I raised $3M to make memes. 

Seriously.

I'm the founder of memelord.com, the meme marketing tool used by brands like Polymarket, Kalshi, Lovable, Morning Brew, Coinbase, Dude Wipes, HubSpot, and more.

Inc Magazine called memelord.com the "Canva of Memes", but "Canva on crack" is more accurate.

Memelord is the most unhinged software on the planet.

Built exclusively for meme marketing.

Get text message alerts for new viral memes. Make fully-done AI memes. Use our 1000s of meme videos to go viral. Jump on trends 10x faster, go viral 10x easier.

Jason ️

I just gave an elevator pitch about memes in an actual elevator to Gary Vaynerchuk  

I read his book about social media “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook” in high school. 

Today I got to give him a copy of my book “Memes Make Millions” and say thank you. 

Keep going.

People told me I was crazy.

Now we’re making them memelord millions. 

Been building on the internet since I was 12 years old. 

It’s just the beginning.

Jason Levin ✏️

Founder of Memelord.com • Raised $3M to make memes • Building tools for meme marketers • Author of “Memes Make Millions”

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I saw Gary Vaynerchuk talk about AI to 200 influencers in Miami yesterday

7 harsh truths from the goat:

1. “AI influencers are about to blow up. You hate it because it’ll take your money but it’s happening whether or not you like it”

2. “You hate on AI influencers as inauthentic but you peddle shit you don’t care about”

3. “The more selfless you are, the more you will win. When you’re selfish trying to just be famous you will lose. The more you care about giving your audience value, the more you will win. Everyone plateaus when they’re being more selfish than selfless.”

4. “There’s 8B on earth and about to be 100B ai influencers so you’ve gotta think about what value you’re bringing”

5. “Go even more niche. Attention is so fractionalized now most of you need to go more niche. You couldn’t do that 10 years ago but now you can.”

6. “You just don’t care enough about your community you’re looking at the metrics but don’t care about the people. I flew overnight from LA because I wanna be in the trenches with the community”

7. "We are entering a very weird time where everything is either AI or IRL. Get offline and spend time with your community IRL. AI can't do that."

I moved from NYC to Miami 1 month ago

3 non-obvious reasons Miami is beating NYC so far:

1. Crime

🗽 NYC = disorganized crime (crazy people pushing you on subway, doing drugs in subway, etc.)

🌴 Miami = organized crime (gangs, Russian mob, etc.)

Organized crime sounds worse because of movies, but disorganized crime is much scarier and higher anxiety (SF another great example)

2. Intelligence

🗽 NYC = average person is dumb and psychotically mean 

🌴 Miami = average person is dumb and nice

I hate being around stupid people, but unless you're isolated in the countryside or a monastery, you're forced to live amongst them. 

The average person is just happier here. We all have to be around idiots sometimes, but it's better to have nice idiots than evil ones.

3. Morning walks

🗽 NYC = crackheads, homeless guy taking a dump, anti-Semitic graffiti

🌴 Miami = beach

Enough said.

You wanna launch an iOS app???

Idk how to code but I raised $3M. here's all my learnings so far:

1. Solve your own problems first

Solve your own problems then use the magic of the internet to find people like you. 

You are not that unique. 

If you have a problem, so do other people.

This has been my entire philosophy building Memelord from day 1 to our $3M raise.

I wanted to get alerts of the newest trending memes so I wouldn’t have to doomscroll for new memes all the time. And I wanted them to show up on my canvas and have unlimited AI weird tools. Kinda like a mix of Google Alerts for memes and Adobe.

So that's what I built.

2. Obsess over craft.

Be a software artist. In the age of AI slop, be a rebel. 

Don't add more slop to the App Store, add art.

Sure, AI can vibe code some slop app nowadays in minutes, but real craftsmen don’t want slop. We want art.

My grandpa always told me “measure twice, cut once.” I feel like a lot of people these days ain’t even taking the time to measure bro.

Make art, not slop.

Spend the time and arguing with your team about UX, onboarding, and the little things like haptics (the cool vibrations). See pretty pictures here (https://lnkd.in/exVJeHui)

It's all part of the art.

3. Every app you’ve used is made by people no smarter than you (often dumber).

I don’t know how to code. 

None of my engineers had ever built an iOS app before. My CTO worked in the government this time last year.

yeah, there were a lot of challenges, both on the code side and dealing with the annoying app store approval process, but all I kept saying to my team was, "If other people figured it out, so can we? Everything is figure-out-able."

