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Hey. I'm Chenell.
Dylan:And I'm Dylan.
Chenell:And this is the Growth in Reverse podcast. These people do not want this information getting leaked, and he was out there just, like, sharing everything. Most people would probably not talk about that in public.
Dylan:He had 5,000 subscribers signed up to a newsletter that had yet to be published.
Chenell:She is just on another level with with that.
Eddie:Man, I don't hear anybody talking about this or doing this. You are gonna burn yourself out that way. You know, if every time you share something, you gotta make something, you know. That's crazy.
Chenell:That first issue went out to 4 people, and one of them was my own email address. So
Dylan:From 4 to 40000 now.
Chenell:If you're bored, your readers are gonna be bored, so have fun with it.
Dylan:Word count does not matter. It's not something you should be worried about. It's basically, like, however many words it takes to say the thing you need to say.
Chenell:On the forums, don't make it say, like, get weekly updates. Subscribe.
Dylan:One of the ways that you can earn some, I would say, quote, unquote, easy revenue is