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How I went from absolute nobody to somebody...

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Just a few short years ago I was sitting in an office overlooking Wall Street. 

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​I was a complete nobody. No one had ever heard my name before. 

I had never done anything special in my life. If I think about it the most remarkable thing I did until then was probably to quit my job. 

Looking back it was a foolish thing to do. I was totally naive. And thought I'd conquer the world. Which of course... I didn't. 

I ended up nowhere. And I had to learn it the hard way. I had to learn it the hard way that no one really cared about my mission. About my ideas. And the things I wanted to do in life.

Unfortunately, it took me more than two years to figure that out. It took me almost two years to realize that I had to change something. That I'd go totally broke if I kept doing what I was doing.

I realized that just putting my stuff out there and waiting for the entire world to find out about me and my stuff just didn't work. I had to learn it the hard way that no one would magically find out about me and my work.


I had to learn it the hard way that no one would read my blog, buy my books, buy my courses and whatever it was that I was offering. 

I had to learn it the hard way that I wouldn't be able to somehow magically build my tribe. That my ideas wouldn't spread just like that.

And I get it. A lot of people out there say you have to show up. And put yourself out there.
And on and on and on. That this is the way to get noticed. I know. 
I say the same thing.

But the truth is that it's just not enough anymore. It doesn't work anymore to just put your stuff out there and hope that people will find out about you. It might have worked a couple of years ago when it was less crowded...
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But today it's just not enough anymore to put out great stuff and wait for people to show up.


​It's just way too crowded out there. The Internet is way too crowded. Heck. The entire world is way too crowded...

And it doesn't really matter how good you think you are. Or how good you really are. No matter what all the gurus out there are telling you...

Putting yourself out there and showing up isn't enough anymore. You've gotta do a lot more than that to break through the noise. 
You've gotta do more than that do become the signal.

And that's what I had to learn the hard way. And I did. I really did...


But you don't have to believe me. Just go out there and try. And see for yourself. With your own eyes. It's tough to stand out. And to get noticed. Really, really tough.

But what do I know? Maybe it'll work for you. Maybe it won't. Maybe you're part of the top 0.1%. Maybe you aren't. I clearly wasn't. And chances are that you aren't ether if you're still reading this...
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Chances are that you've been struggling with the exact same things I've been struggling with...

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​Something that pretty much every creator, freelancer or anybody else who's out there on his or her own is struggling with. Something that pretty much everybody who puts his or her work out there into the world is struggling with.

Standing out, getting noticed and building your tribe is the hardest thing out there. No matter what.


So I decided I had to change things....

And instead of just putting my stuff, my work and my art out there I took the conscious decision to invest my time into actively building my audience.

I had to come up with ideas. A lot of ideas. Ideas that wouldn't cost a lot to execute. Simply because I didn't have a lot. As a matter of fact I didn't have any budget to invest in marketing and building an audience at all.

All I had was my laptop and an Internet connection. That was already pretty much about it. So I spent a lot of time testing things. Figuring out what worked and what didn't. I tested pretty much every platform out there. Facebook. Twitter. Quora. Medium. Pinterest. You name it...

And then I adapted. And refined. And tested again. And adapted again. And refined again. And now you're reading this right here. And you probably have read some of my other stuff in the past. So I guess it worked...
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Over the years I found and created processes that helped me to get my ideas and my work to spread.


As of today my stuff was read, viewed or listened to by more than 3 million people across multiple platforms. More than 100,000 people are "consuming" my stuff every single month. Not including other people's websites. 

And I'm now making a living creating things, putting my work out there and experimenting with all kinds of different things.

As you might be aware I'm now free to live and work wherever I want to. All I need is an Internet connection and my laptop. The best thing about it...? I don't even know how to write a single line of code.

And you know what was the only thing that helped me to get there?

​To actively work on building my audience. My tribe... 


