My E.J. Last Updates

Viral Video 10M Views + Products + Thinking's

My entrepreneur journey’s last updates:

Hi, my name is Ugur,

From now on, I will try to use Mondays to write the newsletter. No promises, at least that's my goal. A day to answer to people. (Edit: I tried it and it's exhausting. I can't imagine writing 6 newsletters in 1 day. I need to optimize it somehow).

Viral Video 10M Views

Last year I made a video for ChatGPT for fun. I was convincing the AI that 2+2=5. I had no expectations. The video quickly surpassed 1 million views. Then I made AI videos, but I couldn't do anything like that algorithm-breaking video again.

I went back to my old standard. Almost a year later, I uploaded the same video again without any changes. It got around 300 thousand views. But something happened that I never expected. A news account in 𝕏 shared the video and it got more than 3 million views. Then 1 more news accounts shared it and it got almost 2 million views. Immediately afterward, accounts with 2 million followers on Instagram started sharing the video. (Watch Video)

The Difficult Side of Celebrity

It's a hater crowd. I started to be bullied. I was spoken to like I didn't know anything. They said what I was doing was a bad thing. They even thought I was insulting my country, etc. I was just having fun, that's not a bad thing. The 20% mentally beat the 80%. I changed my profile picture, I tried to hide my name, but no matter what I did, people would find me and bully me. It's not nice.

I didn't want to ruin the hype train. How long can I hide my name anyway? As much as I wanted to quit social media, I couldn't. I shared a lot of data and some of it is important for marketing, but I can't take it back. I haven't figured it out yet. I have to learn new skills. Like the power of not caring or the power of privacy.

1 Year Challenge

I was sharing 1 vertical video every day for a Turkish audience. I shared it for 100 days. But then my phone broke and I tried to make and sell a new product to replace the phone. I couldn't sell it. I still have a cooperation offer for the product. I will explain below.

I used to repair my phone with the money I earned from digital products, but when I took a break, I couldn't re-establish the same discipline and now the challenge is broken.

I promised people for 2024, so I feel uncomfortable that I can't keep my promise. I want to disappear quietly. Will I disappear? I don't know. Everything is uncertain.

Growing up in 𝕏

I should stop producing content in Turkey because it's exhausting. I've never been humiliated this much in the 2+2=5 video. It's very disturbing. If I did something similar abroad, people would make more supportive comments. I know because that's what happened when I did similar things.

When I was in college, I opened at least 40 different accounts on Instagram and tried to grow the account with each one. But I didn't succeed. I was a beginner then. Now I'm an experienced person who is aware of most things.

My goal is neither Instagram nor YouTube, I definitely need to be on 𝕏! Maybe I should stop producing content for Turkey and be on YouTube and Instagram in English. No no no! I need to solve 1 platform first! I have an existing audience on 𝕏. And I can grow it even more.

I developed an automation system for 𝕏 and when I updated the hosting, it broke. Maybe this breakdown is because of Twitter APIs. Because the system did not work when the domain changed. I haven't figured it out yet. 🤷‍♂️

I made some observations for 𝕏. I wrote them down and I want to try them in order.

BUUTTTT!!!!

I always say yes to people. I act without regard for my own happiness. I have to solve them one by one. I can't complain. I can't make excuses. Whatever happens to me is mostly because of me.

If I need to develop as an entrepreneur, I need to develop as a human being. I call this maturity. It is shameful to say yes and then no. I shouldn't let people down. These are childish behaviors. This is a business!

It's good that I realize these things and it's good that I try to fix them. I'm on a good journey, and on my journey I need to think more maturely. I can actually control myself, I don't do things I shouldn't do, but do you know where I struggle?

Entrepreneurship! Yes, entrepreneurship! I love entrepreneurship, product and business development. And I love it a lot, I love it a lot. This is also a problem. So much love can lead me down the wrong path.

