Yesterday, I shared a list of some potentially well-known accounts in the Money Twitter space who read my emails daily.

The reason for this was to give me some extra authority and drive some clicks (and sales) to my course.

Or at least, that’s the reason most people probably noticed. And it’s true. It did help me got some clicks (and sales).

But it did more than just that.

You see. Getting clicks (and sales), while welcome, wasn’t the main purpose of that tactic.

There are so many stories I could tell. Different flexes I could make. Different testimonials I could share. All of them would get me more clicks (and sales).

No. This was different.

It had an added benefit.

The added benefit of getting replies. Imagine you saw your name mentioned in an email. Wouldn’t you reply to it?

I know you would. I know because over half of the people on that list replied.

But that’s not all.

I could’ve never created a list that included everyone noteworthy who’s on my list.

So a few people replied mentioning they’re on my list as well.

One of them was the queen of productivity @ItsElleCheron herself. Another one was @audrlo our favorite community builder who just passed 1,000 followers in less than 35 days.

So let this be a reminder.

In business, as in life. There’s always more going on than you think.

That being said, there’s still one more benefit my last email provided me with. (this email as well in fact).

A benefit so big that it can change the entirety of how your readers perceive you. A small little detail so important it can be the difference between having trouble selling a $50 note for $1 and people camping in front of their computer, wanting to be the first ones to buy your newly released $500 course.

And yet, something almost everyone overlooks and doesn’t think twice about when sending their emails. (I’ve only ever seen 1 person in the past 7 months talk about this)

Think you know what it is? Reply to this email with what you think the 3rd benefit is and I’ll let you know whether you’re right or wrong.

But if you truly want to learn more about this 3rd benefit. Or if you want to learn more about writing emails in general. Specifically, emails that get you paid while keeping your readers reading day after day.

Then check out my course Simple Money Emails here:

https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/SME

Lately, I’ve been learning more about marketing, sales, and copywriting.

Learning what makes people tick. And how to use it to help my audience even better. (If you think psychology-based sales and marketing is unethical then you’re not in the right place and you might consider unsubscribing)

No, I want to make an impact on people’s (financial) life. I want to help them improve their situation and guide them to a better tomorrow.

I need to know sales and marketing to do so.

So I picked up Ca$hvertising recently. For some reason I’m going through the book really slowly (I’m currently on page 38), but that’s alright. It goes really in-depth and there’s so much value inside.

Just today I came across a highly valuable principle called Ego Morphing.

The basis of this principle states that most of the purchases we make are because of our ego. By purchasing the ‘right stuff’, people enhance their own egos and rationalize away their inadequacies.

Here’s where the morphing part comes in (taken from the book):

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“Your goal [as a copywriter/marketer] is to cause consumers to become so closely associated with the product’s image that it almost becomes a part of their own identity; thus, you’re ‘morphing’ their ego to fit your product. By representing your product through carefully chosen images and personalities, you can persuade your prospects that, by purchasing or using your wares, they’ll immediately become associated with these images and attitudes.”

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Now, there’s a lot to unpack.

First, you’ll have to realize just how effective this is, even to a broad audience.

By showing the correct images you’ll make people (want to) relate to the characteristics. The people who do possess these characteristics (money, freedom, beauty, power, intelligence, …) will buy your products to show their ‘ego’ to the world.

People who don’t possess these characteristics will still buy your products because they’ll want to appear as if they do have them.

Long story short: think about your product. What are the characteristics it represents? Does owning/using it suggest qualities to the world that people would want to flaunt?

If you’re a personal trainer. Do you have celebrities you’ve trained in the past? Use these to advertise so people can appeal to their egos and say “I train with the guy who trained [insert celebrity here]”.

If you have an email list where you talk about monetizing a creator business, work 3 hours a day, love bananas, and get consistent sales writing these emails. Do you have known names in the industry on your email list who enjoy reading them?

Maybe that last one reminds you of a certain individual, maybe it doesn’t.

Either way, the answer is yes. Take a look at this:

• @ImLogz

• @ItsEshana

• @JakobRisley

• @glennwrites1

• @ionutzkazaku

• @Alex_elnaugh

• @stoicnoorman

• @ImCharlieBullen

• @thejoshuageelen

• @DesignYourTribe

• @ItsLeonBekteshi

• @codybeddows

• @theshrawankc

• @ShronLande

• @1Chris_Ryan

• @rublychan

• @Ryanhlew

Now, I don’t know every single person on my list. There’s only so much an email reveals. So if you feel you belong on that list and I didn’t include you. Let me know.

