Creators are marketers, writers, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, freelancers, copywriters, agency owners, storytellers, and anyone who is drawn to create value for others.
Anyone who chooses to earn an independent living by:
- Developing and sharing valuable expertise.
- Creating work they’re proud of (that solves real problems).
- Work that matters to the people they serve (enough to pay for, and love enough to tell others about).
Creators, like you and like us, believe that our audience isn’t there to serve us.
We serve FIRST.
That’s how we create True Fans.
It’s a simple, win-win dynamic:
- Serve first.
- Get paid (well) and earn financial freedom as a result.
Everyone wins when you’re completely aligned with the needs of your customers — because the people you are serving are also the people who are paying you for the value you create.
That’s the formula for financial freedom.
If you’re a creator who wants to build and engage with an audience, you’re in the right place.
Welcome. We’ve been waiting for you.
We help people create and grow businesses that matter.
(From left to right.)
- Attract an interested, engaged “pocket of people” (POP).
- Create deep, nuanced work you’re proud of, work that solves real problems and creates real opportunities for the people you seek to serve,
- MAKE HAPPY CUSTOMERS. Create a “True Fans Factory” by mattering to them and serving them as if they were the only people left on earth. When you do this, EVERYTHING changes.
Peter Drucker once said:
“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.”
—Peter Drucker
… but we believe HAPPY needs to be included. Make happy customers. Otherwise, what’s the point?
Most marketers are so busy yelling about their average stuff, so busy hustling for an edge, they fail to realize that the most powerful opportunity is to create experiences that people want to talk about.
Creators are driven by a higher purpose that transcends the commodity-driven world we live in today. A world powered by a greedy money-first mentality where the goal is to win at all costs.
A world powered by “Big Data” and artificial intelligence and chatbots and automation out the wazoo. So the movements and buying behavior of every man, woman, and child — you and me — are tracked and piped into black box algorithms. Not (primarily) so our needs can be better met, but so mass advertising can be sold to the highest bidders.
No thanks.
That’s not us.
We choose to be beholden only to our customers, our true fans who love the work we do.
We know the world doesn’t need another mediocre commoditized widget for the attention-deprived mass-market.
Instead, we’re in the relationship business, the human-to-human business of serving and mattering to the few.
As Seth Godin says, “People like us do things like this.”
Seth Godin — Why People Like Us Do This (Apr 16, 2018)
It turns out we don’t need (or want) everyone.
We just need true fans we can delight.
People who care.
People who will enroll in the journey and take it seriously.
Who care about a human-to-human connection.
As creators, we serve the pockets of people who care about leveling up.
We are creators who serve creators like you.
We’ve been earning a full-time independent living online since 1998, and we’ve been helping creators do the same since 2009.
Along the way, we’ve worked with hundreds of clients and thousands of students — many of them just like you.
We believe small, focused, and relevant are the keys to serving and mattering in a world of noise and distractions.
OUR MISSION: We serve those who serve others.
We help creators:
- Become smarter, more effective marketers.
- Bridge the gap between creating meaningful work and earning an independent living.
- Be a hero to the people you seek to serve.
If you have the desire to be a creator (either full-time or as a side business), we think you’ll love what we have for you.
If this resonates with you, welcome home.
We’re so glad you’ve stopped by. It means the world to us.
When you’re ready, start with our Emergent Marketing Series. (You’ll be glad you did…)
Let us show you what marketing done right, by people who care, looks like in action.
— Shawn Twing & André Chaperon
