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This is great, Russell. Thanks. I think I'm on level 3 at the moment! Not stuck, but growing nice and slowly.

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Yay! Then what are you shedding to grow faster and with more ease? And how are you doubling down at what’s working?

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Definitely shedding traditional social media. I tried but just could not/would not keep up with the trends and I hated it, so I'm finally letting that go. I'm very good at fostering loyalty, so I have quite a few readers who have followed me from platform to platform, through multiple pen name changes. I could do a better job of actually asking those readers to spread the word.

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I love all of this. If you’re a forest, then an ambassador/referral program will probably be your best friend, and finding out how to use shared language to make people feel seen so they can be empowered to talk with each other.

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Thanks so much, Russell! I'm 100% a forest haha. Love the ambassador program idea! I'll mull over how I want to set that up. I still don't understand what you mean by "shared language," though.

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Oct 25Liked by Russell Nohelty

Wow, excellent post, as always!!

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Yay!

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Sep 4Liked by Russell Nohelty

Great post. I'm not sure I ever understood any of your ecosystem posts until this one. (takes me a while to process)

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Awesome! I am glad it all came together. Trust me, you aren’t nearly the only one. It’s a lot of new things at once.

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Sep 4Liked by Russell Nohelty

This post targeted the “why” and it helped me put into perspective the things I have been doing that work for me.

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Nice. I love it. Ae is the lens by which to view your career so awesome.

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Aug 28Liked by Russell Nohelty

I LOVED this post. I’ve been wondering how to make a roadmap out of the author ecosystem and voila, here it is. Thanks so much!

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Yay! You're welcoime :) Makes all the hours of work worth it.

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