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2026

  1. No. 308 Go ahead, judge my new website
  2. No. 307 “I just don’t have a bleeding neck problem…”
  3. No. 306 The strangest secret
  4. No. 305 Why email still wins
  5. No. 304 Last Call: The Disappearing Dashboard
  6. No. 303 Writing system accident
  7. No. 302 Kieran Drew’s uncensored feedback on my writing system
  8. No. 301 The dentist who made millions with writing courses
  9. No. 300 I’m gone!
  10. No. 299 The Khalahari Bushmen can hear the stars?
  11. No. 298 This email sold my $5,000 coaching program without any social proof, case studies, webinars, or even a sales page
  12. No. 297 Emailmaxxing
  13. No. 296 Maybe no one noticed you left…
  14. No. 295 What get’s the best open rates?
  15. No. 294 “Email just isn’t clicking for people the way it used to…”
  16. No. 293 The pattern hiding behind my best emails
  17. No. 292 The demand for creativity in advertising
  18. No. 291 I want to see your emails in my inbox
  19. No. 290 Q&A Today - July 8th, 2026
  20. No. 289 What’s your biggest email marketing hurdle today?
  21. No. 288 Do ideas come to you in the shower?
  22. No. 287 Happy Independence Day… (Sorry Brits)
  23. No. 286 I can tell when you write with AI (and so can your clients)
  24. No. 285 Why I stopped slopping things together in Canva
  25. No. 284 Product mockups matter?
  26. No. 283 Why and when I recommend daily emails
  27. No. 282 We over did it
  28. No. 281 Best AI powered all-in-one for foreseeable future?
  29. No. 280 22,000+ emails scheduled this weekend
  30. No. 279 The most seductive trap in online business
  31. No. 278 Why sales are suffering for knowledge workers
  32. No. 277 How to find offers people say “heck yeah” to
  33. No. 276 Twice a month, I'm opening up my calendar
  34. No. 275 The perfect lead magnet problem
  35. No. 274 Cookin’ up email steaks
  36. No. 273 Turn your flaws into features
  37. No. 272 Making money is art
  38. No. 271 $1,500 Uber ride
  39. No. 270 Okay, wise guys… now what?
  40. No. 269 Claude riding shotgun
  41. No. 268 Better, faster product mockups
  42. No. 267 The napkin test
  43. No. 266 You get to pick
  44. No. 265 Organic isn’t more honest
  45. No. 264 How to get ideas for your daily emails
  46. No. 263 Open the way through the heart
  47. No. 262 Why I slept in the back of a stranger's Cadillac
  48. No. 261 How to make more effective persuasive arguments for your offers and services
  49. No. 260 Why daily emails still beat everything else in 2026
  50. No. 259 Right place at the right time
  51. No. 258 Who wants to run ads?
  52. No. 257 Do you flow?
  53. No. 256 You won’t hear from me for 7 days
  54. No. 255 So that didn’t go how I planned…
  55. No. 254 Open this or don’t, I had fun
  56. No. 253 Do you need help with your niche?
  57. No. 252 Can't we do both?
  58. No. 251 Do you want more email?
  59. No. 250 All my threads clients come to me for email
  60. No. 249 Last chance to join the writing challenge
  61. No. 248 Invitation: 7-Day Threads Writing Challenge
  62. No. 247 We're already over capacity
  63. No. 246 The 7-day writing challenge is on, baby!
  64. No. 245 Three stories about growth on Threads
  65. No. 244 I won't name names, but
  66. No. 243 7 days of writing together?
  67. No. 242 I’m borrowing Tad Hargrave’s birthday tradition
  68. No. 241 Jenga AI
  69. No. 240 1,600 likes but zero subscribers
  70. No. 239 I was totally against using Skool for a long time
  71. No. 238 I got sick, skipped town, and started a business
  72. No. 237 “I don't even know why I booked this call!”
  73. No. 236 On not mixing too many strategies
  74. No. 235 How to reach level 2 (inside the community)
  75. No. 234 Do you want a personalized AI writing coach for Threads?
  76. No. 233 Unbanned
  77. No. 232 Too much context kills AI (but I accidentally built the solution in Notion)
  78. No. 231 Schedule your posts from Notion to Threads
  79. No. 230 The fastest way to never run out of content
  80. No. 229 Nature loves courage
  81. No. 228 Bad writing is a deliberate choice
  82. No. 227 Most heart attacks happen at 7am on Monday morning
  83. No. 226 This man deserves an award
  84. No. 225 Boring
  85. No. 224 I gave AI the keys to my writing
  86. No. 223 Nine million automations
  87. No. 222 Why your AI sounds like the creature from Swamp Thing
  88. No. 221 Tim Ferriss to Seth Godin
  89. No. 220 Banned
  90. No. 219 Write your damn emails!
  91. No. 218 People keep asking me how I get away with this
  92. No. 217 Soda water and bitters
  93. No. 216 Not exactly the glowing testimonial I was hoping for
  94. No. 215 “I don’t have room for 1-on-1’s anymore”
  95. No. 214 New system makes your emails disappear
  96. No. 213 I've got a confession to make
  97. No. 212 It’s like waving a magic wand at the internet
  98. No. 211 From our perspective, right here, right now… this is huge
  99. No. 210 “Is there a way to stay informed but unsub from your daily emails?”
  100. No. 209 I don't feel like writing this email
  101. No. 208 Focus
  102. No. 207 Where do your subscribers come from?
  103. No. 206 A third way to use metaphor in your emails
  104. No. 205 A second way to use metaphor in your emails
  105. No. 204 Which platform do you use for your email list?
  106. No. 203 New system makes things worse
  107. No. 202 Do you want to schedule your Threads posts right from Notion?
  108. No. 201 Trust
  109. No. 200 Future better states for your customers and clients
  110. No. 199 Make every detail perfect
  111. No. 198 The proven playbook for torturing your email list with daily insights until they finally give in and buy your low-ticket digital product
