Douglas Miller

I write about content strategies and sales funnels of some of the most successful content creators on the Internet. Daily insights and weekly deep dives.

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@Nicolascole77 Often the work itself is the "easy part". What often lies behind our lack of progress is our lack of belief in ourselves.

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@Codie_Sanchez I was just listening to Dickie Bush and Nicholas Cole today on thier podcast. They said "good sales is actuallly not persuasion, it is simply finding the right person who is in need of your product". When you do that the sale comes easy.

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@dickiebush Exactly! Sometimes "productivity apps" make me less productive. I'm an old school Excel guy......it's still king to me. @stephsmithio wrote a deep dive "love letter to Excel" that is a good read! https://t.co/vvyLpmB9zB

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@CaroleneMeli No experience with Zoho....but have you tried Hypefury? I have played around with it a bit and it integrates with Linkedin, Twitter, Insta and Facebook. Let me know what you think and if it is what you are looking for :)

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@Codie_Sanchez Dang @Codie_Sanchez you read my mail!

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@thejustinwelsh The hype about passive income is a bit overpromised and under delivered. The truth about solo work as you point out is best described by flexibility. It all still takes lots of work (hours) but on your own terms.

Thanks for the peek behind the scenes!

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Many promote willpower as the vehicle of change. When we "fail” it often turns to self blame. Blame can begin a slow spiral into the abyss of shame and self loathing. Is the problem our failure or the "failed promise" of willpower?

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Even when given the resources to change, why is the act of change so difficult?

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy

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@matt_gray_ A product/service that sells & profit....would be good to add to the list.

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@TimStodz Very true. I have learned the hard way that you always have options.

It’s just sometimes the option is often a very painful option and one that you had never wanted to take.

But…..regardless of the pain it is best.

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3 Steps to use Time Blocking to win the day

1) Do Deep Work 1st for 4 hrs (Take a break mid way)

2) Schedule 2 hrs for calender tasks (Meetings, calls etc.)

3) Schedule 2 Hours for Float Work (More deep work, pop up tasks, etc.)

EOD: Make tomorrows TWO DO LIST

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A Great Tip From Amanda Goetz

Your "TWO DO" List
At the end of each day, write down the TWO most important tasks you need to accomplish for the next day

These two tasks should be things that directly move the needle on your goal, execute on those first and you'll win the day!

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@dickiebush Ok….but is the Espresso hour going to be rebranded as the “Wim Hof” hour?

It looses something for me 😉☕️

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Building the business behind the digital product is far harder than building the product itself

We need to talk less in the creator communities about building products and more about building businesses that happen to sell a product

We are building businesses not just products

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@thejustinwelsh @sweatystartup 😂😂 I am literally laughing out loud @thejustinwelsh there is nothing left to say….close out the thread. 😂😂

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@mattragland Great break down @mattragland

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I ran all the numbers, and I believe 25,000 email subscribers is the "smallest" audience needed to generate $1,000,000/year as a creator.

This is with 5 revenue streams and realistic conversion rates.

Let's dive in ➕ ✖️ ➗

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Twitter (X) “Growth Tactics” are not just tactics.

They are more importantly frameworks and systems to help you become good at 2 Critical skills:

1) Digital Writing
2) Idea Distribution

These frameworks eventually develop into habits and skills that can be leveraged

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LATERAL SUCCESS SHIFTING
Our immediate response with new projects is “I’ve never done this before I’m not sure what to do”

Identify the processes that have worked while achieving other accomplishments
80% of the skills needed for a new project can be found in what we have done