There is this quote from Nero Knowledge which has continued to live rent free in my dome that states something along the lines of.

It doesn’t matter which strategy or technique you use for manifestation, all of them work. The only factor that matters it the unwavering belief in whatever system you subscribe to or decide to use.

So this got me thinking.

1) This definitely resonates

2) If this is the case then what manifestation system do I most resonate with most and use as my north star for mastering the material aspects of reality.

That’s the basis for we are exploring today. I hope that this can give you some context and intentionality on HOW you design your reality.

Once you know which teacher or system, it’s should be very clear which bodies of work you can dive into to fully master these techniques.

If this chart visualization is not displaying properly on the substack app, you can view it on my main site here: dantor.uno/manifest

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Please let me know if there are any teachers or schools of thought that I missed out on so I can update this chart.

I’m going to refrain from sharing my conclusions here because I don’t want to sway your decision I feel it is important you listen to your own intuition.

It has notoriously ONLY been available for people who have hundreds of paying subscribers…

I am obsessed with color psychology, and if you take cultivating top tier digital spaces + authentic self-expression seriously then, you may like it here welcome aboard.

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You’ve probably seen a handful of these.

There has been no official update about the sneaky release of this ability being given to non-bestsellers.

Even if you ask substack’s official support chat bot it will tell you—

On this platform where self-expression is everything, the custom branding feels like a MUST to me, to visually distinguish yourself from the sea of orange/gray.

After searching multiple dozens of profiles. I found a handful of outliers that weren’t bestsellers, yet they still had the profile color so I found hope.

What they all had in common was that they had these new flower badges that you now get when you grab a paid subscription to ANYONE’s publication.

Yes… pay to play sucks but if there is that one person you’ve been wanting to show your appreciation to for their writing this is a great opportunity to do so.

For me that would have been but my mans is ADAMANT about not monetizing on substack and will die on that hill so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I gave mine to Ed at because it was only $5 a week and his posts have been super helpful to me over the past two years staying on top of the latest knowledge management tools.

• I’ve recently switched over to Tana after being a loyal Workflowy user over the past two years, I just needed something a bit more scaleable and neat.

I suggest you support your favorite writer on here but if you are on a budget and you don’t want to be paying $5-80/mo. I may have a solution for ya.

My pub is only $33/yr which comes down to only $2.78/mo so if you want a more affordable way to get your own custom profile colors. You can grab my yearly plan.

• There’s a bunch of other community bonuses coming like live workshops, challenges, and threads you’ll get access to by becoming a member.

This would greatly support my MASSIVE Ego’s dream of becoming a substack best-seller as well as my efforts in building The Collective Impact Network ㊥

• I have a slight obsession with verification badges & authority hacking

Thanks for being here.

— Dan ㊥

Today’s, August 8th (8/8), also known as the Lions Gate Portal. A time when astrology says the Sun, Sirius, and Orion align to unlock abundance. I’m not here to break down the Astrology, that’s not my lane. But as someone who works deeply with numbers, the 8/8 amplification captures my focus.

In numerology, 8 is the number of power, prosperity, and infinite cycles. But what most don’t acknowledge is that deeply tied to Karma.

So instead of just thinking about what you’d like to Attract, Manifest, etc. Remember to get clear about what you will give in order to receive.

Cause and Effect.

Whether or not you buy into the Lions Gate, there’s power in choosing a moment to reset, re-focus, and inject some clarity to your mission.

Today can be that day, simply because you choose it to be.

I’d nudge you to leverage this energy.

The numbers don’t lie.

Going to refer to an Astrologer who’s Energy I trust to share a ritual suggestion for today portal. Brooke from Arcanum

The Threads post also had exactly 33 likes so it felt right.

Bonus:

Namaste Hoe,

Get after it.

Yesterday I announced a daily writing practice. A few souls showed interest in joining, but I noticed a disturbance in the force that I needed to share.

Many creators are posting with only the intent of consistency. But I also want to apply emphasis on publishing evergreen bodies of work that are worth coming back to and re-distributing often. Not just daily posts rooted in repetition— full-blown resource hubs and conversation threads.

That’s why I created The Org after all.

Before I explain more, come with me on a small tangent.

Things Are Changing Here

Saw this post yesterday and whilst I didn’t want to fully agree with it, there’s no denying that the app is getting noisier and there are gonna be some mixed updates knowing that substack recently got a round of VC funding.

Utilize a Custom Domain

I’m attaching dantoruno.com to my publication and going all in on treating it like my personal website.

I see great long term benefits of this seeing how people like Austin Kleon use Substack. (he has a personal site too, but it just mirrors and points to his Substack where real community conversation is happening)

Utilize your personal substack domain instead of the app links.

