Justin Mecham

Founder & CEO (company was acquired)

The Digital Products Guy | I help creators, coaches, & consultants build digital product empires | Founder creatyl.com | Learn all my secrets in my newsletter below 👇

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I just wanted to make money online and build my personal brand—share what I know, offer coaching, sell digital products, offer courses, run a community.

But within weeks, I had 8 tools and was spending almost $1,000/month.

One for courses. One for emails. One for booking. One for a community. Another for payments.

I needed one clean, simple platform, built by someone who actually gets it. 

But I couldn’t find it…soooo, I built it.

Meet creatyl—built by a creator, for creators, coaches, consultants, and anyone looking to make money online.

🎯 Sell digital products, coaching sessions, or courses
💬 Run a paid community or membership
📬 Launch your newsletter and automate your emails
💡 Tap “Create with AI” to create & launch any of these in minutes
💰 Get paid & track every sale
🧩 And manage it all in one place

It’s not just amazing software.

Inside there is creatyl University, where you get hundreds of step-by-step training guides/videos, smart templates, and expert prompts to help you build faster and better.

Plus you will join the VIP creatyl Community.

Most creator/personal brand/business growth communities cost $800 to $3,000/month.

creatyl’s VIP Community is INCLUDED in your creatyl subscription! 

You will have weekly live calls with me and other top creators.

Plus daily/weekly expert tips and secrets, real-time feedback, and personal strategies to make sure you always know what to do to be successful, and SO much more.

Whether you’re a creator, coach, consultant, wanting to start a business, or looking for the perfect side‑hustle… 

Whether you’re just starting, scaling, or ready to leave your 9‑5… 

Whether you have a million followers or just a few...

If you’ve ever said: 
“There’s got to be a better way to do this.”

You were right.

creatyl is the better way.

→ Try it free at creatyl.com (see link in my featured section)

→ And join my free newsletter where I give weekly tips and growth tools on all of this plus entrepreneurship (see link in my featured section).

Vice President of Operations

•	Oversee Operations, Strategy, Customer Experience, Contact Centers, Sales, Fulfillment, and Service Centers (Domestic & International; B2C & B2B).
•	Manage budget, prepare financials, reporting, analysis, and recommendations.
•	Collaborate with the executive team in setting and driving the organizational vision, operational strategy, and hiring needs.
•	Translate the strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth, helping to implement organization-wide goal setting, performance management, and annual operating planning.
o	Introduced 5 new sales channels.
o	Started in-house Service Centers and launched new warehouse.
•	In charge of Customer Experience: Introduced Net Promoter Score (NPS) and closed-loop process - now ranked higher than brands like Apple and Amazon.
•	Manage culture and employee experience, building a highly inclusive culture that ensures team members thrive and organizational outcomes are met.
•	Identify areas of process enhancement, implementing automation tools and best practices to increase efficiency and quality.
o	Introduced “Personal Shopping” experiences that customers can have with our associates.
•	Maintain and build trusted relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders, ensuring high customer satisfaction and retention rates.
•	Revised Customer Service to be WOW! Center where associates are given the training, processes, and empowerment to do what is best for the customer the first time.
•	Negotiate contracts with vendors, suppliers, and service providers to secure optimal terms and conditions.

I wasted years chasing new ideas.

The money showed up when I simplified:

Here’s the hard truth I missed for too long:

Ideas are not the problem.

Clarity is.

Most people think income comes from big ideas.

Original ideas.

Smart ideas.

It usually comes from simple ideas
explained clearly to the right person.

Once I saw that, everything clicked.

Almost every online business fits
into a few clear paths.

Nothing fancy. Nothing hidden.

Just choices.

You can build and sell digital products.

Just some examples you can start today:

Things people download and use.

🔸Templates.
🔸Planners.
🔸Workbooks.
🔸Checklists.
🔸Spreadsheets.

You can teach what you know.

Short courses. 
One problem.

🔸How to start.
🔸How to price.
🔸How to get clients.
🔸How to use tools better.

You can offer coaching.

Focused help. 
Real outcomes.

🔸Life.
🔸Business.
🔸Career.
🔸Health.
🔸Confidence.

You can provide services.

Done for them or with them.

🔸Audits.
🔸Reviews.
🔸Strategy calls.
🔸Design.
🔸Editing.

