How to make your content turn heads by turning common ideas upside down…

Alex Mathers
3 min readJul 3, 2024

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So many people share tired ideas that gather little interest.

It’s just copy and paste. A sheep calling out to a crowd of other sheep.

I know you guys want to build a unique brand that brings in genuine fans.

So to do this, you need to think in ways that few others do.

You must go against the grain. This is a pattern interrupt.

And the best brands and brand names are continually unexpected.

I had the pleasure of interviewing someone on a live Twitter space who encapsulates this skill: Sun Yi.

Sun, an award-winning branding expert for big names, has built a massive Instagram following in the last couple of years through his attention-grabbing carousels, videos and slides.

Yesterday he talked about how none of his ideas are new, but he does use a clever secret…

He’ll take the other version of a commonly-held belief.

He said that most, if not all, ideas that many hold as truths have different variations that are also true.

This gives you, the content creator, a huge opportunity.

You take a commonly held…

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

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