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It’s time for the BIG MONEY PIZZA PARTY!

I’m not gonna promise $10,000 a month, but hey, let’s pay a phone bill, maybe. We’re gonna talk about paid offerings, Stripe, selling stuff online.

This’ll be a kind, gentle, safe space to talk about the cash money side of creativity without the HUSTLE and SALES talk.

Wednesday, November 19 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST

From Joe Pulizzi:

Take a piece of your content offline. As everything around us becomes digital and synthetic, physical experiences will be like luxury goods. A printed newsletter. A quarterly dinner. A local meetup. A short book. Even a small run of “best-of” print issues. Tangibility creates trust. When everything else feels virtual, something you can hold in your hands becomes memorable, meaningful, and rare.

Found this quote the same day I found out about the Six String Social Club!

Said David, “I’m glad people are digging this idea. It’s a giver of life to players to get together with each other.”

How can you move your content into the real world?

Q. How will I hear new music, find new things, see new art if I’m not on social media?

A. Did we not do those things before social media? Of course we did! Ask your friends, subscribe to newsletters, look up bands you see on flyers, read interviews with artists and see who they’re talking about!

See some fun answers from the community here!

A client who has worked with some big names wanted to build their email list, and I gave them this idea:

Think of the amazing people you worked with throughout the years, and think of all those stories you shared, and the memories you’ve made. They’ve got to have dozens of those stories to write, right?

So write that post, with that one person in mind. Then email that person a link to the piece.

This gets you around sending a boring email to “all your contacts” saying, “hey, I have a newsletter now, you should subscribe.”

Write a post that will resonate with the person you’re emailing. Yes, even if it’s just that one person. Email the person the link. Maybe they subscribe, or at least reply and you two catch up, and who knows where that leads?

It’s not always about striking it rich and getting 100 new sign ups. Sometimes the right message to the right person at the right time is all you need.

Originally posted on Nov 24, 2024 here.

“I need more subscribers” season is over.

Maybe now it’s Embrace What Exists season. Or Time to Celebrate Who’s Here.

The season of “more subscribers” will come around again, for sure. But today—right now—there are wonderful people already in our life and creative orbit. Maybe this can be a season (or even just a week) of honoring what already exists.