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A database management system for any structure who stores a lot of data. What I did was basically transferring a lot of repetitive tasks they handle with Excel to a PHP/MySql application.
Print kiosks where customers can print out a customized "newspaper" with a customized subset of news articles scraped from the web
Seems it is easier and cheaper nowadays to buy a printer than replace an ink cartridge. Looking at £50 a time. I just don't print enough to warrant it.
None of the supermarkets / high street stores do bog standard A4 printing for a few pence.
I've found a print shop that will do it, at a cost, but the quality is far too good for simple stuff, hence the price.
My 'right this moment' problem.
Had a hard time getting to a government office or other facility that lots of people have to get/go to on an irregular basis? Write a blog article about it, but don't just provide the address and phone number, provide VERY specific instructions that one actually needs and doesn't get anywhere else, almost like turn-by-turn GPS. For example: "park by the X retail location, go inside the doors of the building under the…
Really really good coffee.
Beer OTOH has been completely revolutionised in recent years.
Had a hard time getting to a government office or other facility that lots of people have to get/go to on an irregular basis? Write a blog article about it, but don't just provide the address and phone number, provide VERY specific instructions that one actually needs and doesn't get anywhere else, almost like turn-by-turn GPS. For example: "park by the X retail location, go inside the doors of the building under the…
Can you share some numbers? e.g. approximate unique visitors and revenues per month per page.
I really see it as publishing my thoughts and notes, and things I would have liked to have known in advance. Typical entrepreneurial thinking, "Solve a problem that I actually had", but at a micro scale. Sometimes I end up reading one of my own articles in a few years time because I've forgotten the precise details of the process when I have to go back again.
(This has been one of my highest-upvoted posts on HN so far)
Bog standard printing at your local store. Seems it is easier and cheaper nowadays to buy a printer than replace an ink cartridge. Looking at £50 a time. I just don't print enough to warrant it. None of the supermarkets / high street stores do bog standard A4 printing for a few pence. I've found a print shop that will do it, at a cost, but the quality is far too good for simple stuff, hence the price. My 'right this…
In brief you need a market of "kinky people", and you need a market of people who wish to lose weight, stop smoking, or similar.
You agree on challenges, you "punish" them if they fail, or succeed, on a case-by-case basis.
Very hands on. But there are a subset of people who will be in your target audience who are extremely wealthy..
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Can you share some numbers? e.g. approximate unique visitors and revenues per month per page.
I'm usually reluctant to share any numbers, but it's a few dollars per month per article (on average). It adds up over the years and has been very consistent, which is why I like the segment a lot. Unique views is not a useful number in my opinion, it's all about total revenue. I suppose it's the hyper-local aspect that drives up the ad bid prices on Adsense. The content is also a great example of "Evergreen Content"…
Earning being from GoogleAds attached to the article? Or ...