  112. No. 197 To the thought leader who never logs off
  113. No. 196 Harrison Ford’s “Carpenter Trick”
  114. No. 195 The surprisingly simple math behind starting a business
  115. No. 194 The “no big deal” approach to success
  116. No. 193 List growth update (details inside)
  117. No. 192 This writing mistake makes people want to do the opposite of buying from you
  118. No. 191 Nearly Psychic Self Promotion
  119. No. 190 The Greek fighter who won the Olympic gold after he died
  120. No. 189 What Obi-Wan said to get Luke to save the galaxy
  121. No. 188 Get bigger results with smaller claims
  122. No. 187 What to do with your very nice boat
  123. No. 186 The most expensive habit costs you nothing
  124. No. 185 A rare but common condition affecting entrepreneurs
  125. No. 184 I reported it as spam (and I'd do it again)
  126. No. 183 Brain captioning AI reads your mind
  127. No. 182 Weird physics fact (explains bad content)
  128. No. 181 Universe building (the storytelling technique that makes folks want to stick around)
  129. No. 180 The neural circuit that makes starting hard (and how to beat it)
  130. No. 179 Stop accidentally teaching people not to hire you
  131. No. 178 The worst Valentine's Day gift you can give your business
  132. No. 177 How ancient marketers created and traded ideas
  133. No. 176 How to get your daily content steps in
  134. No. 175 Recent list growth stats (chart inside)
  135. No. 174 Time objection handled
  136. No. 173 How your “worse” can beat their “better”
  137. No. 172 Set for life?
  138. No. 171 I used to sit down and struggle, now I stand
  139. No. 170 Weird pricing experiment (part 2)
  140. No. 169 Find your writing style by forgetting it altogether
  141. No. 168 What’s something you want your audience to know about you?
  142. No. 167 Need clients? How well can YOU answer the 11 toughest client-getting questions in your marketing…
  143. No. 166 The missing half of creative intelligence
  144. No. 165 I have nothing to promote to you today
  145. No. 164 The post that brought my first $5k client on threads didn’t go viral
  146. No. 163 Sure beats dying from a stomach virus
  147. No. 162 The meaningless coin flip
  148. No. 161 Why my first workshop worked
  149. No. 160 How to turn flaws from your offers into features people actually want
  150. No. 159 The lazy fisherman
  151. No. 158 Start posting daily. That's it, that's the email.
  152. No. 157 How to start a business
  153. No. 156 You can't change the world (but here's what you can do instead)
  154. No. 155 My big, dumb, stupid waitlist failure
  155. No. 154 Quick update (community experiment)
  156. No. 153 Finding the sweet spot (want first dibs?)
  157. No. 152 Become a trusted advisor in your field by writing online
  158. No. 151 How to decouple your skills from your job identity
  159. No. 150 Your own personal AI trained on how you write (and everything you like)
  160. No. 149 How to find interesting ideas to write about in your emails
  161. No. 148 Add flavor to your offer by asking for favors
  162. No. 147 The average career change comes at 39…
  163. No. 146 Guess who just unsubscribed from my email list?
  164. No. 145 I’m thinking about offering a magazine element to my membership
  165. No. 144 I found this by accident
  166. No. 143 Two spots left…
  167. No. 142 Watch me succeed or fail (community invite)
  168. No. 141 New plan, early access, limited space, disappearing bonuses, and more…
  169. No. 140 The most undervalued marketing secret in 2026?
  170. No. 139 The biggest risk
  171. No. 138 No… DO be a crab in a bucket
  172. No. 137 Before I go sledding…

2025

