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How Writing Online Will Make You A Millionaire - Nathan Barry

When investing, your capital is at risk and you may get back less than invested. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.

Ali AbdaalhostNathan Barryguest
Dec 14, 20232h 38mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
December 14, 2023
Duration
2h 38m
Channel
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Join the $1k Challenge: https://go.aliabdaal.com/1kdeepdived Subscribe to LifeNotes 👉 https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes_deepdive Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker. Sponsored by Trading 212 - To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR/GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through this link https://trading212.com/promocodes/ALI. Terms apply. This is not financial advice. When investing, your capital is at risk and you may get back less than invested. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. Sponsored by Kajabi - go to https://www.kajabi.com/ali to get FREE access to the keynote. 📚 Check Out My New York Times Bestselling Book Feel-Good Productivity! 👉 https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/podcast 📧 Sign up for LifeNotes - my weekly newsletter where I share actionable productivity tips, practical life advice, and high-quality insights from across the web directly to your inbox. 👉https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/podcast There are loads of people out there who want to become online creators, but they’re not sure how to get going, or if their business will be a success. It can be a super confusing world to navigate - but once you unlock it you can find financial freedom and a fulfilling career. Today’s guest is Nathan Barry, an online writer and software developer who created Convertkit, a product that helps people with online newsletters reach new audiences. We’re going to be talking all about how to build an online creator business, how to make writing a habit, and you’ll see exactly how Nathan built his ebook empire. Enjoy! Season 7 Episode 11 00:00 Intro 02:05 Making money is a skill 10:20 Having a job vs. having a business 17:58 You set the pace 25:39 Do you need to level up your skills? 32:57 Setting big goals 41:55 Nathan's first apps 46:43 Getting into ebooks 58:30 Writing 1000 words a day 1:07:18 Working in public 1:15:56 How to make writing a habit 1:26:17 Publishing and managing your projects 1:31:06 Running a personal blog 1:44:15 Being honest about yourself online 1:58:19 The ladders of wealth 2:11:16 The billion-dollar creator 2:22:54 The three laws of flywheels 2:36:28 Final words of advice 🔗 CONNECT WITH NATHAN 💻 Website - https://nathanbarry.com/ 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbarry/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/nathanbarry 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 💻 Website - https://aliabdaal.com 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED Nathan Fried - https://world.hey.com/jason David Heinemeier Hansson - https://dhh.dk/ Authority by Nathan Barry - https://geni.us/PKXUGz The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau - https://geni.us/NOiLgk A Brief Guide To World Domination by Chris Guillebeau - https://chrisguillebeau.com/a-brief-guide-to-world-domination 279 Days to Overnight Success by Chris Guillebeau - https://archive.chrisguillebeau.com/overnight-success/ Designing Web Applications by Nathan Barry - https://nathanbarry.com/webapps/ Nick Huber - https://sweatystartup.com/ Show Your Work by Austin Kleon - https://geni.us/AiZD7 Jocko Podcast 394: Lessons from the Stoics. Discipline, Leadership, Life. With Ryan Holiday. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIkgFnuZoOw Sasha Grief blog post - https://blog.asmartbear.com/perfect-pricing.html Jarrod Drysdale blog post - https://blog.asmartbear.com/higher-pricing.html The Ladders of Wealth Creation by Nathan Barry - https://nathanbarry.com/wealth-creation/ Billion Dollar Creator - https://www.billiondollarcreator.com/ ConvertKit - https://convertkit.com/ 📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/ 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflC... RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... 👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH You can also Tweet @aliabdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

SPEAKERS

  • Ali Abdaal

    host

    Doctor-turned creator and entrepreneur, host of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal and author of “Feel-Good Productivity.”

  • Nathan Barry

    guest

    Founder and CEO of ConvertKit, entrepreneur and writer focused on creator businesses and email marketing.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, featuring Ali Abdaal and Nathan Barry, How Writing Online Will Make You A Millionaire - Nathan Barry explores Nathan Barry on Writing Daily, Setting Pace, and Building Creator Wealth Nathan Barry argues that making money is a learnable skill made up of many small skills, and that he set his own pace from childhood, moving from a design job to iOS apps to ebooks.

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