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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by frist45 on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @10:22AM (#8844698)
I wrote a book called Build a Ruby Gem ( http://brandonhilkert.com/books/build-a-ruby-gem/). After release, it's required very little work and has totaled about $20k in 9 months since launch.
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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by gedrap on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @10:36AM (#8844793)
How did you market this book? Do you think having 1k twitter followers helped with sales?
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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by frist45 on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @01:58PM (#8846235)
Mostly in places I knew Rubyists hang out online. Message boards, link aggregators, etc. Twitter helped very little towards sales. Although I use Twitter here and there, focusing on capturing emails was more valuable.
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