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Re: I launched a paid community in one month

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Post by DoreenMichele »

Average pay for writing isn't that high.

I think an angle you should focus on is that technical blogs are a means to develop technical careers. Most blogs don't make money or don't make much money.

But if you have a skill, like programming, that can command an excellent wage or salary, a blog can help you learn your craft, show your expertise and network. However, you will need to back that up with real world examples, not just hypotheticals.

That's the way to avoid being thought of as "Someone getting rich telling people to buy my book about how to get rich" when that's your entire schtick.

Re: I launched a paid community in one month

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Post by elliotbnvl »

timjones wrote: post #4

The "launch with 100 free members" strategy worked extremely well to avoid the classic "chicken and egg" problem. It's hard to quantify, but it set the tone for the community with friendly, intelligent, and experienced people. As a new member, that led to an amazing first-time user experience where I got high-quality answers to every question I posted. And now I'm motivated to help out other members just as the first…

Great point. Cribbing this for my upcoming launch!

Re: I launched a paid community in one month

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phoboslab wrote: post #6

About 20 years ago I was coming across a website called something like filthyrichguy.com (I can't remember the exact name). This site described how rich the guy owning this site was and how you could become rich too. How? By just buying his book, of course. I was mesmerized by this site and it's audacious design for a solid hour or two. I searched around the web for more information and ended up in this circle jerk o…

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Re: I launched a paid community in one month

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Post by joshxyz »

laurex wrote: post #17
phoboslab wrote: post #6

About 20 years ago I was coming across a website called something like filthyrichguy.com (I can't remember the exact name). This site described how rich the guy owning this site was and how you could become rich too. How? By just buying his book, of course. I was mesmerized by this site and it's audacious design for a solid hour or two. I searched around the web for more information and ended up in this circle jerk o…

Perhaps iwillteachyoutoberich.com is what you’re thinking of? The author has an entire huge industry around this idea.

Here in my... Garage.

Seriously this feels like tai lopez.

Re: I launched a paid community in one month

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Post by pmachinery »

phoboslab wrote: post #6

About 20 years ago I was coming across a website called something like filthyrichguy.com (I can't remember the exact name). This site described how rich the guy owning this site was and how you could become rich too. How? By just buying his book, of course. I was mesmerized by this site and it's audacious design for a solid hour or two. I searched around the web for more information and ended up in this circle jerk o…

> About 20 years ago I was coming across a website called something like filthyrichguy.com (I can't remember the exact name).

Possibly the Rich Jerk. I don't know how much money they had, but they certainly lived up to at least half the name.

(Edit: It occurred to me that there were probably loads of these things; I always just assumed, maybe wrongly, TRJ was the original/worst/best.)

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