I'm an impatient person. ADHD maybe... but it goes beyond that. Sometimes I get a product idea, and I jump the gun because it feels almost physically painful to wait to validate an idea... I'd rather make a thing and have that flop than validate. Speaking of impatience... I dated a guy who, for whatever freaky reason, would call me while in the middle of playing video games, and sometimes I'd ask a question and he'd literally answer after minutes (I counted)... after slaying some monsters and collecting loot, I presume... it came to a point where my first question after answering his calls was always... "err... are you in the middle of a game?" That reeeeally tested me. Anyway, I digress.... All that said... I *have* validated product ideas in the past. It's a very short list of 5 different ways. So, let's play a game. Guess one validation method in my list, followed by whether it's a yay method or a blah method. Yay → as in this method tells you whether someone is actually interested in the product or not Blah → the opposite of yay If you get the right combo, I'll tell you the name of the book I just ordered and the one I just finished reading. Go pikachoooo PS: the dude called me tonight (we stay in touch) to say "what's up, haven't talked in a month!" then went quiet... 🤣

I don't want this group to become a link-drop can, but I also want to know what people are working on. Last time I made a similar post, one Anthill member, @Honey Syed, made a sale right away! Which tells me that I should make it so folks can share what they're up to... but in a more controlled way, perhaps? So, welcome to a new weekly thread: Share-What-You-Did Sunday Made a new offer? A lead magnet? Landed a client? Acquired an asset 👀? Anything else? 🎉 Share away! 🎉 (And yes, feel free to share a link, also.)

This is hilarious. Until a year ago (even as recently as a couple of months ago), people were screaming that blogs were dead. And now some of the same people are saying things like... Long form proves your authority. Social media is dying. Own your content. Start a blog. 😂🤣 Anyway, yeah, blogs for the win and they're so back, baby! (Not that they ever went away but whatever)

This year, I boldly declared that I'll grow my list to 20k... from 9k. That's definitely one of my top priorities right now. Problem is... that 20k number is... rather... high. But hey, gotta be optimistic! So, here's something to brainstorm for all of us so we can grow our lists... What would you do if you wanted exponential growth... preferably without going crazy with ad spend? I'm sharing my current strategies below. And I suggest you spend some time thinking about your list-growth strategies too (and share in the comments maybe?). It's one thing we should all be doing consistently... growing our lists... exponentially or not...

The winner of the rights to monopolize my Sundays, from now until the end of 2026, is @Nick Bandy with his signature bid: $1,569. ================================= Today is your chance to tap in and benefit from my 9,000+ subscriber email list, which is not only constantly growing, but growing by 30-90 subscribers... PER WEEK! Leads? Yeah, we got 'em. But it's not just leads. This is your opportunity to get in front of a sea of buyers, hungry for info on how to succeed online with their own businesses. Starting with a bid of just $2! Here's what I'm offering: 👉 Put your list growth on autopilot for the rest of the year. [You get a classified ad in my Sunday newsletter for the rest of this year (42 Sundays left in 2026).] 👉 Get my direct input and help on your ads/offers to get you the best results from my audience. [I've been sending emails since 2018 and know what my people respond to. Will gladly give you my input as often as you like to make sure your offers are positioned in the way that's most likely to land with my audience.] 👉 Test out new offers/appeals/hooks/lead magnets without risk. [There are 42 Sundays left in this year, which allows you to promote your main offers as often as you want, and also test out small new bets if you ever want to take a week off from promoting a known winner.] 👉 Benefit from my own mad scramble to grow my list. [List currently growing at 30-90 new people PER WEEK. In addition, I'm doing list swaps, am networking like I just got out of Harvard MBA, am even (secretly, don't tell anyone) working on a cold traffic funnel to grow my list even more with buyers. No hard promises here, but my personal goal is to get my list to 20k people by the end of the year. Whatever number I manage to reach, all these people will see your offers and ads, every Sunday, for the rest of 2026.] Wanna see what my ESP's backend looks like? Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4-F0yTthM&t