How I use a freemium strategy to sell a $1,000 product on my blog

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Post by ramit » Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 5:20 PM UTC

I wrote up how I use freemium strategy -- including a combination of a blog and multiple email lists -- to sell a $1,000 course on my blog.

The course is on freelancing and I also have a book sold in bookstores.

If you guys are interested in this stuff, see some of my other Hacker News comments on direct marketing, pricing, psychology, etc.

How I use a freemium strategy to sell a $1,000 product on my blog
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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 5:38 PM UTC

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Post by ramit » Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 5:52 PM UTC

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I know it's easy to think that everyone trying to show others how to monetize their skills is trying to make a quick buck, but that's really not the case. I've been writing for 6 years and have 300k+ readers/month.

Give it another look. If you still think my stuff is scammy, well, you're entitled to your own opinion.

But don't let your heuristic of "talking about money = scam!" get in the way.

There is some extremely valuable stuff in my blog and courses, and 99% of it is free.

Re: How I use a freemium strategy to sell a $1,000 product on my blog

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Post by mcknz » Wed, Sep 29, 2010, 7:18 PM UTC

ramit wrote: post #3

[deleted] wrote: post #2

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I know it's easy to think that everyone trying to show others how to monetize their skills is trying to make a quick buck, but that's really not the case. I've been writing for 6 years and have 300k+ readers/month. Give it another look. If you still think my stuff is scammy, well, you're entitled to your own opinion. But don't let your heuristic of "talking about money = scam!" get in the way. There is some extremely…

Fair enough -- my heuristic is perhaps too coarsely honed. :)

It just took a long time to get from the article title to the realization that I was being asked to sign up for a list. It's funny I just now realized the list is free....