On Fear, Perseverance, and Meaningful Work: 4 Years Making a Living Online

This week’s episode is longer than normal because it’s jam packed with stories and advice from the past four years of making a living online.

I share ins and outs, fears and motivations, challenges and victories. Highlights include:

• Why I quit my job to write shawnblanc.net for a living.
• The launch of my members-only podcast and how I thought it was so audacious to charge $3/month.
• The shift I see related to advertising as a significant business model.
• Building and launching Delight is in the Details versions 1 and 2 — including what I learned about how an idea needs to mature and grow, how my idealistic approach to marketing isn’t practical, and how I felt like a fraud when I wanted to charge $29 for the complete bundle.
• And my latest project, The Focus Course, and the challenges and fears I’m facing with it right now.

• Beginning — the post I wrote announcing that I was quitting my job
• Delight is in the Details
• How I self-Published My Book (the practical and personal aspects of building and shipping Delight is in the Details)
• The Focus Course