Welcome to Liz Hagelthorn's Substack
About This Space
ummmmm hi hello welcome to my substack on memes and internet culture. If you fear intimacy and prefer to send the people in your life out of context images that just say “us” until one of you dies than this substack is for you.
I have a telepathic connection to the internet which is a blessing but also a prison.
I love to hear feedback and talk about the issues discussed in my writing. I think a lot about these pieces and believe they are conversation starters.
I can’t make you go viral overnight but I will make you think differently about how the world works and the simple tools available at your disposal.
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“Memes & Monetization: Can You Make Money from Memes?”
If you can understand the science of memes, you can understand the larger cultural phenomena, communities and issues for our world.
I cover (via memes)…
🌎 Meme Industry & Market Size
🤰 Origin of Internet Memes
📱 What Platforms Do Memes Come From?
🎨 How To Create a Great Meme
💰 How Memes Make Money
🔮 The Future…
“What does Ownership on the Internet Mean? How We Can Avoid Big Tech Centralization Again”.
I deep dive into the global creativity crises, advertiser fatigue, 13 features that define ownership + many memes:
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I also host a podcast, Girl Gone Viral.
You can listen to episodes here, too.
What happens when a top meme maker and world famous astrologer get into a room together? A deeper look at global trends, conversation and some inspiration, of course!
On the premiere episode of Girl Gone Viral, I sit down with astrologer and psychic medium Jessica Lanyadoo to discuss The Great Resignation, burnout and what this means for tech employees, the Internet’s Saturn return and the rise of Web3, the Pluto return of the United States and what Uranus in Taurus means for our financial institutions and crypto. We also discuss how to define our own value systems and how to set boundaries authentically when you’re dating someone new.
About Me
I love going into Walgreens and reading all of the greeting cards.
There’s something about being talked to like I am priceless but treated like I am worthless that I value from the way social media platforms treat their content creators.
I’ve been making memes and working with digital creators for almost 10 years (!rip vine). My background is in tech on the platform side (working in house at Twitter and at Google) and on the creator side as a creator myself. More on my bio below.
Liz Hagelthorn is a social-first storyteller and meme-maker with a diverse background in meme culture, technology, and organic virality. Liz is best known for leading creative for the largest pseudonymous meme network on Instagram, overseeing creative strategy across 100+ accounts with 300M followers and reaching 1.2B people per month. Most notably, Liz was the face and creator behind the @girl account. She led the network’s acquisition in under two years.
Liz has held positions at Google and Twitter, and works with high-profile startups and celebrities to develop viral organic growth strategies, In 2021, Liz led a web3 artist and developer collective to create the first Ethereum gas tool for NFT artists and collectors to better understand platform fees. She is also the creator and host of Girl Gone Viral, a podcast featuring interviews with creative entrepreneurs, online community builders, and academics about how storytelling on the internet really works.
Liz graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. Follow her on Twitter @lizhagelthorn.
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One sociopath trait I wouldn't mind having is the ability to market myself. To really love myself so much that it is evidently clear none of my chakras are open. That I can’t see or be concerned with anyone else’s needs other than my own. I would love if you shared any of my work.
Socials
Twitter: @lizhagelthorn
Instagram: @lizhagelthorn
LinkedIn: @lizhagelthorn
Website: girlgoneviral.xyz