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People have been asking me for ages now; “you’ve gotten incredibly successful. How did you do it?”

Well, here’s how.

“Your Instagram is amazing! How are you doing so great?”

I’ll tell you!

“You’re going so many places! How can you afford all that?”

You want to know! So I made this online course, “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters,” exclusively for all of you, to finally really explain how it’s done.

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You know I’m successful, because I show it off all the time. It’s obvious in every coyly-smiling mirror selfie. I love sharing my life with you online! You always know what I’m up to: mirror selfie while shopping, mirror selfie at the Italian restaurant, mirror selfie from three months ago when I looked really skinnyyyy and took pics in three different bikinis (and I haven’t worn them since).

But enough about me and how you see me all the time. We’re here to talk about “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters,” an entirely different and serious topic.

When thinking of the best, most efficient way to tackle “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters,” I originally wanted to share this gold mine of information on social media with the rest of my content, for free. By the people, for the people! However, it quickly became clear that “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters” was just too big of an idea. I just can’t do justice to it on Instagram, or TikTok, or even YouTube.

So, we (my super talented and large production team that I definitely hired and I, obviously) made the incredibly difficult decision that all six hours of this vital content should be made available to you individually and directly, on Vimeo, with a one-time-use passcode. It’s simply the best way forward, for the sake of my content and for your learning experience.

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The four separate hour-and-a-half lectures took days to complete, as I found more and more roundabout ways of sharing the true message of “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters.” I can hardly express how electrifying it was, speaking into that ring light and imagining how many of you would pay to watch this, and hopefully be truly inspired by the things you learn in “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters.” What a dream!

I pre-recorded each lesson, so I would never have to try to teach this course ever again; I just know I could never replicate the things I said for these lessons. I was full of it–full of love and hope and joy–and I know it will infuse you when you experience your first-and-only binge-watch of “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters.” In fact, I have a special little story to tell only you, dear newsletter readers, about what happened while filming “Lesson Two: How Two, The Next Step Up.” It’s about our camerawoman. And don’t worry, I totally have permission to share this story!!!

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We had just been through two hours of grueling filming. My notecards got messed up, and I could not figure out what order my outline was supposed to be in! Was it “Success” first, or “Online Course” first? It sometimes makes me laugh that I still get things like that mixed up. It just goes to show, even an expert in the field like me can still get a little jumbled, and that’s okay.

I had finally fixed my notecards, and we were on take number one when I heard a small sniffle. Was that me? No: I breathed deeply through my nose; I was feeling fine. Maybe someone else in the room…?

Another sniffle. I looked beyond the iPhone screen perched in the middle of the ring light, beyond my own glowing face, and there was another face. Of course, I thought to myself, how could I forget Jessica the camerawoman?

“Why are you sniffling? If I can hear it, the camera heard it.” I asked, with care.

Jessica sniffed. “Oh sorry yeah, this morning I mentioned I had a cold–?”

“Well there’s toilet paper in the bathroom.” I said in a nice way.

Jessica sniffed. “Yeah I have sumb.” (***Author’s Note: I spelled “some” like sumb in order to mimic her stuffy-nose sound, and I think the effect turned out rather nicely.)

“I won’t pay you if I can hear your sniffles.” I cautioned gently, trying to anticipate her needs.

Jessica sniffed louder. “I mean, that’s not–you need me, I’m the only one here–“

“Well put a blanket over your head or something, and sit in the corner.” I said generously.

And she did. And she cried tears of joy; I could tell, because there were a lot more sniffles afterwards, but the camera really didn’t catch them anyway. But if you somehow notice them in “Lesson Two: How Two, The Next Step Up,” you know who to blame lol!!

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And I had learned something, too. I realized that I needed her, my invaluable intern, camerawoman Jessica. And she needed me! Otherwise, she wouldn’t be there, especially when sick! In an amazing way, all humans need each other. Since this incident happened late last week, I’ve come to understand this newsletter-exclusive story is actually the heart of “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters.” In a way, it reflects my character.

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Okay, sorry, necessary promotion out of the way! I hate having to self-promote, but it’s a necessary evil in this industry. In fact, there’s potentially a whole sub-section on self-promotion in “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course and Sell Newsletters” … or is there? You’ll have to watch to find out! I can’t give it all away for free!

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Well, now you know a little more about “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters.” It’s my labor of love, really a love letter to all of you, my supporters. You’ve been asking me for more substance for so long, so I know you won’t be disappointed by the opportunity to have an entire prerecorded course, all to yourself! In it, I get more real than I have ever been before–you’ll see me scramble for more words than I’m used to having to say all at one time about one subject. It gets raw at points. I won’t pretend that a significant portion, some would say most, of “Lesson Four: Be-Four it’s Over, a Look Back” isn’t a daring experiment with silence in an online class setting. I stand by my bold choice to let the class sit and dwell on the course, fully absorbing what they learned, for 51 minutes. It’s like Shavasana for your brain–consider how many mental gymnastics you were just doing!

My first cohort of seedlings (that’s how we refer to students in the “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters” formal teaching tradition) will start receiving their one-time-access codes in just three months! Be sure to sign up NOW, because the price is changing from $678.00 to $942.00 gradually over the next 60 days, in 10% value installments! Every six days, the brand-new course will gain $26.40 in value, so the price just reflects this value shift as the information becomes less exclusive and more people are talking about it! If this confuses you, please place an order for “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters” now–I sort-of-kind-of explain this kind of income system, and others.

Every cohort of seedlings will also want to sign up for our newsletter “How to Succeed: I’ll Tell You How, One Article at a Time” in order to access the three vital and exclusive discussion questions for “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters.” You simply can’t travel the full journey without those thought-stirring questions. It might change your life.

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I’ll add another teaser to the next newsletter: is there a page-turner ahead? What if I told you there was a BOOK deal in the works? Would you accuse me of making up a rumor about myself in order to raise interest for “How I Became Successful: How to Teach an Online Course & Sell Newsletters”? Of course not! Amazon lets anybody publish! But I’m not anybody, so I’m actually publishing a book for real, with a major publishing house I contractually cannot discuss yet, who are going to help me rig the NYT Bestseller List. The next newsletter will have an extra-special partial work-in-progress chapterette of the foreword! I’m thrilled to be sharing this little preview only with my dear newsletter audience.

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Unfortunately, I can only write these letters for so long before I’m totally mentally spent, and I must recover by lounging in the sun. Here’s another of those skinnyyyy bikini pics from three months ago (and I actually edited this one too, with ChatGPT, but I know you can’t tell). It’s been another successful day. Isn’t that amazing?

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Until next time, my gritty little pearls~~~

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Toodles,

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