You can build a group.

People want support.

🔸Communities.
🔸Masterminds.
🔸Accountability circles.

You can earn monthly income.

Memberships reward showing up.

Or you can collect leads first.

Simple free tools.

🔸Guides.
🔸Worksheets.
🔸Templates.

🔶Try this today:

• What do people ask me?
• What can I package once?
• What solves one problem?

What idea are you starting today?

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📚 Come build your idea in my free workshop
to build your own digital product.
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You can have the title.

I want the trust:

People don’t follow roles.

They follow how you make them feel.

I have watched teams ignore titles
and lean into leaders they trust.

Trust is built in small moments,
not big speeches.

Here is what people feel when leadership is real:

🔷Character skills:
• Tell the truth when it costs you
• Be kind when no one is watching
• Stay steady when things get loud

🔶People skills:
• Listen without planning your reply
• Say hard things with respect
• Make people feel safe to speak

🔷Performance skills:
• Finish what you start
• Fix problems without blame
• Stay useful when pressure hits

🔶Decision skills:
• Pause before you respond
• Choose clear over easy
• Own the call you make

🔷Growth skills:
• Stay curious when you are wrong
• Ask for help without pride
• Learn out loud

🔶Team skills:
• Share credit fast
• Back people when they struggle
• Build trust in small ways

🔷Drive skills:
• Act when it feels risky
• Show up when it is boring
• Stay consistent when no one claps

⚠️Try this today:
• Pick one skill for this week
• Practice it once today
• Watch how people respond

Leadership is not a title.

It is the feeling people have
after they work with you.

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I used to think people bought information.

Now I see they buy relief:

People are not shopping for content.

They are shopping for a problem to go away.

If you start with a course, you guess.

If you start with pain, you win.

When I help people sell online,
we never start with what to build.

We start with what hurts.

Here are 8 problems people will
always pay for them to go away 👇

1️⃣ I want to start, but nothing is clear
Confusion feels heavy.
Make the first step feel light.

2️⃣ I tried before and it failed
They do not want more info.
They want proof it can work for them.

3️⃣ I do not have time
Time feels tight.
Short steps feel doable.

4️⃣ I am scared I will mess it up
Fear grows in the dark.
Examples turn lights on.

5️⃣ I do not know what to sell
Too many choices stall motion.
One clear option creates action.

6️⃣ I do not know how to get buyers
People want a path, not noise.
Simple outreach beats complex plans.

7️⃣ I cannot stay consistent
People do not quit.
They drift.
Give them a weekly rhythm.

8️⃣ I do not know where to begin
Starting is the hardest part.
One tool. One problem. One small step.

Try this today:
-- Pick one problem
-- Write one clear promise
-- Build the smallest helpful thing
-- Share it with one person

Big products feel heavy.

Clear help feels easy.

📚 Come learn how to get paid to solve problems
in my free workshop to build digital products.
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If you feel tired all the time,

This might be why:

I used to think I was low on motivation.

I was wrong.

I was leaking energy all day
and calling it “being busy.”

You and I are not running on one tank.

We’re running on five.

When one drains,
the others try to cover for it.

That works for a while.

Then the crash shows up.

Here’s what most people miss:

🟣 Mental energy
-- Too many tabs open equals quiet exhaustion.

🔵 Emotional energy
-- Unfelt feelings do not disappear.
-- They pile up.

🟠 Physical energy
-- No movement equals slow burnout.

🔴 Social energy
-- Some people refill you.
-- Some quietly empty you.

🟢 Spiritual energy
-- When meaning fades, effort feels heavy.

Balance is not doing everything evenly.

Balance is noticing what is low
before everything breaks.

Here is a reset that actually works:

💼 At work
• Do one thing.
• Finish it.
• Pause on purpose.

 🏚️At home
• Lower the noise.
• Move your body a little.

👥 With people
• Spend time where energy returns.

✨ With purpose
• Remember why today matters.

Energy is not fixed.

It is guided.

Stop pushing through.

Start paying attention.