I had tried tons of things before. Dozens of websites. Products. Services. You name it. And none of them really worked. Because I missed the audience part. I didn't build up a community. A tribe. I didn't have followers. Or fans...

So no one knew who I was. No one knew anything about the stuff I was offering. And no one was waiting for my stuff. So no one was reading when I had something to read. No one was listening when I had something to say. And no one was buying when I had something to sell. 

And as of writing this I'm still spending a lot of my time building my audience. I'm addicted to finding new ways. New ways of building my audience. Of experimenting. Of putting my stuff out there. And getting my ideas to spread...
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The only goal of this entire post is to share with you how important it is to build and grow your audience. And how you can get started...


​Here's the truth...

If you're a creator and put stuff out there you're not just a creator. You're also a marketer. And a community builder. And a copy writer. Maybe you're all of this even more than you're a creator.

Simply because if you have no clue about this stuff, then you're going to create yourself to death. You're going to starve to death. And launch to crickets. Over and over again. Just like I did. Over and over again. For more than two years...

Like it or not but we're all in marketing. Every creator is in marketing. We're all marketers. We're all community builders. And copy writers. I didn't really like it either...

​Until I realized that this was the only way. That this was the only way to get my ideas, my work and my voice to spread. Otherwise I'd probably have waited my entire life away waiting for that moment that people would find out about me...
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So if you're a creator, if you put your work out there for the whole world to see, then you've gotta get started. You've gotta get started building your audience.

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here really is no other way. You've gotta turn it into a habit. And I've done everything I can here to tell you how important it is.
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So now you can either do it all on your own and spend years and thousands of dollars trying to figure out what works and what doesn't just like I did or... ​

You can get a copy of my Medium Master Class where I share some of my best kept secrets with you on building your tribe on Medium...

Medium put me on the map. It helped me to triple my reach, my readership and my audience. It's been a complete game changer for me. In this 96 pages long step-by-step report I wrote down everything I've learned about writing and building my audience on Medium. How to get started. How to build your audience and how others have successfully built their audience. You'll learn how I grew my account to close to 50,000 followers as well as how I built my own publication to almost 70,000 followers. The report also includes loads of use cases and case studies on how other successful writers started from scratch and built their audience on Medium. If you're serious about building your audience on Medium, this is it...
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Additional Gift #1:
77 Growth Hacks To Growing Your Audience

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​In this report I share some of my best tips, tricks and hacks I've learned growing my audience totally from scratch with zero marketing budget to more than 3 million people and more than 100,000 monthly readers across multiple platforms. 

The report includes 77, let's call them "hacks" that I personally used to grow my audience to hundreds of thousand of followers and millions of readers.

This is probably some of the best stuff out there you can find on building your audience totally from scratch. If you want to get started building (or growing) your audience, this is it...

Most of these techniques can't be found anywhere online. And considering the research and amount of work I put in to figure all of this out I could easily charge hundreds of dollars for it. Maybe even thousands...
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And guess what? That's not everything you'll get today if you decide to join Yann's Audience Report today. As a matter of fact you'll get a ton of other things as well. Because I want this to be an absolute no brainer.

So on top of my newest report with some of my best techniques, tips and tricks on growing your tribe online you'll get instant access to 3 more reports.

Alright. So here's everything you'll get on top of it...


Additional Gift #2:
The Ultimate Step-By-Step Report To Two Million Views On Quora

Quora might be the most underrated platform out there. Within less than a year I got more than 2 million views on Quora.

Most people outside the US (and even people in the US) have never heard of Quora). It's basically a question-answer platform that allows you to get tons of exposure and build your "brand" and your audience at the same time. In this report I'll explain my 3-step process I've used to get more than 2 million views there that lead to thousands of people visiting my blog, subscribing to my email list and buying some of my work. And you can easily replicate my strategy and do the exact same thing. With basically almost zero additional work. Even though I haven't really posted there in a while, I still consider it one of the most valuable platforms I've used when I started building my audience online. Quora and Medium were the two platforms that put me on the map. I'd recommend both platforms to everyone who's serious about building and growing their audience (and email list)...
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Additional Gift #3:
Building A Twitter Audience Machine

Most people think that Twitter is dead. Because most people who write about it or use it don't really understand it. Even though the reach on Twitter went down over the years, it's still one of the most powerful platforms out there. 

