#42: Magic Internet Money

Happy Tuesday EduCreator!

It seems like everyone is after that illusive magic internet money. And for good reason! With the advancement of content generation technology through machine learning and large language models (aka AI), automating monetizable content and brand assets has never been more accessible and user-friendly. Finally there is technology for us “non-techies.”

YouTube is flooded with videos about how to make $10k/month with ChatGPT, but the problem is, most of these creators are leaving out a very crucial first step that without doing correctly will make monetizing feel like magic or only for the lucky. But there is a formula to this and no matter where you are in your journey, we all should be focused on the same goal as social media content creators and community builders:

Without an audience, there is no community and no email list. So we have to start here. How do we grow an engaged, loyal audience of fans, supporters, and students? By going through the validation process of understanding the problem we’re solving, who we’re solving it for, and how we’re uniquely positioned to solve this problem. Once we have this down, we can create a lead magnet and/or digital product that directly addresses this problem.

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Table of Contents

• Community Updates

• Today’s EduCreator LIVE 🎙️ REPLAY

  • Monday Theme: Email Marketing

  • Mini-Lesson: How to grow and monetize your email l …

• Upcoming Events 📆

• Start Monetizing with our Referral Program 💌

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Community Updates

Free Course: “The AI-Powered Lead Magnet: Boost Sales with Automation and Personalization”

Are you ready to learn how to use AI to effectively market your digital product or grow your email list? This 5-day educational email course will guide you! Learn how to boost sales with AI automation and personalization. To create this course, I used the content from our last 7 weeks of learning together as a community to design a customized course that provides solutions to pain points EduCreators are experiencing.

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Are you ready to give Beehiiv a try? If you use my partner link to sign up, you’ll get a 30 day free trial and 20% off of the 3 month subscription. This means you can try the product risk free for 30 days. Set a challenge for yourself to earn the cost of the plan in that time so you go into the subscription on the positive revenue generating side. If you do sign up, let me know and I’ll give you a free 1:1 set up call.

Guides: Building Your Email List

Are you growing your email list? Check out our Guides for using Google and Beehiiv to build one-step automations for free. In Part 1 and Part 2 I cover step by step how to collect verified emails, include a lead magnet, upload emails to Beehiiv and set up an automatic welcome email.

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Today’s EduCreator LIVE 🎙️ REPLAY

Monday Theme: Email Marketing

Mini-Lesson: How to grow and monetize your email list on any social media platform 

0) Get into the habit of consistently posting content

To monetize, you’ll need to create content that is solving a problem consistently. When you begin, don’t worry about making money, just get into the habit of regularly creating content. Put in the reps for at least 30 days and then analyze your content to see what resonates with your audience most.

1) Find the right teachers and communities to join

This is the best first step I could think of because it’s truly how I began my journey on Clubhouse and on X. I had to really humble myself and learn from the best content creators I could. Take notes, sign up for their courses, watch their videos and implement what you’re learning.

2) Become a super supporter

This step is so important and many don’t see success because they are skipping this part. Use tools like TweetDeck and SpacesDashboard to find creators in your niche. Create engagement lists and get into live events as a listener/speaker. Make intentional connections and show up strong.

3) Create high value collaborations and host regularly scheduled events with speaker panels

Once you’ve spent some time engaging and making connections through spaces (live events) and in the comment section, start to hit up those DMs and set up 1:1 calls to plan collaborative events. This is where you start to really leverage other peoples’ audiences and bring more value to the table. Have your email list sign up ready to go in your bio so you can always have a call to action.

4) Analyze transcripts and polls/surveys to create a validated product

Use AI tools like Zealous to download transcripts from any X space you host or Otter.AI for other live events. Add the transcript to ChatGPT and ask for an analysis of the conversation with a special focus on pain points. You can also create polls, surveys, and assessments to get to know your audience better and use ChatGPT to analyze the results.

The Educational Email Course GPT takes you through a 3-step product validation process before creating your course.

5) Create a lead magnet and grow a community email list with it

Lead magnets are an excellent way to grow your email list and promote your digital product. If you create a 5-Day Educational Email Course using our GPT, add a call to action at the end of each email with a link to your digital product or other offerings.

Answer this poll to sign up for our community course (free while in BETA) all about using the EEC GPT to create a lead magnet:

6) Get in the habit of sending regular monetizable emails to your community

Adding affiliate links for products you mention in your email (check out Amazon Associates) and Buy Me a Coffee options are great ways to quickly begin monetizing your emails. Always include an element of storytelling to take the reader on a journey of understanding why they need the solution you’re offering. Include a call to action at the end of every email with a link to your product or service.

7) Launch your product or service offering along with your lead magnet

Once you have a validated product and a lead magnet to support it, it’s time to launch. Build a pre-launch beta group to give you direct feedback and make any necessary iterations before the official launch.

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