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The HeyCreator Show — 322 episodes

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047: Conversations Into Cash: How to Get Paid to Think with Abbi Perets

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046: How to Run a Calm, Profitable Creator Business (Without Burning Out) — with Dr. Monica Rysavy

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045: Unstuck: How Creators Reclaim Energy, Clarity & Flow - Hayden Flohr

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044: Why Trading Time For Money Is The Best Way To Build Your Business - with Nick Huber

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043: Should You Start With Clients, Content, or Community? (What I’d Do Differently)

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042: How Tiny Experiments Can Transform Your Work and Life - with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

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041: The BIGGEST Reason Creators Stay Stuck [Voice Memo]

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040: Master YouTube Growth in 2025: Expert Tips from Aprilynne Alter

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040: You Don't Need A Big Audience to Land Big Brand Deals (with Justin Moore)

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039: The Secret to Selling More Without Becoming Internet Famous (with Jonathan Goodman)

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038: What Will 2025 Look Like For Creators? Our Predictions

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037: The Best of HeyCreator 2024

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036: The Future of Creativity (with Dan Shipper)

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035: My EXACT Strategy for Crushing New Year Promotions

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034: The Case For Going All-In on ONE Format

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033: Sell 10x more with one sentence (with John Meese)

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032: To win, you must see content EVERYWHERE (with Clifton Sellers)

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031: Making Business Growth Damn Near Automatic (with Darrell Vesterfelt)

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030: The Importance of Simple Systems (with Tim Grahl)

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029: Creator Monetization Frameworks (with Tim Stoddart)

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028: The Art of Business (with Bonnie Christine)

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027: The Newsletter-Social Playbook (with Josh Spector)

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026: The Role of Design & Branding for Creators (with Charli Prangley)

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025: $100k/year business with NO social media in 2024 (with Bryan Harris)

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024: How To Make $1M+ with Memes (with Jason Levin)

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023: I make $150k/year creating content... now what?

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022: How To Conquer Your Fears as a Creator (with Corey Wilks, Psy.D)

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021: How Selling High-Ticket Offers ACTUALLY Works in 2024 (with John Meese)

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020: A Masterclass on Video Presence & Production (with Cam Houser)

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019: The Fastest Ways To $10,000/Month as a Creator

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018: The 10 Books EVERY Creator Needs To Read

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017: The Secret Behind The World's Biggest Online Communities

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016: Two Income Streams You're Not Thinking About (with Terry Rice)

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015: Build A Life You Don't Need A Vacation From (with Khe Hy)

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014: If You Want To Sell More Courses In 2024, Do This! (with Billy Broas)

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013: How To Price Your Digital Products & Services

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012: How Successful Creators Think (With Amanda Goetz)

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011: How To Launch a Profitable Newsletter In 2024 (Step-By-Step Guide)

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010: Alexis Teichmiller on Career, Community, and Creator Journey

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009: What Creators Get Wrong About Email Newsletters

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008: Cody & Cole Hock on Running A Creator Business That Does Everything

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007: Best Advice for New Creators

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006: Nat Eliason on What It Actually Takes To Be a Creator

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005: How Creators Can Get Equity In Their Favorite Companies

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004: We Didn't Want To Record This Episode

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003: The Real Reason To Niche Down + Justin Welsh on Building Your Creator Business

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002: Common Ways Creators Overthink, Mount Rushmore of Influential Content

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001: Starting Something New, Mount Rushmore of Creators Who Inspired Us

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Welcome to the HeyCreator Show!

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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: The Most Influential Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: How to Build an Email List Without Paid Marketing

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Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create

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Thoughts On Podcasting, Newsletter Ads, (And $3k+ Per Mo. On 15k Subs)

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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: Opportunity Is Everywhere

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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: Concrete Steps For Overcoming Fear Of Failure As A Writer

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Noah Kagan: How He Went From Fired at Facebook to CEO of AppSumo

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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: From 0 to 150k+ Subscribers In 7 Months

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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: How to Make Thousands On A 1k Person Email List

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Ethan Brooks & Tim Stoddart: F*ck College! Here’s How To (Really) Learn To Write

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Nicolas Cole: What is the secret to writing high-performing content online?

