Darmesh Shah: From Writer to Tech Billionaire

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Darmesh Shah, the CTO of HubSpot, is a highly respected and successful entrepreneur. He is known for his excellent writing skills and his unconventional approach to meetings. Despite being a billionaire, he remains down-to-earth and approachable. Darmesh believes that copywriting is a valuable asset in business and constantly strives to improve his skills. He even developed a software program to measure laughter during his speeches in order to improve his comedic timing. He is always seeking new ways to make his phrases more memorable, and one of the books he recommends is 'The Elements of Eloquence'.

Sam is a master copywriter and business builder. If there was ever somebody who knows how to turn online writing into cash, Sam is it.

In this episode, Sam shows how you can sell at scale and where to find the opportunities in the business of writing. We’ll teach you how to think through headlines, find content for your own writing, and torch the internet with your ideas.

Sam started in the early days of email newsletters and he was a master of writing viral content. He tells the story about plagiarizing his way onto Amazon’s bestseller list by looking at the intersection of romantic comedies, werewolves, and the Twilight Series. He combined many stories, self published his own book, sued by a publisher for plagiarizing, and ended up exploding on the self-publishing Reddit forum — all of which led to 1000s of new subscribers for his newsletter.

Since then, his success continues to multiply. First, by selling “The Hustle” for eight-figures to HubSpot. Then, by growing “My First Million” into one of the top ten business podcasts in the world. And now, he recently launched a company called Hampton.

One thing that stands out with Sam is how good he is at colloquial copywriting. His writing sells because it sounds like how people actually talk. First he builds trust with people. Then they open up their wallets. He gets people to open up their wallets by building trust with them very fast through writing. In this episode, he shows exactly how to do that.

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