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Anyone trying out Kortex?
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Hi, all,
I just learned about another new app, Kortex. This one purports to be like Notion for writers. It seems to have some unique features (there’s a solid video about the app on the website), but I have begun to lose my ability to determine if I’m looking at something truly useful, or just the same old thing re-packaged. Wondering if anyone here has been trying Kortex out.
Steve
Posted by satis
Oct 13, 2024 at 02:36 PM
It’s new and the devs admit their code is basic and raw. Their marketing is a little off, saying things like light mode is an upcoming feature “for psychopaths”.
The pullquotes they use are from seemingly sketchy “thought leaders” who write blog posts for pay. (Product blurbs too?) The first pullquote they use is from a guy who specializes in ‘content marketing’ for companies and writes things like, “I used to think all online money was a SCAM!... Congrats, if you follow this guide for 6–12 months, you’ll be free. ✧ You’ll make well over $10,000 per month ✧ Have the freedom to travel the world”
https://medium.com/@TaylinSimmonds/how-i-made-my-first-200-000-writing-online-19ff822a0c7f
Another blurb is from “unconventional blogger” with a “keen insterest in blockchain” Tim Denning, who has Medium and Substack subscriptions all about HIGH PERFORMING ENTREPENEURSHIP
Posted by satis
Oct 13, 2024 at 03:17 PM
Be wary. It’s only weeks old and the devs admit their code is basic and raw. Their marketing is a little weird, saying things like light mode is an upcoming feature “for psychopaths”.
I’m not the slightest bit interested. The CEO Dan Koe;s main business is offering wealth-building “Kortex University” courses for aspiring creators to build their brand and create a moneymaking ‘content ecosystem’. This software seems to be an offshoot of courses on marketing/sale for bloggers to build online followings. More on this course here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/18rvrb1/any_opinion_on_dan_koe_kortex/
Before he started Kortex he was plumping for his ‘Modern Mastery HQ business community’ (which has since been scrubbed from his site https://thedankoe.com/ ). He also does affiliate marketing, and was licensing access to video animators for Tiktok creators. His content creation business involved writing tweets he’d repurpose to Instagram and LinkedIn, then write blog posts he’d send out as newsletters, then replicate them as podcasts and YouTube videos. Things he’s sold recently:
- Digital art created with Photoshop
- Web design & WordPress services
- Dropshipping
- Minimalist wallets
- Blue light glasses
- Productized websites
- Funnels for service-based businesses
- Web design course
- Freelancing course
- Power planner
- Modern Mastery HQ (MMHQ, $29/month)
- 2-Hour Writer ($150)
- Digital Economics ($499-$8,000)
The pullquotes used for the Kortex app are from seemingly sketchy “thought leaders” who write blog posts for pay. (Product blurbs too?)
One blurb is from “unconventional blogger” with a “keen insterest in blockchain” Tim Denning, whose Medium and Substack subscriptions are about HIGH PERFORMING ENTREPENEURSHIP on a “path to cash” via an “online writing journey”. In his personal description on Medium he writes, “I’ve worked with the top 1% of writers like Dan Koe….”
Unsurprisingly, on Denning’s badasseryacademy.com website he in turn has posted a pullquote from Kortex’s Dan Koe, and Denning has appeared on Koe’s YouTube/podcast.
Reminds me of the old SPY column ‘Logrolling In Our Time.’
The first pullquote the app’s site uses is from Taylin Simmonds, who specializes in ‘content marketing’ for companies and writes things like on his Medium page like, “I used to think all online money was a SCAM!... Congrats, if you follow this guide for 6–12 months, you’ll be free. ✧ You’ll make well over $10,000 per month ✧ Have the freedom to travel the world”
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Thanks for the heads up about this.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Oct 14, 2024 at 02:42 PM
Darn! I just signed up. Hopefully, I won’t receive a bunch of marketing emails. The video describing the functions of Kortex is what got me. The “capture” feature appears useful and a powerful version of Scrivener’s scratchpad. I learned about the beta version of the new form of Scrivener when all the beta spaces were taken. I hope that the new version of Scrivener outshines much of what is on the market for academic, long-form writing.