Niall Doherty makes more than $25k per month largely from comprehensive, honest reviews of make-money-online courses. His income comes mainly from affiliate commissions from people buying the classes.

It takes a lot of work to create detailed reviews like this, but it can be a lucrative creator opportunity. This can be done for other niches.

Alex Garcia started the Marketing Examined newsletter in November 2020 and now has over 200k subscribers across 5 different newsletters.

Justin Welsh shares how he uses both his newsletter and social media to get more attention to his content.

Summary:
"► Create content with a specific newsletter issue (or article) in mind.
► Make sure each newsletter has embedded Tweets or other content.
► Make sure a large portion of your social content has links to newsletter issues.
► As long as you have these things in order, it’s pretty simple to arrange the pieces to put your readers in a engagement loop of wonderful content."

Big Ideas:
► Ryan's million-dollar blueprint: 4 products doing 25 sales a day at a $30 price point is a million-dollar business.
► Amazon rewards creators who send traffic to purchase products. Creators have an advantage over most ecommerce businesses without an audience.
► It's possible to get to 25 sales a day in 60 to 90 days with even a small audience.
► It's not about having original products, it's the audience you serve.
► Make influencers partners in the company to maximize commitment.

Simon Ownens interviews former journalist Eric Newcomer about his Substack newsletter.

They have an interesting discussion on creators versus journalists. It's not necessary to be hired by traditional publications. Talented creators can be much more successful on their own.

Big Ideas:
► He started his own newsletter to have more creative freedom with his content.
► Within a year he had over 1000 paying subscribers at $150 per year.
► He holds a tech conference that is an important revenue source for his business.