I Had a Chat with a $100K/Month Business Owner Today

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📚 Hey! Time to win.

I’ve been playing small most of my life. Maybe you have been too.

There’s nothing wrong with that, of course. Maybe you want a nice, quiet life.

Sometimes I do too, but when I started getting really honest with myself, I realized that the kind of lifestyle and experiences I’d LOVE to look back on…well they cost money.

Not a lot of money, mind you, but more than I was making as a nightclub bouncer.

So I started getting serious about reading more books, eventually reading more than 1,300 in just 10 years.

Well, closer to 11 years by now.

Anyway, I love meeting people who inspire me to think bigger, and that describes Ted Carr and Benny D.

I had a quick chat with Benny today, and though I don’t know Ted all that well, all of our interactions have been great. He’s the real deal.

But their business does WELL over $100,000 per month, and while that’s definitely outside the range of most people’s incomes, that’s NOT as rare as I used to think.

There are people out there earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in their business and even more, and it’s a worthwhile practice to associate with them as much as possible - at least if that’s the type of income you aspire to as well.

And hey, like I said, not everybody wants that, and that’s totally cool.

But if you want MORE out of life, you have to think BIGGER, and you have to associate with people who are ACHIEVING at a higher level.

The best way to that is to buy their programs or join their communities (not a sales pitch for mine, but you know that I have one), and enter their world through that entrance.

Often, it’s a small price to pay to get your mind blown up to epic proportions.

Because remember, these are not COSTS. When you buy a book, for example, you’re not spending money - you’re GAINING decades of experience and wisdom.

It’s the same thing with paying for access to people who have the kinds of lifestyles you want, and who are willing to teach you how to get there.

It works the exact same way: Invest. Learn. Rise.

There are still 10 spots remaining inside The Competitive Advantage community and you can grab one of the last remaining ones here.

If you want my personal help to add between $1-5K/month in monthly recurring revenue to your business, and grow your audience and authority by leaps and bounds at the same time, that’s exactly where you need to be. Join here.

1. Born Rich, by Bob Proctor

2. Renegade Millionaire, by Dan S. Kennedy

3. Time Management, by Brian Tracy

4. De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde

5. The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim, by Mitch Horowitz

6. The Captain is Out to Lunch, by Charles Bukowski

Within My Direct Control:

Finish Reading 20 Great Books | 14 Books Left

Publish 8 New Course Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 15 YouTube Videos | 15 Videos Left

Publish 150 Medium Articles | 128 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Entire Main Website | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 30 Patreon Book Notes | 18 Book Notes Left

Network with 600 New Authors | 470 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,471 Watch Hours Left (13.2% Complete)

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 9 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 10 Collaborations Left

Reach 119,000 Instagram Followers | 3,972 Followers Left

Reach 24,000 Threads Followers | 3,100 Followers Left

Reach 11,000 Twitter Followers | 3,190 Followers Left

Reach 4,000 Medium Followers | 2,032 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 688 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,092 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,440 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 5,401 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 408 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 10 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 20 Supporters Left

Note: I’ll update follower counts once per week, since it’s such a waste of time to go through all of them every single night. Also, Threads annoyingly doesn’t give exact numbers. Oh well.

Read 7 New Books | 6 Books Left

Publish 4 New Course Videos | 4 Videos Left

Publish 4 YouTube Videos | 4 Videos Left

Publish 25 Medium Articles | 21 Articles Left

Upload New VSL for Skool Community | Editing Now

Upload Skool Community Testimonials | Gathering Now

Completely Update My Instagram Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon | Almost Finished

Network with 150 Authors | 130 Authors Left

Note: “Week Four” Runs From September 22nd-30th

Woke Up: 1PM

Sleep Quality: 69%

Pages Read: 20

Workout: Rest Day

Work Completed:

Posted 2x on Instagram

Posted 3x on Twitter

Posted 3x on Threads

Posted 3x on LinkedIn

Posted 3x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Submitted 1 Medium Article

Outlined Next 5 Medium Articles

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on My Next Book Breakdown

Worked on My Next YouTube Video

Developed My Social Media Marketing Plan by Platform

Had 3 Business Calls (Including Skool Members Live Call)

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Today was a “phone day,” where I get all my calls and video chats and everything done all in one day, so it was pretty busy. Fun though! Met some great people, connected with the members of my paid community, pursued some other opportunities, etc. I know I’m being vague haha. I just mean that I met with this guy about growing my newsletters.

In that call, he actually taught me about a way to increase my newsletter revenue SUBSTANTIALLY, and I’ll be putting that into practice myself either this week or next.

But hey, it’s 4:29AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are three more ways I can help you:

1. Work with me personally to scale your business past $5K per month and experience the intoxicating freedom of finally being in control of both your time and your income. High-performers only.

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