Anna Burgess Yang

Freelance Fintech Writer + Product-Led Content | Operations Advice for Solopreneurs | Career pivots are fun. 🎉

I'm a freelance content marketer and journalist.
I share practical tips for solopreneurs.
I also like naps.

In 2021, I quit my job as a corporate executive at a fintech and pivoted to an entirely new career. 18 months later, I decided to bet on myself. I became a full-time freelance writer and solopreneur.

My solo business grew quickly because of my former exec experience. I can do more with my time because I know how to use tools and automate processes. Solopreneur life has always felt freeing for me, instead of overwhelming.

I want to empower other one-person businesses to take control of their time, streamline their processes, and free themselves from boring/tedious work.

I create resources for other solopreneurs including eBooks, courses, and my newsletter. I also provide 1:1 consulting for people looking to improve their business operations.

Gain freedom in your solopreneur life through optimization. Check out my resources here. ⏬

start.annabyang.com

Content Workflow Consultant

I help content creators, freelancers, and agencies manage their content - for themselves and their clients.

- I can build a 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁. Publish a thing? I'll use automation to build a to-do for you on future date(s) to turn that blog post into two LinkedIn posts. Or turn a LinkedIn post into a Tweet. Or re-share a link to your Substack. Repurposing is easy. I'll make the repurposing calendar a piece of cake.

- I can build a 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆. Everything you publish on your blog, Substack, newsletter, etc. will automatically feed into a list. I use automation to connect links to drafts, artwork, clients, and more. No more digging: one central location to manage all of your content.

- I can do a 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄. We'll do a video call and you show me what you're currently doing. I'll prepare a doc with recommendations for improvement, tools to check out, and other tips to simplify your life.

Running a solo business can be really lonely. 

Most days, it's just me and my computer (and my cats!) 

Client communication is either email or Slack. I have very few meetings.

Before I started working for myself, I worked remotely for years. But it was different. I could always ping someone or call a colleague. That doesn't exist when you're running a solo business.

So I've built connections on purpose.

I've joined freelance communities. 
I connect with other freelancers on LinkedIn. 
I've done co-working sessions where we hop on a video call together for focused work time.

Fellow solopreneurs have taught me a lot - especially about things like pricing and handling difficult client situations.

Solo work isn't for everyone. If you're considering it, keep in mind that you'll spend a lot of time alone. And surround yourself with people who "get it."

Freelance Fintech Writer + Product-Led Content | Solopreneur Operations Advice | Career pivots are fun. 🎉

Content Writer at Buffer | I ghostwrite Educational Email Courses for Founders building Off-platform Monetization Solutions for Creators

Hi, I’m Tamilore, senior content writer at Buffer and your favorite LinkedIn creator.

I help creators and remote-first brands grow with content that actually connects — whether it’s an SEO blog, a sponsored LinkedIn post, or a prompt that sparks your next big idea.

My journey started in 2020 when I went from laid-off to landing my first fully remote, dollar-paid role in six months. Content didn’t just build my career — it changed my life. And now, I teach others how to do the same.

✨ Currently writing at Buffer, where I:
→ Started Creator Camp (2,000+ creators and counting)
→ Manage guest post content (sorted 800+ pitches in 6 months)
→ Write blog posts that drive search traffic and shares

A few things I’m into:
💡 AI for content workflows
🌍 Building global careers from anywhere
🧵 Turning personal brands into income streams

You’ll usually find me here sharing insights on content creation, remote work, and the business of being online.

DM me, let’s work together!

Or grab any of my free resources here: tami.start.page

Tamilore O.

Come join us at Buffer if you want to:

→ build web experiences that help people discover Buffer and quickly understand how it fits into their work
 → ship interactive tools, benchmarks, referral flows, localisation work, and the systems behind them
 → own projects end to end — from idea → build → ship → iterate

You'll work closely with design and marketing and learn directly from real usage how to make incremental improvements without losing quality.

A few deets:
🌍 Fully remote
 📆 4-day workweek
 💰 $156.5K–$202.3K + equity
📚 Free books

🔗 Link to apply in the comments!

Tamilore Oladipo

senior content creator @ buffer | linkedin creator

Two goals followed me through 2025:
🍝 eat better.
🤝🏾 secure more brand partnerships.

They weren’t super dramatic (well, aiming for $20k from brand partnerships might have been a ✨tad✨ dramatic).

But they slipped when things got busy. Not because they didn’t matter, but because everything else felt more urgent.

Clearly, something needs to change to keep long-term intentions from being eaten by short-term urgency.

So in 2026, I’m coming at them with different energy and making them top priorities.

And what makes that possible is the structure I’ve already been building inside Notion — slowly, almost without noticing.

📝 a template from Marketplace for tracking what’s in my fridge and storing recipes
📝 a partner management system that holds the pieces of my admin and creative work so I can hit the ground running

Now I’ve been a Notion user for years, and I know for a fact that tools are only as good as the user. New templates can only take me so far, but I need to actually use them.

And this is where Notion Agent makes everything easier.

It suggests meals based on what’s already in my fridge and a meal plan PDF from my trainer, which I have stored in the custom instructions.

It helps me set up new project pages to manage partnerships by pulling all the context I need right from my email.