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digital products that sell over and over.
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My marketing career in 28 sentences:

1. Quit job at Sam's Club to start an eComm business

2. Borrow $40k from my dad

3. Lose $35k in the first four months

4. Realize you suck at marketing

5. Spend $4k+ on useless marketing courses and masterminds

6. Use your last $300 to buy Breakthrough Advertising (yes, it cost $300 in 2013)

7. Read the book three times in 2 weeks

8. Make $200k in 6 months

9. PayPal shuts down your account and keeps half the money for another six months

10. Quit eCommerce and spend a year reading, thinking, and writing

11. Start freelancing and get fired from your first client

12. Double down on consulting and double your rates

13. Get three retainers and feel on top of the world

14. Blow up your retainers by taking on too much work

15. Get so stressed you get shingles at 26 years old

16. Take a month off to heal

17. Get hired as a full-time content marketer at an agency

18. Spend a year and a half learning the ropes of content marketing

19. Start a content marketing consulting business on the side

20. Get so busy you have to quit your agency job

21. Marketing starts to make sense

22. Close a 6-figure content marketing deal with a big brand

23. Rethink everything you knew about marketing

24. Design a "unified theory" of marketing and put it together into a 20,000-word PDF

25. Get better results for clients and yourself

26. Post about your experiences on Twitter and LinkedIn

27. Build a following of people who are interested in what you're doing

28. Learn to deal with haters and trolls

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Josue Valles

Founder at The-Flyer-1™

The best creative work doesn't come from staring at a blank page. It comes from staring at two different things and finding the connection between them. It comes through curation, synthesis, and lateral thinking.

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Founder

I build curated assets that last.

If you're a founder or C-level exec looking to build your personal brand, I can help you build a curated library of assets that'll help you grow fast without sacrificing quality.

If you're a consultant or agency who wants to incorporate curation into their marketing arsenal, I offer a 12-week workshop where I guide you through my entire process.

Want to learn more?

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In 1984, J. Walter Thompson ran this copy test once. Thousands took it. Only 10 people landed jobs. Those 10 people went on to become the brightest creative stars in the business. 

Here is the exact test they had to pass:

1. The Poppy Putrid Song 

"You are the songwriter for hitmaker Poppy Putrid. She's just had three recent No. 1 hits. All love songs. For her next hit, Poppy wants a song about moldy pizza, rancid butter, and flat beer. Her agent is convinced it should be another love song. Make it both."

This tests your ability to handle Cognitive Dissonance. Can you marry two conflicting concepts to create something memorable. Does your brain break when the pattern is disrupted?

2. Dialogue in a Dark Alley

"Write a Dialogue in a Dark Alley. (Not more than 200 words.)"

This tests your ear for dialogue. Great copy doesn't sound like writing; it sounds like speaking. 

3. The Taxi Strike 

"The Transit Authority has denied a request by the city's taxi drivers to increase fares... The cabbies have gone on strike... As a rookie reporter, it's your opportunity to shine. Write the banner headline and a story not to exceed 500 words."

This tests Persona Adoption. They want to see if you can inhabit the mindset of a hungry, ambitious rookie.

4. The Martian Speech 

"A delegation of Martians has just landed in Central Park... Prepare a short speech (comprised of pictures and symbols) to welcome them..."

This tests Simplification. Do you actually understand the core concept well enough to draw it?

5. Walletsize Books 

"You are a writer for Walletsize Books. Describe the history of the United States in 100 words or less."

This tests Editorial Judgment. Anyone can write a 10-page essay. It takes a master to decide what to cut. 

6. The Trappist Monk 

"You've heard the story about the man who made a fortune selling refrigerators to Eskimos... how would you sell a telephone to a Trappist monk who is observing the strict Rule of Silence?"

This tests Benefit vs. Feature. You must sell the benefit relative to the specific user's worldview.

7. Gun Control vs. NRA 

"Design/draw two posters. One is for legislating strict gun-control laws. The other is in support of the NRA."

This tests Radical Empathy. To be a great copywriter, you must be able to detach from your own ego and advocate effectively for the client, regardless of your personal beliefs.

8. The Dime Campaign 

"Develop a script for a popular network television program that will convince the show's millions of viewers to each send in a dime. (You have 30 seconds to be convincing.)"

In a 30-second script, you need urgency and a psychological hook immediately. You must trigger an emotional response in seconds.

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We have become obsessed with tools, hacks, and algorithms.

But the fundamentals of persuasion haven't changed in 40 years.

- Simplification
- Empathy
- Brevity
- Psychology

Which of these prompts would be the hardest for you to answer?👇

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