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Hangout on Twitter long enough and it'll feel like you're miles behind. But talk to people in the "normal" world and you'll realize how far ahead this little corner is.
Consider yourself v lucky if you're young and reading this.
A 32 year old fam friend is getting his 3rd... yes 3rd... masters degree. His mom is so proud of him.
What a colossal waste of time and money. Get a fkn job and make some money FFS lol.
I spent $716 on 7 Twitter growth courses in the last 40 days.
Learning from the top people on how to grow and monetize a Twitter account.
Here are the top lessons I learned so you don't have to spend the cash...
I grew my email list from 0 to 10,273 subscribers using mostly free strategies.
Those subscribers bring in $40k+ in sales every month.
Here are 7 simple things I did to grow my email list:
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I've written an email everyday for the last 2.5 years.
Now I can put 200-500 words in and get $1k+ out.
Here are my 11 laws to write daily money makers:
Just thinking out loud here...
If you’re vaxxed, why does it matter if someone else isn’t vaxxed?
Unless you don’t trust the effectiveness of the vaxx? 🤔
THREAD OF ALL THREADS
In 2016 I quit my 9-5 to go full-time into online bizness.
Been making a comfy living online ever since.
Follow me to learn how to make money online through:
- digital products
- email marketing
- building an audience
*continually updated*
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Landed a $10k consulting gig with a founder who said he'd been following me since January
The funny part?
Not a single like, share, comment, or engagement from him
A "Phantom Client"
Reminder that your future clients are watching whether they engage or not.
CONTROVERSIAL yet powerful bizness secrets I learned from Ben Settle... the Underground King of Email who pockets 7-figures+ per year working sometimes just 10 minutes per day.
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If I had to start from scratch... all my skills, money, and audience were erased... here's what I would do for the next 12 months to build a 6-figure online bizness...
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Had a chat with a consultant yesterday who got paid $75k to help a manufacturing company move online.
He set them up with a Shopify store and email marketing system. Project only took him a few days.
There are big money deals out there for those who help offline biznesses.
I see a lot of cats on FB flexing how big their team is.
I'm over here trying to answer the question of:
"How do I build a multi-million dollar bizness with 3 people or less?"
7mo ago a young hustler reached out.
He crushed through most of my free content and begged for more help but couldn't afford to buy.
I gave him free access to one of my paid offers. Something I never do.
Just checked and he's logged in once.
People don't do shid w/free stuff.
Hormozi made having “nothing to sell” uncouth. I’d prefer you just tell me what you’re selling instead of the fake friendship.
“Nothing to sell bro just wanna connect and provide valuuue to you!”
Mhm sure you do. Just give me the pitch son.
As a 30yr old entrepreneur who just got his start on Twitter
I must say... the 18-25 creators on Twitter are impressive.
Hard not to feel a tiny bit jealous.
At that age I was knocking back a dozen redbull vodkas every Saturday.
Marketing hack:
- sign up for Notion(.)so
- make a page called "purchases"
- whenever you buy something, note it in the page
- write why you bought it, what event triggered it, and how it made you feel
My marketing, copywriting, and content have all improved from doing this.
Just watched Sam Oven's new VSL.
His new plan:
• $4M/yr profit
• 3 emails a week
• 1 YT video a week
• YT videos turned into podcasts
• YT ads > FB ads
We're about to see a ton of new YT channels and 3x a week email newsletters.
$42k revenue directly from LinkedIn in June. It's become my favorite social publishing platform.
My posting schedule is super simple.
- 1 long-form post in the morning
- 1 tweet repurposed in the evening
No-brainer to be there if you're already posting content.
About a year ago I stopped reading "bizness books" and started reading more about the lives of great men.
So far I've read Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, and William Hearst.
Who else should I read about?
Dudes have a $30k month then say they make $360k/yr.
No. You had a $30k month. Congrats but keep doing it for another 11 lol.
It ain't nothing until it's cash collected.
Someone asked what my weekly content schedule was.
Here it is:
• 5 emails
• 28 tweets
• 1 Twitter thread
• 2 YouTube videos
• 1 Facebook livestream
Takes me about a day to get a week's worth of content done.
