Itzler: My entire marketing strategy in my 20s was writing 10 daily handwritten letters
Jesse Itzler · Jesse Itzler's Exact Playbook For Creating HIT AFTER HIT (#504) · Oct 5, 2023 · at 1:12:22
Serial entrepreneur Jesse Itzler explains how he built his early network and business relationships without a marketing budget.
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“In my twenties, I didn't have a way to, I had no, I was really on a super tight budget. I was writing 10 handwritten letters. I went a year, not every single day, but pretty much writing about 10 handwritten letters a day. And that was my entire marketing strategy.”
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