But at one point in time I discovered these wonderful people were on my list.

And this brings me to my course Simple Money Emails, where I’ll teach you 1) how to write simple emails that get you paid 2) how to keep your readers reading day after day 3) how to write captivating stories so you’ll build an engaged list and attract names like these to your list 4) and much more that’s waiting for you to discover.

Don’t believe my word for it. Read the sales page, check out the testimonial, the results I’ve gotten, and the possibilities it’ll offer you.

As usual, here’s the link again to end my email: https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/SME

Ascend 101

Lessons about building a one-person business, writing, and self-improvement

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When I first came to Twitter my only goal was to start making money and build my one-person business.

It took me a long long time and I made plenty of mistakes. Mistakes I didn’t have to make.

I simply didn’t know what I was doing. I experimented a lot, had crappy offers, never made any money for a long time, and often thought about quitting.

That’s until I realized the power of an email list.

The most successful people on Twitter don’t generate their income from Twitter.

So I started putting all of my efforts into my email list and I saw my income increase gradually and consistently.

I started making more money while even doing less work.

I stopped relying on viral tweets and weekly giveaways. And it did wonders for me.

Here’s the exact roadmap that made my business succeed and it’s the only roadmap I’d use if I ever had to start over again. (which I don’t because I have an email list)

The Roadmap

Step 1) Build an Audience on Twitter (X)

A functional business needs traffic.

And the easiest way to get traffic is to build a following on social media. I recommend Twitter (also known as X now).

It’s got the fastest feedback loop of any platform. You can post 10 times a day if you want and test out all of your ideas.

Seeing how your ideas perform and which ones resonate more than others is key to building a profitable business.

Anyone who can tweet 3 times a day can build a following.

Step 2) Build an email list

The next step would be to build an email list.

Social media is great to get a huge amount of traffic for free. But that traffic isn’t yours.

You can lose it at any given moment. And most platforms don’t like it when you advertise your products or services.

For this reason, you’ll want to get people off Twitter and onto your email list.

Start building one as soon as possible.

Learn how to scale an email list, how to write emails, and how to stay consistent as early as you can.

These skills compound with time. The earlier you start. The more money you’ll make.

Step 2.5) Affiliate marketing

I’ve called this step 2.5 because this is optional.

You don’t have to do this, you can still build a profitable email business without this step.

But I highly recommend you to start out affiliate marketing for a number of reasons.

One of them is that early on you probably won’t have an offer in place.

You’re still learning how everything works and you have no idea what you want to do. But that doesn’t mean you can’t earn money already.

This is where affiliate marketing comes in handy. It allows you to pick a product from someone else.

Preferably one that’s selling and has a lot of social proof.

This way you can practice your copy in the emails you’ll write.

And even though your copy won’t be perfect. You’ll still earn money because of the sheer popularity and quality of the product.

Step 3) Build a high-ticket offer

Many people think the next step would be to create their own product.

But that’s not the best way to go about it actually.

For one, you don’t have any experience yet. You don’t know what’s going to appeal to people or even what pain points they’re struggling with.

Let alone that you know how to solve them for others. What works for you might not work for others.

This is why it’s recommended to create a high-ticket offer first. Think freelancing, coaching, consulting, or tutoring.

Something where you work 1 on 1 with (or for) the client.

Get some experience in the field and start creating your own systems.

You’ll also be able to start earning loads of money early on with this method.

Step 4) Build a product

Once you’ve got more experience it’s time to finally build your product.

The good thing about a (digital) product is the enormous amount of leverage. All you have to do is create it once and you’ll be able to keep selling it forever.

It’s almost an infinite money-making machine if you do it right.

The best type of products you could create are the systems you’ve developed in step 3) with your high-ticket offer.

You’ve experienced the common problems people have and you’ve created systems that are able to help them.

All you have to do now is to package these systems up nicely into a digital product.

From here on you can use your email list to keep promoting your products regularly and keep earning money from them.

