I like you and I wish you luck. Your target audience is a guy like patio11 who has a 500 dollar course with an ebook and videos and who will probably release more info products? My advice would be to talk to and/or try to sell patio11 on why he should use your service and then bring that back to your design and copy.
Yes, Patrick would definitely fit the target market. Actually, I fit the target market pretty well. I have 2 ebooks that have had great first months for sales, but need reliable sales funnels to continue making money.
That's what ConvertKit is going to help me (or anyone else) setup.
Very nice write up! :) It's really nice to see A/B testing promoted, as well as, a case for static sites integrated with web services. Those are the types of technologies I'm really looking forward to seeing grow in our industry.
It really is: before facebook, I wasn't exposed to every passing fancy or idea that these people had.
Within the contexts where I met and got to know these people, they are great. In angry political comments, or wallspam trying to get something or other banned, they are not. Facebook forced me to acknowledge that I like a bit of formality and artifice in my relationships with most people. I think that most people are more attractive with their clothes on.
I feel this is more a case of poor user experience. This is a company who couldn't mark their service up 10-20% to account for taxes and a unified price.
...And the fact that Stripe doesn't generate and email out PDF invoices FOR YOU? Common now.
I don't feel like loosely targeted PayPerAction ads will do all that well. From a publishers perspective it will almost definitely do worse than AdSense just based on the PPA component. For advertisers this might be nice, but why would they use this when publishers using other PPA platforms like CJ, CB, or LS can build custom tailored websites and landing pages per ad to convert users.
What's the point? I'm 24 years old. Education was expensive, so I worked my way up as a programmer and web developer right out of high school. I've worked at some pretty big corporations and now I'm looking to buy a house while my friends are just getting out of University with junior developer positions while living at home. My co-workers are all around 10-20 years older than I am. I've made senior developer, but I won't be able to move into any type of management positions for another 5-10 years just because of my age. There's no additional advancement or benefits to a slightly early head start on a career. People who give advice like this probably don't remember what it was like to be this age.
My advice? If you have the chance to see the world, have a cool college experience, or the opportunity to do something unique with your life follow through with it.
Climbing the corporate ladder in any field at any age is difficult at best, but doing so at twenty? Probably one of the main drives behind talented 'kids' joining startups now days.
