People pay for content, and people pay for quality content. Content meaning knowledge, wisdom, mastery, years of thinking, creative energies etc. So suggest its also looking at what can be offered for free and the generosity for that and what goes behind a paywall and why. After all, people pay for plenty of other things. Why not quality writing, audio and visual assets? So yes I pay for plenty of all of the above, as I think its worth it to do so. And I certainly to do not expect everything for free.
It is a slow brew on the idea that music, art writing et al should be paid for - few people would wander into an old record store, fill up their bag with a few records and/or cds and leave without paying - but somehow the digital equivalent is acceptable.
Books seem to have got a better start to their IP protection - prolly cos music came first - but actually, music needs better protection than books ...
the question now is whether the patreon, substack and related models can really bring reasonable income to the creators - since facebook, google at al have trained people that free is the way.
Personally, I think it can change - but whether it will be fast enough is another story.
And whether people will dip into their pockets to pay frriends - and or even the other way - will people ask friends for money.
Amanda Palmer's book and related ted talk is a very good thing to read / watch / have in your headd.
We have enjoyed plenty of friends who have attended learning events we have run over many years and they have paid. I am comfortable with that. Why? One, because our pricing is reasonable, so pricing strategies over time matter. And two, because, as you can see with People First, I am a big fan of sharing content. And finally, I write and most of the stuff I write gets published on places where people can access it for free. So perhaps a question is what do you charge for? In MMW, we are exploring both free and paid learning modules. For paid learning modules, the value will come from the facilitated and human experience in connection to the content being presented and discussions around it. Hence wanting to organise more face to face calls with people in the PF network, where comments like this just do not cut it reflection and depth wise respectfully.
People are appreciating others' efforts more and more. I see a lot of "good for them" attitudes. People appreciate the hustle. They appreciate value, even if it's just a small laugh here and there. People also really connect with the "strangers" they subscribe to and pay - and that may be the real key. They feel like they know them, and gladly part with their hard earned money to support them. Most people would pay friends for "stuff".
I have a brilliant and incisive reply, written, and ready to go. Please send 5 dollars to my PayPal account for your one-time access. (I also accept Venmo, BitCoin, and strings of painted beads.)
Hahaha. So we see there are limits to the model. What is monetizable and what isn't? The financial industry has proved that everything and anything, even absurd concepts and garbage are monetizable, as long as people will pay.
interestingly - one of the most successful newsletters on substack is by Heather Cox Richardson : https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com - totally free to read - BUT you have to pay to comment ... not quite the same as Heather paying Stuart for his comments - but still an interesting model.
...I'd much rather pay for your garbage than collect my own; unless you're open to a bartering arrangement in which case I would trade my garbage for yours (seems like a win/win to me). Is there a platform for anonymous garbage exchange? :)
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People pay for content, and people pay for quality content. Content meaning knowledge, wisdom, mastery, years of thinking, creative energies etc. So suggest its also looking at what can be offered for free and the generosity for that and what goes behind a paywall and why. After all, people pay for plenty of other things. Why not quality writing, audio and visual assets? So yes I pay for plenty of all of the above, as I think its worth it to do so. And I certainly to do not expect everything for free.
It is a slow brew on the idea that music, art writing et al should be paid for - few people would wander into an old record store, fill up their bag with a few records and/or cds and leave without paying - but somehow the digital equivalent is acceptable.
Books seem to have got a better start to their IP protection - prolly cos music came first - but actually, music needs better protection than books ...
the question now is whether the patreon, substack and related models can really bring reasonable income to the creators - since facebook, google at al have trained people that free is the way.
Personally, I think it can change - but whether it will be fast enough is another story.
And whether people will dip into their pockets to pay frriends - and or even the other way - will people ask friends for money.
Amanda Palmer's book and related ted talk is a very good thing to read / watch / have in your headd.
We have enjoyed plenty of friends who have attended learning events we have run over many years and they have paid. I am comfortable with that. Why? One, because our pricing is reasonable, so pricing strategies over time matter. And two, because, as you can see with People First, I am a big fan of sharing content. And finally, I write and most of the stuff I write gets published on places where people can access it for free. So perhaps a question is what do you charge for? In MMW, we are exploring both free and paid learning modules. For paid learning modules, the value will come from the facilitated and human experience in connection to the content being presented and discussions around it. Hence wanting to organise more face to face calls with people in the PF network, where comments like this just do not cut it reflection and depth wise respectfully.
thankyou daniel - my fill thoughts will pop out in the 'answers email in about 8 days time.
People are appreciating others' efforts more and more. I see a lot of "good for them" attitudes. People appreciate the hustle. They appreciate value, even if it's just a small laugh here and there. People also really connect with the "strangers" they subscribe to and pay - and that may be the real key. They feel like they know them, and gladly part with their hard earned money to support them. Most people would pay friends for "stuff".
I have a brilliant and incisive reply, written, and ready to go. Please send 5 dollars to my PayPal account for your one-time access. (I also accept Venmo, BitCoin, and strings of painted beads.)
Hahaha. So we see there are limits to the model. What is monetizable and what isn't? The financial industry has proved that everything and anything, even absurd concepts and garbage are monetizable, as long as people will pay.
interestingly - one of the most successful newsletters on substack is by Heather Cox Richardson : https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com - totally free to read - BUT you have to pay to comment ... not quite the same as Heather paying Stuart for his comments - but still an interesting model.
...I'd much rather pay for your garbage than collect my own; unless you're open to a bartering arrangement in which case I would trade my garbage for yours (seems like a win/win to me). Is there a platform for anonymous garbage exchange? :)
there should be!
Vibrating with laughter.
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