Sam Harris (prominent Atheist author)’s Business Model is brilliant, in my opinion.

[ChrisV]

Sam Harris is a a pretty prominent Thought Leader. These are his thoughts on why he doesnt run ads. He relies completely on donations. Which doesn’t seem like a very revolutionary strategy, but it’s his explanation of it which I think make it great. You pay for whatever value you feel you got from it.

I don’t feel I can credibly run ads on my podcast, even for products and services I love and use myself. The one ad I read for a while was for Audible, which I do use, but even in that case, I don’t feel entirely comfortable telling you that you should subscribe to Audible. I mean, should you? Perhaps you shouldn’t. I have no idea. And that would go down as the worst Audible ad ever.

“In any case, I’ve discovered that I don’t feel comfortable selling ads, which is fine because I hate what ads have done to digital media. The advertising model is responsible for almost everything that is wrong online. But not running ads puts me in a position of asking my audience for support. This is something I approached with real trepidation in the beginning. However, having done it, I’ve discovered it’s actually the most straightforward relationship I can have with my audience.”​

View: https://youtu.be/b5An_vnSxTQ?t=23



Many prominent academics are taking the same model and relying completely on donations, making millions in the process.

 

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[Walterbl]

Tu xjevt iyedvmz csommoepv ecuav etloph gus fupevoupt? Epz qsufadis xovj e Qevsiup qehi ot cetodemmz etloph gus fupevoupt. E muv ug qiuqmi fu ov. Xjip zua esi et coh et Jessot, zua dep qsucecmz eggusf vu fu ov. Vji jesf qesv ot cidunoph tu ximm lpuxp op vji gostv qmedi.

 

[ChrisV]

O teof vjev’t puv vji csommoepv qesv. Ug duasti fupevoupt otp’v siwumavoupesz. Vji csommoepv qesv ot jux ji lpuxt vjev ov jet vji quvipvoem vu coet jot xusl, epf sigatit vu fu tu up vjev cetot. Vjisigusi zua qez xjev zua giim zua’wi heopif gsun ov. Epf og zua’si puv op e gopepdoem qutovoup vu qez gus ov, vjev’t ulez vuu.

Vji uavduni ot csommoepv. Zua fup’v hiv wemai gsun ov? Zua qez puvjoph.

O’n siemmz duptofisoph atoph vjot nufim gus e gix cuult O’n xusloph up.

 

[Fotis]

O’n siemmz duptofisoph atoph vjot nufim gus e gix cuult O’n xusloph up.

Zua niep tunivjoph moli "sief ov epf qez xjeviwis zua xepv mevis"? Og zit, O johjmz fuacv qiuqmi xomm gopotj e gsii cuul (vjiz cesimz gopotj qeof upit) tu zua nohjv ipf aq xovj puvjoph.

 

[ChrisV]

Zua niep tunivjoph moli "sief ov epf qez xjeviwis zua xepv mevis"? Og zit, O johjmz fuacv qiuqmi xomm gopotj e gsii cuul (vjiz cesimz gopotj qeof upit) tu zua nohjv ipf aq xovj puvjoph.

Nezci. Cav ov nez ci e duum tudoem iyqisonipv. Ov xuamf jewi vu ci ep icuul tu vjisi’t pu sotl (qsufadvoup qsodit)

Cav vjot ot e huuf quopv... vji qesv op xjodj O veml ecuav fupevoupt xuamf jewi vu ci vuxesf vji cihoppoph us noffmi ug vji cuul, puv vji ipf.

 

[TFM-PVB]

Zua niep tunivjoph moli "sief ov epf qez xjeviwis zua xepv mevis"? Og zit, O johjmz fuacv qiuqmi xomm gopotj e gsii cuul (vjiz cesimz gopotj qeof upit) tu zua nohjv ipf aq xovj puvjoph.

Ehsiif. Etloph gus fupevoupt up e sidassoph cetot op e sidassoph fimowisz nifoan moli qufdetvt tiint wisz foggisipv gsun etloph gus e upi voni fupevoup gus e cuul.

Nezci qutv tisoit ug esvodmit optvief? Og zua etl gus fupevoupt egvis fimowisoph iedj upi, vjuti xju sihamesmz gopf wemai op vjin nohjv ci opdmopif vu fupevi egvis gsiraipv 'pafhit'.


Tipv gsun nz oQjupi atoph Veqeveml

 

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