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Ryan Levesque

Issue #064

| The Digital Contrarianâ„¢

Surprising (Non-AI) Trend Taking Shape

A Surprising (Non-AI) Trend Taking Shape & A Little "Gift" For You Today for Being A Reader...

Ryan Levesque

4 min read

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Over the next three days…
 
Tylene and I are hosting a dozen entrepreneurs on our farm for the very first ever Return to Real Mastermind Experience
 
And because we’re in the middle of making final preparations leading to the welcome dinner tonight…
 
(Including tidying up the room you see here…)
 
Today’s newsletter is going to be short.
 
But…
 
After wrapping up a VIP Day with a private client on the farm yesterday…
 
AND…
 
After connecting with no fewer than 5 additional private clients via Slack earlier today
 
I’m seeing a surprising trend taking shape in the market right now…
 
And there’s something I wanted to throw out to you before I completely get consumed in Farm Mastermind Mode…
A rare Richard Cussons photo sighting! (Richard, my business partner, staying with us on the farm for a few days to help lead the mastermind, is saying hello to a few of the more curious members of our herd :-)

1 | Would You Be Interested In....

As I mentioned a moment ago…
 
I’ve started to see a trend taking place over the last few months…
 
Something I never would’ve predicted a year ago at this time:
 
For the first time in over 18 months…
 
I’m actually starting to see paid media costs coming back to earth – with CPAs on Meta among some of the lowest I’ve seen in over a year.
 
And I think this is a function of a few different forces at play right now.
 
(I have a theory. And there are some potentially MAJOR implications…)
 
Now…
 
Last year, as you may remember – I hosted a Town Hall event titled:
 
“The Great Sea Change: Why the Digital Marketing Playbook of the Last Decade is Obsolete (& What to Focus On Doing Next…)”
 
But now I’m seeing a DIFFERENT shift take place in the market…
 
(Something I don’t think many people are aware of yet…)
 
So I’ve been thinking:
 
Maybe it’s time for another Town Hall ??
 
Which brings me to my question for you today:
 
IF I make time to host a Town Hall event in the coming weeks…
 
Sharing some of the surprising observations I’m seeing show up in the market…
 
(And the and opportunity I believe this presents…)
 
Would you be interested in attending?
 
If the answer is YES…
 
Please do me a favor and SHOOT ME AN EMAIL with the words TOWN HALL.
 
The reason I ask you to do this is because…
 
Between the farm…
 
Serving as a strategic advisor to nearly a dozen clients right now…
 
Finishing my book, Return to Real
 
 
And now serving as soccer coach to both of my boys’ teams this fall…
 
I’m getting close to being maxed out.
 
But…
 
If there’s enough interest…
 
I will make the time to host a Town Hall event to share what I’m seeing in the market…
 
Because I think this could be BIG.
 
Let me know if you’d be interested in this by sending me an email with the words “TOWN HALL” to help me gauge interest.
 
Make sense?
 
Okay cool.
 
In the the meantime, since today’s issue is a bit lighter than usual…

2 | I Have A Little "Gift" For You...

Last month, I announced that we quietly launched The Digital Contrarian podcast…
 
(Thank you to everyone who has taken time to leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify…)
 
Well TODAY…
 
I’m excited to announce that all past “episodes” of The Digital Contrarian Podcast are now uploaded onto the website (with links to both audio and video format), in one convenient place:
And the reason why I share this with you…
 
Is because this week represents a GREAT opportunity to catch up on everything you may have missed over the last few weeks…
 
In fact, this is what Jason – a TDC subscriber – wrote a few days ago:
(Thanks Jason!)
 
I’ll leave you with the link so YOU can binge and catch up yourself:
 
 
(And BTW – if you feel compelled to leave a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify, it would mean the absolute world to me.)
* * *
Okay, I’ll leave you with that for now…
 
I really DO need to get back to prepping for our Vermont Farm Mastermind Experience – guests are arriving in less than an hour…
 
So have a great rest of your weekend…
 
Remember to hug the ones you love…
 
And until next week,
 
Ryan :-)

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The Great Sea Change

The Great Sea Change diagram from Return to Real