Just post every day.
- Written for
- Somebody who already has people watching.
- Plain version
- Go where people already are, and help one of them there.
A free email course
Start on the cheapest rung.
Most online money advice was written for somebody who already had money, spare time or a crowd. This is the small, cheap version for everyone else. Plain notes. One rung at a time.
What you'll learn
Most advice starts at the top. We start at the bottom.
For any goal, take the cheapest, smallest version that still teaches you something real. Only climb when the rung under you holds.
Cheapest means money first, then time. If a rung doesn't hold, you find out for the price of a little time.
- Rung 1Start here
Look.
Read what real people are asking and complaining about. Free. You'll also learn to size up any page in three minutes, with paper.
- Rung 2
Ask one person.
One friend, one coworker, one text message. Then write down their exact words. Not a tidy summary. Their words.
- Rung 3
Help one stranger.
For free, in writing, where people already ask questions. Short answer first, reason after. No link, no plug.
- Rung 4
Write one honest paragraph.
Six lines about something you checked, including the one most people leave out: what I could not find out.
- Rung 5
Only then think about spending.
And not until three real people have asked you for the thing, in their own words. Ideas are free. Keep them that way.
The second tool
One question. Ask it of everything.
Who was this written for? Not who it says it's for. Who would have to already have what, for it to work? Here's how that goes in the notes.
Believe in yourself.
- Written for
- Someone with a cushion, where a few misses cost nothing but pride.
- Plain version
- Shrink the plan until it can fail cheaply. Belief is optional. A small plan isn't.
Find your niche.
- Written for
- Someone picking a market by what sounds profitable.
- Plain version
- Pick the group whose questions you can already answer. Profit is a guess. The answers are yours.
You need to build a list.
- Written for
- Someone who already has something worth sending.
- Plain version
- Be useful for a while first. A list is a result, not a starting line.
Why join
Here's who this course was written for.
Written for
- You, if you have no website, no list and no followers.
- You, if you bought a course before and it hung on you wrong.
- You, if you've got a few hours a week. Not forty.
- You, if you'd rather check a thing than trust it.
- You, if you want short notes with one small job each.
Not written for
- People who already have an audience and want growth tricks.
- Anyone after screen-by-screen tutorials or a done-for-you system.
- Anyone who wants an income promise. Nobody honest can make one.
- Anyone who wants to be pumped up. There are no pep talks here.
About Judson
I'm a little irritated at the advice industry.
Not because the advice is wrong. Because it never says who it was written for. Post every day. Build a list. Believe in yourself. Each one quietly assumes you already have something: money to lose, hours to spare, a crowd that's listening.
If you don't, it's a ladder with the bottom rungs sawn off.
So I do one thing, over and over. I take the advice, ask who it was for, and hand you the small, cheap version that fits someone starting from nothing. Short sentences. Plain words. A job you can do on a piece of paper.
I won't promise you money. Nobody honest can. I'll show you the ladder and tell you which rung to stand on.
Judson
Judson Kimble is a pen name. The notes are written and sent by 512 Promotions LLC.
What to expect
Run my three-minute check on this page.
It's the check the course teaches for any page that wants your attention. Fair's fair. Here are the answers, so you don't have to dig.
Minute oneWho is this for?
People starting from scratch who want to learn how online recommending actually works, and how to look at an offer the way a careful buyer would. Even if you never put a link of your own anywhere, you'll be a lot harder to fool.
Minute twoWhat does it cost in full?
The course is free. The notes come in two parts: 6 to start, about who advice is really written for, then 28 more that walk up the ladder one rung at a time. That's 34 in all, about two a day, so roughly two and a half weeks. Most take two minutes to read. Some are four lines. After the course, I may keep sending the odd note.
The one link. Every note carries one link, under the line "Today's page. I'm not vouching for it, I'm asking you to size it up." It points to a page that changes daily. It may be an affiliate link, which means 512 Promotions LLC may get paid if you buy something after clicking. I don't know what's on that page when I write the note. Treat it like a worksheet, not a tip.
If you're not happy: there's a one-click unsubscribe at the bottom of every email. No questions, no hard feelings.
Minute threeWhat does it ask for first?
Your email address. Your first name, if you feel like it. That's all. No card, no phone number, and no clock. There's no countdown on this page and there won't be one in the notes.
The blank lineWhat I can't tell you
Whether it'll be worth your time. I can't know that from here, and I'd rather say so. Read a few notes and decide. You never owe a page a decision.
$0to join, now or later
34notes in the course
~2a day, for about 2½ weeks
1link in each, which may pay 512 Promotions
1click to unsubscribe
0countdown clocks
A sample
Here's how the first one starts.
Trimmed a little. The real one has a small job at the end.
Most online money advice has a quiet assumption buried in it. It assumes you already have something: money, free time, or a crowd of people following you.
Usually it's simpler than that. The advice was written for somebody else. Someone with a long list of email addresses, or thousands of strangers watching them, or spare money to lose on ads. You had none of that, so none of it fit. It's a coat cut for a bigger man. You can button it all day and it still hangs wrong.
Spotting who a piece of advice is really for is the first skill in all of this. It costs nothing.
Today's page. I'm not vouching for it, I'm asking you to size it up: [link]
Judson
Check the ground before the roof.
Free. Plain. About two short notes a day, and one click to leave whenever you like.