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Can we talk about the elephant in my inbox?

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Max Bernstein
Jun 02, 2025
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I've been doing marketing backwards.

While everyone else is running Facebook ads and buying email lists...

My best readers have always come from ONE source:

You.

When you forward an email. When you mention it in Slack.
When you tell someone "you should check this out."

And I just realized...

I've been taking that for granted.

I spend hours optimizing subject lines. I A/B test everything. I track open rates like my life depends on it.

But I've never once properly thanked the people who ACTUALLY grow this newsletter.

That's... kind of messed up?

So here's what I'm doing about it:

I'm taking the stuff I normally keep behind paywalls and consulting contracts...

And giving it to the people who help build this community.

Not discounts. Not "points." Not some gamified nonsense.

Real stuff. The expensive stuff.

Here's exactly what I mean:

→ Share with 1 friend: You get my Irreplaceable Messaging GPT. This is the framework I use with $2,000 consulting clients. The whole system. In a GPT you can use forever.

→ S…

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