If you have experience in a particular industry or niche, start there and position yourself as an expert.
If you don't have experience, pick something you're obsessed with and position yourself as a curious learner.
I earn $40,000+ per month as a solo creator.
If I had to start over, here's what I'd do: 🧵
If you have experience in a particular industry or niche, start there and position yourself as an expert.
If you don't have experience, pick something you're obsessed with and position yourself as a curious learner.
Whether you're starting from zero or already have experience in your niche, become one of the most knowledgeable people IN THE WORLD on that subject.
The better you know a subject, the more unique, insightful, and compelling your work.
So read – a LOT.
There's still a lot of opportunity on Twitter – especially with Threads.
Turn on notifications for big accounts in your niche and become visible (and appreciated) by being an early value-add in their replies.
Tweet daily and publish 1-2 threads per week.
There's a huge arbitrage opportunity for turning your best threads into carousels on LinkedIn and Instagram.
You can use Tweetpik or go the extra mile and use a design template from @canva.
Append every Thread and every carousel with a Call To Action to subscribe to your newsletter for more.
This is a slow drip, but it's consistent.
And every subscriber counts!
Your subscribers will look at you as more knowledgeable than them.
Offer hourly 1:1 consulting to your readers – start at $100/hr and add a booking link to your email signature.
Increase the price $100/hr every 10 bookings.
The best way to get new subscribers is to put your newsletter in front of other newsletter subscribers.
Cross-promote with other related newsletters or purchase paid advertisements in them.
It's pretty common to get ~$30 per CPM ($30 per 1,000 subscribers) in newsletter sponsorship.
At 10,000 subscribers, that's $300 per newsletter advertisement which is $1200-1500 per month!
This can really add up.
Through your email replies and consulting calls, you will identify patterns in the problems your audience have.
Create a low-priced digital product (a course or Notion template) to address that problem.
Add it to your welcome sequence and footer.
Once you're consistently filling your newsletter sponsor slots, increase your ad inventory.
Two options:
• Adding a second slot per email
• Publishing two emails per week
This doubles your sponsorship revenue overnight!
If you've gotten this far, you'll have a steadily growing business!
At this point, time is on your side. Just keep doing what you're doing with a focus on consistently making your content a little bit better.
The more your audience grows, the more "opportunities" will come your way.
Most of these are actually distractions in disguise.
Instead of starting new projects from zero, keep compounding your progress.
1.) Consulting
2.) Sponsorship
3.) Digital product
This gives you a diversified, resilient business!
You'll simultaneously be growing across your newsletter AND social.
And as your audience grows, so will your revenue.
It takes hard work and time to become one of the most knowledgeable creators in your niche.
It takes discipline to publish consistently – especially in the beginning.
Be resilient. Work hard. Have faith.
This is a long game.
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