Find a plan that works for you and stick to it.
How to earn a full-time income online as a Compound Creator
What is a Compound Creator?
Someone who makes a full-time income through creating solutions on the internet.
This could be in the form of content, products, services, or all of the above.
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Honestly don’t get why anyone still uses AirBnB. Booked a place for $650/night and after fees it was closer to $1100/night. Then they make you take off sheets, wash everything, take out the trash, while charging a fat cleaning fee. Scam.
Hotels > AirBnb.
How to get your first 1,000+ Twitter followers in 46 days
I started taking Twitter seriously on 2/15 when I had 13 followers and crossed 1k on 4/2.
If you're trying to hit your first 1k
Here are 7 steps I took to get there...
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Twitter > FB
By a long shot.
BUT... FB groups still rock the cash haus.
Would you like to see content on how I use FB groups+email to pull in multiple 5-figure months?
Couple days ago I wrote an email in 20mins that made $5k in sales.
This email is now an asset I can clone over and over.
I can send it out to my list again. Send it to a client's list. Turn it into a template to sell. Use it to create content.
Turn every win into many.
Today I got called out for selling courses and digital products.
"If you want to help people why don't you give me your course for free?!"
Bcuz people don't do shyt with stuff they get for free.
I want to solve a problem
And it ain't happening by giving it away free.
Launched this offer 30 days ago and it did $31,000 the first month.
Reopened it a 2 days ago and did:
• $4,593 in cash collected
• $9,000 in rev to be collected
• $6,000+ more to close today
Using only email, DMs, Google doc.
Right offer to right person at right time = 📈
Had a dude ask me if I can guarantee that he will make at least $10k/mo in 30 days after taking my email course. Lol...
If you're looking for "guarantees" starting a biz is literally the worst possible thing for you.
Posted a YT review video for Ship 30 for 30 just 11 days ago.
So far it's brought in $400 in affiliate commissions and should be a steady $500-$1k/mo+ asset going forward. Not too shabby for a few hours of work.
Digital real estate is where it's at.
My gpa became a multi-millionaire at 55 through buying RE and dividend stocks. Did this with 3 kids and modest salary as a bank manager in Hawaii.
He's a happy 87, healthy, smokes a pack of cigs a day, and strong as an ox.
Gpa: "Money bought me health and happiness."
Marketing hack:
Talk about SYMPTOMS instead of problems.
Examples
• not making enough money (problem)
• sending a Venmo request for $3 (symptom)
• passion fading (problem)
• she gives you pecks on the cheek (symptom)
The symptom answers "how do you know it's a problem?"
I finally found the perfect morning routine.
I call it my "Golden Hour of Money".
Read this if you want to steal my simple morning routine that makes $$$:
Having your own email list is like having your own garden of money trees.
My list currently pulls in $50k/mo+... 100% organic.
Here's how I grew from 0 to 14,870 subscribers:
Wrote an email last week selling a $3k offer for a client.
Brought in 4 sales over 2 days.
So $3.6k cut for about 30mins of work.
That same email wouldn't do jack if I sent it for Struggling Sally.
Skill is important.
But so is picking the right dance partner.
Once a week I work in a coffee shop. Half battery, no power cord, write until dead. A legion of money-making ideas have been spawned during these sessionz.
📈7 Habits of Highly Successful Twitter Writers
For writers and creators looking to build their audience organically, it doesn't get better than Twitter.
In just 30 days I went from 0-150k impressions, 20k+ profile visits, 312 new followers, and 100+ added to my email list.
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Go from outcome-focused to process-focused
10k subs on youtube --> 100 videos
10k twitter followers --> 100 threads
10 clients --> 1,000 personalized cold messages sent
When you focus on process
The outcome becomes inevitable.
Landed a $12k consulting client yesterday.
He's been on my list since 2020 and seen 100s of emails from me.
I asked "why now?"
He said "Always loved what you do but timing wasn't right. Now it is."
Stay top of mind so you're the person they go to when timing is right.
What if you could make 7-figures/yr with a 10min workday?
One of my copywriting mentors has done it with a one-man info publishing empire.
How?
By building his own "world" that breaks all the rules... 👇
When making an offer...
