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Penfriend helps ambitious teams turn their content into an asset for long term growth.

You can't email OpenAI to fix it

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

You can't email OpenAI to fix it

Sam Altman doesn't care about you... yet?

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Dead internet theory isn't a theory anymore

Aug 3, 2026

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3 min read

Dead internet theory isn't a theory anymore

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Send me your blog

Mar 24, 2026

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5 min read

Send me your blog

Reply to this email. I'll give you two months of social posts.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
One blog in. 100 posts out.

Mar 17, 2026

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4 min read

One blog in. 100 posts out.

You've already lost if you only talk about it once.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
I broke my collarbone and built you a calculator

Mar 10, 2026

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7 min read

I broke my collarbone and built you a calculator

The CTR model you're using is wrong. And I went through 80 studies to prove it.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
I disappeared for 29 days...

Jan 9, 2026

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4 min read

I disappeared for 29 days...

You can tell the search party to go home. I'm back.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
The annual stack update is here

Nov 27, 2025

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4 min read

The annual stack update is here

The software we use to run Penfriend. And what we're changing.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
This Black Friday - Sell with stories

Nov 26, 2025

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9 min read

This Black Friday - Sell with stories

The framework for my most successful email template

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Let me do your content strategy for you

Nov 25, 2025

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3 min read

Let me do your content strategy for you

You can be a week ahead. Or a year behind.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
I cancelled the only sale we run each yeah.

Nov 24, 2025

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9 min read

I cancelled the only sale we run each yeah.

And I made something better for you.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
The feature we never shipped.

Nov 23, 2025

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4 min read

The feature we never shipped.

Your answer helps me release a new feature for Penfriend

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
How to do Black Friday offers that don't kill your margins.

Nov 22, 2025

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8 min read

How to do Black Friday offers that don't kill your margins.

10 examples of how to run the best BMCF of 2025

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
102 pieces of feedback + 1 prompt = perfect product insights

Nov 20, 2025

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10 min read

102 pieces of feedback + 1 prompt = perfect product insights

I wrote the production grade prompt for you.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Stop writing blogs. Start solving Tuesday mornings.

Nov 19, 2025

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11 min read

Stop writing blogs. Start solving Tuesday mornings.

No one is searching for "automated data syncing" and yet, you still write the blog...

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Don't write a keyword list from scratch.

Nov 18, 2025

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4 min read

Don't write a keyword list from scratch.

let me do it for you

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
I will make your content strategy for free. Kinda...

Nov 17, 2025

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5 min read

I will make your content strategy for free. Kinda...

No idea what to write? I have a trade in mind. You win of course.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
36,000 vs 36 = this keeps me up at night

Nov 16, 2025

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6 min read

36,000 vs 36 = this keeps me up at night

I have a 1,000:1 ratio problem

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
I figured out your next 19 posts

Nov 15, 2025

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6 min read

I figured out your next 19 posts

Your content strategy is here. Just answer these questions.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Some blogs you can't stop scrolling.

Nov 14, 2025

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5 min read

Some blogs you can't stop scrolling.

It's not the content. It's the design.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Your prompts suck

Nov 13, 2025

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14 min read

Your prompts suck

I wrote 12,000 crappy prompts so you can write one good one.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
I write 80 titles before I choose one

Nov 12, 2025

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7 min read

I write 80 titles before I choose one

If you're spending 5 mins on your title. This email is for you.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
You already know what to do today

Nov 11, 2025

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2 min read

You already know what to do today

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
This one thing 5x'd my running costs...

Nov 10, 2025

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3 min read

This one thing 5x'd my running costs...

Do this at your own risk...

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
It's here. VIBE + Float + In-Article Feedback (live now)

Nov 5, 2025

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5 min read

It's here. VIBE + Float + In-Article Feedback (live now)

6 months of building. 212 research papers. One editor that actually works. Login and see it.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
Real Questions. Real Answers.

Nov 2, 2025

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5 min read

Real Questions. Real Answers.

Everything you need to know before tomorrow's drop.

Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
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