🦅 What military training can teach creators in 2025

My insights from military training camp will help you as a creator | Inboxs now supports Instagram DMs

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Yannick Veys
February 19, 2025

In this issue, you’ll find:

  • What military training can teach creators

  • News creators should know

  • Inboxs.io now supports Instagram DMs

GROWTH TIPS

What military training can teach creators

I don’t know about you but 2025 just hit different than 2024. It’s probably also because I’m in Europe and we’re everyone’s laughing stock right now.

But also because I completed basic military training in the last two weeks. I lost 10 pounds while gaining muscle, discipline and new skills.

On the second-to-last day, everything came together, and we “ambushed” a fictitious group called “execution rebellion” and obliterated them with blanks.

The entire process taught me two interesting things for creators.

  1. Yes, you should learn one skill and monetize it. But knowing just that one skill isn’t enough to start a business and make money with it.

  2. You need other people to make your “ambush” successful.

Let me explain this a bit.

You can be the best sniper in the world, but if you’re in the wrong spot, you’ll never hit an enemy.

The same goes for creators. You can be the best writer in the world but if you can’t sell a product or service, you’ll stay broke.

The military training taught me seven complementary skills I can use not only when I’m in the field but also in my daily life.

And the best advice I, as a newly appointed sergeant in the Dutch Navy can give you: go deep in one skill that gives you tons of energy. But don’t forget to develop secondary skills to help sell your primary skills.

For example, go deep on writing, but don’t forget sales, landing page building, persuasion and sales techniques, and to be a great person to be around.

That last part was something I used a lot throughout the training. I was one of the main characters in the group. I made myself responsible for the atmosphere and that’s also why I was asked to be “IC” (group elder) and to be responsible for the group towards the instructors.

That would’ve never happened ten years ago because I was too focused on one thing. These days, I’m a well-rounded soldier sergeant who can make people laugh and sell.

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NEWS CREATOR SHOULD KNOW

Thousands are using tools like Bolt, Lovable, and v0 to build interactive web apps through text prompts.

Here’s a deep dive into these AI-driven platforms’ functionality, current applications, and future prospects.

X has launched Grok 3, reportedly trained on 200,000 GPUs, boasting 10x the compute power of its predecessor. X says it outperforms rivals in key benchmarks, with a voice mode coming soon for interactive conversations.

YouTube is enhancing its Shorts with Google’s Veo 2 AI, which allows creators to generate HD video clips from text prompts.

“Last year, we shared updates to Dream Screen, our feature that lets you generate unique AI backgrounds for your Shorts with just a text prompt. Today, Dream Screen is getting another major upgrade with the integration of Google DeepMind’s newest video generation model, Veo 2, making it more powerful than ever. And we’re also now launching a new capability powered by Veo 2: generating standalone video clips that you can add to any of your Shorts.”

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On February 26, I’ll speak at the Creator Growth Summit, organized by beehiiv.

This event will explore how creators can build an audience and monetize their content.

I’ll be leading a session titled “Discover Powerful Social Media Growth Strategies.”

Plus, you’ll hear from experts at beehiiv, ClickFunnels, and Kortex, covering everything from content creation to sales.

đź—“ Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025

⏰ Time: 10am EST

đź“Ť Where: Online (Free Virtual Event)

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That’s it for now, everyone! We’ll meet again next week to discuss some more of this!

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Yannick Veys
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