Alert: Do You Own Your Audience?

The TikTok Ban Wake Up Call

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Pat Miller
January 28, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Thank you for the awesome feedback to last week's first-ever Summary newsletter. I'm scouring the web for the stories I think you need to hear and boiling them down to "Why This Matters" to help you move faster.

In this week's episode:
👉Loneliness and how to fix it
⏰Wake up call from the TikTok ban
🙈Apple busted for spying on you
🤓Inspiration from a $120 pizza

Thanks for taking some of your precious time to check out the Summary...I appreciate you!

- Pat

Why do I feel so lonely even though I'm surrounded by people?

WTM (Why This Matters) - Isolation kills small business. As a community builder, this article opened my eyes to the nature of loneliness - it's NOT solved by having people around. It's solved by being understood. Community > Network...take a minute to read this.

www.bbc.com/future/article/20250107-why-do-i-feel-so-lonely-even-though-im-surrounded-by-people

The TikTok ban wake up - Do you own your audience?
Do you own your audience or are you "renting" it from the social media platforms? In this week's exclusive Summary Podcast, I'm going to outline why owning your audience is a massive priority for every Small Business Owner.

Apple is BUSTED - Siri was listening to you...

Why It Matters: Did it ever feel like your phone was listening in on your conversations? Guess what...it was. This settlement highlights the ongoing tension between tech convenience and personal privacy in our increasingly connected world.

www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-siri-privacy-settlement-1.7422363

Restaurant charges $120 to add pineapple on pizza | CNN

A UK pizzeria has created uproar by introducing Hawaiian pizza to its menu, but with a princely price tag of £100 (around $122).

www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/travel/hawaiian-pineapple-pizza-100-pounds-lupa-norwich/index.html