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Kevin Espiritu: Building a Business and 3.5+ Million Follower Audience in the Gardening Niche

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Britney Muller: The Truth About AI's Roles in Writing and Marketing

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Dan Go: How He's Building a Massive Personal Brand and Business Using Social Media

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Jose Rosado: How I Went from Job Loss to Online Success

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Greg Isenberg: How to Successfully Build a Portfolio of Companies

66

Yong-Soo Chung: How to Build a Personal Holding Company

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Darrell Vesterfelt: Finding Success in a Hidden Niche

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Nicolas Cole: The Path to Self-Publishing Success

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Brian Clark: The 22 TRILLION Dollar Opportunity

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Ramit Sethi: How to Build Remarkable Products to Grow Your Business

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Jarod Bauman: How Tim Nets $250k Per Year With Directory Sites

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Yannick Veys: The Amazing story of Hypefury’s Massive Success

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Lara Acosta: What all Successful Entrepreneurs Have in Common and How to Crush it on LinkedIn

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Eddy Quan: "99% of People Don't Know This Twitter Hack"

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Dakota Robinson: From Electrician to Successful Ghostwriter

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From Clueless to Successful: Charles Miller's Journey of Learning and Growth

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Rethinking Online Business, Lead Generation, and Digital Products: A Conversation with Steve Chou

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Finding Your Path: A Conversation with Eric Lam

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Building a Dream Business: An Interview with the Founder of Indexsy

80

What We Actually Look For When Hiring Writers

81

How To Make Money From SEO (With Examples)

82

The Growth Experiments We’re Running

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Saying No To Free Money - How And When To Shut A Business Down

84

Elon vs Zuck: Should You Start Marketing On Threads?

85

Deconstructing Peter Zeihan’s Creator Biz

86

Building Your Own Podcast Network

87

Ethan’s Half-Baked Newsletter Ideas

88

Case Study: How The Hustle And Other Newsletters Maximize Email Capture

89

Convertkit and Sparkloop: Insights from Nathan Barry, Founder of Convertkit

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Here’s How To Spy On Your Competitors’ SEO

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Is Personal Brand Even Worth It?

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Zuckerberg VS Elon: Leaked Documents Give a First Look Instagram’s New “Twitter Look Alike App.”

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F*ck It… We’ll Do It Live: Google’s AI Search Demo

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LEAKED DOCUMENTS show that Google is in big trouble

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Copyblogger Has A New Owner

96

Is This Crazy? The Plan To Hit 1m+ Readers Per Month

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Don’t Be Afraid of AI - How to Thrive as an Entrepreneur in the World of Infinite Leverage

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Elon Musk Kills Substack and Gives You Reasons To Build Your Own Brand

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"Who is your role model?" - Newsletter Monetization, Playing it Big, and Personal Growth

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joinhampton.com - How to Build Community on a Membership Platform

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When to charge for your content | Subscriptions, Newsletters, and Membership Sites

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Ethan wrote a book! | What does it take to write a book?

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Is social media needed to build a successful business?

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Creators, Brands, and Media Agencies

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A few unconventional business tips that made my company $10 million in the last 5 years

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Coaching and Time Management: Our thoughts on volley.app

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Lessons from Hormozi's Book - $100M Offers

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Building an Affiliate Site and Knowing When to Hire for New Roles

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When to Take on New Projects and How to do in-depth Research Before Podcast Interviews

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Hard Work, Hustle Culture, Past Advice, and the Future of the Pod

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Here is how we 10Xed our leads with cold outreach

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It's Time for a Creator Spotlight: Chenell Basilio

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Jeremy Somers: The Future of AI Generated Content

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Last Episode of the Year and Our End-of-Year Review

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Matt McGarry: How to scale a newsletter with Facebook ads

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The Crazy World of AI Content Generation

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Jordan DiPietro: How to Scale and Produce for Paid Newsletters

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We bought a company! Here is what we plan to do with it

119

Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create

120

Abhishek Shah: How he Built the Psychology of Marketing Newsletter

121

Ben Wilson: How to Start a Hit Podcast

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The new way of doing business on social media and Kanye’s interview with Lex Friedman