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1. Hop on a Clarity Call with me: Remove all of your uncertainty. Get clear on what you have to do, when you have to do it, and how. Let’s get you on the right track to achieving the freedom you deserve.

2. Work 1-on-1 with me: We’ll determine where you stand and where you want to go. Then we’ll devise a roadmap to get you from A to B that’ll get you there in the next 30–60 days.

3. Check out my products (free & paid): Ranging from every resource I ever read to everything I know about content creation. It’s all waiting for you to claim it. Start your journey to financial freedom the right way.

Today’s the last day to buy Simple Money Emails AND get 3 amazing bonuses for free. More information at the end of this email.

I’ve recently been doubling down on email.

And by doing so I came across the number 1 biggest mistake most creators make.

I recently watched an interview by Josh Spector.

Josh talks about audience and business growth, writes the infamous one-paragraph newsletter For the Interested, and is an authority on growing and monetizing an email list.

He was interviewing Kieran Drew. A famous digital writer (especially on Twitter) with his own newsletter who talks about the art of writing and building a writing business.

The two of them were talking about advice for current and future creators looking to monetize.

The topic I found the most interesting was when they were talking about the 3 keys to email marketing mastery.

I won’t cover all 3 here. But I will cover the mistake most creators make.

And that mistake is not getting to the point.

The reason you’re sending emails to your list is to make sales. So get to it, they say.

Don’t have a 10-day email sequence nurturing your audience and only promote your product on the last day.

Introduce your product on the very first or second day.

Even if you’re writing an email or having a sales call. Avoid spending so much time setting up your offer.

Instead, get right to it as fast as you can. Make it clear why you’re here.

Time is valuable. And people don’t like it when their time is being wasted.

So without further ado.

This is your last chance to buy Simple Money Emails AND get 3 amazing bonuses.

Here’s the deal:

If you purchase Simple Money Emails before midnight CEST / 6 pm EDT, this is what you’ll get for free:

• My Ultimate Content Creator’s Toolkit V2

• My personal Hall Of Fame of top-performing Tweets by month

• My Twitter Content Schedule Strategy

If you’ve previously bought the course, then you’re eligible for the bonuses as well. All future bonuses will always be available to those who previously bought the course.

To avoid confusion: here’s exactly what you have to do:

1) Purchase Simple Money Emails before Friday the 18th at midnight CEST / 6 pm EDT.

2) Reply to this email with a confirmation that you bought the course

3) I’ll send you your bonuses for free

I’ve been wanting to upgrade my email system for a while now.

Everything was running smoothly and it was time I started scaling.

One of the biggest milestones I wanted to reach before scaling was the launch of Simple Money Emails. And as you know, that’s done now.

(If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go read the sales page)

I’m back home from my holiday as well, so it’s time to get started.

One of the first things on my to-do list was to create a welcome sequence for new subscribers. It’s a fixed collection of 5–6 emails new subscribers will receive each 24 hours apart.

The goal of that email sequence is to nurture more of a relationship. Get them up to speed with who I am, what I do, and what they can expect. As well as promoting a product or service of mine at the end.

Which, you guessed it, will be my Simple Money Emails.

This automates a lot of the sales coming in.

Once this is done I’ll be able to focus more on growing my email list with the revenue coming in from those course sales.

Meaning even more course sales. It’s a cycle that supports one another.

The perfect modern business. All made possible by learning how to send simple daily emails that get you paid and keep your readers coming back for more.

Another addition I’ll be making to speed up the growth of my email list is referrals.

As any good marketer knows, mouth-to-mouth marketing is the most powerful form of marketing there is.

While having a referral system in place isn’t the same thing as organic mouth-to-mouth. It still is a powerful tool that I haven’t been using.

Until now.

And to persuade you to refer my email to friends of yours I’ve added a nifty reward for you to claim: My Twitter Content Schedule Strategy.

It’s a guide I’ve written showing my exact content strategy.

It shows you the exact types of content I post, when I post them, why I post them, and examples of previous tweets I posted.

No fluff, no secrets, nothing held back. None of the high-level overview. Pure practical applicable value and 100% transparency.

You can steal the exact framework I’ve been using to grow both my Twitter and email list to where I’m at right now.

All you need to do is refer one friend. Whether that’s your best friend, your partner, your grandma, or your neighbor’s dog. One referral and it’s yours.