Full reflections here: https://lnkd.in/exVJeHui

“Memelord” is a remote job you can do from anywhere.

I bet no career counselor ever told you that.

But you can literally just make millions traveling the world and making memes and getting paid by brands

In the last 2 years, I’ve hit:

- Turks and caicos
- Costa Rica
- England
- Miami
- Arizona
- Colorado
- much much more

This summer I’ll be making memes from France, Alaska, and more.

Start memeing you never know where it’ll take you

Follow me, I'm finally showing behind the scenes turning memes into millions

Got a journalist to make my headshot me face-swapped as Steve Jobs ✅

You can just do things

I just got introduced to the biggest record label in the world (to discuss memes of course)

Why would labels care about memes???

Music marketers are using Memelord to break new songs by putting their music behind meme videos 

“There’s a Cold War right now for meme videos on TikToks. Every label has a room full of kids putting their artists’ music behind meme vids”

If you’re a musician, you should be taking your memes seriously.

Every record label is!

Nikola Kotláriková

DISCLOSURE: This post contains a rant. Please prepare yourselves mentally: 


Please. I ask you, no, I beg you wholeheartedly. 

Don’t use those AI-generated slop comments. 

The problem is that AI often: 
– Fully or largely replicates existing text without adding anything new. 
– Adds completely pointless things, like a two-line comment followed by “✨✨✨✨🚀”. 
– Writes extremely long comments that no one has time to read. 

When you don’t have anything to say, just stay quiet. 
Sometimes, silence is gold. 😀 

And when you do want to comment: 
→ Say something constructive. 
→ Be funny or speak from your own experience. 
→ And yes, you can use AI, but ideally only to polish your grammar. I use it too. 

Okay. Calming down my adrenaline and dopamine levels now. 

Back to work. (And meaningful commenting.)

🦄 Nika Kotláriková

LinkedIn Expert and LinkedIn Growth Marketer for CEOs & Founders 📣 I architect, build, manage, and scale LinkedIn personal brands that drive visibility, trust, and opportunities.

LinkedIn blocked my account (again). This time for 72 hours. Did you miss me?  
By the way: 

I recommend this platform to apply another photo frame, "Constantly banned on LinkedIn", to their portfolio. 

I think it would be just as popular as the frames "Open to work" and "Hiring". 

What do you think?

It’s going to sound a bit toxic, but I need to say it aloud: 


I hate 9 – 5 in-office work, especially in the creative industry. 

You are not creative from 9 to 5. 
That’s simply not how creativity works. 

I remember being an intern a few years ago at one of the best advertising agencies in my country, and they had a very strict in-office schedule. 

After sitting there for 8 hours, locked between four walls, I didn’t come up with a single usable idea. 😀 

The ideas came later: 
– Around 11 PM in the shower 
– During weekend walks in the park 
– When I was sitting at home on the toilet, just staring into nothing 

I felt it was a waste of my time + freedom, as I had to stay in one place for 8 hrs, while my work often spilled into my free time as ideas came outside the office. 

Yesterday, I also read a post by Kilian Markert. 

The TL;DR of that post was that the problem is not that “remote work is inefficient,” but rather about: 
– WHO you hire, 
– HOW you manage them, and 
– HOW you track progress + time. 

This applies to the creative industry, too. 

Don’t lock creatives in a cage. 

Give them the freedom to explore the world and new ideas. 

It will benefit both them and you. 

Just make sure you have the fundamentals that Kilian mentioned in his post, and you will still get the creative output you need. 

I think I said everything I wanted to say. 

[P.S. If it were up to me and I had the budget, I would send creatives to travel the world, let them absorb experiences like a sponge, and then go wild in their creation.] 🙂

LinkedIn: Engage more to grow your network. 
Also LinkedIn: We restricted your account for engaging too much. 💀 

This has been haunting me for 3 months straight, and I don't use any automation tools. I do everything manually. 

LinkedIn can penalise you for almost anything: 
– Engaging too much 
– Using the 3rd party tools 
– Viewing too many profiles 
– Sending too many messages 
– Sending too many connection requests, etc. 

Even Premium users aren't safe. 

I can't imagine this would happen to my clients who have put real effort, time, and money into building their presence here. 

It's demotivating. 

