{"id":126,"date":"2024-02-20T16:56:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2024-02-20T16:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:56:43","slug":"the-world-needs-more-joy-with-merch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/the-world-needs-more-joy-with-merch\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Needs More Joy&#8230; with Merch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my biggest fears in running this business is that merch is trivial and I&#8217;m wasting everyone&#8217;s time. \ud83e\udee3<br><br>I probably have this thought once a month. Anyone else here ever feel the same about their field?<br><br>I don&#8217;t want to BS you with some girl-power speech about how merch is actually super important. But when I get in this headspace, here&#8217;s what I remind myself:<br><br>\u2728 Merch is joyful, and the world needs more joy and brightness (even if it&#8217;s in the form of silly tees)<br>\u2728 Merch boosts the confidence of teams and business owners<br>\u2728 Merch is real-life connection&#8211; in a digital world, it&#8217;s a tangible connection to a brand or experience<br>\u2728 Merch builds community, which we all desperately need!<br><br>And best of all I love what I do, which makes me an all-around better human, mom \/ dog mom, wife, runner, woman. \ud83d\udc83<br><br>Hats off to the healthcare workers, nonprofit leaders, political movers, drug inventors, firefighters and wellness professionals. I might not be performing surgery or putting out (literal) fires but I&#8217;m happy to support you with a branded tee. \u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my biggest fears in running this business is that merch is trivial and I&#8217;m wasting everyone&#8217;s time. \ud83e\udee3 I probably have this thought once a month. Anyone else here ever feel the same about their field? I don&#8217;t want to BS you with some girl-power speech about how merch is actually super important. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}