Few people know how to grow members (next to maybe Liz Wilcox) like @Lex Roman does.... Their membership is an infant compared to many others, and they're already close to 300 members...!!! And they do this one thing that I absolutely love: Send Legends-only (their members are called Legends) newsletters to EVERYONE so EVERYONE knows what Legends are up to. I don't know why I never thought of it... but like... why did I never think of it??? I want more Vault members, so why do I hide the stuff I send to them??? I think I'm gonna start sending my member-only emails to everyone, too. At least try it and see what happens, I guess? Welcome if anyone has any thoughts on the matter.... Anyway... if you're not a Legend, you should totally join if nothing else, then just to see how Lex grows their members. Makes me jealous, if I'm being honest.... 🙃 And you also get 20% off if you use this link: https://www.thesideblogger.com/lexroman

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.)

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

I'm hearing whispers in my head, telling me nobody will show up for my auction, and nobody will bid more than $2... The woe is REAL. I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight. BUT! Maybe you can help distract me... with... direct mail! The other day, on a whim, I bought a $9 ebook off Instagram of all places... from a dude I know nothing about... about direct mail marketing with ugly postcards 🙃 I know folks who do some cool stuff. @Lex Roman, for example, sends stickers and postcards to their new Legends (paid subscribers). I wanna do something similar, too, to acknowledge my Vault members. But as far as marketing goes... does anyone have any thoughts? Especially for online businesses? Like, would you or would you not hate me if I sent you a postcard with a QR code to my Vault membership? Or maybe it needs to link to a lead magnet instead.... I loved getting Lex's stickers, also got a postcard from @John Bejakovic once, loved that too (though Spaniard mail is no joke)... but those are not marketing mails... So yeah... anyway... thoughts? Also, just realized Lawrence Bernstein has a direct mail marketing mini guide here (I think I prefer Airmails over ugly postcards...): https://admoneymachine.com/2020/05/25/greatest-money-making-loophole/

My landlord's out of the house for a whole frikken month! So I'm throwing a party. You can steal my landlord's booze if you want... or, if, like me, you're a nondrinker, I've ordered HUMM Kombucha in bulk, which should be arriving by Tuesday afternoon. And there will be cake. Feel free to stuff yourself while... While you bid on your chance to... 🤯 Get your offers in front of AT LEAST 9,000 people, GUARANTEED! 🤯 In a classified ad in my newsletter (top of the newsletter). EVERY WEEK (On Sundays) Until the end of the year (2026). Starting as early as next Sunday. How? I’ll put my email list (of 9,000+ subscribers) to work for you! [And if you're not subscribed to my newsletter or have no idea what I do... I help fellow creators, email marketers, coaches, and online solopreneurs build their audience and income with their content 🙃] And potentially more as my own list grows. 👉 The auction starts on Wednesday, March 4, at 12 PM EST/9 AM PST Will you bid at least $2? Let me know in the commenttssss!!!