Well - for the past year, I've been doing a podcast called My First Million. Gimmicky name, but whatever.
It's a pod where me and @theSamParr (and friends like @awilkinson @_jacksmith etc.) brainstorm business ideas based on trends we see
So I thought the whole "paid newsletter" thing was dumb.
So naturally, I tried it out as an experiment.. The results were kinda nutty. The newsletter started bringing home $49k per month (!) -- Here's the backstory
Well - for the past year, I've been doing a podcast called My First Million. Gimmicky name, but whatever.
It's a pod where me and @theSamParr (and friends like @awilkinson @_jacksmith etc.) brainstorm business ideas based on trends we see
People like listening to us shoot the shit, brainstorming ideas.
But as the nearest schmuck will tell you - ideas aren't shit without execution!
The problem is - execution is less sexy.
They edit & cut out all the dead ends they hit, the stuff they tried that failed.
This gives people a f*cked up idea of what execution really is.
The number one question I get in my DMs everyday is: "I love that idea from the pod, how would you approach it?"
There's no simple answer. So for months I just ignored them.
I can't TELL you how to execute...but maybe I can SHOW you.
A paid newsletter showing you the day-by-day of how to take an idea from $0 to $1M+
Yes, most people want to get rich
But the "gurus" who sell courses are typically packaging up cliches + stories of past success and then saying goodluck!
This was different. I'll show you exactly how I do it. Live.
It's like David Blaine when he does a stunt (eg. frozen in ice, buried alive etc.)
It's a new form of teaching (which is my passion). Like a virtual apprenticeship.
And I begged @benmlevy to help me and he said yes.
✅ Raise $1M from investors you've never met before
✅ Grow an ecom store to $100k/month
☠️ Launch an online course that makes $1m
With email updates 5x a week.
We hit 2 outta 3 (not bad) projects, and sent 60+ emails in 3 mo
We couldn't say "we emailed someone, and they said yes!"
We showed the exact screenshots, spreadsheets, templates & tactics.
Screencasts, frameworks & templates were fan favorites.
How much did it cost? --> Avg. customer paid $155/mo
How much revenue did it bring in?--> ~$50k/mo.
What's the profit margin? --> ~96% (just processing fees + a few saas subscriptions). $0 marketing spend
We luckily chose to do it OFF substack (just using Stripe + Convertkit+ Landen ) to avoid paying the 10% fee which would have been $5k/month
"What? You ended it?? are you crazy??"
Maybe, but it was too much work. I pursue money to get more free time.
This was the opposite, trading all my free time for money. Too hard to do this while having a job + baby.
This was super profitable, but all my content was behind a paywall, reaching only ~350 people.
I'd rather make free content & reach more people. Join the email list 👉 https://t.co/hyXkTjKWSo
- I thought paid newsletters were dumb
- to test that assumption, I tried it
- it took off! $$$
- too much work for me, so I stopped
- I'd rather do it for free, for fun here : https://t.co/hyXkTjKWSo
- I realized paid newsletters are not dumb. I'm dumb.
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