  1. No. 136 My money coach said his reach was slumping so we fixed it
  2. No. 135 This wasn’t supposed to grow my email list
  3. No. 134 Why I’m stealing ideas from other industries now
  4. No. 133 I changed how I think about content (and I wish I did it sooner)
  5. No. 132 Are you ready for what’s coming in 2026?
  6. No. 131 Threads 2.0: Make the social algorithm work for you
  7. No. 130 Here's what "organic traffic" is supposed to feel like
  8. No. 129 This works even if you “suck” at writing
  9. No. 128 She doubled her audience and built an email list in 48 hours
  10. No. 127 When posting doesn't turn into clients
  11. No. 126 The difference between posting and building a real business
  12. No. 125 The platform that works is the one you take seriously
  13. No. 124 What’s your favorite type of community?
  14. No. 123 “You sunk my battleship!”
  15. No. 122 Struggling to write one email? Write two instead…
  16. No. 121 “I’m not trying to rob you… I’m trying to help you”
  17. No. 120 Strap food down with used bicycle innertubes
  18. No. 119 Average subscriber growth (2024 vs Now)
  19. No. 118 Friendship accelerating secret learned from Dilbert creator, Scott Adams
  20. No. 117 How to learn from my mistakes…
  21. No. 116 Grow your trust by shrinking your claims
  22. No. 115 “I’m convinced fear is at the root of all bad writing…”
  23. No. 114 When things get weird (here’s what I do)
  24. No. 113 How to launch worse, much worse, than expected (a cautionary tale…)
  25. No. 112 Must I engage on Threads to be successful?
  26. No. 111 Kieran Drew’s uncensored feedback on my writing system
  27. No. 110 You’ve got 6 words to make it hit
  28. No. 109 Modern marketer gets 437 comments and 1 discovery call from a 58 character post on threads
  29. No. 108 Results 2.0: Be successful, not busy
  30. No. 107 The readership game is over, welcome to the relationship era
  31. No. 106 Hell with it… let’s build community
  32. No. 105 Long story even longer
  33. No. 104 7 ways I grow my email list on Threads
  34. No. 103 How to get everything you want and more (for your online business)
  35. No. 102 How to grow your list with qualified leads, and not freebie hunters
  36. No. 101 Storytelling technique glues readers to their seats
  37. No. 100 This kept sales from me for far too long
  38. No. 099 Everyone says “be clear not clever”, do the opposite
  39. No. 098 You know what, son… you can’t get there from here
  40. No. 097 Last week I got 25 new subscribers, here’s how
  41. No. 096 The only 3 content categories you’ll ever need
  42. No. 095 Avoid $50,000 fines while building your email list
  43. No. 094 How to write stories that sell without being salesy
  44. No. 093 Open letter to every expert on threads who is serious about having a profitable business
  45. No. 092 How to write stories that sell
  46. No. 091 I’ve created a viral storytelling blueprint for you
  47. No. 090 What’s inside 15 Legendary Writing Secrets V2?
  48. No. 089 Why writing beats dancing for the algorithm
  49. No. 088 Big foots client-getting secret!
  50. No. 087 Money, clients, freedom (I hated it)
  51. No. 086 10 irritatingly slow but effective ways to grow your email list
  52. No. 085 My biggest mistake in 2 years writing on Threads?
  53. No. 084 How to make your copy more believable (even if you don’t have any social proof)
  54. No. 083 The faster you click, the cheaper it gets
  55. No. 082 Weird pricing experiment
  56. No. 081 Copywriter caught fiddling around (again)
  57. No. 080 Your ideas with your name attached, circling around the globe
  58. No. 079 Dirt cheap email marketing platforms you or your partner can take advantage of in your spare time
  59. No. 078 Are you an adventurous person?
  60. No. 077 Want to see my first successful sales letter?
  61. No. 076 The brain is weak but the mind is willing
  62. No. 075 5 best books on copywriting
  63. No. 074 Why most writers stay broke (and what to do instead)
  64. No. 073 Stand out by not standing out
  65. No. 072 How to stop procrastinating and write your email already
