🛠 Titanium Times – Issue #23 (Week of September 29 - October 3, 2025)

This week was tight and practical: define a simple offer, make the email land, and prove it with real numbers.

We also saw local wins you can copy today: a $5,000 founding sponsor, a $5–$7/month VIP Club, and in-chat Instagram opt-ins that capture email without a page.

Use these to get your first dollars back fast, then repeat with a cleaner setup each week.

🔥 Theme of the Week: Signals, not guesses.

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✅ Monday-only bundle: OfferMint early + VIP ticket + GC Pro annual - Monday, October 6, 2025!

Chad’s running a one-day, “irresistible” bundle to spike attention and climb the leaderboard ahead of the MintBird push.  

He will be running a webinar Monday at 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT. Sign up here.

You'll see Chad's offer to get early access to OfferMint, a VIP ticket to its launch, and GC Pro for a year, so you can shape an offer, build the funnel, and operate it like an owner from day one. 

Curious why this design matters and how the two-punch creates momentum?
“I’m making this absolutely irresistible to wake up the JVs.”
“Early access + VIP + a year of Pro.”

✅ $5,000 Founding Sponsor (how to package and pitch it)

Bundle a year-long Founding Sponsor position: a simple badge near the top of your Letterman issue, a quarterly feature, and priority promo slots. A Letterman publisher just did this last week! 

Price it at $5,000/year (quarterly or upfront). Lead with small, recent proof (subscriber growth, open rate, and one reader quote), then keep the agreement to two pages so it’s easy to sign. Close with a make-good you can honor (bonus feature if timing slips).

Want the exact scripts, one-pager outline, and renewal plan? Read the full case study.

“I have a founding sponsor… five grand for a year.”
“‘Everybody loves our newsletter’ is our highest-converting ad line.”

People ask for help in public every day - plumbers, vets, roofers, you name it. RHM teaches you how to find those posts fast, leave one short, useful reply, and route the click so you get credit for the referral. It’s neighborly, it’s organized, and you can keep your paid lead ads running and use RHM alongside them as another way to bring people in. 

Live NOW!  Check out the  Referral Harvesting Method

✅ Simple Recurring Revenue Idea: VIP/Birthday Club: $5–$7/month recurring revenue

Walk Main Street and collect one simple perk from each business (free drip coffee, 20% off appetizer, birthday dessert). Bundle 10–20 perks into a paid VIP Club at $5–$7/month. In Letterman, add a consistent “VIP Perk of the Week” block near the top and link to a clean perks page.

Keep redemption lightweight at first (VIP page + Member ID) and send a one-page merchant recap monthly.

Want scripts, a one-week launch calendar, and tracking templates? See the VIP Club deep dive.

“I’m charging five to seven bucks… people love having simple local perks.”
“The rule is one perk, no fine print—staff can handle that.”

✅ Fix deliverability the simple way (today)

During this Newsletter Hour last week, Chad and the team helped fix email deliverability issues identified at mxtoolbox.  Quick tips were to Send from a sending subdomain (e.g., m.yourdomain.com), then copy–paste SPF, DKIM, and DMARC exactly as your sender (smtp.com or Mailgun) provides and verify with MX Toolbox → Email Health.

In Letterman, it's important to set your From to that same domain.

Need the for-non-techies version with copy-paste records and a one-hour checklist? Open the deliverability guide.

“Nearly every fix came down to a clean DMARC and no duplicate records.”
“Once we aligned the From domain, inboxing improved.”

✅ Instagram DM in-chat opt-ins (live)

Post a Reel with a keyword cue (“Comment COFFEE”). The bot opens a DM, gets consent, collects first name + email, then tags the contact in Global Control so your Letterman welcome fires. No landing page needed. Use one reusable “catchall” flow per account and rotate keywords to match your content theme. 

Want copy-ready bot messages, the welcome email handoff, and a one-day launch plan? Read more.

“We can collect name and email right in Instagram DMs.”
“The bot fires a newsletter tag into GC so your welcome goes out immediately.”

If you've ever wanted to add a professional voiceover to your Course Sprout lessons or Mintbird sales videos but disliked the thought of recording yourself, you'll want to see this. 

I just stumbled upon a new tool that creates stunningly realistic audio from text, and the best part is that it's available for a one-time price. It's the perfect, low-risk way to start adding high-quality narration to all your projects without getting locked into another monthly subscription.

Check out SoundsSoReal

✅ Course Sprout training dropped for Mastermind (why it matters to all)

A full walkthrough shows how to outline, brand, record, and publish faster. Then layer goals/badges for gentle gamification.

Even if you’re not inside the Mastermind yet, the point is speed: get version 1 live and improve with real use.  Those purchasing Mintbird will get a version of Course Sprout!

“I recorded the complete training… outlining, branding, video, goals, badges.”
“The platform makes it easy to award badges based on total points.”

✅ Coure Sprout Mobile app (coming soon): unlock once, stay logged in

The Course Sprout app is in approval for iOS/Android.

Once a course or pod is unlocked, learners stay logged in and receive course, community, and admin notifications.

Communities can be turned on per course now, with standalone communities planned right after launch.

“You won’t have to log in again after unlocking the pod.”
“After launch, you’ll be able to run a community by itself.”

✅ Switch SMTP to SMTP.com (recommended)

Mailgun has been rough for many. SMTP.com has better support and is friendly to legit affiliate links. If you use SMTP.com tracking, set the “Default Tracking Domain” correctly so links redirect as expected. Sign-up link: https://chadnicely.com/smtp

“We’ve had fewer issues on SMTP.com… support is personal and it’s friendly to our use cases.”

🔥 OfferMint + MintBird: the two-punch launch advantage

OfferMint helps you define and package what you’re selling; MintBird turns that offer into a working funnel: pages, cart, bumps, upsells.

The Monday bundle concentrates attention now (early access + VIP), while GC Pro keeps you in control all year.

The competitive edge is the short path from idea to income and a culture of daily proof (refresh “Today,” call the source, name the win).

Want the deeper read on Chad’s sequencing, why it attracts partners, and how Mastermind promoters can ride it? Read the Vision deep dive.

“This is about hitting the leaderboard and getting MintBird on everyone’s radar.”
“Learn the software, shape the offer, then pull it into MintBird and build the full funnel.”

🔮 What to Expect Next Week or Soon

Next week is a big step. We’ll get a first look at OfferMint with early access, then use it to shape offers we can drop straight into MintBird. That’s the fast path from idea to “it’s live.”

Right behind it, the Course Sprout mobile app lands. Unlock once, stay logged in, and reach people with simple notifications.

Then comes the MintBird launch, where all of this connects—offer → funnel → proof—so we can ship, measure, and improve without switching tools.

Plenty is moving, but it all points one way: clearer offers, smoother funnels, and more wins showing up in our inboxes!

🖖 See you next week.

Real calls. Real updates. Zero guesswork.

-Brian

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