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The Copywriter who Saved the Grand Canyon and an Inside Look at the Copyblogger Pod Business Model

124

Bored Elon Musk on How to Build a Business as a Fake Person

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The Email Expert Who Sends A $149/mo. Paper Newsletter

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3(ish) Rules From Building Multi-Million Dollar Communities

127

Thoughts On Podcasting, Newsletter Ads, (And $3k+ Per Mo. On 15k Subs)

128

How To Avoid Getting Burned By AI-Gen Content Creation

129

Danny Miranda: On Storytelling, Newsletters, and Growing A Podcast

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She Has Three OnlyFans Identities

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Looking Into The Darkness As A Creator

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The Most Influential Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

133

How to Be Perfect (...Not)

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Good Decision, Bad Consequences

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“It’s Not Ten Thousand Hours, It’s Ten Thousand Iterations”

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How To (Actually) Grow Your Newsletter: The Growth Assassin Behind Codie Sanchez and Milk Road

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Opportunity Is Everywhere

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This Model Should Not Work… But It Does

139

This Ecomm Site Breaks All The Rules And Still Wins Big

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Hidden Businesses Crushing It On YouTube and Insta

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From 0 to 150k+ Subscribers In 7 Months

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How Ali Ladha Used Unique Pricing Strategies to Get More Clients

143

Nine Growth Hacks From The Motley Fool

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How To Handle Your First Recession

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Rather Than Being Helpful, Be Valuable

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Your Success Is NOT Based On Luck

147

How to Automate Your Agency

148

F*ck College: Here’s How To (Really) Learn To Write

149

Concrete Steps For Overcoming Fear Of Failure As A Writer

150

(Step By Step) How To Analyze Your Competition’s SEO

151

(Real) Strategies For Paid Communities

152

The 10k Formula: How Growth Tools is Helping Entrepreneurs Reach the Milestone

153

Lexi Grant: Can You Sell Your 5-Figure Biz?

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A Brilliant Way To Automate Ad Sales

155

How to Make Thousands On A 1k Person Email List

156

Ed Latimore: How To Make Time Work For You

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Behind The Scenes

158

The Choice to Be Remarkable

159

What is the secret to writing high-performing content online?

160

Did Substack Nuke Your Email List?

161

On Storytelling And Conflict

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How ConvertKit Went From $1.5k to $100k MMR in 12 Months

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How to Build Referral Programs + The “Outlier Algorithm"

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Khe Hy: Do you need help learning to say “no” in your work-life?

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Using Paid Advertising, Giveaways, and Influencers to Grow Your Business

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How to Build an Email List Without Paid Marketing

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How to Get Clients, Close Deals, and Get Contracts Signed

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Starting From Nothing: How To Get To $10,000 A Month

169

Creator Coins: The Risks, the Rewards and the Possibilities

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The Truth About the "Creator Economy: A Copyblogger Experiment"

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Jay Clouse: How Creativity is Your Secret Weapon for Success

172

Welcome to the Soaring Twenties with Thomas Bevan

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Pat Walls: Using SEO to Build Starter Story into a Worldwide Brand

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How to Use Leverage to Grow Your Business at Massive Scale with Eric Jorgenson

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How Curiosity and a Low Point in Life Helped Create a Global Podcast with Bilal Zaidi

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How Crypto is Reshaping Content Entrepreneurship

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Rohan Gilkes: How to Build a 7 Figure Business by Going Local

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff: How Great Writing Helped Build a Thriving Community Business

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Why Building the Right Team Is So Critical, with Aurélien Amacker of Systeme.io

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Twitter's Secret Game-Changer, Google Image SEO, Pandemic Pivots, and Sound Affiliate Advice

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The 'Awesomeness' Factor, a Renaissance for Curated Newsletters, and the Right Content Frequency

182

Shopify vs Amazon, Busting the Myth of Success, and the Right Way to Use Medium

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Consent-Based Email, Economic Trends for Ecommerce, and SEO for Service Businesses

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SMS vs Email, How to Leverage Social Media (the Right Way), and the Content Tipping Point

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Amazon Slashes Affiliate Rates and How to Create Content During a Crisis

