⚡7 Ways To Create Your Own Opportunities, $400k as a Digital Creator, The Perfect Sign-up Page

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This is Growth Currency⚡ #57 — your weekly digital side of fries 🍟

A special welcome to the 16 newest members of the Growth Currency⚡ newsletter community, including Steve, Jesse, Jordana, Alicia, Eve, Jonas, and Juan —to name a few!

Thank you for giving me a little bit of space in you inbox. 🙏

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A Special Note About Ukraine 🇺🇦

This isn't a current events or political newsletter.

I rarely discuss anything outside of the cozy & fluffy confines of the creator economy. The worst days as a creator are nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are experiencing. It puts *everything* into perspective.

I'm devastated to see what's going on in Ukraine. I'm also inspired and in awe of the bravery demonstrated by the people of Ukraine fighting for their country and their freedom.

If you'd like to help, there are ways we can all support.
I got this list of support resources from Not Boring's latest edition, along with a Twitter List of 62 Twitter accounts to follow for credible news:

→ Come Back Alive​
→ Ukrainian Red Cross
→ Voices of Children​

→ Ukraine-Russia Twitter List (h/t Noah Smith)

🙏 🇺🇦

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GROWTH INSIGHTS | How To Create More Opportunities

Opportunity doesn’t just fall into your lap. Though it appears that way for some successful folks.

“Wow, another overnight success! Lucky...”

Truth is, these people aren’t lucky. They created opportunity for themselves. Last week I wrote about my brother who we always considered lucky.

But he created his own luck—by creating more opportunities for it.

So how can you create more luck (ie. opportunities) for yourself? Here are a few I've leveraged to create some of my own. Try a few and let me know what happens ;)

7 Ways To Create More Opportunities For Yourself

#1 Make some noise. The best way to start creating opportunity is to let people know you exist. It sounds simple. But if you're not making noise, nobody knows what you do. They don’t even know you exist. If you're like me, you have a mountain of unpublished work. Publish it! Then promote it! Star making a little noise.

#2 Start engaging with people. Engage with people in real life, engage with people on LinkedIn, on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram. Anywhere you can engage with people—engage. It's worked for me, and it's worked for people who were trying to get my attention. Don't be annoying (nobody likes "the reply guy") but be helpful, humorous and informative.

#3 Find your tribe. This will take some exploration. It took me 10 months. Those in your tribe have similar interests and goals and they're looking for similar opportunities. A rising tide lifts all boats. A common tribe refines ideas. Your tribe might be hanging out on Twitter, but maybe they're actually on Reddit, or Instagram or—god forbid—Facebook. PS: The more you do #1 above (making noise), the more signal you'll get from like-minded people.

#4 Start putting your work out there. This goes beyond engaging with others. You’re now showcasing your portfolio of expertise, what you're capable of, and what you're learning. You can show people what you're creating and building. Sharing it with people will help you figure out what's working. Build in public, write in public, learn in public—and publish in public. Share your work.

#5 Connect with key influencers in your space. Send them DMs, ask them to co-host a Twitter Space, guest on your podcast episode, a hop on a zoom call, cohost a workshop or webinar. Whatever. But you have to ask. They say yes and bam—a new connection. The worst thing that can happen because they say no. Rejection is not failure. It's just an answer.

#6 Be consistent. Consistency breeds opportunity. Simple as that. So be consistent. Make it daily, make it often. Connect daily. Engage daily.

#7 Leverage others’ audiences. Go on others’ podcasts, write guest posts. Ask for a retweet. Hop into their Clubhouse room. Collaborate on a YouTube video or webinar. Get in front of their audience by showcasing your personality, knowledge, and content.

Implement these strategies and you’ll find opportunities suddenly start falling in your lap, too.

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YOUR GROWTH CURRENCY ⚡ THIS WEEK

"Knowledge is the currency of growth."
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⚡The ABC's of Idea Generation by Ali Abdaal
​Ideas are abundant if you look and listen close enough. Ali has 3 unique strategies to help you generate more ideas:

A - Ask Your Audience
​B - Birdsong Technique
​C - Coal Mining

(Here's how Ali plugs his ideas into Notion and turns them into YT video gold)

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⚡How to write Gumroad Sales Page by Ivan Romanovich
​To create this post, Ivan analyzed over 50 successful products on Gumroad and grouped the best practices into categories. Swipe this and refer to it next time you're building your Gumroad page.

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⚡Here are my 6 income streams as a full-time creator—and how you can do it by Niharika Kaur Sodhi [🧵]
​Niharika has over 5k followers on Medium and has made a full-time living as a creator. Here are her 6 Income Streams (read the thread for how to apply them for yourself!):

1. Writing
2. Consulting
3. Paid publishing platforms
4. Affiliates
5. Cohort-based Course
6. Digital Products

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⚡The Perfect Newsletter Sign-up Page (with Examples) by Jens Lennartsson
​LOVE this by Jens. I need to take his advice and tweak my newsletter sign-up page...

⚡Make & Market Newsletter by Jens Lennartsson
​Make & Market is a newsletter for makers that hate marketing. Jens always steps up with killer content about how to make newsletters and your email marketing efforts BETTER. Get weekly strategies and tactics to grow your audience 🔥

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⚡From Burned Out Executive to Making $400,000 As A Digital Writer & Creator by Justin Welsh
​You need to watch this Justin Welsh interview 🤯 with the Ship 30 For 30 team. The link starts near the 17-minute mark where Justin shows you his system for creating viral content. It's mind-blowing.

Thank you for reading this week amidst these troubling and dark times.

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One more time, for Ukraine:

→ Come Back Alive​
→ Ukrainian Red Cross
→ Voices of Children​

→ Ukraine-Russia Twitter List (h/t Noah Smith)

If you'd like to show your support for Growth Currency, you can leave me a tip here instead support Ukraine at the links above.

And in case you missed it, here are last week's most popular links:

#1: This is How I Make $5,000/mo Writing Online (Even though I'm "ordinary") by Jon Brosio [🧵]​
​#2: ​How I promote my content by Harry Dry

Peace and platonic love,

Dylan

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