How I Made $15M with a $8215/Month Business / ConvertKit ($1,179/mo) The heart of our operation. Handles all email marketing: / Carrd ($19/yr) One-page landing page we create starts here.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0hMUlKwHY

 

 https://startwritingonline.com/

 https://writewithai.substack.com/p/the-mad-scientist-prompt-library

 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicolascole_in-5-years-my-little-business-has-generated-activity-7366448214008414208-dxAe/

 In 5 years, my little business has generated $15,000,000.

And it runs on just $8,215/month.

Here are the 7 most powerful no-code tools in my tech stack:

In 2020, I was ghostwriting for:

• CEOs
• Executives
• Best-selling authors

And more.

I used years of writing experience to build a writing education business that today is doing 7-figs a year.

Here are the top 7 no-code tools that make it all possible:

1. ConvertKit ($1,179/mo)

The heart of our operation. Handles all email marketing:

• Automations
• Broadcasts
• CRM

We used this to grow from 0 to 125k subscribers, which scaled perfectly with us.

One of the most important tools in our arsenal.

2. Stripe (2.9% + $.30 per transaction)

By far the best payment system for digital writers.

• $15M+ processed
• Zero issues

It just works. No reason to use anything else.

For beginners, this is essential—start collecting payments from day one.

3. Carrd ($19/yr)

Every landing page we create starts here.

We buy stand-alone domains and host opt-ins that convert like crazy.

• It's fast
• Cheap
• And looks clean

No coding required.

It's what got us to $1M before we even needed more complex solutions.

4. Airtable ($1,134/mo)

The single most important database in our business.

It's our internal CRM and stores data in one central hub.

Every product, lead, and customer lives here.

If ConvertKit is the heart, Airtable is the brain of our operation.

5. Zapier (~$749/mo)

The ultimate glue that holds everything together.

Connects Stripe → Airtable → ConvertKit → Everything else.

• Easy to use
• Automates 200k+ tasks/month
• Replaces at least 5+ full-time assistants

This is how we scale without hiring an army.

6. ChatGPT ($20/mo)

Our go-to AI writing assistant.

• Analysis
• Research
• Brainstorming

Every team member uses it daily to enhance their writing, not replace it.

7. Substack (Free or 10% of paid subs)

Hosts my personal & Write with AI paid newsletter (~$400k/yr).

The built-in referral engine is a massive growth lever.

For simple newsletters with monetization potential, nothing beats it.

This is the perfect platform for beginners.

That's it!

At scale, seemingly expensive tools become incredibly cheap relative to the revenue they generate.

📌 And if I had to start from zero today, I'd use just 3 tools:

• ConvertKit for email
• Carrd for landing pages
• Stripe for payments

Make your first $1.

Everything else comes after that.

I made my first $10,000 online as a ghostwriter.

And 60 days after quitting my day job, I hit $20,000/mo.

It's the easiest online business to start (and way faster than building an audience or selling digital products).

Want to land high-paying ghostwriting clients on LinkedIn?

Get started for free here: https://lnkd.in/e_AdudhC

 

 

https://writewithai.substack.com/p/ltl-sneak-peek 

 

Hey there!

We’re officially launching our newest product, Low-Ticket Launchpad—tomorrow, Monday, April 7th.

It’s our full playbook for creating and selling a $350 digital product—based on everything we’ve learned generating $15M+ from low-ticket, high-leverage products over the last five years.

We've been putting the finishing touches to the product these past few days—and we can't wait to share it with you next week.

In fact, we're SO excited that we've actually decided to give you a little sneak peek of the product today...

That's right!

As a reward for joining the Low-Ticket Launchpad Waitlist, we'd love to give you FREE access to an entire module from the course:

🔓 Access Module 2: Product Idea Generation (With AI)

Inside, you’ll get:

• 3 plug-and-play AI prompts to find a product idea fast

• A 5-step checklist for narrowing your niche and making sure it’ll sell

• 5 short videos of Cole walking through our proven product ideation process

This module is pulled straight from Low-Ticket Launchpad, our newest course—and it’s completely free to preview.

Just hop on the waitlist and we’ll send it straight to your inbox

It’s yours to explore, totally free.

Click here for access to the Product Idea Generation Module.

Quick note for WWAI Founding Members:

This product is being released under our Start Writing Online community, which is separate from the WWAI Founding Member bundle.

As a Founding Member, you’ll still get access to every new Write With AI product we ship—but this one lives in a different lane.

We still wanted you to know about it (and get a taste), especially since so many of you have asked for help launching your own digital products.

And honestly, we’re pumped about this one.

Over the past 5 years, Cole and I have made over $15,000,000 selling digital products.

Here’s a breakdown:

• Cohort-Based Course: We built Ship 30 for 30 into the largest and fastest-growing cohort-based program & community for people who want to start writing online (over 10,000 graduates!). This has made us $3,000,000+ in sales.

• High-Ticket Group Coaching: Our Premium Ghostwriting Academy is the premier training program for writers who want to monetize their talents with ghostwriting (over 1,400 students and $5,000,000+ in student revenue generated in just 2 years!). We’ve made over $10,000,000 with this product.

• Low-Ticket Digital Product: We’ve created 3 low-ticket digital products, turning Ship 30 for 30 into an async course, launching Full Stack Writer for Black Friday in 2023, and following it up with Category Newsletter Creator in 2024. We’ve made over $2,000,000 with these products.

On April 7th, we’re launching Low-Ticket Launchpad: How To Create & Sell A $350 Digital Product.

This product is our own Internal Playbook for how we build, launch, and sell our own digital products.

It’s everything we’ve learned over the last 5 years about making 6 and 7-figure incomes from digital products all in one place.

Inside, is everything you need to:

• Choose a profitable idea and build a sellable digital product—even if you think your niche is too small or no one would pay you $350 for what you know.

• Package and price your product into an offer so good people will be compelled to buy—these are the pricing, naming, and offer stacking frameworks we’ve used to generate over $15,000,000 in digital product sales.

• Build the backend tech engine to keep your digital product humming—with recommendations for product hosting, payment processing, and more (perfect for everyone—no matter your level of experience).

• Market your digital product—with all our “secret strategies” for attracting tens of thousands of customers organically, on X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

• Sell your digital product—so you can convert traffic into customers and create a profitable revenue stream that pays you dividends for years into the future (think launch strategies, email sequences, and more).

We're so excited about this product because we know these frameworks, templates, and blueprints really do work.

Ready to build your own $350 Digital Product in 2025?

Then join the waitlist for Low-Ticket Launchpad.

When you join the waitlist, you’ll be the first to know when the product drops and you’ll get access to special, early bird bonuses.

Click here to join 2,500+ others on the waitlist.

As we said, we're very, very pumped to finally launch this product.

And we hope you are as excited as we are—especially after checking out this sneak peek.

Enjoy!

Dickie & Cole