Say... if I made an offer to you for $1... which would you pick? Trying to figure out a low-ticket offer... If you vote for the winner... not that I think you're wanting $1... I'll give to you for free. These are your current options:

In John B's group, @Gc Tsalamagkakis shares something interesting that I've been wondering about for some time myself: How much can or should you share in communities? For example, if you have a quick update, you may go to social media and share that. For those of up not on social media (at least, not in any meaningful way), where is that quick update place? I don't want to just share a quick one-liner update in my emails... But now that I have this community, I can come here and share updates. And honestly, that would be cool, and I want my members to share their quick wins and updates, too! What I don't want is people posting whatever that has nothing to do with their business or writing... it has happened in the past when I removed the user... but it feels icky to do so... Anyway... you are the members of this community and you get to choose what the community should look or behave like... what are your thoughts???

I'm hosting a Monetization Q&A call on May 20: https://luma.com/14cokvj1 But I want to hear your thoughts ahead of the call. What's keeping you from hitting your next income goal? For me, I know what I need to do, but I'm just not doing it. Why? Who tf knows... maybe it's procrastination, or adhd, or any of life's mysterious afflictions. I wanna know what's stopping you, so I have time to think about them ahead of the call. Is it that you're not sure what you should be doing? Trouble making offers? Not knowing what your audience wants? Are you chronically depressed? Anything else? Lemme know! (The Monetization Q&A call is free to Vault members, FYI.)

One dude in my January cohort of Write Without AI said he wanted to see how I write my emails... 🙃 Email writing is NOT a linear process for me, so naturally, that made me super nervous and I didn't do anything with that feedback/request... whatever... until now... But last night, in an unnaturally brave moment that only happens super rarely, I decided to give it a go. The result is an hour-long rambly email writing session... in case anyone bothers... (the dude who asked for it never joined Anthill, so whatever... his loss). https://youtu.be/IZXNfKU5v8w And if you're curious what the end result is (slightly different because I went through another round of editing after I stopped recording... mostly just tightening up loose ends)... https://ckarchive.com/b/wvu2hghkpwq2lh9r552rqtndd5wn0a8h6q34

A couple of days ago, I ran a poll where I asked about your biggest bottleneck. The bottleneck that got the most votes was this: "Not knowing what to write about." So, let's fix it, shall we? ===== 💡 How to come up with topics to write about: If you have an education business, each piece of your content should do two things: - teach (for building authority and trust) - and promote (for direct sales or product awareness) To do that, start with your offer. What are you selling? Let's say @Gc Tsalamagkakis (sorry dude, I'm gonna pick on you) is trying to sell his newsletter hitlists (this thing right here → https://tsalamazing.com/hitlists). I can think of at least 10 blog posts GC can write just for that (and then link to each other for SEO). For example: - 10 benefits of growing a newsletter using newsletter ads - How to vet a newsletter (or 5 red flags you shouldn't advertise on a newsletter) - 10 reasons newsletter ads trump social media ads - A head-to-head comparison between growing your audience with newsletter ads and social media ads - When is it better to use social media ads over newsletter ads (then sneakily promote the newsletter hitlists tool) I don't want to brag, but there's plenty more where this list came from. And to the people who complain about creating but not making money, I say this: Start with your offer! And if you do not have an offer, then that right there is your problem. Fix it first, and fix it quickly. Anyway. I just solved your "don't know what to write" problem. You're welcome. ===== Now, for good measure (and my own accountability), here's what I've planned for my own content game: ----- ❤️ The Side Blogger The Side Blogger gets a heart because it is my primary channel and asset, and the platform that drives the most conversions. My content goals with TSB: - 1-3 posts per month focusing on a thing I sell (my own product or the membership). These posts are part teaching (for building authority) and part promoting (some will buy, others will at least join the list to learn more).