This means I’ll have an engaged, involved group

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This means I’ll have an engaged, involved group of people who are already (practically) guaranteed to at least consider paying me for what I’m about to launch. They’ll already feel like a part of my site when it launches.

Let’s start with this email from my friend, Jake just a couple hours after I texted him about this idea.

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(!!!) How amazing is that?

Jake took an active role in helping me shape my idea by sending me an existing site that could serve as inspiration for me as I build—and give me a sense of how to make my content more unique or different than what’s already out there.

What’s even more impactful is that he’s somehow connected to the person who owns afghanistan phone number database Sherpa, a site that’s been in the California outdoor niche for over ten years.

Think that’s a person I should connect and collaborate with in the future? (Hell yes)

If I hadn’t shared my website idea with my friend Jake, I would never have known this connection existed.

Share what you’re working on—you’ll be surprised by how many people will want to support and help you.

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This happened again with another one of my friends, Matthew.

Knowing that he and I share a common interest in trail running around the Bay Area, after texting him about my idea, he mentioned that a former business partner of his worked with one of the HUGE original websites in outdoor activity recommendations—Every Trail.

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Talk about another person I’m going to want to connect with soon.

By sharing my idea with less than 50 people so far, I had already uncovered hidden mutual connections to 2 of the largest, most established, reputable hiking and outdoor adventure websites in California.