Hey Reader, Before we get into this week's news, a quick heads up: AI-Powered Spreadsheets closes this Friday, October 9, at midnight CST, and code TAKE250 takes $250 off until then. I'm bringing it up here because it ties straight into the first story in this issue. When Claude builds an entire marketplace around packaged AI skills, it's telling you the format of a digital product matters as much as what's inside it, and spreadsheets are a format I wish more creators had moved into years...
1 day ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? My inbox has been full of spreadsheet questions since the flash sale opened, so I gathered the most common ones here with straight answers. Before I dive in, here's why I care so much about this one: I used to pay contractors over $200 for every spreadsheet I sold, and now I build them with AI in a fraction of the time. Those sales keep coming in month after month while I'm running the rest of my business and hanging out with my son Bryan, and that's exactly the kind...
2 days ago • 2 min read
How's it going, Reader? Thanks for the big response to my email yesterday. Several friends emailed me back asking how they could diversify their income as I did. One of the best ways to get started is to create and sell spreadsheets on Etsy or your own store. However, most people think the hard part of selling spreadsheets is making them. It is not. The hard part is everything after, turning a rough AI draft into something that looks professional, getting it ready to sell, and then actually...
3 days ago • 2 min read
How's it going, Reader? This is the last email, Reader, and I'll keep it short because everything that needed saying has been said. SAGE closes at midnight CST tonight. All eight departments, the AI COO layer, every done-for-you agent, the guided community. All of it, at your discounted price, only until the doors close. What you watched Claude do at Monday's workshop was the doorway. This is the other side of it. A business that writes, researches, pitches, and supports customers whether or...
4 days ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? I'm writing to you from Philadelphia this morning, where I'm getting ready for Celebration, the conference hosted by Polka Dot Powerhouse for women entrepreneurs. There's something special about walking into a room full of women who are building something of their own, and I can't wait to soak it all in. My stop in Nashville earlier this week is still on my mind, though. Walking through Dolly's museum and learning about all of her business ventures really made me think...
4 days ago • 2 min read
How's it going, Reader? Today is the last day I’m enrolling business owners in SAGE, so I can put my head down and focus on supporting them. And when doors close, the promo price goes with it. And so I want to be transparent about what you're actually deciding today, because it isn't software. I built SAGE because running this business alone was eating hours that belonged to my family. Recently, my sister-in-law went through a hard stretch and needed extra help. I could leave SAGE running in...
4 days ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? You're a course creator. A coach. An entrepreneur…Someone people pay for your actual talent, your voice, your expertise. None of that has anything to do with knowing how to configure AI agents, and it shouldn't have to. That's exactly why I built SAGE the way I did. Barbara didn't consider herself a tech person at all when she joined- about as non-technical as it gets. Here's what she said: ➡️"It is like having Becky sitting next to you and guiding you through the...
6 days ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? I'm writing to you this morning from Nashville, where I'm staying at Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel, and it's every bit as fun and sparkly as you'd imagine. The Dolly's Life of Many Colors Museum just opened their doors this yesterday, and the museum fills the entire third floor with her story, from her dazzling wardrobe to her songwriting room to a recreation of the little cabin where she grew up. Walking through it is a reminder of how much one woman can build when...
6 days ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? Somewhere in your Claude or ChatGPT account is a graveyard of AI drafts… They're close, but they're not quite you, so you end up rewriting every one of them yourself. Meanwhile, you're still building the course slides alone on a Friday night, still telling yourself you'll pitch that podcast and apply for that grant you hear you might qualify for…once things calm down (they never do). You've priced out hiring the help, too. A copywriter, a social media manager, a...
6 days ago • 1 min read