Until LinkedIn fixes this, the best you can do is: 
→ Stay moderate / controlled with your activity 
→ Keep a backup account 
→ Build an email list 
→ Avoid the 3rd party tools
→ Connect with someone on LinkedIn's internal team 

TL;DR: You don't own this platform or your audience. Don't rely on it blindly.

I noticed one pattern among people who grew massively on LinkedIn. 
What is that? 

Their massive growth started when one of their posts went viral. 

For example, Jasmine Gathoga had a viral post in October 2025 (~9k followers), and since then gained a large number of new followers (~24k). 

I have seen this pattern among many creators on LinkedIn as well as on X. 

Having a post go viral encourages creators to: 
– analyse it 
– experiment with topics 
– spend more time posting and staying active on the platform 

In other words: 
The effort of posting and the potential results accumulate over time. 
The more intentionally you post, the higher your chances of breaking through. 

I also had one post go viral in September 2025, which motivated me to post more frequently and consistently. 

3 weeks ago, I had another post go viral. 

Overall, I grew in impressions, engagement, and followers. 

→ Keep posting. 
→ Keep interacting. 
→ That more viral post will come. 

And most importantly, don’t get discouraged. 
(This is also the TL;DR of this post.)

After last week's post turned me into a meme, I have just one message for you: 


POST! 

This is proof that LinkedIn hasn't been just a career platform for a long time. 

It's become a creator platform, and yes, a little cringe sometimes. 

But that's a good thing. 

Your post might inspire someone else to create their own. 

It sets off a content domino effect. 

👉 Educate. 
👉 Entertain. 
👉 Repost something with your own thoughts. 

It's not just Matt or 🏴‍☠️ Bill doing it. 
Louis Butterfield or Eli Sundelson, and many others, are doing it, too. 

By the way, I've been receiving the kindest messages from you. 

Thank you for all the support. 

It's the kind of motivation that keeps me going. 

Happy Monday! 

[Photos from private DMs were shared with the authors' permission.]

🚨 IMPORTANT: My LinkedIn account was restricted for 48 hours. 
Let's go through these points so you can avoid the same little drama 👇 

I lost access to my account and couldn't reach support. 

BUT 

I managed to get partial help from the LinkedIn Help account on X via DMs. 
They provided me with a form to submit my case and create a support ticket. 

❓ So, what were the reasons? 

According to their response, these were the triggers: 

• 𝗠𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 
– They suspected automation, but I engage manually. 
– Solution: Check your browser plugins and extensions and the access you gave to certain tools. 
– Navigation: Settings & Privacy → Data Privacy → Manage Data Permissions. 

• 𝗠𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗜𝗗 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 
– Solution: I had to remove my unicorn emoji and switch from my nickname to my official name. 🦄 Nika Kotláriková → Nikola Kotláriková 

• 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 
– I have a backup account and was asked to either merge or close it. 
– Solution: I had to list the emails and profile links of accounts I wanted to remove. 

There's still a chance my account could be banned completely. 
I'm doing my best to engage with you all, but... rules are rules. 

For now:
– I'll be moderating my activity a little. 
– If you'd like to stay in touch regardless, feel free to drop me a DM with your email, just so we don't lose each other. 

P.S. 1: LinkedIn support was actually really collegial. 
P.S. 2: The 48-hour ban had one benefit (I got to enjoy a forced digital detox).  P.S. 3: I used that free time meaninglessly. By wasting it on X. 

But so happy to be back. :D

TL;DR: LinkedIn is bul*ying me, but I'm still finding my way to be with you.

I share educational content: 
– 8 impressions 
– 2 likes – one from me and another from some desperate guy who accidentally hit the like button. 

I share something dumb and: 
– 12,654 impressions 
– 379 likes 
– 212 comments 
– 34 reposts 
– 15 followers gained 
– 3 job offers 

Every. Single. Time. 

Guys, why are we settling for less than mediocre? 😭

6 months ago, I spent 2 days on a hackathon deck. Last week, I discovered a tool that could do it in 30 min. 🤦‍♀️ Nwm. It can all be done in 6 simple steps: 

1. Connect the Gamma app to Claude. 
2. Brainstorm the presentation structure and text with Claude. 
3. Ask Gamma to apply the text to the presentation. (No need to leave a dashboard.) 
4. Optionally, extract information from Notion / Gmail – I keep my ideas in email.
5. Ask Claude to summarise those texts from Gmail. 
6. Ask Gamma to update the presentation with the new data. 

