3 things I know about growth
3 things I know about growth
There is no silver bullet when it comes to growth
Edition 054 of Design Insight
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The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
The article in 3 ideas:
A true fan is someone that will buy anything you create. True fans are a direct source of your income but also act as a marketing force for your work to ordinary fans.
To make a living as a creator you only need 1000 true fans.
Everything made or thought of can interest at least one person in a million. The trick is to find those fans, or more accurately, to have them find you.
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans ➜
3 things I know about growth
The article in 3 ideas:
There is no silver bullet when it comes to growth. There is no one way to ensure growth.
Instead, you should expect to fire lots of lead bullets. These result in small wins that compound over time.
Learn to rank your growth ideas to know where to focus your efforts.
3 things I know about growth ➜
The 6 Steps of Building an Audience From Nothing
The article in 3 ideas:
Find where your audience is hanging out and spend time there.
Your job is to create great content worth sharing and find places that will share it.
Get in on Quora - it’s an invaluable place to build an audience!
The 6 Steps of Building an Audience From Nothing ➜
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Tailwind Components Cheat Sheet ➜
A cheat sheet for navigating Tailwind CSS classes.
Beautifully crafted Open Source icons for common actions and items
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Michelle
Love the tip on moving headings closer to their paragraphs. It just “feels“ better to my eye.