What are you going to do after missing the 1K subscriber growth target today?
It’s around 900 today. The daily updates channel shows 19 of 595, so we grew about 60‑something. Instagram jumped to 5,429, and overall we’re at 3,309 followers, about 1.91% growth. Maker School’s numbers are strong, with Maker Zero at 4,673. Growth percentages are slowing because we’ve hit larger numbers. I ran some projections: if we could sustain a 3‑4% daily growth rate for the remaining 170 days, we’d hit a couple of million by year‑end, which is unrealistic. Realistically, I need about a 3‑3.2% growth rate, which seems doable given our current size. I’ll keep focusing on consistent daily posting and building a bank of evergreen content to sustain momentum.
The main channel is now at about 140K subscribers (1417), up 829. The daily updates channel gained around 40 subs, and Instagram rose by roughly 200. Maker School churn is around 23.6%, roughly steady. I estimate that missing the welcome thread cost me about $75k in lost revenue. To cut churn, I plan to rewrite Maker School content, launch cold‑email campaigns, and improve the onboarding flow, which could save hundreds of thousands over the next months.
I wake around 5 a.m., handle community management (30–60 min), then record a daily update. After that I manage Platinum and Maker Zero communities (5–10 min), record main‑channel content or write a script for the next session, have lunch and hit the gym, then spend a 3–4‑hour block on growth‑focused work (personal brand, businesses), followed by sales activities, then fulfillment/consulting work. My day is built around large growth blocks because I view growth as the most important activity. I also track growth rates financially, aiming for ~0.55% daily to compound sign‑ups, and note a ~72‑hour lag between viral content and new members.
The non‑negotiable daily tasks are essentially the same as when scaling from $1K to $10K – they’re all about consistent marketing. I always start at the top of the funnel: marketing, then sales, then the transformation event, onboarding, fulfillment, and finally admin and re‑engagement. Previously I focused on cold‑email outreach, time‑boxing one to two hours each day and making at least one improvement to my emails – whether a tiny copy tweak or a full rewrite. I’d also respond to all outstanding leads on platforms like Upwork, Freelancer.com, and Fiverr, then handle sales and client management. Nowadays the focus is more on content (videos, community engagement) because community members become my marketers. I aim to spend roughly 20‑30% of my energy on marketing each day (sometimes up to 50‑60%). Consistent daily effort on these core activities is the only thing that reliably drives growth.
Sure, let's try that. I opened a tool and started looking for an Instagram follower scraper. I pulled up my Instagram channel, which is at about 178,107,853 followers, and navigated to the brand stats page. I ran into a few hiccups—copied the wrong text, opened too many tabs, and realized my earlier follower count was off. The actual number is closer to 106,000, not the 107,000 I mentioned yesterday, because I hadn't had access to a proper scraping tool before. I then checked my main channel growth, which is at 77,708, and noted a recent video that is performing well, boosting my daily updates to around 3,924. I also mentioned that we're approaching 4,000 subscribers overall, all from providing immediate value and brainstorming live. The rest of the walkthrough was just me showing the stats and acknowledging the inaccuracies while I look for a reliable Instagram follower scraper.