9 October 2023
This week's additions focus on marketing, leadership, and mindset, with new digests from Cameron Herold, Rob Walling, and TK Kader. Highlights include Title inflation makes 'average COO salary' a meaningless number Light gray text and tiny fonts are silently killing your conversions.
Showing 29 digests for 9 October 2023.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Stoic obsession with living, not death: Ryan Holiday on memento mori and daily practice
The Daily Stoic
October 12, 2023
Productivity & habits
8
Resilience & grit
6
Memento mori is a tool for urgency and gratitude, not morbidity.
Ancient Stoic problems map directly onto modern stress and distraction.
One small habit beats scripting your whole life — start there.
How to get press for your product: a tactical guide for founders
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
October 12, 2023
PR & media
10
Content marketing
6
Journalists serve their readers, not you — pitch the story they need.
Freelance writers are hungrier and far more likely to respond.
Press is social proof, not a growth channel — use it accordingly.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Six morning habits for entrepreneurs using the SAVERS framework
Cameron Herold
October 11, 2023
Productivity & habits
10
Delegation
5
Six-step SAVERS acronym structures a high-leverage entrepreneur morning
Daily scribing is the habit that makes all other habits stick
Growing your team's confidence scales the company faster than self-improvement alone
How to structure collaborations so both sides feel like they won
GaryVee
October 11, 2023
Business models
8
Negotiation
6
Goal setting
5
You win deals when both sides feel great, not one side extracts more.
Accept that 50-50 intent can still produce 73-27 outcomes.
Scarcity mindset is why most collaborations fail before they start.
Conversion Copywriting 101: Research, Structure, and Persuasion Techniques
Joanna Wiebe
October 11, 2023
Copywriting
10
Conversion rate optimisation
9
Voice-of-customer research beats guessing — use surveys, reviews, and interviews
Only 3% of visitors are ready to buy; write for their awareness stage
The four Ps framework (promise, picture, proof, push) structures any sales page
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
AI + You: 5 steps for impactful experimentation
Masters of Scale
October 10, 2023
AI strategy & adoption
9
Management
5
Start small with specific pain points, not company-wide AI overhauls
Illustrate AI's value through live examples and metrics, not slogans
Build human feedback loops so AI improves for you individually
Bootstrapping a SaaS conference: lessons from SaaStock's founder
Startups For the Rest of Us
October 10, 2023
Case studies
9
Bootstrapping
7
Content marketing
5
Sell sponsorships before tickets — sponsors fund events, not attendees.
Every crowd size feels perfect; scale by embedding small formats inside big ones.
Lost £60k at launch, rebooked £100k in sponsors within 30 days.
Business operating systems
YouTube
EOS Self-Implementer Virtual Workshop: Strengthen Your Foundational Tools
EOS Worldwide
October 10, 2023
Business operating systems
9
Management
5
Get expert EOS Implementers to review your real business tools
Live IDS session tackles actual issues you bring on the day
Built for DIY EOS leaders who want to close their knowledge gaps
Founder interviews
YouTube
How two immigrant-family entrepreneurs built lasting businesses from scratch
GaryVee
October 10, 2023
Founder interviews
10
Processes & SOPs
7
Management
6
Why knowing every job in your business removes fear
Passion beats strategy for long-term endurance at scale
One-day collabs don't stick — sustained product integration does
Automation & tools
Podcast
Automation First: Building Systems That Work for You
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 9, 2023
Automation & tools
9
Productivity & habits
6
AI tools & automation
5
Free yourself from repetitive tasks by automating energy-draining work.
Diagram workflows to reveal hidden inefficiencies and opportunities.
Protect your peak hours for important work; let systems handle the rest.
How Twitter's open-sourced algorithm changes marketing strategy
Neil Patel
October 9, 2023
Social media
8
Content marketing
5
A reply-to-reply thread is worth 150x more than a like
Tweet relevancy decays 50% every six hours — early engagement is everything
Open sourcing builds trust but hands regulators and rivals your playbook
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Completing a 50K ultra marathon after wildfire forces race cancellation
Dan Martell
October 9, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
8
Case studies
6
When the race is cancelled, design your own course and show up anyway
Self-knowledge only comes from the last 10% of a hard effort
Kids don't listen to what you say — they watch what you do
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Three counterintuitive ideas for building a deeper, more focused life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 9, 2023
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
9
Processes & SOPs
5
Why starting too early on a pursuit almost guarantees failure
What you pay attention to constructs your entire experience of the world
Strict organisational structure unlocks creativity rather than killing it
Finding the right integrator to complement a visionary founder
EOS Worldwide
October 9, 2023
Management
8
Business operating systems
6
Hiring & recruitment
5
Visionaries are often their own biggest distraction from goals
The integrator's power is saying no to the owner
Deferring ideas 2–3 quarters usually kills them naturally