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Oct 5, 2020

👋 Welcome!

If you follow KP, you’ll know he’s not only a prolific maker and no-coder but also a leading voice of #buildinpublic. And he’s just accepted a brilliant job as Programme Director of NoCode at On Deck. Congrats!!! The amazing thing about him winning this position was the process. When he was ready, he opened himself up to the job market in public, applied in public and ultimately accepted the offer in public. Both Brandon Zhang in his latest newsletter and Whit Anderson in a Twitter thread share some great insights on his journey.

KP @thisiskp_

Smiling to see a wholesome shout out in @brandonthezhang’s newsletter today 😃 Here’s the full edition to read 👇🏽 mailchi.mp/7cb33bd98397/w…

👋 Whit Anderson @whit4th

I met @thisiskp_ 2 yrs ago. KP’s a prolific maker & gains more leverage every single day. The guy’s consistent. He’s one of the best people know & I’ve learned a lot from him. Now feels like “his moment”. Below are some of my best learnings from KP(w/ examples). a thread 🧵

🚀 Maker News

Newsletter Strategy

Welcome back, everyone! Kicking off today with a short thread by Paul Metcalfe with some insights on how to build a profitable newsletter. Six months ago, inspired by the My First Million podcast, Lotanna Ezeike started a niche newsletter. He set up a Substack and found a writer to create one story per month for £250. Subscriptions began at £5, but grew to £50 per month, achieving £6k per month. Last month he sold it for £75k. Read the whole thread to learn more.

Paul Metcalfe @pauldm

Building a profitable newsletter and selling it for $75K Without writing any of the content. And all done in 6 months. Sounds difficult? Actually a ridiculously simple idea executed well 👇

Compelling Writing

Scott Domes has written a useful thread compiling a selection of different resources from well-know creators on what the secret to compelling writing is. Many helpful insights for all newsletter publishers. Read the full thread.

Scott Domes 🚀 @scottdomes

What's the secret to compelling writing? Here's a compilation of my favourite attempts to answer that question, from fantastic writers like: @RyanHoliday @Julian @anthilemoon @stephsmithio @paulg @david_perell 🧵👇

NoCode Build Tips

Jens Lennartsson shares some great marketing tips on what to look out for before and after you have built your NoCode product. Read the thread.

Jens 🧲 @JensLennartsson

BEFORE building you #nocode product: 🤯 Define the problem you want to solve 🤠 Decide who you are creating it for 🤩 Understand their interests and needs 🧪 Test the market 📬 Start a mailing list 🎥 Create valuable content 📣 Start building an audience 1/ 👇

💭 Afterthought

To finish the day, I found this great piece of advice by Anthony Diké on how to improve your work spirit when doing boring tasks. Take care and see you tomorrow!

Anthony Diké @antdke

If the process doesn’t make you happy, neither will the prize. So when doing a boring task, I now: • Give myself a time limit • Turn on @PoolsideFM • Work while standing • Dance & get it done ✨🕺👨‍💻

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