Hey, there Must Reader - yes it is Friday! I hope you are all keeping well and got used to being at home. Must-Reads this week is a mix of great reads, inspirational stories and huge amounts of free content being made available.

👍Hits of the week 👍: 

If you are anything like me and you listen to DJ sets at work, some of the biggest and best DJs have been mixing from their kitchens, bedrooms, and spaceship for free across Instagram, Facebook and YouTube live. 🎶 Here is a playlist I created of recent live DJ sets on YouTube 🎶

👟 Weekend Update 👟

The Nike Airmax is timeless and most likely created many sneakerhead obsessions. Nike released its documentary on Friday and it’s a must-watch

😍 The Must-Reads Of The Week 😍 

This week's handpicked stories are 600 words long, reading time of about 5 minutes.

• 👥 Looking for guides and matrixes to help your team or colleagues? Here’s 4 that will greatly help

• 🏡 Apparently there are two things that help you smash working from home

• 🥛 Why the milkman has come back to popularity

• 🗣 Here are some must-watch TED talks

• 🥁 Why brands love hip-hop artists

• 💭 Slack CEO Stuart Butterfield wrote an incredible and detailed tweetstorm explaining the last few weeks and has much it has impacted him, his business and the tough decisions and processes he has had to go through.

• 🕺Epic Games have released a publishing label This is big news for gaming and shows companies are doubling down in the metaverse 

• ⬆️ Reddit can be really useful - this week’s good find are alternative uses of everyday products

• 📊 Reddit is also releasing polls this week Polls as a product feature peak interest and increase usage of products, expect this to be popular with Redditors and then brands.

• 💄 Why the beauty and fashion industry are going to be taking AR a whole lot more seriously 

• 👄 Tiktok’s creators are creating brand movements, this down to its creativity, Fenty Beauty is now (& rightly) embracing it

• 💻 Are you still struggling to find the right tools while WFH? Here is a good list of options 

• 👾 How early marketing campaigns for online gaming platforms suggested toxicity isn't a bug, it's a feature 

• 🎮 The best computer games of 2020 Don’t worry it is not just animal crossing as the everyone is talking about

• 🙃 How to make the most of your job today 

• ➡️ If you are looking to create a crowdfunding campaign or need some help, here is a deck I created on how to succeed crowdfunding

👏 Content Corner 👏

• ⏯ Video: Great interview (video) with Chief Content Content at Netflix and media powerhouse Jason Hirschhorn

• 🎧 Podcast: How to create users superpowers with design with Slack VP of design and ProductHunt

• 👊 A lot of brands are offering free content, if you’re an old school WWF fan, WWE has opened up Wrestlemania content.

• 🥋 The UFC has also added a number of fights onto YouTube  

Food Deliveries 🥘 If you live in 🇬🇧 then Paula from TheLDNDiaries has created a great post on alternative ways and providers to get food and drink orders delivered 🥤

❤️You Made It To The End❤️

Special thanks for those who replied to last week’s newsletter and let me know they enjoyed the newsletter or caught up over a virtual coffee - the same offer applies this week.

Thanks again for reading this week’s Must Read’s. Please go and have a good weekend!  Take care of yourself, please. 

Danny Denhard - About Me: 19 years in Marketing, Product, Growth and as a  Crowdfunding business leader. You will want to see my RIP to the CMO role presentation and I will be speaking at the Festival Of Marketing, read my Q&A interview. Most importantly, I write this weekly Must Reads Newsletter. 

🚨 As of April, I will have limited availability for full-time advisory or consultancy work 🚨

Disclaimer: All views & recommendations are my own until you click through on the stories.This week’s gifs are from Giphy.