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What actually happened when I tested it (opens the original)
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Aloha, Last email, I told you the myth; "You need an audience before a newsletter can pay you" Does not hold up the way people assume. I also told you I tested it myself, starting from exactly zero. Here's what that actually looked like, uncut.Before any of this, I was doing what everyone tells you to do to build something online. Posting on Instagram three times a day. Cutting Reels until midnight. Chasing whatever TikTok trend was supposed to be the thing that week. Hours into an app, and I'd
Start Here: What The Karnel Actually Is (opens the original)
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So you hit the button that says you’re fine staying stuck. Good, at least you’re honest about it. Most people aren’t, they just quietly close the tab instead.Since you’re here anyway, let me actually tell you what this is, instead of asking you to guess from a subscribe box.The Karnel exists to check the claims about making money that everyone’s repeating and nobody’s verifying. The “side hustle that pays your rent in a weekend.” The “you need an audience before anything works” advice
The you need an audience myth (opens the original)
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Hallo, Here's the claim: “You need an existing following before a newsletter can actually make you money”You've probably heard some version of it. Build the audience first, monetize later, don't even bother until you've got a few thousand people already paying attention.It sounds reasonable. But it's also mostly wrong, and this is whyThis claim is true on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Those algorithms are mature now, which means they mostly show your content to people who already follow y
It's been a while (opens the original)
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Hey hey,It's been months since you last heard from me, so I won't pretend otherwise. I went radio silent, and owe you an explanation, not a comeback pitch.Here's what happened. I went down a rabbit hole and was digging into some internet income claims, the stuff that goes viral and doesn't hold up. But I noticed the ones I kept getting pulled back to, over and over again, were about money. Side hustles that don't pay what they promise. "Easy income" claims that fall apart the second you check th
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