⚡ 💡 Million Dollar One Person Companies - IdeaEconomy 💡⚡

"3 case study examples: A babysitting company, a health and fitness e-book publisher, and even a beat-maker."

Big Idea: Solopreneurs can build big businesses.

via @fortheinterested

"No-code is a $16 billion market and is expected to grow to over $84 billion by 2027. And with good reason. No-code tools have lowered the barrier to creation, enabling the 99.7% of people who don’t know how to code to build everything from websites to complex web apps with little to no capital or outside help. "

Big Idea: It's getting easier to build complex apps with no-code and low-code tools. There are opportunities for creators to build services, directories, and SaaS apps like a startup, rather than just publish content.

Further Reading:
Ben Tossell started, grew, and sold the no-code community MakerPad to Zapier in 26 months. 
He started with no coding background and built the company to $450k in annual revenue. 

Here is the 7 video playlist for Khe Hy's $10k Summit.

There are interviews with James Clear, Stephanie Smith, Anne Laure Le Cunff, and more.

Big Ideas:
• Summits can still work to build an audience and attract people to upcoming product launches.
• Khe's idea of $10k per hour work is unique and memorable. Coining a phrase like this is briliant marketing.

"How to cast a witch-like spell on your readers...that would FORCE them to read EVERYTHING? A master thread."

via @gregbussmann

"Have a consulting side business? Follow this four-step plan to go from full-time employee to full-time consultant."

Colin and Samir explain what makes Khaby Lame the most successful creator on Tik Tok. Khaby doesn't even talk in his videos.

Big Idea: Simple content delivered with humour can be massively popular online.

Related: Emily Zugay does terrible redesigns of popular brands on Tik Tok. Many viewers don't seem to know that it's meant to be funny because of the deadpan delivery. 

via @fortheinterested

There are more than 60 real examples in this Twitter thread.

"I had to write four books before I could stop working my day jobs. That’s eight years! And I still have stuff I have to do all the time besides writing my books. Nearly every writer I know does."

Big Idea: Creating is hard. Don't quit your day job, unless you really are ready.

via @iainbroome

Massive two-part post on the history of the internet and predictions for Web3.

"If Web 1.0 made everyone a researcher, Web 2.0 made everyone a publisher, and Web 2.5 made everyone an asset – what will be our role in Web 3.0?

I think the internet’s third act could be just as formative to society as its genesis.

And it would accomplish this by making everyone an owner."

Part 2: Creating the New Frontier

Big Idea: Power is shifting from the platforms to decentralized ownership. No one knows what technologies will win, but creator tokens, DAOs, NFTs, and the Metaverse seem to be the way forward.

via @producthabits.com

"NFTs are not a fad."

"Let's talk about 3 industries where NFTs change the game:

1. Gaming
2. Real Estate
3. Education"

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

What Growth Marketing Really Means (+22 Strategies to Do It Right) - wordstream

10 Gold Standards Of Premier Cohort-Based Learning: How To Level Up Your Course Like Write of Passage - alexandra-allen via @juliasaxena.com

Core Web Vitals: A Guide to Improving Page Speed - semrush

How James Clear is Growing his Newsletter with Referrals - growthtools

Video Marketing: The Definitive Guide - backlinko

Before you write content for your keywords Do this! - morphymeri via @gregbussmann

The 13 Major Author Traps (& How To Avoid Them) - scribemedia