I heard this song for the first time in a Cuban place in Miami and the ladies at the bar starting belting it and then I listened to it 400 times on repeat the whole drive home youtu.be/y8trd3gjJt0?...

New on my channel: spend the week with me living and working in Bogotá youtu.be/TlSmICkS4RQ

You won't read a more beautiful and true account of yesterday's performance, it is by @jawnita.bsky.social

Sharing this one more time and asking you to support The Flytrap if you can! We can only make content like this with the support of our readers, www.theflytrapmedia.com/deb-tirar-m-...

I don’t usually leave reviews in English when I’m in a Spanish speaking country but Universal Hamburguesas is so fucking good if they were in the US they would have a permanent line

"Every successful creator I've interviewed is a marketer" @fzierer.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/franci...

Tomorrow: we're showing you how Tangle, Food Safety News, 404 Media and many other indie publishers converts FREE NEWSLETTER READERS into PAYING SUBSCRIBERS It's all thanks to a little tool called Outpost. Come check it out for free: luma.com/mp1i5386

What it actually takes to stop trading time for dollars. Jessica Lackey busts through the fallacy of passive income and shows us what it really takes to build a leveraged business with courses, programs and memberships

I launched Legends as a way to fund Revenue Rulebreaker. It's become a network of over 180+ creative entrepreneurs. This is not a community. It's a network. And you can be a part of it. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/why-become-a...

I am extending the deadline through this Friday because I don't have enough pitches to choose good stories. If you have a SPECIFIC story about running a membership, community or subscription, please pitch me! (I don't need stories about how memberships work)

im sorry but i do in fact think youre a dumbass if your response to "substack is bad" is "but what are the alternatives" the alternative to something being bad is NOT USING IT

Tomorrow: we're showing you how Tangle, Food Safety News, 404 Media and many other indie publishers converts FREE NEWSLETTER READERS into PAYING SUBSCRIBERS It's all thanks to a little tool called Outpost. Come check it out for free: luma.com/mp1i5386

I know everyone's learning Puerto Rican slang right now, but you're gonna need to brush up on your Guatemalan catchphrases because we are heading there this November on the first ever Legends retreat. Qué calidá! www.revenuerulebreaker.com/retreat2026/

I repeat: they deserve to lose.

Guillermo Tomoyose just became a Legend! Join 200+ creative entrepreneurs building their businesses with a network of support.

THIS IS STILL FREE TO READ IF YOU WANT TO LEAR ABOUT BAD BUNNY'S WORK!! (sorry we are excited about Benito Bowl)

I wanted to try a business vlog where I take you everywhere and we chat along the way about my projects. You'll come with me to coffee shops, to coworking spaces, to get my hair done, to run errands, biking around town while I tell you what I'm up to. It's live now. youtu.be/TlSmICkS4RQ

As journalism re-embraces community as a core component of audience work, we’re going to see publishers make the cardinal sin of community management: Believing they own the community. You can never own the community. You can host it, sure. You can - and should - serve it. But you never own it.

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.

What you have to fundamentally internalize as an indie media maker is that what you are building is countercultural. All systems will fight you the whole way through. Many people will tell you it can’t be done. No one will see the full vision but you. And you have to do it anyway.

I’m taking pitches about memberships, subscriptions and communities for March publication. Pitch me something specific, timely and interesting. Nothing generic about how your whole membership works www.revenuerulebreaker.com/contributor-...

Tomorrow, I'm announcing the details for my first ever group retreat. I’m so beyond psyched to meet up with Legendary creative entrepreneurs and explore one of my favorite regions on Earth. The agenda is handcrafted for connection and conversations. Only available for Legends (my paid subscribers)

Ciclovía con amigos 🚲🚲🚲

You kiss your grandmother with your podcast title? Deborah Copperud was skeptical that podcasts with swear words could be successful...until she spoke to some podcasters whose profane show titles were driving audience growth www.revenuerulebreaker.com/you-kiss-you...

Are you switching to Ghost? Come learn how to use Outpost to get, keep and win back more paying subscribers. Ask the Outpost team your questions directly! Coming up next Tuesday and it's FREE luma.com/mp1i5386

I do genuinely like organizing and campaign work in Georgia much better than California. Georgia takes a lot of shit for being a red state. Something people say casually when they don’t know jack shit about how the South actually works. But people who live in Georgia they fight hard. And have been.

I'm posting a full vlog of my work week tomorrow. It was fun to make. I hope it's fun to watch. www.youtube.com/@lexromanwas...

If your stance about Substack or TikTok or whatever else is “(shrug) all platforms are bad,” you actually know nothing about the technology that is available to you.

This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

i will not get sucked back into LA politics i will not get sucked back into LA politics i will not get sucked back into LA politics i will not get sucked back into LA politics i will not get sucked back into LA politics

Tomorrow: can you get away with swearing in your podcast title? Writer and podcaster Deborah Copperud talks to notable podcasters with profane titles to find out. revenuerulebreaker.com/newsletter

im just glad no one involves me in their political campaigns anymore. i am just a lowly phonebanker and canvasser and its a pleasure to be this free

Political earthquake. Nithya Raman is running for mayor. Not only does this pose a serious threat to Mayor Bass, but it reframes the June primary in a way that benefits down ballot progressives in other city races.

Yes, I see these rumors that LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman might run for mayor. And I am also hearing this from credible sources. She's got literally hours to decide lol

Its so nice to have friends visit me 😊 📍Monserrate/La Candelaria, Bogotá

The idea of one sided audience is fading. More of us are going to develop community-centered media. Events, gatherings, Discords, active comments, and trips are becoming staple perks of the indie media scene.

Tomorrow: can you get away with swearing in your podcast title? Writer and podcaster Deborah Copperud talks to notable podcasters with profane titles to find out. revenuerulebreaker.com/newsletter

I’m announcing the destination and trip details for the Legends 2026 Retreat on Tuesday. Monday preview for Lifetime Legends. Only 16 spots avail. If you like hanging with smart, experienced creatives, we are your people. Join us by Tuesday. Any guesses on where we’re headed? 👀

I have no idea where all this list growth is coming from and sometimes I really miss beehiiv’s source analytics which are the best in the industry but i dont miss them enough to deal with their web builder

I’m trying something new with YouTube: business vlogs. I vlogged my whole work week. Where I worked. What I did. Problems that came up. I think it turned out well but you’re gonna tell me on Monday 🍿 youtube.com/shorts/tNAPK...

multiple people have asked me: what amount of money would fix this, and there is one simple truth: the easiest way to help people is to do it directly. we could have a giant pile of money and there is still no easy way to get it to at-risk people in an authoritarian regime.

This is the way to the future

it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.

Bogotá every time my friends come into town after hearing me say “it really doesn’t rain that much”

My brain will be like anyone in prison has a path to redemption but people who worked for Palantir do not

Should you quit social? The question has loomed in the back of your mind for years. But this moment. It might be different. 7 entrepreneurs share why they are leaving social media, where they're going with warnings on what to watch for if we stay. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/should-you-q...

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Should you be selling your subscription to organizations? Not just to individuals? I THINK SO. I interviewed Peter Gustafson from Food Safety News about how they used Outpost to add nearly 200 organizational accounts on membership launch. My case study and tutorial: youtu.be/THkvg7_yLio?...

You don't need Substack to run a paid subscription. In fact, they offer some of the WORST TOOLS in the business. I've created a whole project dedicated to how to build a subscription business. It's called the Paid Newsletter Playbook. www.paidnewsletterplaybook.com/