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🔥 FRESH IDEA

Steven Essa made his first webinar sale before most people would even call their offer “ready.”

He’s one of the clearest examples of how webinars can function like a launch button instead of “content.” In this interview, he describes running a webinar with only 15 people on the call and still making $594, then later building toward $2.2M in revenue using the same core webinar formula over time.

And it isn’t just Steven. His world is full of “small room, big result” outcomes. Corinna describes making 16 sales on her first webinar for about $16,000 (in ~90 minutes) — the “small room, big outcome” pattern in real life.

Their approach is not “teach forever and hope people buy later.” It’s:

This is the simplest “Ramen Hustle” structure that matches what these operators actually do:

If you want a step-by-step breakdown of Steven-style webinar creation, this walk-through covers his “what to say and when” style framing.

Teachable has a clear, modern guide that matches the “sell it first, build it second” approach (validate demand before you create a full course) 👇

Steven’s big point is: prove it converts live, then evergreen it so it becomes an asset, not an event.

Next step: Run one “beta webinar” with 25 people. Sell one small offer ($99–$299). You’re not building a brand. You’re testing conversion.

🐝 WHAT’S BUZZING

The new flex isn’t “I hired a team.” It’s “I didn’t.”

Pieter Levels is the clearest case study: he builds and runs products solo, publicly, and keeps them small enough to control. Recent breakdowns cite his portfolio around $3.1M ARR, driven by practical tools instead of venture-backed moonshots.

The mechanism is leverage stacking. Distribution through building in public. Automation through modern tooling. Support through contractors, not payroll. Products that self-serve. And a portfolio mindset so one win can carry the year.

But the real “secret” is boring: solo founders win because they avoid complexity that kills founders. No meetings. No hiring cycles. No management drama. Less overhead means more runway and more speed.

This isn’t just a lifestyle play. It’s an economic play. A solo founder can keep profit margins that a team-based company can’t touch.

If you want the entry point: start with one narrow problem, ship fast, and build a reputation loop where every launch feeds the next one.

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🚨 RADAR ALERT

“AI disclosure laws are coming” sounds abstract until you look at what the FTC already did.

In 2024, the FTC launched Operation AI Comply, announcing law enforcement actions targeting deceptive AI claims. One of the biggest headlines: DoNotPay, the company marketing itself as a “robot lawyer,” was hit with a $193,000 penalty and had to notify customers about the tool’s limitations.

This matters for creators because the line is shifting from “fun tool” to “regulated claim.” If you’re using AI to generate reviews, impersonate expertise, or imply professional outcomes, regulators don’t care that it’s trendy. They care that it’s misleading.

The mechanism is old-school consumer protection. AI is not a loophole. If your marketing implies “this was made by a human expert” or “this tool guarantees results,” you can be forced to prove it.

Creators who get ahead of it will win trust. Simple labels like “AI-assisted” or “edited by a human” are cheap insurance and often improve credibility.

Action step: audit your site, ads, and content for any AI claims that sound like guarantees. Rewrite them before someone else does it for you.

🥷 FIX THIS

One of the sneakiest marketing channels in 2026 is your email signature, because it’s the only ad your prospects actually asked to receive. They opened your email.

RightBound ran a real experiment using WiseStamp-powered signatures inside outreach emails and documented 8.5% click rates, higher than any other channel they were running at the time. That’s not “branding.” That’s traffic, from messages you were already sending.

Why it works: signatures sit at the exact moment of attention. The reader just finished your message and is deciding what to do next. If your signature has one clean CTA (book a call, grab the free guide, see pricing), you catch that momentum.

Most people ruin it by adding seven links and a logo salad. The winning version is one sentence + one action. “Want help with X? Grab this.”

If you want proof the channel is real, look at how tools like WiseStamp and Newoldstamp push analytics, impressions, and CTR tracking as a core feature. They exist because companies measure this stuff.