In this report you'l learn the step-by-step process I've used and still use today that helped me to grow my account to more than 70,000 (real) followers. It's such a good process that there are even companies out there who took my advice and built entire companies on top of it. I'll also tell you pretty much everything else you'd have to know to start building your audience on Twitter and how it'll help you to grow other social media accounts as well. I'll also show you how I collect up to a few hundred emails a month on Twitter with zero marketing budget...
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Additional Gift #4:
The Growth Hacker's Ultimate Bible To Social Media

​On top of all of this you’ll get an electronic copy of my bestseller “The Growth Hacker’s Ultimate Bible to Social Media”. It includes 20 hacks to get you started on social media.

This is the predecessor of Yann's Audience Reports. It includes some more basic stuff to get you started such as why Facebook pages don’t work, how to use Facebook ads and how to get the most out of them or how to kick start your email list building.

Here’s what people who bought the book on Amazon are saying about it... 

Awesome tool for getting your social media skills to the next level! – Frederik 
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Very useful guide for starters & masters of social media. – Joe 

A must for anybody who’s eager to take on the social media jungle. – Narcis M.
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Additional Gift #5:
I'm Everywhere And Nowhere. And I Own Nothing And Everything.

This is the story of how I lived out of a backpack for 7 years and counting. This is my story...

This is my most popular work so far. It was read by more than 30,000 people on Medium and was downloaded thousands of times from my blog. If you want to know more about me, my journey and what I've done over the past couple of years, this is it.

Here’s what readers are saying about the book…

“Hey Yann, I just read your book. And after 15 pages a few tears began running down my face. There’s so much wisdom in these pages. Thanks so much for writing this book!” – Julian 

​“Your writing is so fluid and I got immersed in your thought provoking and well suited words. I have become a follower of you though I am very aged.” – Vasudan 

“F*ck yeah! This is brilliant! Love the style. This definitely got me and did something that could change the way I live.” – Mad


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Additional Gift #6:
One New Report A Month For 1 Year

On top of all of this you'll get one new report a month for an entire year to help you grow  your audience even more. You'll also get online.

Once you decide to join Yann's Audience Report you'll get one new report send to your inbox every month for an entire year. That means that you'll not only get all the amazing guides and reports right away but you'll also get the newest and freshest insights on how to build, grow and manage your audience. But not only this. I'll also send you reports on the different things you could do and offer to start "monetizing" your audience. Reports on things such as how to create digital products your followers will love, how to create membership programs, affiliate deals and on and on and on. 
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Alright. So here’s everything you’ll get today ​

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An electronic version of The Ultimate Guide To Building Your Medium Audience
This is everything you need to know to make it big on Medium. This stuff works. If you join Yann's Audience Report today you'll get it completely free of charge as a special bonus.


#2
My super special report including 77 Growth Hacks to grow your audience online
This isn’t available anywhere else. And it won’t be available anywhere else in the near future. You won’t find it on Amazon. Or Barnes & Noble. Or iTunes. Or wherever. You’ll only get it here...

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My step-by-step report on how I got more than 2 million views on Quora
Quora might still be the best kept secret on the Internet. Most people don't really get it. But the few who do get it and know how to properly use it achieve insane results. Overall, Quora helped me to reach more people than I ever thought possible...


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A copy of my blueprint to building a Twitter growth machine
In this report you'll learn how to grow your Twitter account with real followers without having to buy followers. I'll also show you how you can collect hundreds of emails a month with a few simple tricks.

