Happy Friday! Thank you for giving Get Rich or Reply Trying such a warm welcome last week. We’re just happy to be here (in your inbox) and it was exciting to connect with so many of you individually about their creator businesses.
It turns out lots of people want to get rich, which is good because you’re in the right place. In fact, the feature we’re launching this week can directly help you make passive income. But more on that in a minute.
This week, like most people with a pulse, I’ve been loving Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Short n Sweet. I’m listening to the whole thing on repeat (no skips), I’m dissecting love triangles like it’s my job (still no clarity), I’m looking up tour dates (September 29-30 in NYC). And all of this got me thinking… |
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If you’re on the other side of things and you’re a musician or performer trying to promote a show, wouldn't you want to target promos to fans in the cities where you’re performing?
If you’re performing in NYC, you don’t want to send a mass email to your entire email list about your NYC show. You want to send it to your fans in New York—and your fans in New York want to get that email!
Until now, email marketing tools made it impossible or very hard to locally target an audience, then charged an arm and leg for it. But Beacons makes it easy and free.
Bryan on the Beacons team feels so passionately about this he actually wrote a guide on how to use this feature to sell out shows: Maximize Ticket Sales the Smart Way. For musicians, comedians, and other performers, this is the key to a sold out show. |
Recently, OG YouTubers the Fung Brothers used Beacons’s email marketing to promote their monthly comedy showcase, Asianology—and sold out their show for the first time ever. |
Do you have your own really good example of a show promo email on Beacons? Reply here and send it to me for a chance to be featured next week! You can also give Bryan a shoutout (bryan@beacons.ai) if you want to set up a demo. Now, on to our exciting newest feature - Beacons affiliate links 🤑 |
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Sharing is caring, and now you can do more of that (and make more money) on Beacons with affiliate links.
Affiliate links are shareable links you can create for your Beacons products that other people can sell. They earn a commission on the sales they generate, and you get more sales and more revenue on those products!
For example, let’s say I make a Sabrina Carpenter “learn the lyrics” digital guide and sell it on Beacons for $20. I can make an affiliate link for that product and choose my commission rate. I’ll choose 50%. Then I can share that affiliate link with other people, and they can use my link to also sell that product.
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They’ll get 50% commission on those sales—so they’ll get $10 for each sale, and I’ll get $10 as the original creator of the product!
This is a super easy and very effective marketing tool to help you generate more sales.
Two amazing examples of digital products using Beacons affiliate links: Catalyst Collective, the #1 social media accelerator for entrepreneurs and digital marketers, and Plan Smartly, a project management tool for social media content.
You can create your own on Beacons here, or watch a step by step tutorial from Ivan on how to set it up here.
AND DON’T FORGET: Memberships & payment plans are live and they’re hot! Shoutout to ImagineThatClub, a course for digital nomads and online solopreneurs, who shared their membership with me in response to my email last week. |
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👉 Want to share your affiliate product with Get Rich or Reply Trying? Reply here and send me yours to be featured in next week’s newsletter! |
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Today I'm coming in with possibly one of our spiciest takes: the controversial 9% sales fee on the Beacons free plan actually saves you money because you only pay Beacons when YOU get paid. Hear me out.
First of all, Beacons strives to be the most capable creator sales platform on the market at the lowest cost. You can use the majority of our features for free, forever and unlock unlimited potential for just $30/month. That’s less than some other tools charge for their less-capable plans 👀, and many of them don’t even have free options outside of limited-time trials.
With our free-forever plan, you can build out your entire business and learn how to be a good digital marketer without ever laying down a cent. You can start making sales and be sure your income is going to offset your costs before upgrading.
That 9% sales fee allows us to keep our paid plan prices low and gives you access to these features while you're building your business, without having to commit for a whole month.
Reply and lmk if you agree. If you disagree that we’re the best value for your money, we promise to take you seriously too. Reply and let me know what we need to do better, and the next new feature you see in this newsletter just might be the one you suggest. |
Did you know Beacons used to be a smart doorbell company?
Kind of. That was the first idea our founding team (Neal, Jesse, David, and Greg) worked on together.
After that, they pivoted into a Cameo competitor app, and eventually the magical idea for an all-in-one creator platform was born.
All four of the cofounders used to live and work in a tiny apartment together... that’s dedication!
Neal shared this throwback on his IG the other day and it had us all in our feelings. |
Now go queue up some shows for the weekend (personally I'm watching the new season of Behind the Scene) and enjoy your Friday! |
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