Justin Welsh
Justin Welsh built a $2M annual revenue solopreneur business creating knowledge products and digital courses that teach entrepreneurs how to leverage social media. His business is fueled by his massive social media following of 380K on LinkedIn and 330K on Twitter, plus an 80K subscriber newsletter called The Saturday Solopreneur.
Key Takeaways
- •Used content marketing as primary growth channel
- •Most effective channel: social media following on LinkedIn and Twitter
- •Monetizes with one-time pricing
- •Currently earning $317k/mo
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Traction
Why They Built It
Built this business to be lifestyle-first, meaning it's highly automated and has no full-time employees, creating knowledge products that help other solopreneurs and entrepreneurs leverage social media to build their one-person businesses online.
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