Read the widget below for more information on how to share this newsletter:

This is the only time I’ll be sharing this referral system in a daily email.

From now on you’ll only get to see it once every Sunday at the end of my long weekly email.

I’m sitting in the living room of our cozy little holiday cottage.

I woke up at my usual time of 7 pm. Picked up my laptop. And started writing this email.

As I was thinking about what to write about, I realized a lot has happened yesterday.

For one we went to the Gallo-Roman Museum, which fascinated me. I’ve always been interested in history.

It was filled with information about the current city I’m in, the oldest one in Belgium. It was constructed in 15 bc and was the only Roman administrative capital within the country's borders.

The coolest part is that you can still see a lot of the earlier influences, including parts of the original Roman wall from 1,500 years ago.

After going through the museum I went to the museum shop to take a look around. There were quite a few books, so I had to.

I’m implementing a new rule that whenever I walk into a bookstore or someplace where books are being sold I have to buy one.

It doesn’t matter what the book is about. Simply a book that catches my attention. In this way I’ll grow my collection and start learning more about different topics that I wouldn’t otherwise.

Anyway, I bought 2 books yesterday. Rome is burning, a retelling of the great fire of July 19th 64 ad, under the reign of Nero. And Trajan: Rome’s Last Conqueror, a biography about Trajan, the second of the Five Good Emperors.

So definitely expect some Roman-centered emails in the near future.

That’s one thing I try to do. Both in business and in my personal life.

To expose myself to information that I wouldn’t expose myself to otherwise.

Whether it’s visiting new places, ordering foods & drinks I don’t recognize the name of, or picking up books that have a nice cover without reading what it’s about.

You’ll always discover something new.

And talking about something new. Do you know what else is new?

My Simple Money Emails course.

It’s all of my experience of sending simple emails that get you paid and keep your audience coming back for more. All packaged up nicely in an easy-to-go-through course divided into 10 different modules.

Whether you’ve got experience writing emails or don’t even know what an email is, you’ll be sure to get something out of it.

Here's what you can expect when you buy it:

• The superpowers of email and why there's nothing else that comes even close to it

• An easy step-by-step guide to creating your very first email list/newsletter to get you started ASAP

• How to create your very first welcome email to help you set the tone, build an immediate relationship with your reader, and get them coming back for more

• 6 of the best methods to grow your list and get hundreds of news subscribers monthly whether you just started or have a list of 5000 readers already

• How you can become better than 95% of people telling stories without having to spend months or even years practicing

• The invaluable power of telling great stories and how you can use those to almost guarantee you'll make a sale regardless of what you're selling

• The secrets to writing high-quality subject lines that make your reader feel the need to click on them without even knowing why they feel so attracted to do so

• How to keep your readers engaged and force them to keep reading regardless of whether you're writing a 219-word email or a 1,739-word email

• 7 of the best and easiest way to monetize your email list today that'll make it impossible not to earn back the investment of this course no matter your previous experience

• The #1 email copywriting technique you need to get people to become emotionally invested in what you have to say and make a sale every single time you write an email

• A list of all the different approaches you can take and how to execute them regarding the frequencies of your email so you can make this work even if you don't want to send daily emails

• My revolutionary new email strategy which combines the best of both worlds of long-form weekly emails and short-form daily emails allowing for the most optimal results with relationship building, sales, gaining authority, and growing your list

• And regular updates adding even more value to this course for years to come

I can tell you, with a completely unbiased opinion, that it’s absolutely worth it.

PS:

If you’ll purchase Simple Money Emails before Friday the 18th at midnight CEST / 6 pm EDT this is what you’ll get for free:

• My Ultimate Content Creator’s Toolkit V2

• My personal Hall Of Fame of top-performing Tweets by month

• My Twitter Content Schedule Strategy

If you’ve previously bought the course, then you’re eligible for the bonuses as well. All future bonuses will always be available to those who previously bought the course.

To avoid confusion: here’s exactly what you have to do:

1) Purchase Simple Money Emails before Friday the 18th at midnight CEST / 6 pm EDT.

2) Reply to this email with a confirmation that you bought the course

3) I’ll send you your bonuses free of charge

Yesterday we left for a brief 3-day getaway.

One of the first things we visited was an old castle built over 800 years ago. From 1220 to be precise.

It burned down in 1971 and was then rebuilt, but that’s beside the point.