  66. No. 071 How I screwed up the $10k plan
  67. No. 070 Read this, or don't
  68. No. 069 Float like a butterfly, write like a copywriter
  69. No. 068 The most useful sentence in marketing
  70. No. 067 George Costanza’s School of Dating, Career, Confidence, and Social Status
  71. No. 066 Inconvenient social proof to glow up your brand
  72. No. 065 $0 → $25k in 30 days
  73. No. 064 Quick positioning resource from a friend
  74. No. 063 Don't let SEO mummies curse your brand!
  75. No. 062 ‘Thinky think before grabby grab’
  76. No. 061 Secret club invite
  77. No. 060 Announcing a bullet proof equation guaranteed to improve your ads
  78. No. 059 Drag your audience kicking and screaming into a better life
  79. No. 058 5 excuses to avoid reading this email
  80. No. 057 Stop making excuses and open this email already
  81. No. 056 This won’t make you rich overnight, but it will make your marketing infinitely more believable
  82. No. 055 “Glow-in-the-dark” marsupial reveals the power of standing out
  83. No. 054 Why I’ll happily talk about the price of HTE without hiding behind a sales call
  84. No. 053 $25k in 30 days
  85. No. 052 Imperial spies vs. rebel fighters
  86. No. 051 Invitation: High Ticket Emails
  87. No. 050 Double your response rate with “reason why”
  88. No. 049 Cop asks me if I'm alright
  89. No. 048 Ordinary guy beats NASA, tweets from outer space
  90. No. 047 Become invulnerable to AI replacement
  91. No. 046 Why writing sucky emails will make you rich
  92. No. 045 Bold prediction for coaching and consulting
  93. No. 044 What never to write in your emails
  94. No. 043 Marked as “human” by Chat GPT
  95. No. 042 How to get rich with newsletters (without getting lucky)
  96. No. 041 Keep a file of interesting information
  97. No. 040 Why “be clear not clever” is terrible advice
  98. No. 039 Definitely don’t join my email list then
  99. No. 038 Fortune favors the unreasonably self-confident
  100. No. 037 Obscure copywriter schools me on headlines
  101. No. 036 Get AI to promote you to prospects
  102. No. 035 Why I quit the internet for 6 years straight…
  103. No. 034 A strange solution to your email marketing problem
  104. No. 033 How to get clients after AI is eats the internet
  105. No. 032 Shameless way to get more clients than you could ever possibly handle
  106. No. 031 Want to be featured in my newsletter?
  107. No. 030 Turn avid readers into clients with “THE GAP”
  108. No. 029 I only ever wanted to be 2 things in life… (drummer for the Beach Boys or a digital marketer)
  109. No. 028 Honeydew Struggles Explained
  110. No. 027 How to make big money from your tiny email list
  111. No. 026 Why I won't send you emails anymore…
  112. No. 025 Bruce Lee School of Marketing
  113. No. 024 Legendary copywriting master’s attention-getting secret
  114. No. 023 Writes fake $10M check, gets rich and famous
  115. No. 022 Don't open this…
  116. No. 021 How to launch “rip-roaring” offers (that don’t fizzle out)
  117. No. 020 I have a confession to make…
  118. No. 019 The Genius of Jack and Meg White
  119. No. 018 Rule out everything but aliens!
  120. No. 017 The “lazy way” to write daily emails
  121. No. 016 The stupidly simple writing hack I wish I knew sooner
  122. No. 015 How to get clients without sounding like a desperate guru
  123. No. 014 Neanderthals boiled bones in “fat factories”
  124. No. 013 May the 4th be with you…
  125. No. 012 Invitation to the “client pool party”
  126. No. 011 Would you rather be right or persuasive?
  127. No. 010 George Costanza School of Storytelling
  128. No. 009 The email machete method
  129. No. 008 Quick update
  130. No. 007 5 ways to write better emails
  131. No. 006 How to make better decisions almost every time
  132. No. 005 Is this lifestyle accessory destroying your writing confidence?
  133. No. 004 Make your writing stand out by not making your writing stand out
  134. No. 003 How to become “unforgettable” in your reader’s mind
  135. No. 002 How to trigger the client “AVALANCHE!”
  136. No. 001 Samurai Secrets of Success