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How I use a freemium strategy to sell a $1,000 product on my blog
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.
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- ramit 16y agoI 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.
- mcknz 16y agoFair 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....