“The Gist is a newsletter all about sports, written entirely by women. Ellen and her co-founders have scaled a massive team to 20 people. They’ve grown The Gist to almost 400,000 subscribers, and they’re earning fantastic revenue from it.

Ellen talks about how they grew The Gist in the early days. She also talks about their process of testing, how they launched with a launch party, and a bunch of other things.”

Big Idea: Newsletters and other content-focused businesses can be big businesses if approached with a startup mindset. The Gist started with multiple co-founders and raised over $1m to build the business.

Si Quan Ong of Ahrefs shares some good advice to become a successful content creator.

Big Idea: Challenges like Do 100 are a great way to get better at creating and build buzz around what you are doing.

“There are 3 core things that go into selling your services via your content:

► Prove what you can do in public
► Generate trust and point people to your site
► Craft an irresistible offer”

A simple, yet effective framework for selling products and services.

Bonus Idea: This is what a well-designed and easy-to-read newsletter should look like.

“Web3 has flattened the power hierarchy and changed the dynamics of the network. Consumers aren’t just buyers in the market — they’re shareholders. They now care about the well-being of the companies they buy from, even if it’s a startup.”

“What are Token-Gated Communities? How do the work? What are the risks and opportinities to build a web3 business?”

“Learn how creator Khe Hy left a job on Wall Street to find fulfillment – and turned a 36-person email list into a $500k creator business along the way.”

via @creatorbread

“Resellers buy gig work for as cheap as $5 to resell for profit.”

This article is a bit critical of “drop servicing,” reselling other services for a profit, but there are opportunities here for creators.

There are many low-cost services that could benefit from better marketing and a niche marketplace.

I talked about this in my Unbundling Fiverr article.

via @creatorclub

I was interviewed by Ellen Donnelly of The Ask newsletter about my creator journey. I talk about some of my first websites, my digital nomad lifestyle, my other businesses, and the benefits of creating online.

“The only NFT guide you’ll need. Learn everything you need to know about “NFTs–what is an NFT, where to buy NFTs, including a list of the top NFT marketplaces, how to create and sell NFTs. Plus, a list of trusted resources to learn more.”

This is one of the better NFT guides I have found. It has many specific examples of projects which will give you a better idea of what is possible.

Here is a selection of the best links I’ve found this week to level up your creator skills.

7 Twitter templates to use if you don’t know what to tweet – joshspector

Create a Winning Social Media Content Calendar in 2022 [+Free Template] – contentstudio

Side Project Marketing: What Is It & How to Do It (+10 Examples) – faillory via @initiatorcreator.com

Sell more courses with this sales page template and guide – bryanharris

Getting your first 10k subscribers on YouTube – neilpatel