Wife Bought Creator's Guide
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Sam Parr shares a story about his successful Gumroad product and a surprising coincidence with his wife.
"Before the Hustle, I owned a roommate matching business and I mastered Craigslist. In cities like San Francisco and New York, a person on Craigslist will get hundreds of replies to their apartment. So I created a guide teaching people how to email others to get an apartment on Craigslist.
It was so successful that on the first date with my now wife, I asked her how she got an apartment. She said 'Oh I just used some guide online' - and she had bought my guide. I sold a lot of them, made tens of thousands of dollars on Gumroad. The product was called 'The Miracle Craigslist Template.'"
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.