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Deb Burns's avatar

Great post. I started out with paid content on my new pub and then withdrew it because of the very advice you mention. Will get it back up this weekend.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

Glad to hear that, Deb.

Keep me posted on how it goes

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Jennifer Haubrich's avatar

This is good advice, but hard for me, as a humor writer, to apply. Isn't it weird how everyone likes to laugh, but few want to pay for it?

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

Hi Jennifer

Yes this was definitely geared towards non fiction writers

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Rose's avatar

Too late for me to ask for payment from Day One. I'm on week 68. Too bad I can't rewind!

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

You can start from week 69.

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Larry Taylor, PhD's avatar

Well crafted Matt. I appreciate how you framed it: insight vs instruction. I’ll put that into action a I relaunch with this foundational strategy.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

Glad it resonated with you, Larry

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Christina Piccoli's avatar

I needed to read this. Thank you, Matt!

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

🫡 (and thanks for the share)

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Anke Herrmann's avatar

Spot on! Definitely learned this one the hard way 🤪

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

Better late than never :)

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Pamela Mearsheimer's avatar

Ok, Matt, this is great - can you tell us HOW to do this? Thank you.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

You can get some applicable insights from this article.

Else my advice applies "sorry this is for paid clients" – haha

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Anbask Revolt's avatar

Giving away too much vs giving away something has always been a great dilemma. I appreciate your views but I didn't like some part of your post because you don't expect someone who doesn't know you would start paying from day 1. To establish a relationship first is important. That being said, I totally agree that giving away too much for free will attract wrong audience.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

My post today is about this

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