/general store here, letting folks know that someone found a lost sheep 🐑
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Today, I lost the competition I have with myself every fall to see how long I can go before I’m forced to turn on the heat. 🥶
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a cartoon of a pig with horns and the words oh the shame .
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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
👋 I'm hiring a part-time Chief of Staff in Seattle to help with all three of my companies: docs.google.com/document/d/1... If you know someone who's a potentially good match, referrals are greatly appreciated. Details are in the doc 🤗
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Marie Poulin 🇨🇦 @mariepoulin.com · 08/05/2025
Hey, come hang out with us next week, at Jessica Abel's FREE virtual conference. Day 1 is all about making space to think expansively and take control of your time. I'll be sharing some strategies for how to be 'Productive by Nature' 🍃 inspired by permaculture principles🍃 tinyurl.com/mpautonomous
Autonomous Creative Virtual Conference, Day 1: From Reactive to Strategic
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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 08/04/2025
I've just opened enrollment into my public speaking accelerator! Early bird pricing for a limited time. I just finished sharing invites to a handful of marketers & entrepreneurs who had raised their hand already. Learn more, see the full schedule, and register at jayacunzo.com/signaturetalk
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Public Speaking Accelerator for Marketers and Leaders — Jay Acunzo
With coaching and lessons from Jay, you’ll develop, practice, and deliver the 3 most important parts of a talk which instantly transform any presentation from meh to memorable. This is built for extre...
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Morgan L. Stringer @mostring.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
North Carolinians, check to see if your vote for Riggs was thrown out. You have 2 weeks to correct it!
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Justin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 05/02/2025
Any Gen Z podcast fans here? I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey: forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca... (Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If anyone wonders what it's actually like to live in a cabin in the woods, so far this week: I had to google the freezing point of skin but the kid still had school And... they just had to move the school field trip today because of moose.
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
More complicated isn't more valuable. Most of the time, the real value in working with any service provider comes from being able to make something that seems complex... simple.
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Partner: We don’t have any hamburger buns for dinner. Me: No worries, let me just whip some up real quick. Not gonna lie… it kinda feels like a superpower to be able to just make things from ingredients 🦸‍♀️
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a woman wearing glasses and a red shirt is taking off her shirt in front of a door .
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The single most important planning step I do at the beginning of the year is to go through my calendar and block time off. Planning for rest comes first, or it’s pretty unlikely to happen. So… here’s your nudge to go block off your calendar for rest as part of your 2025 planning. 🛏️
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I could use a little bit of help from the hive-mind 😀 I'm working on a series for the pod about calm/unconventional business KPIs. Metrics like @jayacunzo.com's URR or @annhandley.bsky.social's OWBR. Do you measure anything like this in your own business? Or know someone in your network who does?
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I need folks to stop sending automated calendar reminders for appointments that aren't today. I don't need a reminder for the call we have in 24 hours and when I get the reminder in my inbox, I have a mini-heart attack that I missed it. Do your friends with anxiety a favor and turn these off.
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Susan Boles @thesusanboles.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Margins aren't something you "earn." They're something you need to consciously build into your business. Here's my cheatsheet of how I approach it:
Cheatsheet of how to build margins into your business. It covered the 4 types of margins: resources, energy, emotional and work design.
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