Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
by xiaoma on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:10PM
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Alexa 500k in just a year in is pretty good. What was your general audience building strategy?
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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
by nickjj on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:28PM
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Thanks. Honestly, I don't even think I'm a blip on the radar.
For most of 2016 I didn't really try to build an audience. I just posted on topics that interested me while not paying attention to anything.
Then I stopped blogging for a few months and really started to think about what I want to do (this happened about mid-year).
During that time I re-did my site and completely changed my mindset from "I want to make money" to "I want to create the best content I can on a specific subject".
I don't really use twitter or other platforms. I just post content on my site, and try to reply to comments on relevant sites (like HN and other tech sites) when it makes sense.