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July 3, 2024

In today's newsletter:

💥 Local Newsletter Business: $200K from 18K Subscribers
💥 Playing The Long Game to Become a Professional Creator
💥 Eddie Shleyner: 7-Figure Copywriting Business
💥 How to Write a Book Like Ryan Holiday
💥 2 Income Streams You're Not Thinking About

"Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

- George Herbert

Local Newsletter Business: $200K from 18K Subscribers

Ryan Sneddon from Naptown Scoop is interviewed on Side Hustle Nation.

Big Ideas:
💥 The primary demographic is women over 40.
💥 People love seeing their name published.
💥 Referrals in exchange for a birthday mention were very popular.

Startup Ideas

Playing The Long Game to Become a Professional Creator

Here's an inspiring story of doing whatever it takes to follow your creative dream.

"Andrew created his YouTube account in 2006 and started posting in 2008. He has not stopped since — he has posted 720 videos in 16 years. His earliest videos are of him illustrating guitar picking exercises, and his latest are about navigating Spotify features as a musician; his instinct has always been to educate. And he’s made quite the business of it."

Creator Economy

Eddie Shleyner: 7-Figure Copywriting Business

Eddie Shleyner of VeryGoodCopy.com went from getting hired to write job board submissions to a professional copywriter with 68k subscribers in just a few years.

Newsletters

How to Write a Book Like Ryan Holiday

"Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s most prolific writers. He’s published sixteen books, written a daily email newsletter every day for the past eight years, has 1.7 million YouTube subscribers, and runs his own creative agency."

Writing

2 Income Streams You're Not Thinking About

Terry Rice from HeyCreator offers some ideas about how creators can approach brand partnerships.