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Jan 17, 2022 13 tweets 8 min read Read on X
A smart way to build a profitable business is to take advantage of a rapidly growing trend using a well-proven playbook.

I just spent 2 hours going through my personal trend database.

Then I matched the most promising ones to my favorite playbooks.

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📈 Dog Talking Buttons

Speech pathologists use recordable buttons to communicate with nonverbal individuals. These buttons can also help dogs and other animals communicate their needs and wants.

💡 Apply the 12 Months to $1 Million ecommerce playbook by @RyanMoran.
📈 Leaf blowers

No idea why interest in leaf blowers is growing so steadily but this is definitely an interesting trend if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty.

💡 Start a leaf blowing service business, @sweatystartup style.
📈 Dynamic QR Codes

Dynamic QR Codes make it possible to change destination addresses and other code functionality at any time without having to reprint the Codes themselves.

💡 Build a micro SaaS using the Start Small, Stay Small approach pioneered by @robwalling.
📈 Solana Prediction

Crypto predictions are still hot. There are plenty of paid newsletters and communities on Gumroad doing $10k+/month.

💡 Build an infoproduct empire using @russellbrunson's Expert Secrets playbook.
📈 Remote Workers

Remote work is here to stay and companies, big and small, need remote-native tools (not skeuomorphic stuff) to adapt properly.

💡 Use the Laskie B2B SaaS playbook by @ChrisJBakke.
📈 Dice Making

Dice making is one of these niche hobbies that's blowing up right now on Reddit.

💡 Use @JamesonCamp's playbook and acquire an affiliate site in the dice making niche (plus possibly turn it into an ecommerce store).
📈 Hairloss Research

The hairloss research subreddit is blowing up right now.

💡 Apply the $100M Offer playbook by @AlexHormozi to make people struggling with hairloss an irresistible offer.
📈 Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Shelving

Apparently more and more people are interested in how to store bourbon whiskey barrels.

💡 Start building your portfolio of small bets @dvassallo style by selling barrel shelves you built yourself and then a course how to do it.
A related subreddit that's blowing up right now is dedicated to Fence Building.
📈 Financial Modeling

The financial modeling subreddit is all about sharing and discussing ideas and practises.

💡 Use @arvidkahl's Embedded Entrepreneur playbook to immerse yourself in this community, study their problems, and eventually sell a solution.
📈 Expat FIRE

An exploding subreddit about using geographic arbitrage, a nomadic lifestyle, or relocating abroad to retire early.

💡 If you have any first-hand experiences, use @nateliason's Article MVP playbook to validate demand. Then sell a course, book or community.

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Nov 23, 2022
• start with a specific goal, say, $10k monthly profit
• make a list of all projects you're working on and all ideas you have
• break down what it would take to reach your goal with each idea/project
• assess how realistic each option is

(examples below)
Say you're offering a productized service for a one-time fee of $49 with little potential for return customers.

($10,000/month) / ($49/order) = 200 orders/month

How realistic is it that you bring in 200 fresh customers each month? (Very hard imo)
What about a weekly newsletter that is monetized primarily through ads?

($10,000/month) / (4 newsletters/month) = $2500 newsletter

You need 50k+ subscribers to charge $2500/newsletter to sponsors. How realistic is it that you reach that number anytime soon? (Very hard imo)
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Nov 2, 2022
I put all 5000+ Google Maps business categories into Google Trends to see what kind of local businesses are taking off right now.

Here are surprising 5 trends that caught my eye:
A wine storage facility is a place where wine can be safely stored, often in a climate-controlled environment.

So while interest in self-storage facilities is declining, more specialized businesses are growing nicely. Image
Interest in landscaping is declining.

At the same time, interest in landscaping supply stores is exploding.

Anyone got a good theory why? Image
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Sep 20, 2022
Yesterday I spent 5 hours studying trends and brainstorming business ideas.

Here are 8 amazing ideas, frameworks, and trends (that you probably haven’t heard of):
💡 Who's building the 'Glassdoor for Online Lodging'?

Any negative review runs the risk of damaging AirBnB. It's much easier to just keep making money off of the bad host and ignore negative experiences.

There are also certain "cheat codes" hosts use to get bad reviews deleted. Image
💡 There’s definitely also an opportunity for a new kind of hotel rating agency.

Most of the factors people <35 value in hotels are not reflected in traditional hotel ratings.

The following list from Pieter Levels is a great starting point:

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Aug 10, 2022
Creativity is a superpower.

But most people suck at it because no one ever told them that it’s something you learn.

Here are 8 actionable frameworks to level up your creativity:
1. Imitiate before your innovate

You don’t learn a new musical instrument by writing your own songs.

You learn other people’s songs. Then you develop your own voice using the patterns you noticed in copying others.

The same is true in any creative endeavor.
2. The creativity faucet

Visualize your creativity as a backed-up pipe of water. The wastewater must be emptied before the clear water arrives.

Instead of resiting your bad ideas, focus on getting them out of your system fast.
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Aug 9, 2022
Love this.

Most people who write about productivity do not adhere to the prescriptions they shout into the void.

So there’s absolutely no reason to feel bad if your routine looks different or you have no real system at all.
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Aug 8, 2022
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title very obviously inspired by @nateliason's excellent No More "Struggle Porn" post:

nateliason.com/blog/struggle-…
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