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The 6 Mindset Shifts That Separate Creator Winners from Quitters

August 14, 2025 Welcome to the 169th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. You are a great salesperson! Why Most Creators Fail(and How to Think Like the Ones Who Don’t) CEX is less than two weeks away, and I’m deep into prepping a new keynote. Everyone I know approaches presentations differently. My personal process? Obsess over the topic for months. At the last possible...

Molly the Dog Joe Pulizzi

July 31, 2025 Welcome to the 168th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Me and Molly the Dog Dogs and Goals I have two things to pitch you on before we start this issue. First, yesterday was our biggest promotional day for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) 2025. If you are involved in digital content creation, this is your event. And we included all that “figure out how to...

One Big Goal in 2025

July 17, 2025 Welcome to the 167th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. The Misogi Challenge A Big Goal for 2025 Do you want to do something amazing this year? If so, read on. As you know, I’m a huge fan of goal setting. There are a couple different templates I use to accomplish things. My original goal-setting program is to set a few goals in each of six categories each...

Time Freedom

July 3, 2025 Welcome to the 166th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Time freedom A special Independence Day issue today. Back to our regular schedule in two weeks. Actionable Freedom Tomorrow is Independence Day in the United States…so it's the perfect time to talk about freedom. To me, freedom means full control over my time, income and life choices without relying on...

The future of AI and Content

June 19, 2025 Welcome to the 165th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. An ending or a beginning? (Taken in Key West, 2025) In this issue, I discuss: What Is Our AI Future? My Content Marketing Predictions The Power of the Bamboo Tree Is Attitude a Choice? My Aunt Em Future Freedom Geoffrey Hinton, one of the fathers of the AI movement, was asked the advice he would give to...

moses tabula rasa starting over

June 5, 2025 Welcome to the 164th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Tabula Rasa No Audience. No Money. What Do You Do? I have a couple of big things coming up. First, the Content Inc. podcast, started back in 2014 as marketing to promote the first edition of the Content Inc. book, will be 500 episodes old next week (I just finished 498). Second, I’m finishing up the...

Belief as Strategy

May 22, 2025 Welcome to the 163rd Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Showing Up Matters A Win for Speech Therapy I’m so thankful for everyone’s support in my 6th Annual quest to golf 100 holes in a day. We were able to raise more than $55,000 for the Orange Effect Foundation. Over 30 golfers finished at least 100 holes during the day. Every bit of that money is going...

Focus is the difference

May 8, 2025 Welcome to the 162nd Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Lean into what makes you different My Last Chance On Monday May 12th I’ll be golfing 100 holes. Barring any weather issues, it should take a bit longer than 12 hours to complete. Why am I doing this? I’m raising funds for children ages 2-8 who need speech therapy, but their families cannot afford it. Pam...

Joe Pulizzi golf trip

April 24, 2025 Welcome to the 161st Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Golf Trip with the Guys 2025. Over 150 holes played this year! Content Expo Reminder CEX (Content Entrepreneur Expo) registration is open. Come join me August 24-26 in Cleveland. Open to all creators and content marketers. Use code JP100 to save $100 off registration. Living Longer and Better If you...

Voice of America is No More

April 10, 2025 Welcome to the 160th Edition of the Orangeletter Please forward this to ONE friend today and tell them to subscribe here. You can find the online version of this newsletter here. Voice of America Is No More Two Quick Reminders CEX (Content Entrepreneur Expo) registration is open. Come join me August 24-26 in Cleveland. Open to all creators and content marketers. Use code JP100 to save $100 off registration. I'll be golfing 100 holes for kids who need speech therapy on May 12th....