a single source, nothing corroborates it
Treat a group call as a side reward
Creators consistently overestimate how much readers want time with them. A group video call or open question session has produced thousands of referrals for a few very fan heavy audiences and mixed results everywhere else, so it belongs beside the main reward rather than as it.
The method
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Treat a group video call or ask-me-anything as a supporting reward rather than the main one, because most creators overrate how much their readers want time with them.
What it returned
Tim Ferriss and David Sinclair have generated thousands of referrals this way at no cost, but SparkLoop's results across customers have been mixed and work best for a genuinely devoted or fan-heavy audience.
Sources
- 14 Free Newsletter Referral Reward IdeasLouis Nicholls · sparkloop.app · 11 AMA/Coffee Chat · undated
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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