Marketing woes

So, I’m going to be vulnerable here because no one actually reads these, right? But anywhooo despite working in marketing for several years, I don’t enjoy it. I know all the things one is supposed to do, and I know that people are basically searching for raw, real entertainment, and now marketing is full of AI babble. Honestly, I’ve used the AI babble for marketing too because its just easier than being raw, real and putting your own words out there. But as a writer, I should just put my own words out in the marketing sphere of things, right? And I know that reels are the true way to market, but how do I make reels when I’m trying to be a faceless (and maybe voice minimal) account? I’m just at a standstill because I know my creativity is good. Not to be boastful, but it is, but no one else knows because my marketing… well its kind of poor. I feel like every time I launch something it’s just kind of like, ‘here’s the thing i did’ and I don’t know how to tell you how much thought, time, effort and energy (and money but everyone says that’s a taboo topic) was put into it, and how much I truly want the project/book/etc to succeed. I’m a big believer in transparency, but sometimes I might want to be too transparent. It’s a good thing no one reads these things though, right?

Gosh, I really want this endeavor to be successful. For so many reasons. But no one likes a whiner/complainer, so it’s back to bootstrapping and figuring out how I can raise the funds to make things and keep going… Open to advice/connections/etc.