Powerful video by Alex Hormozi of Acquisition.com. I'll definitely watch this more than once.

It's packed with many great ideas on building a following, what it takes to grow a successful business, the power of good processes, how to close sales, and much more.

Big Ideas:
1. Test content on Twitter. Then make videos of the best performing content for TikTok and YouTube with clear calls to action.
2. 10x the amount of content you put out and you'll get 10x the results.
3. Rule 100: Make 100 actions to grow your business EVERY DAY. Normal output gets normal results.
4. Don't tell people what to do. Show them what you did and how it worked for you.
5. Give away your secrets but charge for the implementation.

via @jasonresnick

"Here's our step-by-step plan for growing our email list to 100k subscribers by the end of 2022."

Big Idea: Most successful creators tend to follow a clear system for publishing and promoting content. Success is not an accident.

Dylan Redekop of Growth Currency shares the exact steps he used to build and promote a lead magnet for his newsletter.

"With a clear plan, and a lot of hustle you can capitalize on viral content and turn it into a viable business."

How Amy Morin turned her popular blog post 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do into a lucrative business with multiple published books, speaking engagements, courses, and more.

Big Idea: A single good idea (or article in this case) can turn into a very lucrative business. It's important to experiment with different types of content to see what resonates.
 

Prompts from the new book Creative Doing

"Great ideas aren’t found, they’re made, through consistent creative practice. Creative thinking comes from creative doing. And that’s exactly what the following prompts, and this book, are for."

The dawn of social media birthed the arrival of influencers, online audience building, laptop lifestyles, endless life coaches, and get-rich-quick schemes. Some of it has value, but most of it is piffle.

"What would happen if you stopped posting wanna-be content on social media and double-downed on honing your craftsmanship?

What would your creative work look like if you subtracted the hours spent on social media and put them towards focused practice and perfecting your work?"

via @designinsight

Tom Critchlow offers a path to becoming a successful creative entrepreneur, along with the pitfalls to avoid at each step of the process.

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

Marketing strategy vs. tactics for creators - teachable
 
12 Essential SEO Tips for Beginners to Boost Traffic - semrush

How To Make Sponsorships a Good Revenue Stream for Your Content Business - thetilt

Google Author Rank: How Google Knows which Content Belongs to Which Author? - holisticseo

Preparing for the end of third-party cookies as a creator - convertkit

How to Acquire Customers With TikTok Ads - demandcurve via @marketermilk