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Why We Don’t Open Your Emails
Why We Don’t Open Your Emails
The missing piece to your email success…
August Birch
Aug 19
How to Use Your Medium Stories to Grow Your Email List
How to Use Your Medium Stories to Grow Your Email List
It’s time to stop working for free…
August Birch
Aug 16
Use the ‘Game Footage’ Strategy to Grow Your Creative Practice
Use the ‘Game Footage’ Strategy to Grow Your Creative Practice
It’s not just for football and tennis anymore…
August Birch
Aug 15
Five Ways to Do Email Marketing All Wrong
Five Ways to Do Email Marketing All Wrong
…and what you can do to make it right.
August Birch
Aug 14
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How to Use Open Loops to Sell More of Your Creative Work
How to Use Open Loops to Sell More of Your Creative Work
Take a page from thrillers and mysteries…
August Birch
Aug 14
Occam’s Razor 2.0- How to Make Better Stuff From Simple Ideas
Occam’s Razor 2.0- How to Make Better Stuff From Simple Ideas
Time to enable the Virtuous Circle…
August Birch
Aug 13
How to Sell Old, Evergreen Courses as a New and Different Opportunity
How to Sell Old, Evergreen Courses as a New and Different Opportunity
It’s easier than you think…
August Birch
Aug 13
Avoid ‘Point Nemo’ In Your Creative Work
Avoid ‘Point Nemo’ In Your Creative Work
No longer lost at sea…
August Birch
Aug 13
Are You Thinking All Wrong?
Are You Thinking All Wrong?
How to ponder to get good results
August Birch
Aug 12
A Psychological Hack to Get Beyond Your Customer’s Hesitation to Buy
A Psychological Hack to Get Beyond Your Customer’s Hesitation to Buy
Or… how to get people to give you money.
August Birch
Aug 9
A Long-Term Fix For Creators Unhappy With Their Current Results
A Long-Term Fix For Creators Unhappy With Their Current Results
It’s not easy, but it works…
August Birch
Aug 8
How to Use the Virtuous Circle to Win at Your Creative Business
How to Use the Virtuous Circle to Win at Your Creative Business
It’s all about the feedback
August Birch
Aug 6
How I’ve Written Over 1,800 Stories on Medium — Less than an Hour a Day
How I’ve Written Over 1,800 Stories on Medium — Less than an Hour a Day
You can spend more time, but this works if you’re in a hurry
August Birch
Aug 6
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