🛠 Titanium Times - Issue #37
(Week of January 5 - 9, 2026)

Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2026 with a massive shift in how the Team is helping us build our businesses.

Chad spent much of this week showing us how to bridge the gap between getting leads and turning them into long-term sponsors for your local newsletter.

Whether you joined Brian Anderson’s "Microreach Mastery" or you are focusing on the new Letterman SEO updates, this issue is packed with the roadmap for your 2026 media empire. Let’s dive into the updates!

🔥 Theme of the Week: The Year of the Pipeline and the Business Owner

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✅ Instant Schema and Sitemap Indexing (Delivered)

The team has officially delivered the technical integration resulting in every local news story being found by neighbors almost the moment you click publish.

This feature includes built-in technical labels that act like a digital map for Google, giving you the ability to own local search results without extra work.

✅ The Ultimate "Door Opener" for Your Local City Newsletter (Sponsored)

Discover how to "gift" a simple AI tool to a business owner to start the conversation for a high-ticket newsletter sponsorship.

This low-friction strategy results in you building instant authority in your town without ever sounding like a salesman.

👉 See the Door Opener strategy here

✅ Intentional Articles: Writing for Local Search Dominance

Stop guessing what to write and start targeting the specific phrases neighbors are typing into Google.

This strategy results in your publication becoming the "Direct Answer" for local needs, giving you a massive advantage over big national news sites.

👉 Master local SEO articles here

✅ Community Authority: Why You Should Start with a City Newsletter

Discover why focusing on your entire city builds trust faster and attracts more business owners than starting with a narrow niche.

This approach creates an "Authority Foundation" that makes every future project much easier to launch.

👉 Build your city-wide foundation here

✅ Automated "articles.xml" Sitemap Feed (In Progress)

The team is finishing a way for you to plug your article list directly into DFY Suite.

This connection allows high-quality backlinks to be fed to your content automatically, which means your rankings grow without manual effort.

How to Make Your Local Newsletter Sponsorships a "No-Brainer"

Learn how to use OmniMint AI to create "Sponsor-Only" tools that make your newsletter packages impossible to turn down.

This results in you being able to charge more for your ads while providing real technical solutions to your local business sponsors.

👉 Read the full sponsorship upgrade strategy

👉 Check out OmniMint AI

✅ The Sales Pipeline: Turning Business Leads into Cash Flow

See how to move business owners through a visual pipeline that takes them from brand-new lead to signed sponsorship.

The system now includes staff management features, giving you the ability to have a team work the deals while you focus on growth.

👉 Fill your sales pipeline here

✅ Complete UI and Spacing Overhaul

Chad spent the previous weekend cleaning up the contact details and menus inside GC.

This update results in a much cleaner and more approachable look, meaning you can find the data you need without feeling overwhelmed by technical clutter.

✅ Color-Coded Lead Tracking

The pipeline now uses bright colors to show you the age of your leads at a glance.

Brand new leads appear green, while those older than seven days turn pink, resulting in you knowing exactly which business owners need a follow-up right now.

✅ In-Pipeline Gmail Integration (In Progress)

The devs are working on a way to let you send and receive emails through your own Gmail account directly from the sales pipeline dashboard 

This will allow you to keep all your business conversations in one place, which means you never lose track of a potential sponsorship deal.

People ask for help in public every day - plumbers, vets, roofers, you name it. Referral Harvesting Method 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

✅ Instant Re-Engagement: The Course Sprout "Lock and Unlock" Feature

Discover the new "Freemium" model that lets you give away free training while keeping your premium offers visible but locked.

This feature turns your dashboard into a silent salesperson, giving students the ability to upgrade with one click.

👉 Re-engage your students here

✅ "Default Signup" for Automated Registration

The team added a way for new students to register themselves and get instant access to free content.

This removes the manual work of adding users, which allows you to grow your student base while you sleep.

✅ The "Double Tap" Strategy: Dominating Local Business Markets

Learn how to turn a single list of 7,500 leads into two separate revenue streams by combining cold email outreach with long-term newsletter growth. This method creates a "cash cow" for today while building a valuable asset for the future.

👉 Read the full strategy here

✅ Official "Micro Mastery" Access Links

To join the inner circle and tap into the commission machine Chad discussed this week, you can access the offer at  Special Bundle. You can also see the webinar replay.

✅ New Replay Training Vault

Chad created a central training portal for all call replays and guides this month. This ends the confusion of searching for old trainings, which means you have one simple place to get up to speed on every platform.

✅ The Birthday Month "Gifting" Model

To celebrate his 50th birthday, Chad is giving back to the community with new guides and software bonuses all month long. This strategy results in the community getting extra tools and resources for free as a way to kick off the new year.

✅ LensGo TC7S Teleprompter Recommendation

During the Local Newsletter Hour, Chad recommended a $50 teleprompter that works with two iPhones.

Using this tool results in business owners being able to record perfect one-minute videos without forgetting their scripts and is great for Titanium users to record bridge page videos.

🔥 Chad's Vision: 2026: The Year of the Pipeline and the Business Owner

Chad is pivoting 2026 to focus on mastering sales pipelines and building high-value media assets for local business owners.

This strategy results in consistent cash flow and a massive future buyout opportunity as big media companies look to acquire local publications.

👉 See the full 2026 vision here

What to Expect This Week or Soon:

What a week! The Team is moving fast to finish the DFY Suite integration and the Gmail connection for GC, so expect to see those tools in our hands very soon.

Chad will be diving deeper into the "Double Tap" results on our next calls, and for those who picked up Brian Anderson's Microreach Mastery, training for that starts this week.  

We are just getting started with the "Year of the Pipeline and Business Owners," and I can't wait to see our local authority grow.

Looking forward to the next calls.

🖖 See you next week.

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-Brian

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