❌ https://substack.com/@dantoruno/p-170279159

❌ https://dantoruno.substack.comp/stop-lying-to-yourself

❌ https://open.substack.com/pub/dantoruno/p/stop-lying-to-yourself

☑️ https://dantoruno.com/p/stop-lying-to-yourself

If you don’t utilize a custom domain, your substack URLs will force open inside the mobile app experience, which is noisier, and the content is nerfed.

One final great benefit of not notifying your audience via substack is if you make tweaks to your letters. The initial outdated email with the errors won’t be permanently in your audience’s inbox. (In my case the base body of work)

If you’ve ever heard the term “We’ll fix it in post” this is peak that.

I can publish my writing and beautify it later. Add fine details, add greater context to the story. And since this is my personal website I’ll put extra love into it.

That’s the whole point of this after all… To Create Art is it not?

You may not know this, but that “Read In App” Button on Desktop doesn’t do anything. It is just an ad for substacks mobile app. It’s not the end of the world, though most of your readers are reading on mobile anyway but here’s how we take control of the flow.

Leveraging Gumroad Automations

If you don’t already know, Gumroad has a very generous and robust email marketing suite built in their free platform. So not only will you have more power over redistributing your work, now you have a New Sidequest to complete that Lead-Magnet you’ve been putting off via Gumroad.

How Do We Apply This?

• Release your work without hitting the notify button.
  You Want to schedule it out via Gumroad instead.

  • You can use an image or experiment with different hooks to get the email reader to view the full post on your substack domain…

  • Or include the whole post right in Gumroad. I can’t stop you.

• Create Emails with a button CTA that opens on your publication in its website instead of the app

• Set Email Up Flows to Automate Sharing Your Best Work to Anyone That Downloads Your Lead Magnet at an Intentional Interval.

• My Current Idea Is to Have Two Flows

  • First One is for your evergreen promotions. A Flow that recycles your best work on a recurring basis.

    • I’d probably schedule these out for the whole month at the start of every month.

  • Second One is an Intentional User Journey that your reader is put into after downloading your primary lead magnet that shows them your best work in the specific order of context.

    • I don’t have enough of these yet so I’m gonna stick with that first flow to post this newsletter.

Evergreen Post Ideas

With the distinction being made from Reps to Formats & Evergreen Bodies of work. Here are some example resources that you can produce to create redistributable bodies of work that work for you in the long run.

• Reading List — Self-Explanatory

• Your Stack — Fav Tools & Affiliates

• Start Here — Share Your Story/Mission

• Offerings — A Pinned Post w/ All Your Offers

• Mentors List — Defining Your Brand Inspirations

• Content Formats — Define a Recurring Letter Format

Thanks for Reading

Have a great one.

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— Mentioned Apps —

AppSumo: https://appsumo.com

Kusar Video: https://kuasarvideo.com/

SendFox: https://appsumo.com/products/sendfox/

Boardmix: https://flowcreators.org/boardmix

Minimarks: https://appsumo.com/products/minimarks/

AdYouNeed: https://www.adyouneed.com/

OnlySocial: https://ltd.onlysocial.io/

Beacons: https://flowcreators.org/beacons

— Chapters —

00:00 Introduction

00:27 Media Place File Management Software

00:58 Kusar Video Social Media Investigation Tool

01:33 Send Fox Email Marketing Suite

02:12 BoardMix Whiteboarding Tool

04:52 Ad You Need Ad Manager

05:21 MiniMarks Visual Bookmarking Tool

07:55 Tidy Cal Calendly Alternative

08:26 OnlySocial Social Scheduling Tool

13:58 Channel Updates and Future Direction

15:47 Physical Mediums for Content Creation

20:53 Mentor Synthesis Brand & Faceless Channels

25:41 Benefits of Purpose-Driven Theme Pages

27:41 Conclusion

#CreatorTools #LTD #LifetimeDeals

New Weekly Upload should be on Saturday Mornings instead of Friday moving forward, this way I’m not rushing to squeeze out uploads before midnight on Friday, and have more time to re-work the title/thumbnail combinations.

I initially teased this app stack back in Feb of last year. Since then I have looked around at many other tools like Stan.store, Whop, and others but have ultimately returned to the exact stack I had theorized…

Beacons

Ultimate link-in-bio directory page that converts higher than your standard websites, while replacing the need for tools like Wordpress, Kartra, Kajabi, Teachable or Even Kit (formerly known as ConvertKit)

Substack

GENUINELY community-focused and completely free newsletter tool. Substack can effectively host multiple newsletters or podcasts. You can set up broadcast channels that can also be sent out as emails and basically have a twitter feed built into it to maximize your ability to engage with others and get high-quality organic traffic with this platform being primarily for writers.

Notion

Notion joins this year’s line-up just because I’ve picked up on the fact that every one of your favorite creators likely didn’t overthink/complicate their system starting out. They just made something functional in notion to stay on top of ongoing creative projects. Because this is such a foundational tool I figured I’d mention it for those who needed the reminder.

