Let’s talk side projects! I have been doing side projects for over a decade. When I started nocode platforms weren’t a thing. There was WordPress but it was still pretty complex. Fast forward 10 years and I built a full fledged marketplace with payment, messaging and search functionality, with no tech skills and all run on the side. A the best thing about it, everyone can do it.

Building side projects have had major impact on my business skills. Especially newsletters have been a great of improving my talent stack. A newsletter gives you exposure to so many things that are involved with a (digital) business: user growth, product, partnerships, revenue, marketing, research, analytics. My most successful side project is based around the topic of newsletters. Last year I founded a marketplace (Duuce) where people can buy and sell a newsletter. As crazy as that idea might sound, it’s pretty vibrant.  

Do you run a side project? Curious to hear about it. Reply with the link and I’ll check it out and maybe even share it in the newsletter.

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This is a TL;DR of all (p)roduct, (n)ewsletter, (a)rticle, (k)nowledge links for this edition  

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Build things that do just one thing 
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Content marketing for teams.
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Rewriting landing pages with a pro copywriter.
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1 Useful idea:

Creating is actually pretty hard. For me, content repurposing did a world of wonder for me and it allowed to have an endless of adaptable ideas at hand.

2 People you find inspiring:

2 people in the newsletter space actually: Chris Osborne and Janel Loi

1 productivity hack that helps you the most:

I wouldn’t say it’s a hack, but a thing that contribute to my productivity is the environment around me. If I’m an environment with a lot of distractions, then I’ll be less productive, so I try and build a space where distractions don’t collide with the task at hand.

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