Everything posted by Nomad
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Self Hosted Store vs. eCommerce Marketplace: What Do You Like
Frankly speaking, everyone will like to have their own self hosted store but sadly it is very difficult to sustain your self hosted store because of the cost involved in maintaining it. However, your store on ecommerce markets do not need money to maintain, and even a few sales in a month will make your store sustainable. For those who are looking for safer option, ecommerce markets are better option.
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Do You Have an Online Store
Do you have an online store, what kind of online store you have, what kind of products do you sell,. how often do you sell, do you sell every day? Well, at the moment, I do not have a self hosted online store but I have my online stores on social sites and ecommerce markets. But sadly my sales are low, sometimes I don't even sell a single product in a week.
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Have You Sold Digital Courses
Digital courses are in demand as a lot of people are interested in learning new skill or mastering existing skill. There are a lot of platforms where you can sell your digital courses, you can even sell digital courses through social sites. By the way, have you ever sold any digital courses, what kind of courses did you sell, how did you sell?
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Have You Ever Sold Digital Products?
if you have graphic designing skills, you can create a lot of digital products, such as digital art, social media templates, graphics, etc. If you have writing skills, you can also create digital products like ebooks, workbooks, journals, etc. Creating digital products is not very difficult. By the way, have you ever sold digital products, what kind of digital products did you sell?
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Do You Sell on Etsy?
Etsy is a popular online marketplaces where you can sell vintage items, hand crafted items as well as digital products. Getting started is easy, you can join free but to list your product, you need to pay. Since the platform is already cluttered, you might have to run ads to reach your buyers. Have you used Etsy, are you interested in using Etsy?
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If you could only play/create content about ONE genre for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
That would be personal finance. I am very much passionate about this topic and I also see a demand for content on this niche. Interestingly, it is also a ;profitable topics because ads on finance niche get higher CPC.
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What's your secret to staying motivated and inspired?
I work for money. When I am working on sometime, I also think about the amount of money my work will pull. The money thoughts always inspire me.
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Content Ideas That Sound Terrible But Actually Work
I have been thinking about creating content on the atrocities committed by Empires on third world countries. This idea seem terrible because a lot of people would be angry but I also believe that this idea will work. I haven't see this niche being explored much.
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Early Access vs Full Release: Do You Prefer Growing with a Game?
Frankly speaking, I have never played any game with early access. I did wanted to play few games but the easly access fees were so high that I had to withdraw.
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Are there any AI-powered tools that you've found super helpful?
There are a lot of AI tools that I find super helpful and use them on a regular basis. My most used AI tool is ChatGPT. I use it not just to generate content but also brainstorm and market research. I use Midjourney for visual content.
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The AI content creation debate: Tool or threat?
Well, it depends on how creative or useful the video is. A lot of people build videos based on static AI images or just a few second AI clips, that is certainly lazy thing. However, if you use AI to generate visuals that tells good story, it can be really good.
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AI Tools for Creators: Helper or Job Killer?
AI tools are helper, not a job killer. For instance, a writer can use AI tool to get ideas, get titles, generate outlines, etc. and build his work based on the generated content. Or a graphic designer can use it to get design inspiration. AI improves work flow.
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Which Email Service Powers Your Creative Independence?
Out of all email services mention, I have used Proton. I don't use it for my best email, m y best email is Gmail, but I have used Proton and I have nothing to complain against it. I also use my self hosted email.
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Paid or Free Podcast Hosting
The only platform that I have used for publishing my podcast is Substack, and it is a free account. If I was into podcasting, I would choose a free platform. That's because free platforms are used by many and you can reach a lot of people
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What's the most exciting emerging tech trend for creators?
Augmented Reality is certainly one of the most exciting tech for creators. However, as far as my personal experience is considered I will go with Gen AI as the most exciting emerging tech trend. That's because it is accessible to everyone and everyone, even unskilled people, can easily use it.
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Show and tell: What's the weirdest piece of tech or gaming gear you own?
Sometime back I got a pair of finger sleeve for mobile gaming. They say finger sleeve will make your mobile gaming experience better as you will not have to deal with sweating while gaming. I haven't used it yet. It is so weird that they game finger sleeve for gaming.
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Platform Wars: Steam Deck vs Switch vs Mobile - Where Do You Game Most?
I don't use hand held devices for gaming. Well, I sometimes play on mobile but have never used handheld consoles like Deck or Switch. I have a playstation and a gaming computer.
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The Handheld Gaming Renaissance: Are We Living in the Golden Age of Portable Gaming?
Well, I am not a fan of handheld gaming but I can see it growing. However, I am not sure if hand held consoles will become more popular than mobile gaming.
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Gaming Comfort Food: What Games Do You Return to When You Need a Mental Reset?
I find myself always returning to Minecraft. Minecraft is one of the earliest games I started playing and despite playing for many years, I still like playing it.
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Microsoft Washes Their Hands of Movies and TV Shows
I never bought movies from Microsoft Store but I do understand whey they were selling. A lot of tech companies are trying to build an ecosystem where users can find every thing and do not have to go else where.
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Would you quit social media?
I have no intention of quitting social media, I will be using social media as long as they are free to use. I use social media for personal connection, professional connecting, marketing as well as making money
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Are we due for more browser engines?
People are taking care of privacy and AI integration, I think there will be more browsers with these features. However, I am an old school guy, I have been using Forefox for almost 20 years.
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Subscription model fatigue: From software to razors, is everything a subscription now?
They are trying to trick consumers with small regular payment in the name of subscription instead of one big payment for ownership. When I was using photoshop, I spent a couple of hundreds to own that software, but with subscriptions I will be paying comparatively smaller amount but I have to pay on a regular basis.
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Do You Do Podcasting?
Apart from creating podcasts occasionally, for self pleasure, I have not done podcasting for the sake of content creation. I have published a few podcasts but my podcasts are not widely distributed. I would like to do more podcasting in the future, what about you? Do you do podcasting?