Guys... 

This tool was released a few weeks ago. 

If it had existed half a year ago, I could have slept like a normal human being instead of messing with text alignment, photos, and formatting during the night. 

At least now I know this option exists, so next time I’ll save time and nerves. 

BTW, with the help of Gamma, I created a presentation on:

👉 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝗞 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀

If you want the presentation, comment:

DECK

Guys, we’re almost there. Just a few more hours until the end of the workweek, and the long-awaited weekend is here… and in 2 days...

back into the hamster wheel again. 

Business owners: keep working like mules even on Saturday and Sunday, who really needs sleep anyway? 🥂

This post drew me 107 profile visits. 0 effort for graphic design. Just 2 sentences. Why did it work so well? 👇 

Because of 2 things: 

1) I used a native LinkedIn celebratory graphic design 

Work anniversaries, job changes, and promotions are platform-generated milestones. 

Historically, these posts: 
– Generate high engagement rates 
– Trigger notifications to connections 
– Encourage congratulatory comments 

So LinkedIn already has strong performance data on them. 

When something consistently performs well, the algorithm becomes more confident in distributing it more widely during early testing. 

2) I interrupted the pattern 

AKA turned a well-known celebratory post into a cringe MEME. 

The post brought: 
– 11,514 Impressions 
– 463 reactions 
– 213 comments 
– 22 followers 
– 5 saves 
– 3 reposts 
– 3 resends 

You know the saying: work smart, not hard. 

So this is the execution. 😅

I often hear that you should replicate already well-performing posts on LinkedIn, and success will follow. Cool. But have you ever thought about this? 

Someone has to come up with those posts in the first place. 

Someone has to have the courage to test, experiment, risk their reputation, and be willing to feel uncomfortable. 

At the very least, if you copy, give credit. 

Those people are the real heroes. 

---------- 

And now, excuse me, I’m going to awkwardly embarrass myself by writing something weird (or maybe even viral) 🤷‍♀️. We’ll see.

How to start posting when you’re just getting started on LinkedIn? 

Definitely try these 10 things: 

1. Research creators with high engagement. 

2. Analyse their content. 

3. Think about how you could reuse their structure for your industry or case with slight adjustments. 

4. Ask ChatGPT what works and why it works that way – look for the reasoning behind it. 

5. If possible, prepare 6 – 7 pieces of content in one day (so you have the whole week planned). 

6. Ask ChatGPT for recommendations on how to improve your drafts. 

7. After posting, engage with people for at least the first 60 minutes – reply to as many comments as you can. 

8. Return to the post the next day – reply again and consider reposting it. 

9. At the end of the week, analyse which content performed best. You can reuse the format later with a different topic or angle. 

10. Repeat. 

This is what I outlined in my communication with Mamesi Lamoen, and I believe it’s worth sharing publicly, because everyone deserves a more structured and consistent feed. 

------ 

If you think this is useful for your friends who want to get started with LinkedIn: 

🔁 Repost this

Yesterday’s post about massive growth on LinkedIn brought me 20 new connections and 50+ profile visits. I’m not surprised at all why: 

People want to know the secret formula for growth. 
Success attracts attention. 

It’s simple: 
1. Talk about the platform and the latest insights/news. 
2. Show your progress and results. 
3. Show how you achieved those results – provide steps. 
4. Also show what to avoid. (This is important too.) ⚠️ 

If you demonstrate a replicable, proven growth process, you build trust and position yourself as an authority. 

And people will come. People will follow. People will want to know more.

Besides the 20 mentioned connections, this post also brought: 
– About ~7 people who reached out to me via DMs. 
– And a potential collaboration (a sponsor). 

When you help others grow, you grow too. 

I will be posting more content about LinkedIn on this profile. 

If you want to understand personal brand growth... 

Follow me. 
🦄 Nika Kotláriková 

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(P.S. The DM screenshot was posted with permission.)

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What should we focus on for LinkedIn in 2026? 👇 

I'll be brief: 

• Which formats work best 
• How to structure the text 
• When and how often to post 
• How visuals support the message 
• Which topics resonate with the audience 
• How to grab attention in the first 2–3 lines 
• How to make content easy to skim and memorable 
• How to engage your audience (comments, replies, questions) 
• How to measure what actually works and optimise your strategy 
• Who are the best-performing creators and top voices (to learn from them) 

When you go with this solid starter pack, you won’t need anything else. Fr.

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