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Feroldi: Publishing a book is the worst way to monetize an audience
“Of all the ways to monetize an audience, a book is probably the worst way that you can possibly possibly do so.”
Feroldi: Founders should study Jimmy Buffett's category-of-one strategy
“He became a category of one and he rejected kind of like the main way or he got kicked out or failed trying to go into an industry from the main way and kind of built it up for himself. I think that is a lesson that basically every entrepreneur listening to th…”
Feroldi: The Motley Fool sends up to four emails daily per lead
“When you sign up for these Motley Fool funnels, you get up to four emails per day.”
Feroldi: Founders Can Source Ideas From Dot-Com Failures With Wrong Timing
“So you don't have to come up with new ideas. You can just look at the graveyard of ideas and ask, was the, was this a good idea, but just timing what was wrong? That's another way to do it.”
Feroldi: Newsletter consolidation opportunities will surge as creator fatigue sets in
“So I think there will be Increasing opportunities over the next six to nine months to look at other newsletters that are in your space and in your category that have kind of fizzled out, but have, you know, a couple thousand subscribers to them and to reach ou…”
Feroldi: Jimmy Buffett died a billionaire and top-10 grossing artist
“And he died a multi, a billionaire making him one of the top 10 grossing artists of all time.”
Feroldi: The Motley Fool generates $100M+ in annual revenue
“And they have built a business that does, I don't know the exact figures, but I have to imagine it's nine, nine plus figures in revenue each year and growing.”
Feroldi: The Motley Fool operates hedge fund 1623 Capital
“So they have a hedge fund that they run called one, six, two, three, three capital. And that I believe employs a fairly traditional two and 20 model. Which is very obviously lucrative, and that is, they service a very small number of clients, but they have a v…”
Feroldi: David Perell paid Cultural Tutor a salary to scale the account
“This is something that David Perel has done successfully with the cultural tutor. That account went from like zero to what, I don't even know what it's at now, like over well over a million Twitter followers. And David essentially just gave I forget the man, t…”
Feroldi: Adapting Proven Legacy TV Formats to Modern Platforms Is Underrated
“So that's an underrated tactic. I think we basically looked like what actually worked on Old traditional legacy mediums or what, who is actually advertising on old legacy mega legacy TV. And how can you bring that? How can you apply that to the platforms that …”