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Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by asdff »

DLay wrote: post #133
umvi wrote: post #67

It's like Among Us. Published in 2018, absolutely exploded in 2020 due to a single Twitch streamer. I'm pretty sure the devs of Among Us became millionaires virtually overnight. Influencers with large followings wield awesome power.

My takeaway from the success of these things is that influencers need to happen upon them organically rather than being paid to advertise them.

Influencers are so valuable per hour that I doubt there is any real estate on their social media pages for organic content that hasn't already been paid for.

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Post by ponker »

bdcravens wrote: post #117
kyran_adept wrote: post #7

As an Android user, I am completely blown away by two things: #1 iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version, #2 iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an icon pack.

Other than the derisive "sheeple" response, why do people stick with iPhones when Androids have more desirable features?

There are very few things in my life where I’ve purchased the highest-features version. I have a regular Medeco lock on my house instead of a Smart Lock. I didn’t give my TV internet access so it acts as a “dumb TV.” I own two kitchen knives instead of a set with a knife for every single scenario. Instead of the fancy closet organizers I have a regular bar and a set of shelves. Phones are no different — I rarely prefer the one with the most “stuff,” I like the thing that has the best execution on the stuff it has.

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Post by plasticchris »

bobloblaw45 wrote: post #216
mdorazio wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of free users also simply have no concept of how much effort something takes since they've never done it themselves, and by extension have no concept of what that effort translates to in zero cost labor. It's something I see a lot in the maker side of the world with things like 3d printable files.

Huge problem in the creative fields. Almost everyone is super hyped that someone finally likes their work enough that they actually want it, let alone actually want to pay for it. So they undervalue their work and sell it for peanuts. I sometimes see work priced so low that it barely covers the supplies. They might sell a few but don't want to raise their price as they get better. Get a few people doing this and it b…

I think this is a problem for android apps as well. People are used to free or 99c, so charging a fair price for the effort put in is a non starter.

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Post by stets »

umvi wrote: post #67

It's like Among Us. Published in 2018, absolutely exploded in 2020 due to a single Twitch streamer. I'm pretty sure the devs of Among Us became millionaires virtually overnight. Influencers with large followings wield awesome power.

distribution > product

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Post by shanecleveland »

friday99 wrote: post #140
vmception wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An influencer pushing your version of a product is a greater reason for prosperity than any merit of the product. That's the only point. You are grasping at straws to support traf's view of the events. Yes, doing something in the past helps you do something in the future. No, thats not the reason traf's work went viral.

That's not the only point. You are confusing necessary and sufficient conditions. Being able to do the thing that needs to be done at the right time is a a necessary condition for this success. It's definitely not sufficient condition as you rightly point out. You note that you use fiverr and development teams you've worked with before to deliver quickly. Without that you have nothing to deliver or it is beat in the…

Exactly. And without having made things, shared and built an audience, he would have been broadcasting into a void. Then there "influencer" would have never been part of the equation.

Is there some "luck" in that? Of course. But that bit of luck does not happen in a vacuum.

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Post by bmh100 »

ZephyrBlu wrote: post #233
bmh100 wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have to disagree that a major component of success in business is luck, generally speaking. A successful business relies on having repeatable processes that generate profit. If one wants to talk about becoming a billionaire or growing a social media company to the level of IPO, then I concede that an above-average degree of luck is involved.

Alternatively, it seems like many successes are built off the back of virality. > A successful business relies on having repeatable processes that generate profit It can take luck to get the business off the ground though.

Some do, yes. I think this is especially true for independent content creators, as one example.

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Post by shanecleveland »

asdff wrote: post #238
tengbretson wrote: post #175

Of course I check the comments here and theres the usual chorus of dismissals as "just luck." It's funny because anyone who actually believed that would never have created those icons 7 years ago. They would have never published them and they would have never stuck their neck out to promote them. In a way it seems like the best way to ensure that you never "get lucky" is to assume that it's all just luck in the first…

It is really just luck. For every OP with 6 figures in profit for their icon pack, there are a thousand more who dream of making $17 and will never see it. The reality of the world is that there are far more hardworking and talented people than there are successful people, and blindly toiling holding out hope of getting lucky might not be the best use of ones efforts. Imagine if OP never got the plug from the influen…

>people should be strategic about their efforts, and direct them toward whatever opportunities are available in your life that offer a return for little risk.

I believe you summed up what he did to achieve his "luck."

He said he made $6k before the influencer came along. Seems pretty good for a start.

And because he has made strategic, low-risk efforts in the past, this opportunity actually became possible. The influencer never would have gotten a whiff of this otherwise.

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Post by lxe »

> So I quickly packaged them, uploaded them to Gumroad, and embedded them on a Notion site using Super. All of this took about two hours.

Love the software stack. Is this the norm these days? Am I out of touch with web tech?

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Post by firloop »

lxe wrote: post #249

> So I quickly packaged them, uploaded them to Gumroad, and embedded them on a Notion site using Super. All of this took about two hours. Love the software stack. Is this the norm these days? Am I out of touch with web tech?

I think Super is the author’s own product fwiw
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