I can say it was a magnificent sight.

We happened to visit on the perfect day through sheer coincidence. It turns out that day was the last day of a local choir group’s repetition. They were practicing ancient Gregorian chants inside the church.

And it was open to the public to come and listen. So, me being the weird music guy, I couldn’t be happier and more excited to do so.

I sat there for quite a while just listening to these, mostly old people. Who, when singing in unison, sounded like true angels. It was as if you were walking towards the gates of heaven and God himself had prepared every angel in his kingdom to welcome you.

It truly was magnificent.

And yet, it wasn’t advertised. Nowhere at all.

That’s probably because they didn’t want random visitors barging in on their repetition.

But ignore that thought, because it doesn’t help the point I want to make.

The thing I want to say is, sometimes the best opportunities aren’t advertised. They aren’t clearly presented to you.

You need to get out there and start exploring on your own.

You need to watch out for the small details, the small added bonuses you get, and the doors that open without making a sound.

As for my offer today.

May I present to you my recently launched Simple Money Emails course (and the disappearing bonus).

Here's what you can expect when you buy it:

• The superpowers of email and why there's nothing else that comes even close to it

• An easy step-by-step guide to creating your very first email list/newsletter to get you started ASAP

• How to create your very first welcome email to help you set the tone, build an immediate relationship with your reader, and get them coming back for more

• 6 of the best methods to grow your list and get hundreds of news subscribers monthly whether you just started or have a list of 5000 readers already

• How you can become better than 95% of people telling stories without having to spend months or even years practicing

• The invaluable power of telling great stories and how you can use those to almost guarantee you'll make a sale regardless of what you're selling

• The secrets to writing high-quality subject lines that make your reader feel the need to click on them without even knowing why they feel so attracted to do so

• How to keep your readers engaged and force them to keep reading regardless of whether you're writing a 219-word email or a 1,739-word email

• 7 of the best and easiest way to monetize your email list today that'll make it impossible not to earn back the investment of this course no matter your previous experience

• The #1 email copywriting technique you need to get people to become emotionally invested in what you have to say and make a sale every single time you write an email

• A list of all the different approaches you can take and how to execute them regarding the frequencies of your email so you can make this work even if you don't want to send daily emails

• My revolutionary new email strategy which combines the best of both worlds of long-form weekly emails and short-form daily emails allowing for the most optimal results with relationship building, sales, gaining authority, and growing your list

• And regular updates adding even more value to this course for years to come

And if that’s not enough, I’ll add in an extra disappearing, one-off, bonus.

An opportunity that isn’t advertised anywhere (except for me mentioning it to you on my email list).

Here’s the bonus:

If you’ll purchase Simple Money Emails before Friday the 18th at midnight CEST / 6 pm EDT you’ll get my Ultimate Content Creator’s Toolkit V2 including all the exclusive bonuses for free!

The bonuses include:

• My personal Hall Of Fame of top-performing Tweets by month

• My Twitter Content Schedule Strategy

This disappearing bonus in total is currently being sold for $32 and is worth a lot more than that.

You’ll be getting double the value by buying today rather than in a few days.

If you’ve previously bought the course, then you’re eligible for the bonuses as well. All future bonuses will always be available to those who previously bought the course.

To avoid confusion: here’s exactly what you have to do:

1) Purchase Simple Money Emails before Friday the 18th at midnight CEST / 6 pm EDT.

2) Reply to this email with a confirmation that you bought the course

3) I’ll send you your bonuses free of charge

Once again, here’s the link for you: https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/SME

I did it!

My first course, Simple Money Emails, is finally here.

I’m going away on a brief holiday trip with my family today, so the timing couldn’t have been better.

There are a lot of things I still wish to improve regarding the copy on the sales page, the designs on Gumroad, and some bonuses I wish to add.

But I promised people I’d release the course this week and so I did.

After all, it’s my very first iteration, and it’s a damn fine one at that. If I may say so myself.

The content itself is wonderful. A lot of work has gone into it. So far I have 10 modules included, all teaching you how to send simple emails that get you sales and keep your readers comings back for more.

I’ll be regularly adding new modules for months to come. This will inevitably also raise the price.

So you better realize that if you’re getting it today, it’ll be the purchase of a lifetime with all the updates you’ll be getting.