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My best selling ebook "The Growth Hacker’s Ultimate Bible to Social Media" 
… which you can read on your Kindle, your iPad, your tablet or your computer.

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My popular ebook "I'm Everywhere And Nowhere. And I Own Nothing And Everything."
… which was read by more than 30,000 people on Medium and downloaded thousands of times from my blog.
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#7
11 more reports on how to build and monetize your audience online 
If you join Yann's Audience Report today you'll get one new report every month for an entire year. For free. These reports will include more cool stuff on growing your audience on all sorts of different platforms and all sorts of different ways to start monetizing your audience.

​So why am I giving away all of my best secrets?

Well, first of all because over the years a lot of people asked me how I’ve done all of this. How I went from a complete nobody to somebody. How I basically came out of nowhere.

But the truth is that I didn't just appear out of the blue. It was a lot of hard work. And the right techniques. The exact same techniques I'm going to share with you in Yann's Audience Report in all the material you'll get today and in the future.

And I’m more than happy to give away all of my secrets. For a lot less than what it’s really worth. 

I could easily charge hundreds if not thousands of dollars for all of this stuff. 

Look. It took me more than four years of trial & error to figure out all of this stuff. 
It’s all the stuff I’ve learned over the past few years condensed into these reports. For you to follow. To copy. And to replicate. No matter what field, industry or niche you're active in. 

This stuff will allow you to skip many steps. Mostly the stuff that doesn't work. And it might save you many years of trial and error. Of figuring out what works and what doesn't. To get you faster to where you want to be. Where yo have to be...


Sure, it will still require work from your side. It’s definitely not for the lazy ones. And if you have zero time and patience and a few thousand dollars left on your bank account, then I’d suggest you hire people to do it for you. Some kind of agency maybe. Heck, you could even hire me for $5000 a month and I'd do it for you...

Look. At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter why you want to build your audience and go from nobody to somebody.

Maybe you want your ideas to spread. Maybe you have an important story you want to share with the world. Or maybe you just want to position yourself as some kind of expert or influencer in your field. It doesn’t really matter. The process is always the same.


I really believe that we all have a story to tell. That deep down there’s a story in all of us. A gift that we have to give to this world. Whatever that might be. Maybe you want to start a charity. Or a non profit. Maybe a business that might change the world. Maybe music to unite people from all over the world. Or art that will move people to tears... 
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Unfortunately, many people get stuck somewhere in life. Working a job they don’t like. Ending up in a bad relationship. Or a bad divorce. And many more unpleasant things. Things that stop us from doing the things we were sent here to do.

And if the stuff I’ve learned over the past few years can help you with it, if it helps you to get your message out there, if it helps you to spread your ideas, if it helps you to make this world a better place, then I'm more than happy to share all of my best secrets with you. 

But again. This is no get rich quick scheme. It still needs work from your side. And it won’t work over night. But this is the stuff you need to do in the world we live in today to get noticed. To break through the noise. To stand out. And to become the signal...
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So here’s what I want you to do...​

​Take a look at all the material. Take your time. I’m sure you’ll love it. Like thousands of other people have loved my work in the past. I’m confident that it can change your life. It changed my life for sure. Because of all of this I'm able to write this right here and you're able to read this right here. I’m so confident that I’ll even give you a 30 day money back guarantee. If you’re not satisfied or if you don’t like the material, I’ll refund you all of your money. And you can keep all of the stuff I’ve sent you. No questions asked. Now how does that sound?
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This is by far the best deal for my work you’ll ever get.

​This is really good stuff—I know it will help lots of people. The stuff in these reports has already helped tons of people. And you can basically try it all for free. Take a look at it and then get back to me and let me know what you think about it..

You know, I’ve been working on all of this stuff over the past few years. It took me more than four years to learn all of the things that are in these reports. And it took me many months to put all of this together. A lot of the stuff won’t be available anywhere else. Ever. Not Amazon. Not Barnes & Noble. Or anywhere else.

