In this episode of the Develop Yourself Podcast , I talk with three email and growth experts about something most developers overlook: email as a serious money maker. I’m joined by: Mike , founder of Seventh Sense , an AI-powered email timing platform Boris , Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Educative , one of the largest developer learning platforms Doug , CEO of Optimize 3.0 , a HubSpot Diamond Partner agency We dig into: How AI is reshaping email marketing Why email is still the most reliable channel you can own The biggest email marketing mistakes that founders and developers make What it actually takes to build a product that sells—not just one that works And real advice for developers who want to turn skills into a business 🎙 Guest LinkedIn Profiles Mike Donnelly — Founder, Seventh Sense https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedonnelly1/ Boris Robles-Slyusar — Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Educative https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisslyusar/ Doug Kirk — CEO, Optimize 3.0 https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglastkirk/ 🏢 Company Pages Seventh Sense (AI-powered email timing platform) https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-seventh-sense/ https://www.seventhsense.ai/ Educative (developer learning platform) https://www.linkedin.com/company/educative-inc/ https://www.educative.io/ Optimize 3.0 (HubSpot Diamond Partner agency) https://www.linkedin.com/company/optimize-3-0/ https://optimize3-0.com/ Send us a text Shameless Plugs Free 5 day email course to go from HTML to AI Got a question you want answered on the pod? Drop it here Apply for 1 of 12 spots at Parsity - Learn to build complex software, work with LLMs and launch your career. AI Bootcamp (NEW) - for software developers who want to be the expert on their team when it comes to integrating AI into web applications.