Başak

Building online products, sharing my journey. Building 12 in 12 months. My latest product: INDIE PLANNER 2024: Mother of two.

[Başak @hellobasak]

For years I thought I was a freak for

—having multiple passions
—being analytical & creative at the same time
—wanting to start a business, serve a social cause, write books, learn, teach, sell, donate

all at the same time.

But I've found my tribe. Seems that I'm normal here❤️

[Başak @hellobasak]

@ash_lmb I'd pick #3 for rememberability but I don't know much about IP rights

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@ash_lmb Love this. I can't always build in public these days but I'm looking forward to discover incredible people here😊

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@ash_lmb Ahh, so are yours!

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@desksays @marclou I appreciate this so much. Means the world.

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@desksays Yess, found it! https://t.co/cXyAuDD5WT

Honored to make it to your list. Appreciate you so much!

[Başak @hellobasak]

Your content does two things for you:

1) shows the world you’re skillful
2) shows the world you’re a trustworthy human that sticks around

We’re here to get to know you.

We are looking for signals to trust you.

For that, we have to relate to you.

See the hole in the donut? That hole makes you unique. It matters just as much as the meaty part.

Your content shouldn’t leave out that hole. Because…

- Whatever weaknesses you have, others have some too.
- Whatever failures you've had, others had some too.
- Whatever losses you’ve suffered, others suffered some too.

Show us the hole in you.

For only after we trust you, we’ll learn from you, we’ll buy from you, we’ll befriend you, we’ll help you.

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@jayclouse @Ghost Just subscribed! Appreciate the idea “write as if your hands are on fire.” Looking forward to future issues

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@MrChrisJWilson Yeah, great point. No dough is no good :) Just sharing for those who think they need to be "all dough"

[Başak @hellobasak]

Sharing ideas like this in my weekly visual newsletter: https://t.co/aqfAjaYJSI

[Başak @hellobasak]

Failed at this, but that's okay.

It's been a busy few months for my family. On to the next chapter.

Still wanting to get to 10k as I see it as a *psychological* barrier for bigger wins

[Başak @hellobasak]

Aiming to reach 10k followers by Jan 1st. So I'll be keeping track of my follower count on this thread, daily-ish, at 12:00PM.

Nov 1 : 6,842

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@chris__sev Life's full of these right?😅 and you hardly notice it before you become a parent, try to build a business, etc... Not much is predictable in this world 😅 Hope you feel better soon!

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@jasonleowsg Haha, that's a great point! Humor's such an underrated way to build connection

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@OzolinsJanis Absolutely. 4 is my maximum

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@ropesandhopes Ouch, that’s a tough combination, I can definitely relate. Hope he feels better soon!

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@CFFNewsletter Double opt in, yes. Didn't need to clean it yet, it's not that large

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I'm 9 weeks into sending out my weekly newsletter and the average open rate is 71%.

Is this good? Average? Meh?

How should I read this?

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@dollarbilcopy Not too large, not comfortable sharing yet

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@rodrigoakarolo Genuinely trying to learn how to make sense of the numbers lol :)

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@taibabosnic Thanks so much, Taiba! It's a visual newsletter about building creative online businesses, it's here: https://t.co/aqfAjaYJSI

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It’s not every day something you MADE arrives in mail.

It feels soo awesome!