[Self-Introduction] 50,000 yen per month after 4 months on note. KOTAYA's current position as seen through AI analysis
Four months have passed since I started note.
I struggled with the direction of my content, worried about monetization, and tried various things. As a result, last month I finally achieved my first goal of earning 50,000 yen per month.
I have also been blessed with companions, and my membership has grown to a total of 15 members.
Nice to meet you.
I am a former game programmer.
I am KOTAYA, a mother of three.
In this note, I write my
thought logs on how to manage my daily life and side hustle through "systems"
while letting go of perfectionism.
……or, to put it nicely, that's how it feels.
But recently, this note has started to head in a slightly strange direction.
I have started reading other people's notes, analyzing them with AI, looking at the numbers, picking up on writing habits, and thinking, "Where does this person's true charm lie?"
If that's the case, I should do the same for myself.
This time, I will analyze the KOTAYA note account.
Rather than a self-introduction, it's a self-analysis.
I will look at my current position using four months' worth of data.
Well then.
What kind of person am I becoming, anyway?
Overview
The number of posts is 52.
It is not a daily post.2 to 3 times a week.
What's interesting is the content of the top 5 most liked posts.
Self-introduction
Analysis of note monetization
Body building
Articles deconstructing other people's notes
Looking at the genres alone, it's quite scattered.
However, the underlying theme remains the same.
How to build a system with limited resources
Work, parenting, side hustles, fitness, and managing my note account.
Everything comes back to that.
Monthly Growth
Looking at this growth map, you can see that the self-introduction buzz in January was thegatewayfor everything.
This is where my followers increased and people got to know who KOTAYA is.
February was a test for monetization.
By sharing my own failure of having 1,000 followers but 0 yen in sales, I started to become an account that thinks about note management together with others, rather than just a diary.
And, what is quietly important is March.
The average number of likes dropped to 86.4.
However, comments increased to 13.6.
In other words, I began to shift from a state of being read widely and shallowly to a state where conversations are born narrowly and deeply.
By publishing the 'Maruyoka Analysis' and 'Jimanyan Dissection' that month, I became not only a writer but alsosomeone who interprets other people's notes.
The37.3 commentsin April did not happen suddenly.
My role changed in March, and the environment warmed up in April.
From articles that are read, to articles that people want to talk about.
I think this change was the biggest harvest of my fourth month.
Brain Map
At the center of this keyword map islog (76 times).
Analysis (147 times)andAI (115 times)also come out on top in terms of frequency, but they are concentrated in some paid articles.
The next most prominent ones werehusband (75 times)andchildren (54 times).
Honestly, I was a little surprised.
Because lately, I've only been writing about note management and AI analysis.
However, numbers are quite honest.
The starting point of my thinking is always in daily life.
Interactions with my husband, my children's reactions, housework, work, and the time spent brewing coffee.
But what readers want to pay to read is not that daily life itself.
That is why I break it down.
Daily life. note. Trial and error with AI.
I think this flow is the core of KOTAYA right now.
Commenter Ranking
Until around February, the comment section was relatively quiet.
That changed after I started analyzing other people's notes.
Looking at the top 10 commenters, I thought, 'Oh?'
Surprisingly, 6 of them were past analysis targets.
Of course, some people requested it because we were already close.
'Jimanyan' and 'Komorebi-tei' are exactly that.
But that's not all.
'Maruyoka', and 'Furatsuki Kaachan', cases where the person I analyzed becomes a powerful reader and shows their face in the comment section are also prominent.
This was unexpected, but the analysis articles were functioning as a 'device to build relationships'.
I call this cycle, on my own, the 'Analysis Ecosystem'.
Read someone deeply.
That person is happy.
That person's readers also gather.
The comment section moves.
It leads to the next request or reader.
I didn't design it as a neat strategy.
Rather, I realized it afterward.
I thought I was analyzing notes, but it seems I was actually creating a lead line for human relationships.
KOTAYA's Future
Failure of private lodging.
Daily logs with children and husband.
Small records to tell myself, 'This is a pass for today'.
My note, which started from there, has changed its shape quite a bit in these 4 months.
At first, I was someone who shared failures and daily life.
But now, I am becoming someone who reads through others' notes, deciphers their charm, and puts it back into words to hand over to them.
In gaming terms, it's a class change.
Armed with AI, I read the numbers and stare intently at the passion in the comment sections.
I have to admit, I'm the type of person who would be troublesome to have as an enemy.
AI and logic.
As a mother, as a person living life, the sense of observing others.
That combination might be my strength right now.
From here on out, I will probably continue to break things down.
Notes, too.
Daily life, too.
People's charm, too.
My own impatience, too.
And then I will reassemble them and leave them behind as logs.
This note is like a workbench for that kind of work.
While shedding a little light on someone else's current position, I will also update my own.
Well then.
Whose charm should I dismantle next?
For first-time visitors
For those who have read this far and are even slightly interested.
I have left a few places that might serve as an entrance.
1. For those who want to read note analysis
This is a series where I read through other people's notes and dissect them with the eyes of both AI and a human.
It is the area I am most passionate about right now.
2. For those who want to review their own notes
These are paid articles that summarize the analysis procedures using AI and how to create diagrams.
Intended for people who want to take their own notes apart and look at them.
3. For those who want to read from a closer perspective
In my membership, I write about my own private past and my trial-and-error process regarding monetization, including the progress along the way.
Rather than a neatly polished conclusion, this is a deeper log that I couldn't fully share in public articles. I would be happy if you could peek in a few times a month, with the sense of distance of meeting up at a coffee shop.
④ For those who want to read daily logs and stories about my family
Parenting, marriage, work, housework.
These are the small bugs that occurred in my daily life and the logs of their fixes.
On Threads, I write down small realizations before they become notes, and bits and pieces of my daily life.
It's fine to start reading from anywhere.
You can start with the analysis articles, or you can start with the daily logs.
If you check out the paid articles or membership when you feel the need, that is more than enough.
This note is my experimental ground, my workbench, and sometimes a place like a coffee shop.
Please feel free to drop by and sit for a while whenever you feel like it.
KOTAYA🌸