I say yes to everyone! 🤦‍♂️ I say yes to the point that it disrupts my own journey. That's a very bad behavior pattern! Huh! 💨 I will solve it! 😼 I will definitely solve it because I need to level up. 🏆 I will solve them all one by one! I need to talk to people who suffer from this and have solved it. As they say, "You are the average of 5 people." I need to get in touch with those 5 people and improve myself.

In 2024 and 2025, I shouldn't help anyone. I shouldn't do business together. But if I am really happy by then, then I can continue to say a controlled yes.

At least that's what I think now. As I grow up, my opinion may change, and that's normal.

I will learn! I'll learn it all! I'll figure it all out! 💪 Just be patient. 😅

What Have I Learned?

Önce sen mutluluğunu inşa et. Sonra başkalarının mutluluğunu inşa etmesine yardım et. Tam tersi mutsuzluk getirir!

New Product: Websitetion.com

A few people on YouTube Turkey think that this product will never sell. They even say that it won't sell because it's with Notion itself. But they haven't used Notion and they don't know anyone who uses Notion.

“If I want to buy gold, I buy gold from a jeweler. Not from a butcher or a greengrocer.”
- Ugur KILCI

I know, I know, I know, but it still depresses me to see this. I stopped watching TV years ago, I stopped following the news, I turned off my phone notifications years ago, and would you believe it? I had some very productive times. I felt very happy. But I couldn't stop reading these comments. Because it's what I love (creating content), I get very down and sad.

Websitetion is a website where I can make and sell custom themes for websites prepared for Notion. It was made with TailwindCSS with 0 database. I do everything manually, I don't talk about TailwindCSS on Notion websites, I talk about Websitetion.

I've gone into a lot of psychological and technical details in this product. It might sound like a stupid and meaningless idea. But it's not! This product actually feeds the main product. Anyway, you will see it in time.

Rebranding NotionPlus!

The Notion may be disrupting its community. It's shooting itself in the foot. Said that sent emails one by one to the domains with "Notion" in them and said that he had to change the name. As for NotionPlus, I will have to change it too. It already creates a lot of confusion. It is difficult for the "Plus" suffix to be an extra package. As you know, I have never bought a package from Notion, so I have never seen the name "Plus". Anyway. What to do now?

I want a domain with just the name "Plus"!

I want Plus.so domain but it's very, very expensive! $8795!

I just want a simple name. "Plus". I don't want a suffix. Nothing like xxxPlus or Plusyyy. Just a simple and clean name like Notion, like Google and Facebook. "Plus"!

I am still searching. The names I find are either too expensive or already taken. If I increase my NotionPlus income, maybe I can buy one clean name. But this is very, very difficult from a realistic point of view. And is it a sensible investment? 🤷‍♂️ I even thought about getting investment for this. But like I said, is it a sensible investment? 🤷‍♂️

Organizing My Life

I remember years ago I thought I could at least make 100$ a month. And now I'm making 100$ a month. It's a joke. I still can't comprehend it, it doesn't feel real :) My goal is to reach 1000$ MRR before the end of 2024. I have a lot of ideas in my mind but it would be a bit illogical to do it with this brand name. With N+. When I renew the domain, I will start serious breakthroughs, but until then, I must not be idle!

Egg and chicken dilemma. I need money to renew the domain. Features are needed for money. If features are added, domain and SEO will be lost. Oh, it's so complicated. 😣

I need to think differently. 🤔 I have an existing audience and I need to encourage this audience to bring more audience or encourage the existing audience to switch to paid subscribers.

I’m Tired

I don't know if I can do this every week. I'm tired of just writing this text. I've been writing this text for 5-6 hours. And I'm saying I'm going to write an extra newsletter. You can see that I still haven't optimized my life. I am very uncomfortable about it. Anyway, I will try to solve it and I will keep you updated. Don't forget to follow me on 𝕏 and like the tweets :) Let's interact. These give me moral strength.

Forgive me for my mistakes. I rushed at the last moment because it was almost sunset. I have to go for a walk or I'll miss life.