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I've sold $3,450 worth of digital products

I've sold $3,450 worth of digital products.

I Built the world fastest way to access GPT-4, You Just Type “help” and Instant access GPT-4 on any site without changing tabs again and again, you download once and use forever. You own the source code and complete ownership - www.helperai.info

104 sales with zero paid ads.

I operate at a 90% profit margin.

And I've only been on X for 5 months.

Here's my exact strategy to build a 4-figure product:

1/ Unique positioning

Sell something that people actually want to buy.

Figure out one clear benefit.

Work backwards.

And remember: you're not selling your customer an e-book, or a Notion template, or a course.

You're selling them an idea.
You're selling them a solution.

They're in pain - you're the doctor.

Sell the magic pill.

2/ Validate the offer

You always need to validate your product.

My favorite way is to run a giveaway - double leverage.

Then you take the feedback, improve it, and sell it.

Other methods:

• Ask brutally honest friends
• Onboard beta testers
• Conduct a survey

Selling something without testing it?

Sorry. But you’re gonna fail.

3/ Building authority

Until recently I had zero testimonials for the product.

But people still wanted to buy.

Why?

I’m a walking case study.

You see my content.
You see me helping people.

You see my results.

Don’t have social proof?

Make your own.

Be your #1 success story.

The customer gets curious.

They’re dying to know more.
What am I missing?

Make them hungry for the solution.

4/ Building leverage

Your #1 goal should be to build leverage.

How?

Use your email list.

Elon could delete you at any time.

I funnel traffic to my newsletter relentlessly.

That’s why I have an active list of 1,400 creators.

• I tell stories
• I share valuable ideas
• I make an offer every damn day

And I generate ~40% of my revenue from my email list.

That's the power of community.

To any small creators:

Don’t wait to start.
You’ll just regret it later.

TLDR:

  1. Unique positioning
  2. Validate your offer
  3. Build your authority
  4. Leverage your email list

Build once.
Sell forever.

Thanks for reading.

on December 15, 2023
  1. 2

    Such a impressive product, I already a customer of helper-ai, it's work great, it's help me alot to do short research and writing my short content!!

  2. 1

    That's amazing! You have earned a big kudos for it - you should be proud of this outstanding success. Well done!

  3. 1

    Helper-AI is really worth it product for me, where chatgpt charge 20 a month, it's save me lot of money.

  4. 1

    Fantastic, the only thing I'm missing is the time it took you to reach that 4 figure product, anyway it's awesome to make that amount, taking into account that Bing has built-in chatgpt4 and you can access it really fast.

    I love the approach of 1-time payment instead of the mainstream subscription, that is like finding a diamond nowadays.

    Also props to you for giving importance to email marketing, since it's one of the most powerful funnels you can have if your email list is well-nurtured.

  5. 1

    Nice. You could probably add a zero to your price if you targeted small businesses.

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