How to Create Content at Scale

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I was never a good salesperson, but I would out email everybody. It just became a math problem. The more you put the top of the funnel, the more it's kind of trickle down and actually convert to a sale. Now we've become a little more curated with our content because I think our brand matters more now. But for me personally, it is like just constantly scouring what's out there. And as you start to see what works, then you can double down on those things and eliminate the things that weren't working.

How did Thomas Shields go from writing a small pickleball newsletter with nothing more than a MailChimp account, a “shitty” website, and a few Facebook subscribers to creating a comprehensive sports channel where 50% of its partners are inbound advertisers?

By getting scrappy.

Thomas talks with Daniel about the importance of just getting out there and doing it rather than worrying about your brand’s initial traction, how to grow a newsletter audience, and why content volume is more critical to your success than anything else.

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0:00 Intro

3:02 Getting Into Newsletters

4:35 Growing an Audience

10:38 Monetizing

12:07 Cold Calling Brands

13:06 Creating Content

17:02 Recycling Content

19:09 Packaging Sponsorship

21:17 A Hill to Die On

28:30 Predicting What Posts Well

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