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Rand Fishkin on the Future of Content Marketing

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How to Get (and Keep) Clients in Uncertain Times, Featuring Leah Neaderthal

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The Advantage of Email Marketing, Featuring Nathan Barry of ConvertKit

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How to Write Content That Resonates, Featuring Stefanie Flaxman

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How to Conquer Your Fear of Selling, with Leah Neaderthal

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How to Build Remarkable Products to Grow Your Business, with Ramit Sethi

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What You Should Talk about on Your Podcast, with Tara McMullin

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How to Win at Search in 2020

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How to Turn Pro as a Freelance Writer

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How You Talk to People Matters: Marketing Segmentation and Personalization, with Brennan Dunn of RightMessage

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Podcasting Still Matters, with Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income

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The New Look Copyblogger in 2020

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New Year, New Copyblogger

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The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, with John Jantsch

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Consistency Will Take You Further

201

The Past, Present, and Future of Online Learning

202

How to Get More of the Right Things Done

203

Why the Future Is Still Email

204

What’s Next for Copyblogger Media?

205

How Smart, Nimble Companies Are Using Webinars Today

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The Clarity Method: A Conversation with Tim Brownson

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Digital Business Trends and the Latest on the Rainmaker Platform

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4 ‘Naive’ Business Principles for Enduring Success

209

How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 3: Polishing and Promotion

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How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 2: Getting It Written

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How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 1: Thinking and Research

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3 Almost Magical Headline Ingredients for More Traffic, Engagement, and Shares

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Lessons Any Business Can Learn from an Impressive Influencer Marketing Fail

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13 Ways of Looking at a Headline

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The 7 ‘Bad’ Habits of Incredibly Successful People

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Writers: How to Move from Making a Living to Driving Revenue

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Choose the Right Frame to Boost the Power of Your Content

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How Copywriting Teacher Belinda Weaver Reenergized Her Email List for Massive Engagement

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3 Reasons Why Really Good Writers Sometimes Can’t Find Great Clients

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3 Slightly Embarrassing Emotions that Drive Effective Copywriting

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Get 10 Content Marketing Boosters in 20 Minutes

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Becoming the ‘Chief Empathy Officer’ of Your Copy and Content

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One of the Most Important Marketing Decisions You’ll Ever Make

224

What Nobody Wants to Hear about Content Marketing

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Getting Your Big, Scary Projects Finished: A Conversation about Growing Gills

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When Is It Time to Bring in a Professional Copywriter?

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Using Content to Systematically Move Prospects Toward a Purchase

228

Understanding the Lifecycles of Your Website, with Pamela Wilson

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5 Ways to Manage a Stress-Induced Creative Slump

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3 Ways Strategic Content Can Drive Measurable Business Outcomes

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The Social Media Platform Every Content Creator Should Be Using in 2019 (Nope, It’s Not Facebook)

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Real Talk about Generating High-Quality Content

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A Conversation with Paul Jarvis about Staying a ‘Company of One’

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The 3 Plus 1 Foundational Elements of Effective Persuasion

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5 Essential Copywriting Techniques from Copyblogger

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5 Ways to Recover Your Professional and Creative Confidence

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5 Stinky Sardine Secrets to Make Your Content More Fascinating

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The Mindset ‘Hack’ that Frees Your Creativity and Makes You Happier

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How to Kill Your Sales and Mess up Your Business: Lessons from a Used Car Salesman

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The 7 Things Writers Need to Make a (Good) Living

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Are You Making These Social Media Marketing Mistakes?

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Fix These 7 About Page Mistakes for More Traffic and (Possibly) Better SEO

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7 Ways to Boost Your Creativity

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A 10-Step ‘Checklist’ for Your Content Marketing Site

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The 3 Keys to Publishing Strong Content … Even If You Aren’t a ‘Great’ Writer (Yet)

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Fix These 3 Points of Failure to Get Better Results for Your Content

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Big Changes at ConvertKit: A Discussion with Founder Nathan Barry

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3 Skills to Master to Become a Marketing Badass this Year

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The Quiet Power of Conversational Copy

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5 Rules of Thumb to Relieve SEO-Induced Stress

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How to Use the GDPR to Make Your Business Stronger than Ever

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‘Good Karma’ Selling that Works: A Conversation with Tim Paige

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How to Get More Comfortable (and Effective) at Selling

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Privacy and Permission in the Wake of Cambridge Analytica

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Seth Godin and How to Create Change

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Email? Chatbots? Social? How Are We Supposed to Reach People?

