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Your Favorite Creators Are Lying To You
(here's the harsh truth)
A lie I've believed for a long time:
Being a good writer is how you build an audience
For 14 months I thought the secret to success was being a better writer.
So I obsessed over writing, spent $8,000+ on courses and mentorships, and countless hours practicing. But I was stuck in beginner's hell.
Truth is, great writers don't make great creators and entrepreneurs.
Just look at all the "copywriters" on X.
They know all the tricks when it comes to writing, but they're struggling to build an audience and land clients.
You see, you can be the greatest writer in the world but if you don't know how to gain traffic—get people's attention at scale—then you'll struggle to build anything meaningful.
It's the harsh truth.
Nobody wants to tell you this because they want to keep this a secret and sell you a dream that all you need to know is how to write. But building an audience is much more than just writing.
To build an audience you need to know how to gain traffic, reach your readers in a noisy world, and connect with them on a personal level.
Unless your goal is to become the next Hemingway and write because you enjoy it, it's fine by me. I'm not going to stop you.
But if your goal is to be a creator, a Modern Creator, who wants to build a brand and a business around your interests, build authority, attract attention and opportunity, and point all that in the right direction and leverage that traffic into income in the shortest time possible.
Then keep reading…
Because that's the essence of the exclusive group coaching program that I'm running on March 6th.
Now, has this program worked in the past?
Absolutely.
It worked for me. I'm an engineer and a college student who wanted to escape the 9-5 hell and had 0 experience in building an audience.
But once I learned how to gain traffic, in less than 60 days I gained over 18,000 followers and 1,300 readers in my newsletter.

Another client of mine, Ben, started a new account to write about topics he enjoyed consuming in his everyday life and went viral on his 5th thread hitting 5,700,000 impressions.

Or take Julie, a mother
of 2 and a history teacher, she wanted to start writing threads about history because she was fed up with all her previous mentors who forced her to go in a direction she didn't want.
But after working with me, in less than 40 days she gained 818,000+ impressions, ~800 followers, and signed her first ghostwriting client with no previous experience.

Still don't believe me?
Here is what some of the people who I've ghostwritten for have said:



The thread in question…
I can keep going, but at this point, you get the idea.
So why does this all matter?
Because all the creators on X who are making $10,000/mo or $20,000/mo or $50,000/mo and more know that the secret to building a successful, profitable brand is traffic.
Once you have traffic, everything else falls into place.
But most people don't realize this.
They join the bandwagon of thinking that going viral is pointless because they saw one guy (who doesn't know what they're talking about) say it.
And so they lie to themselves unknowingly by saying: " I just need to focus on being a better writer and my audience will naturally grow".
My friend, unless you want to spend the next 2 years grinding away in the beginner’s hell only to reach 1,000 followers and barely see any progress, then do it.
But if you want to fast-track your brand to growth and make a year's worth of progress in 1 month then you need a smarter, more efficient way of growing your brand.
And that's what the exclusive group coaching program helps you with.
Starting March 6th, you and I will spend 6 weeks working closely together helping you grow your brand and scale your business. The best part about?
By the end of the 6 weeks, you'll:
Have an engaged audience and build authority quicker and attract more opportunities without the frustration of slow growth
Consistently create high-impact threads about topics that you're passionate about and ones that get you 100,000s of views without second-guessing yourself
Have full control over your creative output and schedule so that you can live a life on your own terms
Attract high-value opportunities and monetize without needing years of experience
Spend less time on content creation and more time growing and scaling your business and have time to enjoy your personal life
But because I want to see succeed and give you my all…
Seats are limited.
13 people registered their interest and 4 people secured their spot.
That means only 6 spots are left (they're offered on a first come, first serve basis).
As someone who's in my newsletter, you get to see this first, but tomorrow, more than 18,000 people will get the same opportunity to join.
Excited to work with you!
Hussain
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