I’ve done over $1M in income in 2 years as an entrepreneur.

And I didn't write a single line of code.

My 12 "must use" no-code tools:

[🧵 thread}
1/ Carrd

@carrd is the fastest and easiest way to build websites.

It's great for personal sites or standing up landing pages quickly.

I use it for nearly everything I do because it makes getting started extremely simple.
2/ Gumroad

For digital products, nothing is easier and faster than @gumroad

I can think of a product/service and have it fully embedded on my Carrd landing page in less than 10 minutes.

This lets me start pre-selling fast to get the validation I need to continue.
3/ Canva

@canva has made me into my own personal graphic designer.

Whether it's Twitter banners, icons, logos, landing page graphics, Instagram posts, you name it...

Canva makes it as easy as drag-and-drop to start designing.
4/ Outseta

Thinking about launching a community or SaaS product?

@outseta is your tool.

A CRM, payments, subscriptions, email automation, gated content, segmentation, etc...

Outseta is loaded with great features and functionality at an extremely fair price.
5/ AirTable

@airtable keeps my entire advising business thriving and organized.

Collecting information through forms, automating email triggers, building Kanban charts, and collaborating with my wife are just some of the things I love doing to manage my business.
6/ Calendly

@Calendly means I don't need a VA for scheduling, nor do I need any time-consuming back and forth.

Anything that requires scheduling a meeting, a simple Calendly embed works wonders.

I also drop it on my website for paid coaching calls.
7/ Fathom Analytics

Looking at Google Analytics can be confusing for some folks.

@usefathom is simple, privacy-first, cookie-free, and GDPR compliant.

Plus, with just a glance, I know exactly what is impacting my website traffic.

Great service.
8/ Loom

@loom is my favorite tool for:

- Building video process docs
- Building out my online courses
- Doing video walkthroughs for my community
- Teaching someone how a piece of software works

Simple, easy to install, and tracks visitor/watcher analytics.
9/ Testimonial.to

Strong testimonials are a great way to improve conversion.

Nothing makes it easier and more impactful than testimonial.to

I embed it in my course, and users can leave video/text testimonials that automatically appear on my landing pages.
10/ HypeFury

@Yannick_Veys added new features that have recently turned it from good to "I can't live without this".

Scheduling Tweets, crafting threads, being inspired, sending to other social media, running sales...

It does everything for the content writer.

A must-buy.
11/ Notion

@NotionHQ is basically the master hub for my whole life. In Notion I:

- Host my roadmap
- Manage my to-do list
- Write all of my content
- Store my process docs
- And much more...

And I'm still learning how to use it most effectively.
12/ Zapier

No list would be complete without @zapier

Never has one tool made me feel like the whole world of technology is at my fingertips.

From building simple pass-through Zaps, to complex, multi-step Zaps, Zapier makes anything possible by combining technologies.
Well, that's all for today.

If this was helpful, feel free to RT or give me a follow.

I'm currently building 4, one-person businesses to over $5M in revenue.

Have any questions? Ask away.

Happy to give out as many helpful tips as I can muster today.

Thanks for reading.

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26 Oct
Last week my little one-person business crossed $1.3M in revenue.

It took 810 days, I ran zero paid ads and operate at a ~98% margin.

Here are the 14 steps of my strange journey:

Hope it's helpful to someone.

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1/ Created lots of noise

When I was just getting started, I looked at attention as my friend.

I wrote content every day before I even had a business, just to find my voice.

I started on LinkedIn.

I shared my thoughts & observations about many topics that I found interesting.
2/ Honed in on signals

Inside of all of that noise were some signals.

Sometimes I bombed, sometimes I struck a chord.

The more I looked at what resonated, the more I doubled down.

This allowed me to understand what people cared about.
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11 Jul
Today I turn 40.

Here are 20 helpful lessons I've learned during my life.

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1/ The 2nd biggest difference between success & failure is persistence.

Successful friends and peers of mine have almost always been doing their "thing" for decades.

Not just years.

Most people give up in the "I suck at this" phase without considering the long game.
2/ The biggest difference between success & failure is getting started.

The majority of people I know fantasize about things that actually can be accomplished.

They just never get started.

If you get started and play the long game (above), you have a great chance of winning.
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8 recent Twitter threads every creator must read.
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7 Jul
Twitter: LinkedIn sucks!

Me: $20k product launch in 9 hours.

All LinkedIn. Zero ads.

Here's how I use LinkedIn unlike anyone else.

[🧵THREAD]
1/ Treat LinkedIn like Twitter

LinkedIn has notoriously hacky content. So what?

That's YOUR advantage.

Instead of sharing boring job posts or resumes, come drop knowledge and teach.

Opportunity is literally everywhere.
2/ Pick a sub-niche

I know it's hip and ironic to say that a niche doesn't matter, but every person saying that has no following.

Go deep on one subject.

Just like Twitter, be the:

"Writing guy"
"Crypto guy"
"SEO girl"

Same as Twitter. Works there. Works on LinkedIn.
Read 13 tweets
1 Feb
The most compelling creators online are "a niche of one."

I've broken that down into 6 steps.

Let's do a deep dive. 👇🏻
A niche of one is a unique combination of skills & interests rolled into one idea and distributed through highly creative or technical content.

You become the category creator. The best in show. The only.

Here are the six building blocks behind a Niche of One.
Let's break them down and then put them back together to help you get started.

No 1: Skill

Most skills, by themselves, are not unique. Lots of people can write, speak English and Portuguese, or do financial analysis.
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26 Jan
Twitter generally hates LinkedIn.

But, I've generated 33.038M impressions in the last 2 years and built my business on it.

Here's one simple 3-step process I use for creating content quickly.

If interested, feel free to steal it👇🏻
Step one: Create the "Meat" of the content

The meat is the information I'm attempting to convey or teach. For example, I wanted to teach people how to get someone's attention on LinkedIn.

So, I wrote out 4 suggestions:
Step Two: Write The "Trailer"

The trailer has 2 jobs:

- Break the scroll pattern with the first line.
- Make each line intriguing enough to get the reader to the next one.

Here's the trailer for this particular piece of content.
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