Anyway, that’s going to be it for today. I don’t have a lot of time to go into a longer email.

I’ll be back (cue Arnold) tomorrow with, in all likelihood, a fun story about the very first day of our short and relaxing holiday.

Cheers

Ascend 101

Lessons about building a one-person business, writing, and self-improvement

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Everyone wants to monetize their personal brand nowadays. But so many people get lost looking for the perfect opportunity or the perfect business model.

It doesn’t help that almost everyone has contradicting advice, promoting their activities as the one and only method to monetize.

So here are 15 ways you can start monetizing your personal brand today (in no particular order).

15 Ways to monetize a personal brand

Digital product

Whether it’s an e-book, a notion doc, a video course, audio files, a checklist, templates, or a useful spreadsheet you made.

Anything that can be packaged up nicely in a digital format and solves 1 main problem can be sold as a digital product. There’s no limit to your imagination.

The best part is that once it’s made, there’s no marginal cost of reproduction. Meaning it doesn’t cost you a penny to sell extra copies.

You build it once and it can keep on making you money forever.

Exactly like I’m doing with my Ultimate Content Creator’s Toolkit.

Physical product

The same rules apply as they did with digital products. But it’s physical.

Think merchandise, supplements, make-up, books, planners, newsletters, or anything you could imagine.

You’ll need to think about shipping, returns, and storage. And physical products do have marginal costs of production.

Cohorts

A cohort is a group-coaching program that typically runs for anywhere between 14–90 days.

You have regular calls with the whole group and teach them how to solve a pain point or help them achieve their dream outcome.

You can re-use the same curriculum you used for your digital product or coaching sessions.

It’s 1-to-many selling, meaning it’s a high-leverage activity.

Coaching

One of the most profitable, most accessible, and easiest ways to start monetizing online is through coaching. You can coach people on everything you can imagine.

All you need is to tackle a common pain point that’s strong enough and you’ll be able to make it work.

Coaching often works in a 1-on-1 setting but can be done in small groups as well. You’ll work closely together with your clients and help them achieve a certain goal.

Consulting

Consulting is a lot like coaching, but more short-term, and less closely connected with your client. My Clarity Calls are a great example of consulting. They are one-off calls where I help you solve a particular problem you have with your business so you can keep moving forward.

You can also bundle a package of calls together like I offer with my 4-call consultation package.

Consulting is a great way to get a lot of experience quickly. And you can charge anywhere from $500 to $5,000 for a package depending on your experience and the problems you help people overcome.

Freelancing

Freelancing is the act of selling your skillset.

If you have a high-valuable skill such as funnel-building, email marketing, copywriting, ghostwriting, video editing, social media marketing, web design, … you can become a freelancer.

Simply help people with a project of theirs in exchange for a flat fee.

I know some people who charge $500 for designing Twitter banners.

Tutoring

Tutoring is the act of teaching someone a skill.

Let’s say you’re an experienced copywriter. You’ll then teach someone how to write copy. You’ll share the basics, give them homework, review their work, and give them pointers on how to improve their craft.

Every single skill you could use to freelance can also be used to tutor someone.

Paid community

Building and (especially) sustaining paid communities is difficult but certainly possible.

The most common approach is asking people for a monthly fee to get access to your community. This could be through Discord, Telegram, Circle, or any other medium you could imagine.

Regular calls, tasks, challenges, and newly updated courses play a big role in keeping the community alive.

Affiliate marketing

Probably the easiest one to start with.

You don’t need to create anything yourself. Simply take an offer you enjoy from someone else and affiliate for them.

Perfect for learning how to write copy, how to overcome objections, and how to sell.

All you need is to get a lot of eyes on your content, which is where having an audience comes in.

Paid newsletter

You create a structured (weekly) newsletter covering certain topics that inform people and/or help them solve a pain point they’re struggling with.

Paid newsletters are more and more digital nowadays. But there are still quite a few physical ones around that get printed and shipped to your house every month.

Some examples of those include Ben Settle’s Email Players and Dan Kennedy’s Magnetic Marketing.

Email list

Having an email list opens up a whole new avenue of money-making possibilities.

One of the easier ones is to simply get paid for showing ads and/or recommending other newsletters.

This works great if you have a lot of readers.

Ad revenue sharing

Many social media platforms have an option to get paid for the views you get.

