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- May 12, 2022
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In my field, there are many very useful resources for learning/improving.
However, they are scatter piecemeal around the net.
The only way you know if they are worthwhile is by actually finding them, and buying them.
I feel it would be extremely useful to collected them all in to one place, plus allow honest review (sort of like trustpilot).
Rather than purchasing each individually, you get access similar to Skillshare etc.
Quick CENTS overview:
C-
Built on my own framework, the community will be hosted on an independent platform.
Having multiple sources of client generation - including some type of referral scheme, lessens dependence on a single stream dying.
Biggest concern about control is ownership of site content. Should everyone pull their products, the 'store' is empty. (Create own product instead?)
E-
Biggest barrier is creation of content and platform.
Without knowledge/experience, and the ability to disseminate it coherently, making courses is difficult.
Knowing what sort of information is useful and which is rubbish, comes from time spent in the industry (in my case 30 years)
Combined with the fact most people in this niche/area tend to think small/for the self first, and are unwilling to invest in any development, makes me feel this is a big hurdle which most people are unwilling to jump. (I recall sitting in a seminar, when someone stated that '£50 a week is an awful lot to spend on Facebook advertising'..)
N-
With so many people offering 'solutions' to the problems of the hobby, how do you know if any of them are good, or worth you time?
How do you find them if, crucially, you don't know what you're looking for, or what it's called?
Having some sort of curated list, or 'advisor' about the content which would most benefit you, would cut through all the guff and fluff.
Add to the fact that all of this is under one roof, at one monthly cost, makes it a simple solution that should keep people in the ecosystem for as long as possible.
From the interactions I've had with people in this niche, they enjoy the intimate, hands on (digitally speaking) nature of interacting with people who have knowledge to share.
Given the nature of the target audience (older, with discretionary income), price isn't really a selling point, but quality of content is. They don't want basic info, but content that expands on the foundations they learnt years ago, but life then got in the way.
The value skew against places like Skillshare would be that it would feel more connected, and like Art School was for myself. Being in a place where everyone is pulling in the same direction, with the same language. Places with more 'diverse' content, don't have this feeling of homogeny and connectedness.
T-
Given that at the moment I feel word of mouth, sense of community is the biggest selling point/benefit for the community it would take some time to build this up.
Rather than look for explosive growth, the best expansion towards a system that generates income devoid of any direct input from myself feels like this:
Start small with library of content that I create directly.
Find advocates within that community (of which there are some already) who can carry the baton.
Nothing within the ecosystem aside from the initial content needs me to be involved on a daily basis.
S-
There is a huge market for this general area:
Americans along spend $2.2 Trillion on creative hobbies.
The potential audience is worldwide.
Because the core offering of courses is one and done - it means it can be sold multiple times without any impact on production costs.
A forum setting for a sense of community allows for scale of growth (possibly something akin to Discord)
A series of 'tutors' could be a way of expanding the sense of community, plus allowing scale.
This is a very loose framework at the moment, I would be interested to see any holes in it.
Thanks for reading
However, they are scatter piecemeal around the net.
The only way you know if they are worthwhile is by actually finding them, and buying them.
I feel it would be extremely useful to collected them all in to one place, plus allow honest review (sort of like trustpilot).
Rather than purchasing each individually, you get access similar to Skillshare etc.
Quick CENTS overview:
C-
Built on my own framework, the community will be hosted on an independent platform.
Having multiple sources of client generation - including some type of referral scheme, lessens dependence on a single stream dying.
Biggest concern about control is ownership of site content. Should everyone pull their products, the 'store' is empty. (Create own product instead?)
E-
Biggest barrier is creation of content and platform.
Without knowledge/experience, and the ability to disseminate it coherently, making courses is difficult.
Knowing what sort of information is useful and which is rubbish, comes from time spent in the industry (in my case 30 years)
Combined with the fact most people in this niche/area tend to think small/for the self first, and are unwilling to invest in any development, makes me feel this is a big hurdle which most people are unwilling to jump. (I recall sitting in a seminar, when someone stated that '£50 a week is an awful lot to spend on Facebook advertising'..)
N-
With so many people offering 'solutions' to the problems of the hobby, how do you know if any of them are good, or worth you time?
How do you find them if, crucially, you don't know what you're looking for, or what it's called?
Having some sort of curated list, or 'advisor' about the content which would most benefit you, would cut through all the guff and fluff.
Add to the fact that all of this is under one roof, at one monthly cost, makes it a simple solution that should keep people in the ecosystem for as long as possible.
From the interactions I've had with people in this niche, they enjoy the intimate, hands on (digitally speaking) nature of interacting with people who have knowledge to share.
Given the nature of the target audience (older, with discretionary income), price isn't really a selling point, but quality of content is. They don't want basic info, but content that expands on the foundations they learnt years ago, but life then got in the way.
The value skew against places like Skillshare would be that it would feel more connected, and like Art School was for myself. Being in a place where everyone is pulling in the same direction, with the same language. Places with more 'diverse' content, don't have this feeling of homogeny and connectedness.
T-
Given that at the moment I feel word of mouth, sense of community is the biggest selling point/benefit for the community it would take some time to build this up.
Rather than look for explosive growth, the best expansion towards a system that generates income devoid of any direct input from myself feels like this:
Start small with library of content that I create directly.
Find advocates within that community (of which there are some already) who can carry the baton.
Nothing within the ecosystem aside from the initial content needs me to be involved on a daily basis.
S-
There is a huge market for this general area:
Americans along spend $2.2 Trillion on creative hobbies.
The potential audience is worldwide.
Because the core offering of courses is one and done - it means it can be sold multiple times without any impact on production costs.
A forum setting for a sense of community allows for scale of growth (possibly something akin to Discord)
A series of 'tutors' could be a way of expanding the sense of community, plus allowing scale.
This is a very loose framework at the moment, I would be interested to see any holes in it.
Thanks for reading
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