Probably my most frustrating hurdle yet. Not because of the money - I just really value what I’ve built and can’t wait for the first person to resonate with it like I have.
Really good read - so many facts covered that people might not notice.
The interesting part of this is it applies to more than just the content creator industry. In the construction industry you see the same thing, contractors not willing to require a downpayment and many consumers thinking that the contractor should flip the bill for everything, until the work is completed or a a portion of it is completed. Then both parties wonder why the project fails or expectations aren't meet.
We live in a world where everything in upside down. Where trust has to be yarned instead of given. But how can you yarn trust if there is none there to begin with? Where content has to be free, but then consumers wonder why someone quits creating content when they can't pay the bills.
Many content creators have a Buy Me A Coffee or tip Jar, where you don't have to commit to a monthly subscription or a minimum. No, you didn't have to give to every creator or be a paid subscriber, specially if you are struggling yourself and there is going to be winners & losers that's the nature of the beast.
I am one of those that feel uncomfortable.
Why?
I don't know exacly, was always this way :)
That’s interesting. Why would you think that the work is different if you charge for it?
It’s not that the work changes. It’s that the moment you ask for money, people stop reading it on its own terms and start evaluating it as a product.
The difficulty is in asking without collapsing one into the other.
Do you feel that your work has value?
Yes. The difficulty isn’t about value. It’s about how to ask for it without reducing what the work actually is.
Probably my most frustrating hurdle yet. Not because of the money - I just really value what I’ve built and can’t wait for the first person to resonate with it like I have.
Really good read - so many facts covered that people might not notice.
Thank you!
The interesting part of this is it applies to more than just the content creator industry. In the construction industry you see the same thing, contractors not willing to require a downpayment and many consumers thinking that the contractor should flip the bill for everything, until the work is completed or a a portion of it is completed. Then both parties wonder why the project fails or expectations aren't meet.
We live in a world where everything in upside down. Where trust has to be yarned instead of given. But how can you yarn trust if there is none there to begin with? Where content has to be free, but then consumers wonder why someone quits creating content when they can't pay the bills.
Many content creators have a Buy Me A Coffee or tip Jar, where you don't have to commit to a monthly subscription or a minimum. No, you didn't have to give to every creator or be a paid subscriber, specially if you are struggling yourself and there is going to be winners & losers that's the nature of the beast.