How to Get Your First 1,000 Free Email Subscribers
PDF-playbook with over 118 pages with examples, templates, and prompts to grow your email list for free.
This playbook reveals the exact strategies I applied to grow my email list to over 11,832 email subscribers by posting content on platforms like YouTube, Medium, and Substack.
It’s not limited to these platforms and can be used on all other free platforms, too. (I applied this when I used to post on Facebook before getting banned. And you can apply it to any other social media platform of your choice.)
Contents:
Chapter 1: How Algorithms Work Right Now (And How To Make Them Work For You)
👉 The real reason your content gets BURIED while INFERIOR creators BLOW UP (it has nothing to do with quality, consistency, or “providing value”—and everything to do with one foundational choice most people refuse to follow)
👉 Why most people create content for months and get ZERO traction (and what to do instead)
👉 The one mistake that makes you INVISIBLE to algorithms—even when your content is better than competitors with 10x the following (and the framework that fixes it in under 30 minutes)
👉 How to sound like an authority worth following when your LOW follower number works against you (the specific approach that earns trust without testimonials, case studies, or a “personal brand”)
👉 Why trying to help “anyone interested in [your topic]” guarantees you’ll spend a year posting into the void (and the counterintuitive move that gets algorithmic traction in weeks, not months)
Chapter 2: The Only 2 Types of Content You Should Post To Grow Your List
👉 Why most beginners create content that DIES in the middle of Google’s page 5 and gets IGNORED on social feeds (and the simple filter that shows you which of the two content games actually fits your schedule and personality)
👉 Why creating content that tries to rank in search AND go viral on social guarantees you being invisible (and the 10-minute test that shows which type actually fits how your brain works)
👉 The brutal truth about content that nobody mentions upfront (you’ll publish pieces that get zero views for 3-6 months, and that’s exactly how it’s supposed to work when you’re building something that lasts)
👉 The reason your detailed piece of content gets 2 likes while other people’s simple stories spread everywhere (and what to do about it)
👉 A simple exercise to immediately know which type of content you should focus on (so you stop wasting evenings and weekends creating the wrong format while your family wonders when this “side project” will actually work)
👉 Why trying to be profound and philosophical is a waste of time when you’re just starting out (and the instruction manual that makes readers trust you enough to subscribe after reading just one piece)
Chapter 3: What It Really Takes To Build A Profitable Email List (Based On The Different Platforms Available Today)
👉 How to stop quitting platforms after 2 months (even though you’re disciplined in every other area of your life)
👉 The real reason your colleague grows on LinkedIn while you burn out trying to copy them
👉 Why you should not spend 90% of your time creating content for social media — especially X or LinkedIn (and exactly what to do instead to grow your subscribers faster)
👉 Why “just be everywhere” advice guarantees you’ll quit completely (and why ONE platform is enough to grow your list)
👉 The only question to ask before picking any platform
Chapter 4: Which Platform Should You Pick? (The Definite Answer)
👉 The 3-step process to immediately know where to post (so you don’t waste months building on a platform that doesn’t work for your specific niche)
👉 Why “repurposing everywhere” is a trap that guarantees burnout to get your first 1,000 subscribers
👉 The brutal truth about platform choice that no one tells beginners
Chapter 5: Exactly How Many Times You Should Post Per Week
👉 Why posting once or twice per week guarantees you’ll quit before you figure out what works
👉 The specific posting frequencies that compress 18 months of learning into 4 months — so that you can scale your winners RAPIDLY
👉 How to create five content “en masse” in just 15-30 minutes without sacrificing your voice or quality
👉 The one thing that separates people who hit 1,000 subscribers in 4-6 months from those still stuck at 47 subscribers after a year
Chapter 6: Create Your Organic Publishing Machine (In Your Spare Time)
👉 The 4-step brain reprogramming system to turn content creation from a 3-hour wrestling match into a 25-minute focused session
👉 Why sitting down to “create content” guarantees you’ll spend two hours rewriting the same paragraph and struggle with writer’s block
👉 How & why to write 80% of your best content ideas without sitting at a computer
Chapter 7: Find Winning Content Ideas (That’ll Grow Your List Week After Week)
👉 Why trying to be “original” when you’re starting out is the fastest way to waste 12 months creating content nobody wants
👉 The two-pile system that gives you 15 PROVEN content ideas in under two hours
👉 How to literally PREDICT that a piece of content is going to work and drive subscribers so that you don’t waste time in creating content “that looks good”
👉 The method that lets you model proven ideas without looking like a copycat
Chapter 8: The Only 4 Content Structures You Need To Attract Subscribers
👉 The exact line between free content and paid products that most experts get catastrophically wrong
👉 How to become a professional creator that can easily publish five times per week without “running out of things to say”
👉 Why trying to be original is just a waste of time (and what to do instead to still stand out)
👉 The 5-minute outline method that removes 80% of writer’s block
Chapter 9: How To Speed Things Up Using AI
👉 The 3 things you must prepare before using AI or you’ll get generic garbage that takes longer to fix than writing from scratch
👉 Why using AI without writing a series of 3-7 bullet points first makes you SLOWER than typing from scratch
👉 The exact prompt that turns a 10-minute messy voice memo into a 70% usable draft
👉 How to batch-create 10 content pieces in a single 10-minute morning break before your family wakes up
Chapter 10: How To Get People Onto Your Email List
👉 Why you should NOT use ONE generic lead magnet for everything you publish
👉 How to get people onto your list WITHOUT a landing page or website (sounds stupid but works)
👉 Exactly what to offer after each type of content so the lead magnet feels like the obvious next step (instead of a random 56-page PDF)
👉 Word-for-word what to offer after content about [X] so people subscribe instead of just liking your post
Chapter 11:The Simple Email System That Keeps Your List Warm & Ready-To-Buy
👉 The one sentence that trains your subscribers to ignore everything you send
👉 Why trying to write “email content” separate from your regular content is what stops most people from emailing their list at all (and what to do instead)
👉 How to always have fresh newsletter content to send (without having to create more)
👉 Why starting with welcome sequences, segmentation, and sophisticated automation is what keeps most people from ever sending a single email
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