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Hello creators + builders + thinkers!
I hope you’re having a stellar day so far.
Here’s a quick glimpse of today’s Growth Currency 💡⚡
(if you want to skip my ramblings)
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15 Best Freelancing Writing Sites by Freelancing School (Jay Clouse)
Christine Garnett: Becoming a Chief Community Officer - EP 123 The Tim Stodz Podcast
TweetButler: Sign up for TweetButler and get a concise, actionable, daily Twitter prompt
TidyCal: Get TidyCal (cheaper Calendly alternative) from AppSumo.com for only $19.
Roam Vs. Notion by Ness Labs
Community Features: CodeSwaps, IndieWorldwide, Build Your House Club
Leverage for the layperson: A playbook for growing a 20,000 audience in 1 year with Khe Hy & Dickie Bush
Q: What’s the best time to write?
FINDING THE BALANCE
I’m genuinely curious: how do you find balance?
What I’ve been finding in the past few weeks as the newsletter grows (welcome to the 12 new subscribers!! 👋🙏) and as I try and build an engaged community and engage in other communities: I’m simply over-subscribed and out of balance.
I have a family (wife & 2 kids), a full-time job (9-5), and hobbies (running—1500kms this year, woodworking). That keeps me busy as it is.
Then I decided to start this newsletter.
And create an in-depth (and FREE) How To Build A Newsletter guide—coming soon!
And join Ship 30 For 301 🚢
And join 3 other online communities 🙃
And Corey Haines Twitter Growth Challenge 🐦
And join a podcast as a 4-week co-host 🎙
And start up my Conversation in Spaces 🟣 (guests thus far: Justin Welsh, Louis Shulman, Danny Miranda).
My plate is kind of full, but I’m also excited for the challenge!
Still… I’ll take any advice I can get. Back to my question: how do you find balance?
CREATOR SPOTLIGHTS 🔦
Tibo || Tibo is a builder who’s creating lots of great products to help creators (like us!) make a living off our passions. He’s created an app called TweetButler that sends you a daily email with a tweet prompt.
Tim Stoddart || Tim’s a full-stack creator I have mad respect for. He writes daily, has a podcast, a digital marketing agency, AND is part-owner of Copyblogger.com. #respect
Jerine Nicole || Jerine’s growing her Substack while putting together an accountability group for creators called Creator Sandbox
TWEET OF THE WEEK
What’s your path of choice?
THIS WEEK’S GROWTH CURRENCY 💡⚡
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✍ WRITE
15 Best Freelancing Writing Sites by Freelancing School (Jay Clouse)
We all want to make some 💰 with our skills. One of the best ways to do that is through freelancing. This article will give you the 15 best sites to get some writing gigs!
🎧 PODCAST
Christine Garnett: Becoming a Chief Community Officer - EP 123 The Tim Stodz Podcast
Christina Garnett may have accidentally started the #marketingtwitter community with this tweet. She’s a community builder and aspiring Chief Community Officer. Tim navigated the conversation marvelously, and got Christina to share her pillars for building an online community…
→ Awareness: earned by reaching out to ‘micro-influencers’ + small biz for cross-promos; local ads or small FB budget
→ Human Touch: getting good reviews, developing an “army of fans”, networking with your customers
→ User-Generated Content (UGC): getting your community members to build, shape and moderate your community as it grows is pivotal
🛠 TOOLS
TweetButler
Sign up for TweetButler and get a concise, actionable, daily Twitter prompt like this:
TidyCal
Get TidyCal (cheaper Calendly alternative) from AppSumo.com for only $19. Total—not monthly. One payment. Use this link to support this newsletter + get $10 off your next AppSumo purchase… (then search ‘Tidycal’ in the search bar)
👀 PRODUCTIVITY
Roam Vs. Notion by Ness Labs
Check out Anne-Laure’s breakdown of these two popular “second brain” note-taking apps to save you time + energy deciding which one is right for you. It might be neither 👀 …
🏘 COMMUNITIES & COURSES
Codeswaps — Join a community of developers, coders, and builders and swap skills and ideas to create something awesome.
IndieWorldwide — The online meetup group for indie makers.
Build Your House Club — Join the 21 Day Challenge to Clarify Your Personal Brand & Provide Consistent Value to Your Audience (hosted by all-round nice guys Jessie Van Bruegel & John Paul Hernandez)
A masterclass in growing your Twitter audience from one two of the best.
You made it to the end, and I’m so grateful for you stopping by today. I’m trying to provide as much value as I can with these newsletters, so let me know what you loved and what you didn’t!
Feedback is the quickest “hack” for improvement, after all!
If you haven’t yet, connect with me on Twitter—DM’s open! Say hi and let me know what you’re working on. Send me your tools, articles, communities for a chance to be featured in the newsletter.
Peace & plutonic love,
-Dylan
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