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    The S.W.I.P.E.S. Email (Friday July 14th, 2023)

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    A fun email for Friday. I hope you enjoy!

    Edition: Friday, July 14th, 2023

     

    🎤 Listen to this email here:

    Swipe:

    Whose hot dog would you want in your mouth? 
     Joe’s 
     -or- 
     Max’s?

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    I love how adding "Foot Long" just makes it more enticing or that you get more value!

    Wisdom:

    This is an awesome axis-graph which let’s you see where you are on the smart/ugly/hot/dumb scale! 

    This would be awesome to recreate for your industry:

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    Interesting:

    Craigslist was basically THE main platform for individual-to-individual transactions during the early stages of the web.

    It will be interesting to see which other mega platforms get unbundled over time:

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    Picture:

    In Texas there's this famous gas station called Buc-ee's...and each one is absolutely gigantic, almost like a small Wal-Mart:

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    It's got like 100+ gas pumps, 100+ restrooms, a gigantic carwash, and it's like a mall inside with food and chachkies. 

    I saw this sign out front a few days ago, and was kind surprised by how high some of the salaries were!

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    If I were a teenager or on summer break, this would be an awesome place to work!

    Essay:

    Platforms change, but good content and interesting people always rise to the top. For example....

    It used to be MySpace
    It used to be Friendster
    It used to be LinkedIn
    It used to be LinkedIn Posts
    It used to be Orkut
    It used to be Facebook
    It used to be Facebook Pages
    It used to be Bebo
    It used to be YouTube
    It used to be YouTube Shorts
    It used to be Xanga
    It used to be Twitter
    It used to be Flickr
    It used to be Tumblr
    It used to be Pinterest
    It used to be Podcasts
    It used to be Instagram
    It used to be Instagram Stories
    It used to be Google
    It used to be Google+
    It used to be Google Video
    It used to be Snapchat
    It used to be Vine
    It used to be TikTok
    It used to be Periscope
    It used to be Twitch
    It used to be Reddit
    It used to be Discord
    It used to be Quora
    It used to be Medium
    It used to be SubStack
    It used to be ClubHouse
    It used to be Threads
    ....the list goes on.

    There's sooooo many ways to spread your message, focus is becoming a problem:

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    Here's 3 questions to figure out which platform to focus on:
    1. What social network do I have a natural advantage?
    2. Will I enjoy spending 1-3 years of time on this platform?
    3. Which one helps me create “Cascading Content”?

    That last one to me is big.

    Which social network do you create content on, that can be used as content elsewhere?

    That's what I call "Cascading Content"

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    Sketch:

    This cool graphic shows that if you take notes you can retain the wisdom of books you read:

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    I personally take all my notes in Apple Notes now, not directly in books anymore because I can recall/view them from any device.

    Where do YOU keep your notes? I'm always interested in hearing how people keep these. Reply and lemme know!

    Sincerely, 
    Neville Medhora

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    On my phone now, but those sometimes become lost on switching phones. So now Cloud Word docs. 

    But I used to use a physical book and I still periodically plunder it for random ideas. 

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    I use notion to collect and organize my notes. I sent everything I saw, watch, read, and listen to notion using notion database. And save notes too.

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    I do use Notes app on my phone, but since I have both Windows and Apple devices, if I want to truly access notes from everywhere, they go in Google Docs. Sometimes if I take them in Notes app, I’ll copy them over to Docs later. I also email stuff to myself. My Gmail is like my own personal search engine. I find it so much faster than my gazillion bookmarks!

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    Guest Jenna said 11 hours ago:

    Hey! Can you remind me who the divorce guy is in the membership? Rob? I have a friend who does divorce coaching and may be interested in his business.
     

    Hey Jenna, thanks for the connection!  Happy to discuss their coaching business, can email rob@wtfdivorce.com !

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    I use notion! But when it comes to taking notes on people I've been using Getdex.com
    It's really cool. 

    If you get into Notion. I would like to see your set up 😎 
    I've got most of mine set up from Thomas J Frank, I recommend checking him out! 

    -Julian Castle

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    I didn’t get to this on Friday, read through today and wow it’s always fun and informative! You asked, I’ll answer that I take notes in Apple notes (always have since I got my first iPhone) and in Google Keep (because of your SWIPES email on it. Thanks for the fun and helpful info every Friday!

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    Thanks so much Anita! 

    I love both Apple notes and Google Keep....I can't believe more people DON'T know about Google Keep already!

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    Notes: 
    It's a mess...

    • I write notes on paper and out them in large envelopes
    • I write notes in Notes on iPhone
    • I write notes in physical notebooks
    • I write notes in Google Docs

    And I never can find them again. And I rarely look at them - but they help me think, when I write down ideas. 

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    Bahahaha same, I used to put them all over the place, but I couldn't come back and easily access them all...so I keep ending up back to plain old Apple Notes bc it's always with me.

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