Conclusion

These 3 tools combined can save you hundreds of dollars every month and consolidate your creative efforts so you can just focus on the things that matter like improving your creative workflows.

Honorable Mention

Whop is also a free platform I’ve had my eyes on that seems like they are doing monetization and consolidation of community resources quite well. I almost went all in there, I’m keeping my eyes on it for now with the potential to still be used because It may be a streamlined space for hosting events, courses, discord access, and other digital downloads effectively.

If you want to start using Beacons you can join using my code to support the org.

Talk soon

— Toruno

This is a publication rooted in Growth, Creation, and Service. It’s Jan 3rd, 2025, the first Friday of the year. I’m here to share the intent of this digital space with you.

Simply put, New Post Every Friday is the hard schedule for this community. Most weeks should have a paired video post over on the Flow Creators YouTube channel.

I have one goal for this year and it’s building a consistent rhythm of content output. Seems pretty straightforward but this is The Real Work that needs to take place in order to realize my community vision to find like-minded, Seekers, Synthesizers, & Builders.

A New Year, A New Beginning

I’ve been putting off this work for years, moving into 2025 this “9 Energy” year I am ready to end this negative cycle of avoidance.

I’ve experimented with ALL of the Community Platforms, Creator Systems, & Productivity Tools you could possibly imagine, but not actually publishing my research and letting it reach the right people I’m ready to share.

I realize Substack is a great home to consolidate the communities for Flow Creators Academy AND the Mentor Synthesis Brand without overthinking other aspects like courses, forums, or having multiple platforms. Both brands fall under “The Flow Creators Organization” Which is the culmination of my life’s work.

Thank you for being here. :)

The Mission

Flow Creators is a lifestyle design movement dedicated to empowering creators at every stage of their evolution. We aim to help you align with your truth, harness your creative potential, and share it with the world. Here’s the rough structure:

I. The Academy

Designed for Beginner to Intermediate Level Creators

This “blog format” doesn’t take itself too seriously. I am here to serve & guide Gen Z creators who feel they may be wasting their potential on chronic addictions to things like video games or have yet to take control of their lives.

Here I share life wisdom, stories, and workflows from my experiences — Since 2018 I’ve been dreaming about building this resource hub, and now the vision has evolved into so much more.

Brand-building workshops, degen humor, guided meditations, live streams, creative workflows, tool stacks, and systems to help seekers and early-stage creators thrive. It’s the resource I wish I had when I dropped out of college to pursue a self-employed creative lifestyle after realizing how much of a “scam” college can be. I also already had my dream job straight out of high school and even after this point in my life managed to devolve into degeneracy.

In summary, it focuses on the foundational aspects of self-discovery, self-regulation, digital effectiveness, and systems for holistic evolution.

In this community, I like to use 3 systems to empower my students.

• Numerology: Life Path Number, to Understand Where You Excell Naturally

• Human Design: Insights to Your Unique Gifts and Active Energy Centers

• Chinese Zodiac Sign: For Navigating Relationships & Aligned Action

You will be able to self-assign these as roles in our discord server soon.

II. Mentor Synthesis:

The newest addition to the Org, yet inspired the theme of this community.

This is a social theme page where I can remix and curate some of the best wisdom I find floating in the collective. Messages I believe need to be spread, repeated, and synthesized. I plan to make this my Podcast I think this would be the best approach to position myself to get high-quality guests on the podcast even at earlier stages of development.

Since I get to position all my guests as mentors and I get to synthesize their greatest lessons it’s a win for both parties. Starting out I’ll probably do solo episodes where I share wisdom from my favorite mentors and mental models, dive into advanced spiritual concepts, and dissect more advanced business concepts.

It’s a space for those who’ve discovered their truth and are ready to synthesize it into meaningful work and expand their reality. I facilitate a space where those in the community can get involved in picking a mentor each week to study.

In Summary, it is my Podcast, Synthesizer Club, and Content Aggregation Theme Page Until I start producing fully original content for it. Mentor Synthesis

III. Synthesizer Society:

I like to think of this like the White Lotus Group from The Last Airbender. A group of awakened masters honing their skills and using their gifts in service of the collective.

The main feed of this publication. General Community Updates like this. Discussions, Feedback, and Creative Prompts utilize Substack’s “Threads” feature often to keep this community active and engaged.

(It’s like a broadcast channel on IG or Telegram except everyone can reply to each other in the threads, like and comment on the posts as if it were a regular feed post. It’s pretty cool how Substack does this.)

The Values of this Community Align with both the Academy & The Collective so this is where I can speak to both the intermediate & advanced audiences that I am building.

Social Presence

I’ve recently switched almost all my handles from @dantoruno → @flowcreators to embody my life’s purpose. If you search “Flow Creators” anywhere, you should be able to find me. → Mentor Synthesis I’ve got on Instagram, YouTube, & Twitter.

