Next Avenue: ‘This social media deal is WAY different’ — How I became an influencer and TV host at 65

This article is reprinted by permission from . Pat Pattison wants you to know his article was written with help from his fellow TV associate and former BBC anchor Jacqui Harper.

As we all know, this is the age of social media. Cat videos get 20 million views; 16-year-old YouTube millionaires! Going viral has become a coveted aspirational verb. I’m proud, and more than a little surprised, to say that at 65 I’ve become a social media influencer, too. Also, a TV travel host.

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