Twitter (X) recently launched its own version of this and creators are getting monthly payouts ranging from $200 to $2,000 depending on their traffic.

RT selling

Although suffering from a bad reputation, if you’ve got a big (and engaged) audience on Twitter (or other platforms), you can always sell Retweets, shoutouts, or shares of other people’s posts.

People are always looking (and willing to pay) for opportunities to grow their audience.

It’s a win-win for both.

Agency

Instead of freelancing, you can go down the agency route and build a full-blown business around it.

Here you’ll take on many clients looking to outsource their work.

Depending on how many clients you want to take on you can start hiring employees to make the workload more bearable and scale your business.

There’s no cap on how big your agency can become.

Brick & Mortar promotions

If you’ve got a physical brick & mortar business, social media can be a great way to promote it.

With a big enough audience (or simply running ads) you’ll attract more people to your stores and increase your revenue.

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I went bouldering yesterday. (something like rock climbing)

It’s a hobby of mine I picked up recently.

Bouldering is fun, exciting, and sometimes scary, but above all else, it pushes you outside your comfort zone.

As with any sport or skill, you start off with the basics. You take a few simple routes to get the gist of it. Understand how things work and build up the confidence to try trickier routes.

And it’s with those trickier routes where you sometimes have to take a leap of faith, quite literally.

Some routes have been designed with jumps in mind, where you have to leave to the safety of your footing behind and launch onto the next part of the course, believing in your ability to catch it and continue climbing.

None of the routes are extremely high, but it’s a scary feeling, nonetheless.

One of the biggest mindset shifts I had to make is to believe that I could actually complete these routes.

I remember in the early days that I wouldn’t even try to climb some routes. It seemed like I hadn’t the slightest chance of pulling those off.

It was only when I started climbing with other people who complete those routes and encouraged me to try them as well, that I started believing in myself. And actually realized that it was indeed possible for me to do so.

Now, I didn’t immediately succeed in everything I attempted, but once in a while, I could get one.

Raising my confidence and allowing the next run to be even smoother.

But why am I telling you this story?

Well, because, you guessed it, it relates to business as well. More specifically, to your clients.

Dan Kennedy said that doesn’t make sense to promise people amazing results if they feel that they won’t be able to achieve those results. Alex Hormozi covers this in his value equation as well. He calls it the Perceived Likelihood of Achievement.

Or in other words. How likely does the prospect feel that they’ll be able to achieve the result you promise them with your product/service?

This is something you have to cover. It’s an objection you have to overcome.

Tell them how easy it can be. Show them proof of other people in similar situations who achieved the result they desire.

Nobody will buy your product or service if they don’t believe themselves capable of using it successfully

This brings me to my Ultimate Content Creator’s Toolkit.

All it takes to use the product properly is around 10–20 minutes a day, the ability to read, and the willingness to follow instructions.

Will I promise that you’ll be able to make millions in a matter of months? No, absolutely not.

But you will be able to grow your personal brand, build an email list, start monetizing, and make yourself a decent income, maybe even one that will replace your 9–5, in less than half the time that it would take you if you tried to go at it alone.

You won’t have to spend 6 months ‘figuring it out’ as I did. If you can reserve 20 minutes a day to go through the information in the product, you’ll achieve it in 2 months or less.

And to remind you of my bonus offer of yesterday.

If you buy my Content Creator’s Toolkit before the deadline (Saturday, 10 pm CET/ 6 pm EDT), I’ll give you a module of my upcoming email course as a bonus.

You can choose between the following modules:

• How to launch your email list

• Writing the perfect welcome email

• 6 methods to grow your email list

• Write subject lines that make people want to open your emails

• Keep your readers engaged with proper email spacing

• 7 ways to make money with your email list

• Email copy fundamentals to write daily emails that get you sales consistently

• How often should you email your list — different email formats & frequencies

Here’s what you have to do:

1) Buy my Content Creator’s Toolkit, it doesn’t matter which package

2) Reply to this email with proof of your purchase and mention which module you’d like to receive

3) Do this before the deadline (Saturday, 10 pm CET/ 6 pm EDT) and I’ll send you the module of your choice as a bonus

Of course, if you’ve previously purchased the Toolkit, this applies to you as well. Simply reply and let me know which module you want..