Don't tell them what they'll get.
8wks coaching, Zoom calls, 100hrs of content. No one cares about that.
Tell them what you'll get done together.
"We're gonna add $10k/mo recurring from your Twitter audience in 90 days."
That's what really matters.
Lol so many dudes try to correct my writing because I break the "rules".
"Stop using adverbs"
"Stop using commas"
"Don't start with the word "and"
"You didn't use the AIDA formula"
Come see me when you've made a living from your writing for years.
I create my own rules, brah.
Quick marketing tip that’s been working out v well for me this year... make the promise in your offers smaller.
Example:
Write your first email that sells vs build a $10k/mo email agency.
In a world of hype+shit products that don’t deliver, the believable and doable will win.
Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur.
It's hard AF and not nearly as glamorous as people make it seem.
There's nothing wrong with working a 9-5
And side hustlin to pay for fancy dinners, kiddos private school, or a baller pad.
Interesting observation on my $1k email course
22/24 people who signed up previously purchased a $29 product I had.
What does that tell me?
Sell more low-ticket products that lead into high-ticket offers.
Client goes through your program and gets great results.
Then you find out they've swiped all of your material, put their name on it, and now trying to poach your clients.
What would you do?
Asking for a friend lol.
Dudes will buy 100 books on copywriting before they write a single word.
Studying ads and structure is only a small part of getting better.
The way to truly become a stud is to start writing... and it costs nothing to do.
Sinply pick a product and write an ad for it.
The magic is in the follow up.
Follow up
• with a potential client
• after someone opts into your list
• after someone buys a product or service
• with people you meet at an event or in a program
Following up is one of the highest ROI activities you can do.
I cut my tweeting in half the last month.
2-3 tweets a day. 1 thread a week.
• engagement is up
• daily followers are up
• people buying my stuff is up
Quality > quantity here.
I'm an introverted writer at heart. But video has had a massive impact on my biz. There's a different vibe when someone can see and hear you on camera.
If you want an unfair advantage over the faceless writers... add video-based content to your stack.
Quality subscribers > Quantity of subscribers.
I learned this the hard way when I built a 45,000+ person list that barely scraped $5k/mo.
Now I have 5,500 person list that generates $25k-$30k/mo.
Focus on on building a high-quality list of customers.
$30k/mo recurring achieved. Quite crazy considering this is close to the annual salary at my first job after college.
Now let's kick this can to $100k/mo+.
My biz is pretty simple.
I create content which leads to conversations. Then I make offers to the people I like. Then I help those people get a result.
It's not sexy but has worked for years.
Simple makes money.
How to pick a niche in 2 seconds:
Pick 2 niches, one is heads the other tails.
Toss a coin and pick the one that wins.
Boom lol.
I've seen people waste a whole year trying to "pick a niche".
Problem solved.
Getting a customer is cool.
Getting that customer to buy a 2nd, 3rd, 4th time is where you make the real money.
Here's how I've gotten 60%+ of my customers to buy 2+ times from me over the last year:
5 ways to guarantee your message gets ignored:
- begging for free stuff
- "hi - can I ask you a question?"
- pitching me your product or NFT
- saying you love my content then asking for a favor
- asking if my cal could use another 30-50 appmts
Give before you ask.
I follow a ton of people I don't agree with. Often find myself learning more from them than people I DO agree with.
My main qualifier is does this person have something I want? Or want to emulate?
If yes - worth a follow.
Don't let feelings get in the way growth.
5 reasons why I email everyday:
• it makes me $$$
• it forces me to create
• it makes me a better writer
• it forces me to always be learning
• it builds the relationship w/my true fans
Do you email your list daily?
Why or why not?
In the last 15 months I launched 9 digital products.
Ebooks, online courses, templates, coaching program, membership.
- 4 bombed
- 5 were profitable
- 2 made up 90% of my sales
You won't win them all.
The important thing is taking the shots.
Prospect yesterday asked me "how many hours will you work on our campaign?"
"As little as possible. I work to get you results, not to run the clock. Do you want hours or results?"
They wanted hours lol.
Never take clients who use hours worked as a measurement for performance.