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Map Your Influence Funnel

An exercise from Unstoppable by OYOTTA, given in full.

1. Write down the one platform where you currently have the most attention, however modest. 2. Write down one specific, demonstrated result you could point to as evidence of authority — something you've actually done, not just something you believe. 3. Identify the gap between your current attention and any monetization plan. If there is no plan yet, sketch the smallest version of one. 4. Identify one channel you actually own (email list, owned website, direct contact list) and commit to growing it, even slowly, alongside whatever platform currently holds most of your attention. 5. Name one part of your current effort that might be reasonable to run at a loss or with no direct monetization, specifically because it builds attention or authority feeding a different, monetized part of your work. Be honest about whether that trade-off is currently deliberate or accidental.

Final Thought: Influence is Power. Monetization is Freedom. If people already know you, trust you, and buy from you, then attention has done its job — and it becomes the gateway to influence. The people who succeed at scale learn to monetize that trust directly, rather than hoping it eventually pays off on its own.