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Ranking #1 on YouTube
Help YouTubers rank higher by implementing Brian Dean’s SEO tips: Nail the intro, use pattern interrupts, and include a comment CTA. Potential to earn by offering this service.
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Fake it ’till you build it
Some nice examples on Indie Hackers of people who found creative ways to gauge demand for a product before fully building it. The classic example is using paid ads to drive traffic to an email capture, with an instruction like… To start your order simply fill in your email below. You then measure how many visitors…
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Learn Solidity (the Fun Way)
One way to become a player in the world of crypto is to learn Solidity. That’s a programming language for writing smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. And because the world of crypto is still so new, you can become something of a Solidity expert quite fast ⏩ Nat Eliason writes: 6 months of Javascript experience…
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Which of these 4 are you?
In his newsletter a few days ago, Shaan Puri wrote the following in regards to his NFT experiment… in any field you can play one of 4 roles: 1 – sketpic (on sidelines, judging everyone)2 – cheerleader (on sidelines, cheering other people doing things)3 – participant (in the game, using stuff other people created)4 – player (in…
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$17,874 Podcast Sponsorship NFT
The My First Million podcast is experimenting with selling 5 minutes of airtime on their podcast as an NFT. Shaan Puri shared some details on Twitter. I checked right before sending out this email and the bid is up to $17,874 worth of ETH 🤑 By my rough calculations, they could probably sell a 5-minute ad spot straight…
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Is Affiliate Marketing Dead?
Lately I’ve been reviewing a bunch of affiliate marketing courses that focus on paid ads to drive traffic, like this course from Anik Singal. It’s a struggle to find recent student success stories for such courses. And this article from Charles Ngo helps explain why. In the past, Charles has apparently earned $1 million in annual profit doing affiliate marketing…
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$1103 in a day with display ads
Followchain.org, a website earning $20,000/month from display ads, grew traffic through consistent SEO and daily content creation. Consider offering freelance video editing services for bloggers like Lim How Wei.
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He made $1 million in SaaS
Reilly Chase recently shared that his SaaS business had reached $1 million in revenue 3.5 years after he started it. The SaaS is HostiFi, which lets you remotely monitor and manage a particular brand of networking equipment. Per an August 2019 interview, Reilly learned to code and built the business to $100,000 ARR in little over a…
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Best Productivity Hacks of All-Time
Ali Abdaal rates 16 popular productivity hacks in this 16-minute YouTube video… His top rated hacks: For the speed hack, use these free browser plugins for video, and Ali recommends an Audible subscription for quickly “reading” audiobooks 📚 I’ve been getting more into audiobooks myself lately. A couple of tips for those…
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The Art of Focus
Ever heard of The Art of Manliness? 👨🏻 It’s mainly a website and podcast these days. Back in 2013 it was already pulling in more than $400,000 a year in revenue (source), and now it likely earns millions each year. One thing about them I find fascinating: they built their YouTube channel to 1.2 million subscribers…
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5000 users in 3 months from SEO
Smartwriter.ai leveraged SEO to gain 5000 new users in 3 months. Consider offering SEO services to SaaS businesses. Free trial available, paid plans start at $59/month.
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TikTok Creator Marketplace API
Indie hackers could capitalize on TikTok’s upcoming API launch to create niche products, leveraging data and trends to build profitable businesses. Similar opportunities may arise with Twitter’s Spaces API.
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Chrome Extension Ideas
Free Substack newsletter focused on Chrome extension ideas. Chrome extensions like Loom, Honey, and Grammarly have made millions. Chrome extensions have 200x more potential users than iOS apps.
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The harsh reality of creator economics
Simon Owens writes about “the gritty reality for Substack’s middle class.” (Substack is a newsletter platform that makes it easy to charge for premium content.) While the 2010s birthed a generation of social media megastars, the 2020s will see the emergence of a creator middle class. I do think it’s very much possible for the…
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