Here’s a sneak peek of how I intend to support creators like yourself this year. (Any platforms inside a “•“ bullet I am not giving my direct energy to)

Instagram:

My Main Focus. This platform will be on easy mode for a little bit longer.

I’ve always liked this platform and it has the highest conversion rates for newsletters and link clicks thanks to the ManyChat comment automation. So this will be the main focus of my shortform output.

• X: The only reason X is relevant to me is that I want to create “Screenshotted Threads Post Carousels” for IG/TT that will also be served to audiences as reels for extra reach. Connecting with people on that X via DM & Spaces is also cool to me but I’ve never really been a huge Twitter user.

• TikTok: Instagram Junior will be reposting my reels here. Once I hit 1K followers here, I’d like to do some livestreams.

  • Twitch: I do have a Twitch you can follow, but I feel like it may be more effective for me to stream on YT/TT. Not gaming, but probably more creative or Q&A sessions where I help creators with their problems live. Maybe some “Omegle” convos. (Will likely multistream when I get there.)

• Pinterest: Just repurposing my content there. No real strategy, just taking advantage of the generous reach/SEO on there, the ability to get discovered by creatives.

YouTube:

I’m excited for this.

I’ve built an insane streaming/recording workflow that allows me to switch angles, split/share screens, and pause videos mid-recording so I can record complete videos in one take with little to no editing required to publish. I’ve been preparing this to create educational content for the academy, so my YouTube strategy is recording one-take videos talking about topics that I’m passionate about that serve creators.

• I will be ironing out which topics I enjoy talking about most from experiments here and within the society here.

• This channel has been rebranded from my old gaming channel “Snoo.” I liked how the energetics aligned with the Academy's mission.

• I can also see myself reposting some of my medium-form videos to Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and potentially Threads

Threads:

Memes, lots of memes.

Still a young platform, so lots of organic discoverability that is tied to your Instagram growth. Win-win. I plan to treat this platform like a public journal, sharing mini logs from my life, image posts including hella memes, and experimental posts.

• Shoutout to this really cool Threads creator Lennox Saint who’s got a really neat Threads-focused Skool Community. If you want to grow on Threads you’ve got to get involved over there and build a strong network.

Discord

I’ve been doing a lot of world-building for the theme of this server!

It’s been out for almost a year now, and has almost 50 members, but I want to really put some love into the onboarding process, and roles, and simplify the current state of the channels. You can join it now, but I suggest waiting until I release an update here in the society about it.

Tools In Starting Lineup 2025

The most relevant tools in my workflow going into the year

• Notion: Template Inspo, Daily Flow Rituals, Content (& Notion) Calendar, Coaching CRM, Community Template Building/Management, Resource Hub.

• Workflowy: Primary Real-Time Journaling, Notetaking, & Thinking Tool (modified interstitial journaling, planning to document this workflow soon)

• CapCut: I’m an Adobe veteran but I am experimenting with a CapCut/Davinci/AfterEffects workflow but this is subject to change.

• Boardmix: My Whiteboarding Tool. The Miro Replacement for Digital Education that you can purchase once instead of paying for a subscription.

• Linkilla: My secret weapon for branded domain links. Also, an LTD that I paid about $48 one time for instead of a $15/mo Rebrandly subscription.

• Microsoft Edge: Don’t @ me. I will change your mind about this. It’s the best browser that exists and I will explain why in a post coming soon. Arc can suck it.

• Cosmos: My favorite tool for saving all types of inspiration quickly from anywhere. Speaks to my soul as an artist with how beautiful the UI/UX is.

There are of course other tools in my workflow but these are the ones I deem worthy of mention. I’ll go ahead and mention my AI tools for good measure.

• AI Tool Stack: Surprisingly consists of all free tools. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Merlin AI (Extension), NotebookLM, Lex.page, Leonardo. I use almost all of these daily. I will for sure be visiting these in further detail in a future post.

Thank you for joining me on this journey. Let’s make 2025 a year of Being, Doing, and Becoming. Until next Friday, Keep Growing, Stay Flowing.

Ex Animo,
— Dan Toruno

In this post I will be Exploring Beacons.ai & Substack as the two tools that you need to win as a Creator.

• Beacons.ai - Capitalize on your traffic and make your products and offers easy to access to your audiences on all platforms + Advanced marketing features to replace softwares like Wordpress, Kartra, Kajabi, Teachable, and ConvertKit. All in one Completely Free and Super Easy to set up package

  • Building these types of systems used to be hard, not anymore

  Can't Wait? Check out Beacons now.

• Substack - Building a Real Community around your newsletter and having a flexible space for you to experiment with your writing, build consistency, and still own/monetize your email list.

  • You are already on Substack, create an account if you haven’t already.