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Justin Welsh: $200,000, 100k Twitter Followers, 30k Emails in 5 Months

Must watch video!

Justin Welsh demonstrates exactly how he uses his Notion Content OS to write and distribute his content.

"This is a game. The people who do the deepest thinking about how to play it well are the ones who are going to win.

The amount of intentional thought that you put into these systems is why you are growing quicker than everyone else."

Big Idea: Justin Welsh is winning with frameworks and systems.

Related Links:

5,000 Twitter Followers. 90 Days. 1 Guide.

Justin Welsh was interviewed on the Craftsman Creative podcast.

via @fortheinterested

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How Tim Stoddart Built Several 7-Figure Business With SEO

Tim Stoddart of SoberNation and CopyBlogger talks about his multiple passive income businesses built off of SEO.

"If you can create content that aligns the solution to the problem with your business or your product, the conversion rate on the people reading your stuff is just so high."

Big Idea: Passive income is built with SEO. Almost everything else trades time for money.

youtube.com

34 Ways to Make Money as a Creator (with Examples)

Treyton DeVore shares many different ways creators can make money.

"When you have diversified income, you have power. Power to say “no” to opportunities that don’t align with your brand and power to flip the switch and stop working on projects that no longer bring enjoyment."

via @fortheinterested

creatorbread.com

Newsletters: is the best yet to come?

Interesting look at new Web3 tools that promise to turn newsletter audiences into communities with social tokens.

" If Web3 tools like Coinvise allow for developing tokenized communities whatever the sector, there are also tools dedicated specifically to content creators such as Mirror or Paragraph, which is positioned as a direct competitor of Substack. How so? By offering a complete editor experience with Web2 features — free post publishing, custom domain names... — but going a step further by adding a Web3 brick that was previously non-existent in other publishing tools. Among these new features, let's mention the possibility of subscribing via a wallet, the integration of NFT memberships, access to off-platform advantages for token holders or even publications hosted on Arweave's permaweb, which is censorship resistant."

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8 tips to get your first 1000 followers

"I’m always on the lookout for the best actionable tips to help people build and grow their audience.

So I asked on Twitter, “For those who’ve grown over 1,000 followers or subscribers, what is the #1 thing you attribute your success to?”

These are the best replies I got."

Bonus Idea: Alex Llull also writes about how he auctioned off his sponsorship position after losing a sponsor at the last minute. This is the second time I've heard this work.

mailerlite.com

When the Money's Just Too Damn Good

"Be careful what you do to pay the bills. You might just succeed at it."

"When you’re afraid you can’t earn a sufficient living from the thing you want to do, you find something else to earn that money for you. But then it’s hard to balance the two, especially if the money is really good. Success can be its own failure. You start a lifestyle business to fund your passion, then the business takes off and now you’re stuck managing employees and a Shopify store."

via @paulmillerd

nateliason.com

Foster's real-world guide to getting your first 1,000 email subscribers

We asked a dozen online writers how they got their first 1,000 subscribers. Here are their answers.

foster.co

It’s time for every podcaster to get on board with video podcasts

"Several surveys have shown that YouTube is one of the most-used platforms for podcast consumption right behind Apple and Spotify."

I definitely prefer YouTube to Spotify or Apple for my podcast consumption.

substack.com

Trends.vc - Cohort-Based Courses

"What is Cohort-Based Courses? Who are some popular instructors and what tools do they use? Find out if launching a Cohort-Based Course is right for you."

Long list of resources about Cohort-Based Courses (CBC)

Big Idea: CBCs get much higher engagement and completion rates than typical courses and also sell for a premium.

trends.vc

Featured Newsletter: Experiments in Permissionless Entrepreneurship

Jakob Greenfeld is one of the most interesting entrepreneurs I know. He shares very insightful ideas about startups, building an audience, and creativity.

New subscribers also get his must-read free ebook "A Skill Called Luck."

I highly recommend subscribing to Jakob's newsletter and following him on Twitter.

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Master Essential Creator Skills

Here is a selection of the best links I've found this week to level up your creator skills.

How Much YouTube Paid Me For 10,000,000 Views - aliabdaal

How to Find Long Tail Keywords using Free Tools - robertorobles

How to Make and Sell Shirts and Merchandise STEP by STEP - robertoblake via @thetilt

Ultimate Guide to Traditional Book Publishing - tiagoforte

How to launch #1 on Product Hunt - unusual.vc via @marketermilk

How to build real relationships on Twitter - justinwelsh

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