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The Double-Edged Sword that Can Make (or Break) Your Content

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Make More Progress by Getting (Gently) Out of Your Comfort Zone

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Are You Doing Content Marketing Wrong?

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Storytelling for Modern Content Marketing (Part 2 of 2)

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Storytelling for Modern Content Marketing (Part 1 of 2)

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10 Quality Factors Search Engines Need to See on Your Site

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A Simple Content Strategy to Make Your Site Massively More Useful

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How to Avoid a Heartbreaking Business Failure

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Hey Writers: Let’s Get You Paid What You’re Worth

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5 Keys to Making Your Content More Shareable

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3 Observations on Trends (but not Predictions) for 2018

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3 Tips Now to Build a Strong Foundation in 2018

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The 3 Success Factors that Help Writers Earn a Great Living

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How to Recognize a Great Content Idea

271

How to Cultivate a More Meaningful Gratitude Practice

272

Advice for Poets, Advice for Killers

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Face Your Business Fears on Halloween Week

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How to Make Smarter Decisions about Your Website

275

A Series of Unfortunate Content Events

276

The Evolution of a Successful Copywriter

277

7 Ways to Improve Your Marketing by Harnessing the Power of Evil

278

Smart Questions from our Brilliant Audience

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Does the Web Have Enough Patience for Your In-Depth Content?

280

How to Write (Much Better) Blog Comments

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Which Works Better: Positive or Negative Content?

282

How to Attract the Exact Customers You Want

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How to Create Stability and Success as an Artist

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Two Powerful Resources for Life-Changing Growth

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How to Turn All that Marketing Advice into Action

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How to Develop a Compelling Marketing Idea in 4 Steps

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Getting Over the Fear of Selling

288

Talking Community and Digital Business with Tara Gentile

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Plagiarism, Self-Deception, Bad Sandwiches, and Other Interesting Disasters

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Professional Writers: Find Out How to Get Certified by Copyblogger

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The Painful Core Lesson Taught by 3 Astonishing Big-Brand Fails

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5 Mindset Habits that Actually Work

293

On Grammar, Usage, and Not Being a Great Big Jerk

294

Creative Strategies for Content Writers

295

A New Ultra-Easy Resource for Creating Excellent WordPress Sites

296

Thriving Freelancers and Clients from Hell

297

Politics, Content Marketing, and the 2017 Super Bowl Ads

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Copyblogger Book Club: Winning the Story Wars

299

3 Content Marketing Strategy Fails (and How to Fix Them)

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The 2017 Content Excellence Challenge: Your January Assignments

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Bad Writing Advice: The ‘Post Truth’ Episode

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Get Ready Now for a Creative and Productive 2017

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The 4 Pillars Every Online Business Is Built On

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Orbit Media’s Latest Survey of 1000 Bloggers

305

Have You Already Missed the Podcasting Gold Rush?

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Getting More Traffic, Links, and Shares to Your Content

307

5 Quick Wins for Content Marketers

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Announcing: An Intriguing New Tool for Collaborative Content

309

A New Book to Make Content Marketing Easier

310

Behind the Scenes at Copyblogger: Our New Email Approach

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The ‘Obligatory’ Structure of Effective Content

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7 Powerful Content Strategies Borrowed from Advertising Masters

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How to Handle Demographic and Psychographic Segmentation (without Looking Like an Idiot)

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Ethics, Professionalism, and Good Manners for Content Marketers

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3 Questions that Can Haunt Creative Professionals

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How to Give and Get Exceptional Testimonials, Part Two

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How to Give and Get Exceptional Testimonials, Part One

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Are You Leaving Money on the Table with Weak Headlines?

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Content Marketing for Nonprofits

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The One-Two Punch that Creates the Most Successful Copywriters

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Pokémon Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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5 Suggestions When You’re Writing About Controversy