But not only will you get all of the stuff I've learned over the years about building your audience online, but you'll also gt access to everything I'll learn and do in the future to grow my own and other people's tribe.

That's why when you join Yann's Audience Report you'll not only get all the material I mentioned above but you'll also get one new report every month for the next year. 

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Look. This is BY FAR the most complete piece of work I have and probably will keep creating in my entire life. And because I want to make this stuff accessible for as many people as possible you can get instant access to all of the reports with all my my techniques, secrets and tips for as little as $49.

Yes,that's right. You'll get instant access to all the above material plus one new report every month for an entire year for a one time payment of just $49.

This is a really small investment compared to the time and hard work to figure this all out and then map it all out. I'll basically be handing you your audience on a silver platter...


Again. I’ll even give you 30-days to decide whether you like what I share with you. If not, then just let me know and I’ll give you back your $49. 

Look. This stuff worked for me. And many others who I told about it. Maybe it'll also work for you. But I can't guarantee that you'll have a mega audience tomorrow. Or in a few weeks. Or months. But what I can do is to do my best. to show you what I've done. And what has worked for me...
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It's your choice. It always is...
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Click the “Buy Now” button below and you'll be directed to a secure order form. And once you've filled out the form and your order went through you'll get instant access to all the material.
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  Frequently Asked Questions

Still not sure? Here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions...
Why just $49?
I want to make this as affordable as possible.  But at the same time I can't just give it away for free. This stuff is just too good and I put in way too much work. Look. I could easily charge $197 for this. That's what I usually charge for these kinds of subscriptions. 

So this is also an experiment for me. 

​And I know that people who are willing to share even a small amount like $49 in exchange for all of my work are the ones who I should be sending my best ideas.

It'll also help me to segment my readers into groups based on what they're interested in so I can better help each group...
When will I get access?
You’ll get immediate access to all the material. Your login and access information will be sent to the email address you provide. You'll also have life long access to all the material. You can easily download it to your laptop, your e-reader or your phone and consume it on as many devices as you want as often as you want whenever you want.
When will new reports be sent out?
New reports will be sent out once a month. For the first month you'll get instant access to all the above material. The next report will then automatically be sent to your email the following month. So in total you'll get 11 more reports. One new report each month...
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Is there a guarantee?
Yes…everything I do has a 30 day, no questions asked guarantee. So if you aren’t happy for whatever reason, just let me know and I’ll give you all your money back. I don’t think it’ll come to that, but if you’re worried about it, don't worry. You'll be covered by my 30 day money back guarantee. You either like what you get or you'll get all your money back. Super simple!

What if I love it?
If you love my reports, you'll keep getting new reports sent to your email for an entire year. You don't have to do anything. New reports will automatically be sent to your email address...
What happens after 12 months?
You can either continue getting one new report a month for this super cheap price or you can cancel your subscription. You can cancel whenever you want to. Just let me know by sending an email, a tweet, a message on Facebook or anywhere else you follow me. And if you want to keep getting updates you don't have to do anything. Your subscription will automatically be extended for another year. 
Alright. So here's what I'd like you to do.

​Take me up on this offer.  This is an incredible value at $49. My 30-day guarantee means you have no risk whatsoever. 

Simply click the “Buy Now” Button below, which will take you to a Secure Order form.
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  • 77 Growth Hacks to grow your audience 
  • The Ultimate Guide To Building Your Medium Audience
  • My step-by-step report on how I got more than 2 million views on Quora   
  • A copy of my blueprint to building a Twitter growth machine   
  • The Growth Hacker’s Ultimate Bible to Social Media  
  • My ebook "I'm Everywhere And Nowhere. And I Own Nothing And Everything."   
  • One new report a month for an entire year on how to build and monetize your audience online
  • 24/7 access on any device
  • A 30-day money back guarantee with no questions asked
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