What Levers Do Successful Creators Pull, 20 Copywriting Tips, Creator Education Opportunities
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This is Growth Currency⚡ #59 — your weekly dose of creator inspo ✨
A special welcome to the 18 newest members of the Growth Currency⚡ newsletter community, including Jack, Octavia, Kevin, Kelli, Kent, Sergio, and Alex—to name a few!
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GROWTH INSIGHTS | The Creator Levers For Success
Growth is hard. Simple as that. This tweet by Tim resonated with me pretty hard.
March 15th 2022
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Growth in all forms has felt like a slog lately.
Twitter isn't serving up my goods to the almighty algo.
This ol' newsletter is the little engine that could, slowly chugging up by a few subscribers each week—but nothing like the 40-50 new weekly subscriber gains from June through September.
Growth, quite simply, is hard.
So I'm going to recommit myself to the Three Creator Levers for Success.
THREE LEVERS FOR CREATOR SUCCESS
The most successful creators I've seen do this.
They Consume. They Create. And they Promote.
But doing all three is a delicate balance.
YOUR GROWTH CURRENCY ⚡ THIS WEEK
"Knowledge is the currency of growth."
⚡ Ann Handley on Creative Elements podcast with Jay Clouse
Ann is the creator's creator. She is a writer, a speaker, a teacher, a marketer, and a newsletter—dare I say—guru? I learned a LOT and got crazy inspired by her recent chat with Jay.
Learn...
→ the 2 questions Ann asks new subscribers that get a 30-40% response rate
→ the most important metric she uses to measure her success
→ how to differentiate yourself in a sea of 'How-to' content
⚡7 ways you can get subscribers to actually read your emails by Khe Hy [🧵]
The title is self-explanatory. Khe has sent more than 3 million emails (aggregated) with his RadReads newsletter. And he rocks a 54% open rate. That's no joke 🤯
March 7th 2022
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⚡ 8 Counterintuitive Marketing Strategies That Actually Work by Amanda Natividad
I love these. Reminds me of the timeless "do things that don't scale" advice—plus another 7 to make you think.
My personal fave:
"Give away valuable info to get paying customers."
⚡20 Copywriting Tips You Should Hang On Your Wall by Nicolas Cole
Nicolas' words have made millions of dollars online. These tips are worth printing out 💯.
March 9th 2022
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» Avoid the word “better” at all costs
» Be a painkiller, not a vitamin
» Never blame the customer
» Teach, don’t sell
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⚡The Creator Academy | COHORT 2 [Start: March 28th, 2022] with Jessie van Breugel
My good friend Jessie is launching his second cohort for his The Creator Academy course (formerly From Consumer To Creator). Jessie is a personal branding expert who has helped me with my Growth Currency brand, among many others. Get a head-start in the creator economy with The Creator Academy.
Included:
→ 1-hour 1-on-1 Assessment
→ 8x Workgroup Sessions
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→ 60-minutes 1-on-1 Assessment
→ 24/7 Access to Vibrant Slack Channels
→ 8 Chapters of Course Content
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Thanks for checking out the GC⚡ newsletter this week.
With Ukraine still in our thoughts, please consider the links below.
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→ Come Back Alive
→ Ukrainian Red Cross
→ Voices of Children
→ Ukraine-Russia Twitter List (h/t Noah Smith)
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And in case you missed it, here are last week's most popular links:
#1: Reverse-engineering content monetization by Dylan Redekop (me!)
#2: How I Made $7,500 in ONE WEEK Selling an E-Book by Simon Høiberg
Other Growth Currency⚡ Resources:
→ The Ultimate Creator Database of Awesomeness
→ How To Start, Grow, and Optimize a Thriving Newsletter Community
Peace and platonic love,
Dylan
PS: If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them.
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⚡7 Ways To Create Your Own Opportunities, $400k as a Digital Creator, The Perfect Sign-up Page
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Justin Welsh created his own opportunities to earn $400k. So can you.
Getting lucky on purpose, Making $5k per month writing online, Ladders of Wealth Creation
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Getting lucky has less to do with luck and more to do with this.
Don't start a blog. Do this instead...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Blogs are outdated and inefficient. There is a better way!
The Triumphant (?) Return, How To Generate 100 Ideas in 30 Minutes, The Milk Road 🍼
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Back after a hiatus with a banger of an edition for YOU.
#52: Reflection & a favor, 10 tips to write better, the best FREE software
Thursday, January 13, 2022
With the one year anniversary comes one small favor to ask.
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