And this is barely scratching the surface.

Try Notion Agent for free at https://lnkd.in/eacCqdJB

Here’s to hitting our goals in 2026 🥂

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Brand partnership • senior content creator @ buffer | linkedin creator

Back to work tomorrow — here’s a quick look at what my Q1 is shaping up to include at Buffer:

→ 2026 social media engagement report
→ Template Library optimization
→ Migrating our Weekly Scroll newsletter to Substack

Alongside a few personal projects I’m being intentional about:

→ A new Monday publishing cadence for Content as a Career (check your inboxes tomorrow 👀)
→ 1k on Threads
→ 30k on LinkedIn
→ $5k in brand partnerships
 
I’m trying to live by my theme: Follow-through

lfg🚀

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There's a running gag we have at Buffer during All Hands, where we call each one the "best All Hands ever" but yesterday's ✨truly✨ took the crown.

We went over some incredible metrics 
🚀 +16% signups
🚀 +20% ARR
🚀 +22% paying customers

...landed on some percentages that don't even look real
🚀 +1142% net income YoY

...and even got into profit and equity sharing as part of our ethos of sharing the rewards of success 💸

And we had these results without increasing prices or raising capital.

I think I can say I've seen Buffer through many highs and lows, and while I've always been proud to work with this team, I've never been prouder than I was in 2025.

So, here's to an even better 2026 and more record-breaking All Hands 🥂

I’ve been thinking a lot about storytelling lately (iykyk), trying to make sure I don't come across as icky while doing it better and better.

So going into 2026, I’m doing a lot of studying.

Not just storytelling as content, but storytelling as a craft that comes with a big responsibility that requires practice and discipline.

A few things I’m orienting around:

→ I’m studying meaning, not moments. Viral moments are loud but fade fast. Meaning is cumulative and more solid. I’m paying attention to storytellers who return to the same questions over years, not weeks and whose work feels connected even when the topics shift.

→ I’m learning the difference between stories and lore. A story is a single artifact. Lore is the context that forms around many artifacts over time. I’m trying to build work that rewards attention — where older pieces deepen newer ones instead of competing with them.

→ I’m designing for audience entry, not performance. I’m actively unlearning the instinct to over-frame everything. Not every story needs a thesis. Some stories work better when they invite interpretation instead of dictating meaning.

→ I’m paying attention to the pacing of my ideas. Not everything needs to be said immediately or fully. Some ideas need space. Some need repetition. Some need to sit quietly and resurface later. I’m treating pacing as part of the message, not an afterthought.

→ I’m thinking beyond “personal brand” toward a personal ✨ universe ✨ . The stories I admire most don’t center the storyteller as the hero. They connect personal perspective to culture, memory, and shared experience — making the audience feel implicated, not addressed.

Storytelling, when done well, is meaning-making in public, with other people (aka my audience) in mind.

Fingers crossed I get to expert level storyteller status 🤞🏾

I shared our version of "predictions" for the year on the Buffer blog today (really, I looked at the common forces that keep showing up in the creator economy and used predictions to figure out how they might compound. It's all very interesting stuff).

The article and accompanying social posts are live, so you'll soon see eeeeverythinG if you follow Buffer (and hopefully you will even if you don't).

But I'd like to take a moment to appreciate everyone who helped this article come to life:

My team, Kirsti and Hailley for the several rounds of edits, notes, revisions and encouragement, and Sabreen for always being down to gut check my social posts 🫶🏾

Our contributors: Sarahi Castro, Tara Knight 🧩, Louise Glover, Akshita Jaiswal, Amanda N., Olabinjo Adeniran, Chad Woolard, Hailley and Sabreen again, Juan Colmenares, Kate Starr, Alexa Phillips, and everyone else who took the time to share, even if their quotes didn't make it into the final piece.

You can read the article at the link in comments 🔗 – and take a peek at the "forces" below.

Now let's see how the year actually plays out!

to everyone who still has their christmas decorations up

I have two events on my radar to attend/participate in this year (so far𓂃˖ ࣪⊹):

SXSW London to speak (if my pitch isn't accepted, then I'll just make my way there on my own
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on the LIONS Scholarship (still waiting to hear back on this one)

Let's see how it goes🚀🗺️

I would like to drop my "serious" persona for a moment to talk about my close, personal friend Gege Akutami and close, personal enemy MAPPA and the return of Jujutsu Kaisen, which is back for its 3rd season tomorrow with a ONE-hour premiere.

Thank you, Crunchyroll. Thank you, Gege (well, or not because I've read the manga). Thank you (?) MAPPA. We have eternal beef 🙏🏾

P.S. Do you watch anime? And what are you most looking forward to in the winter line-up?

Junk journaling (and associated tendencies of overconsumption) will be my 2026 hobby (*cough* vice *cough*) and I'm already ahead of the curve.

I started after my trip to Portugal with "supplies" I pooled from various stationery I bought but never used and I'm only being tempted to add more to it.

It's a meditative practice that's pretty challenging for me, as a historically online-only creative, exactly what I need going into the new year

If you follow trend predictions religiously like I do, this is my manifestation of the "analog hobby" trend – along with photography and maybe some actual journaling when I remember to do it.

What new hobbies are you picking up this year?

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