Why Paid Articles Don't Sell on note | 0→1 Tips I Realized After 5 Months of Experimenting

Hello, I'm Eight✌️☺️

I started posting daily, and
before I knew it, I had entered my fifth month.

Continuing itself isn't a bad thing.
But when I suddenly reread my note profile,
I stopped in my tracks.

"You can achieve 0→1 even without special talent. An experimental record of the entire process of how I, an ordinary person, grew my note🧪"

My recent articles,
have I been writing them in line with this?

Honestly, I feel like I've been off track😅

So this time, I'm going back to basics,
what is truly necessary to achieve 0→1and I'll try writing about it
from my current perspective.

The 0→1 I achieved was not from a "targeted article"

I earned my first revenue on note
about a month after I restarted.

But to be honest,
this was not a success of strategy💦

I happened to sell a tool I made while going through trial and error, and it sold.
That's all there is to it.

In fact, the reality was that the articles I put the most effort into writing didn't sell at all.😰

As for note strategies, ways of thinking, and monetization tips, personally, I felt those articles were 'well-written,' but they hardly sold.

The only things that sold were tool-related articles like prompts.

Why don't articles about ways of thinking and strategies sell?

When I looked into it, it seems there is a psychological reason.

It is said that before making a purchase, people unconsciously judge whether 'this article is worth paying for.'

At that time, it seems that
whether you can imagine yourself after using it
is just as important as trust.

With tools like prompts, it's easy to imagine how to use them and what the results will be. But with ways of thinking and strategies, it's hard to intuitively understand how they will be useful.

Furthermore, what I realized myself is that at a stage where you have no name recognition or track record,
there is no reason for readers to pay for 'this person's way of thinking.'

Even with the same content,
if someone with many followers writes it, it sells.
I feel that is one of the realities of note.

What is important when creating tools

"So, will it sell if I make a tool?"
If you thought that, please wait a moment✋

The prompt articles I publish
are not just selling exactly
what I am actually using myself.

Prompts customized for personal use
are often difficult for others to use.

That is why the process of "redesigning it so anyone can use it"
becomes necessary.

This takes more effort than you might think.
But if you cut corners there,
it won't resonate with readers.

• Create tools that solve problems you actually faced
  

  
  
  

• Refine them into a versatile format, not just for personal use
  

  
  
  

• Choose themes that note users can use immediately (title ideas, thumbnail creation, etc.)
  

This flow is
the "procedure to get closer to 0→1"
that I have been able to confirm through my experiments so far.

The thumbnail generation prompt
I actually use
is available here👇️

For essay-style or introspective articles,
this prompt is suitable👇️

For those who want to include diagrams in their articles,
I have also released a prompt👇️

The reality that it still won't sell immediately

Let me be honest about one thing.

Even if you release a tool,
it doesn't mean it will sell right away.

As for me,
I couldn't predict
when it would sell.

Sometimes followers
buy it,
and other times people who only read and haven't posted a single article
have bought it.

When, who, and for what reason they will buy it,
honestly, no one knows.

It seems that the consumer psychology of
not wanting to lose out
persists even when there is a relationship of trust.

That is why even followers
become strict when money is involved.
Perhaps that is only natural.

Why do paid articles get fewer likes?
I have written about the reasons here👇️

Also,
on any platform,
it is an unavoidable reality that popularity and revenue
concentrate on a select few creators.

That 1→10 is harderthan 0→1is one of the things I realized after continuing for 5 months.

Choose to keep going rather than focusing on what you cannot control

I will summarize the conclusions drawn from this experiment.

• Ready-to-use tools are better suited for 0→1 than
  thinking methods or strategy-based content
  
  

• The process of
  generalizing your personal work
  
  is important, rather than selling it as-is

• No one knows when it will sell.
  There is also an element of luck
  
  

• Even so,
  it's game over if you give up

You cannot control
when it will sell,
or who it will reach.

That is precisely why I am choosing now to
keep creating
rather than keep worrying.

I believe that consistency
is also a perfectly valid strategy ☺️

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