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“Sam Parr sits down with Steph Smith, indie creator and host of the “Sh*t You Didn’t Learn in School” podcast, to talk about companies with only one employee that are making millions and what we can learn from them.”
Big Idea: Very simple ideas can make big money.
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“In short, the Roaring 20s are coming back, and this is going to be the greatest window of opportunity in your career.”
13 POST-PANDEMIC TRENDS = TENSIONS FOR 2022+
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1. Wealth › Conflict With Extreme Wealth = Today: Big Box vs Local
2. Class › Rise of The Middle Class = Support vs Refute
3. Factory › Automation of Labor = Robots vs People
4. Politics › Polarized Political Debate = USA vs China
5. Leadership › Next Gen Takes The Lead = Boomers vs Millennials
6. Careers › Fewer Career Boundaries = WFH vs In-Office
7. Lifestyle › Making up For Lost Time = Products vs Experience
8. Leisure › Proliferation of Leisure = Old Life vs New Hobbies
9. Media › New Media & New Heroes = Big Media vs Creators
10. Luxury › Desire for Opulence = Save vs Splurge
11. Science › A Pursuit of Answers = Vax vs Don’t
12. Business › Surge in Entrepreneurship = Work vs Quit
13: Risk › Extreme Risk for a New Life = Borrow vs Pay Debt
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“Starting a YouTube channel is, hands down, the single best thing I’ve ever done in my life. Here are my 10 top tips.”
Former medical student, Ali Abdaal has 2.5 million YouTube subscribers. He shares his advice for success on the platform.
“The average channel with 1k to 10k subscribers has made 152 videos. So until you’ve made 152 videos, you don’t really have the right to complain that you’re not growing on YouTube. ”
Related article: Why one creator quit their job in the medical field to create videos full-time
via @timstodz
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Alex Garcia is interviewed on HypeFury.
His Marketing Examined newsletter has a very distinctive design that really stands out. He added 118k subscribers on Twitter in the last year and a half, mostly through Twitter threads.
He shares how he got clients for his marketing agency, how he beat out hundreds of applicants for a job at The Hustle, how he tests subject lines, how to get followers on social media, and more.
Big Idea: I love his idea of a Notion command center to keep track of what you learn to level up your online skills. This is what I hope IdeaEconomy will become.
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And got a record number of email subscribers, many who bought courses.
Tim Denning shares his advice for mastering Linkedin.
via @fortheinterested
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Do you have a content strategy?
I really like structured frameworks like this. Having a clear goal and a system to achieve that goal makes being a creator much easier.
“Having a strategy is super helpful for a few reasons:
• It gives you a sense of direction
• It’s a forcing function to uncover new insights
• It gives you a point of reference to turn to when you feel lost or stuck”
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David Nichols publishes The Land of Random weekly newsletter.
He shares interesting links on topics like technology, marketing, AI, and startup ideas every Monday.
Here is a recent edition to check out. Trust me, you don’t want to miss the Solar ThunderTruck.
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