Jacques van Heerden

@AlexHormozi Ain’t that the truth.

The main reason you can’t stay motivated is because you’re trying to accomplish other people’s goals rather than your own.

@ankurnagpal Tough decision, but definitely smart to go after the open rates. Enjoying the newsletter, keep it up.

Made the painful decision to unsubscribe users on my newsletter after they stop engaging for 60+ days I send them 3 emails to re-engage but if not, I automatically unsubscribe Sucks seeing numbers go down, but should bring open rates back to 60%+ moving forward

@greiser The majority of brokers are going after the uneducated millennial. Never mind parents not teaching kids fundamentals, schools aren't helping either, look at where that got us. Almost need to reeducate an entire generation.

"Whole life insurance is a great way to build wealth." One of the biggest financial lies sold to high-income millennials. I got an actual illustration showing what they hide from you. The numbers will shock you... ↓

@buildthatidea The overwhelm in the space is bogging down a lot of great minds. Focus and throughput will ultimately win.

Everyone wants to build an AI agent right now But most people don't know what to build Here are 10 ways to find profitable ideas 🧵

@homeservicebase Super solid results in 12 months. Well done!

Local SEO seems much simpler than I thought a few years ago. The total budget for backlinks was less than $5k. I didn’t do anything beyond what you can find here on X or what I occasionally talk about here. Here’s what worked: 1. Proper website structure with dedicated location pages 2. On-page SEO with dynamically updated content (e.g., reviews, completed jobs) and structured data (JSON-LD) 3. Correct association of the website with the GBP – matching address, phone number, and company name. 4. Basic citations for each location, linked to the website. 5. Moderate link building – nothing too expensive, most guest posts were under $200 6. Reputation and some brand traffic 7. Time In one year, I beat 90% of local competitors in search results. I hope to beat the last 10% in the next 3–6 months.

@marcrandolph The majority of people miss this entirely.

When you get down to it, a CEO only has three responsibilities: 1. Set the direction of the company. 2. Don't run out of money. 3. Build a great team.

@george__mack Looking forward to reading this!!

After 7 months of writing, I finished my essay! I think agency might be the most important idea of the 21st century highagency.com

@thesamparr @levelsio Those Mv7’s are awesome for travel. Does usb and XLR if needed and can make all the adjustments on the app.

@levelsio shure is the best, i think.

My travel pod set up. - Elgato key light - iphone + camo - usb shure mic looks and sounds good enough and easy to set up.

@SecretCFO @businessbarista @DanielPriestley @AliAbdaal @DanielPriestley is a beaut!

@businessbarista The two times @DanielPriestley has been on @AliAbdaal pod

What’s the best podcast interview you have ever listened to? One you couldn’t stop telling people about for weeks.

@jasonfried Super cool. Looking forward to seeing what you guys roll-out.

Something brand old is coming. Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business. We think it’s that time again. Have a seat, SaaS. Introducing: once.com

@thesamparr Listened to this a few days ago. Super interesting episode.

This ep on finances with @profgalloway was very good. - worth +$100m. still anxious about $ - "america's the best place to make $, europes best to spend it." - Spends $400k month, mostly experiences - Spending on fam makes him feel masculine Really interesting (link below)

@thejustinwelsh This very much depends on stages of life. There are things you need to learn early on in your career working with teams or at scale that makes it possible for you to do what you do now. Without those, solo wouldn’t work. There are anomalies.

Everyone who tells me that solopreneurship is stupid has obligations I don't admire.

@XavierHelgesen Very cool! Congrats on the deal. Got to see some of the inner working over the past few years, looking forward to seeing the changes.

@Codie_Sanchez Happiness is not the goal. Peace is.

Sometimes I think the new rich is peace. I see too many who have everything except that.

@ShaanVP @markmanson Mark is a beast. Looking forward to the interview next week.

I'm editing my interview with @markmanson , (the dude who wrote- The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, 10m+ copies sold) Here's a few of his insights that are still clattering around in my head: #1 - WHY DO PICKUP LINES WORK? Mark used to be a pickup artist (his nickname was 'Entropy') teaching guys how to talk to women. About pickup lines: "The pickup line isn't for the girl. It's for YOU... The pickup line just gets you through your own social anxiety and gives you the courage to go say something (say anything)." #2 - HIS ADVICE TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL WRITER LIKE HIM "Write 100 blog posts then come ask me again". ^This is the same exact advice @MrBeast says to anyone who wants to be a YouTuber. This advice is great for two reasons. (1) It works. they will get better by doing 100 reps (2) It filters out people who aren't serious about it. He's down to help, but only people that are actually going to do the work #3 - WHY ANDREW TATE IS SO COMPELLING? "Andrew Tate is what men with no self esteem think high self esteem look like". But @Cobratate is a powerful combination of Charisma, Backstory (kickboxing champ), and an MLM. that's a deadly combo. #4 - WHY MOST SELF-HELP SUCKS "Good advice is boring....but bad advice SELLS" But then you hear a guy stand up and say "i have the 3-step formula to get you laid like tile and you're going to lose 100 lbs with this secret diet." Now everyone wants to buy it. Advice that "sounds good" isn't actually what "is good". The things that work are boring and simple. The information isn't hard. DOING it consistently is hard. #5 - THE 50% REJECTION RULE Back when he was teaching pickup, he created the 50% Rule ("If 50% of your attempts to pickup women aren't rejected, you're not being aggressive enough") This applies to more than just pickup. If you achieve 100% of your goals, you're not setting ambitious enough goals. If you face 0% rejection, you're not putting yourself out there enough. The body wants to avoid pain, but that's not actually what's good for you in the long run #6 - YOUTUBE NEEDS CHARACTER Old media (eg. Movies) had you trapped. Once you're in a theater, it takes a lot of effort to leave. So movies became masters of character development (long buildup, big payoff) New media (eg. TikTok) knows you're 0.5 sec away from swiping to the next content. So the best youtubers/tiktokers became masters of retention. Whoever can figure out how to do both retention and character is going to be huge (this is what Mark's trying to do with his new YT channel) -- alright. this is a long ass tweet so ima stop. Full interview will drop on the My First Million podcast & youtube channel next week. go subscribe✌️

@callumchapman Looking good brother!!

Lots of people asking about my new office, so thought I'd share some progress in a thread. We built an extension last year and relocated the kitchen, making the old kitchen a very generously sized office for my wife and I. This is how it looked in December.

@marshal Looking good bud. I did the same thing, just at the mancave.

When you run out of room, build up.

@C0J0M0 Excited for what the future holds for you! I’m sure it’s going to be big!

To this day @Jacquesvh has been the most influential and wholesome person I have met in the Esports world. He helped plant the seed of hard work within me. I can not thank him enough for everything he has done for me and owe any success to him. ❤️

@callumchapman Keep doing what you're doing. You'll be there in no time!

I would love to live in a house like this!

@callumchapman Awesome mate. I’d be happy to giveaway some notebooks to people that need them right now. Just have them hit me up.

Waking up to orders and making money while you sleep is a feeling that you never get tired of 🤑 Even though Dotgrid has been around for 7 years, I feel like we are just getting started. So much exciting stuff planned 🤩 Get your notebook → dotgrid.co