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THE FREE CONTENT VS PAID CONTENT DEBATE

This debate has gone on for a long time\\u2013basically since the Internet went mainstream. \\xa0A new version of this debate has popped up recently because several high(er) profile bloggers have started email newsletters that\\u2026OMG\\u2026you have to pay for.

Recently, a guy I read, Adam Baker of\\xa0ManVsDebt, started a pay-for blog. \\xa0I paid just to check it out. \\xa0It\\u2019s called\\xa0ShutUpAndHustle.com. \\xa0Baker (that\\u2019s what he goes by) charges $25 a month for people to read this blog. \\xa0(This site went live after Izzy and I recorded this)

This is the \\u201cpurest\\u201d form of the\\xa0Future of Blogging Is Paid Access\\xa0I\\u2019ve seen. \\xa0Most of the recent converts to getting paid for what they create have been using\\xa0Letter.ly, which we have mentioned before.

CONTENT CREATORS GETTING PAID TO CREATE

Izzy and I started\\xa0Foolish Adventure\\xa0as a free audio show and have promised that as long as we produce the show it will remain free. \\xa0We also said in the beginning that we would develop a way to earn money from it. \\xa0Six months later we created a\\xa0Pay For Access\\xa0site called\\xa0Foolish University. \\xa0It is also a\\xa0Pay For Content\\xa0site since members get premium content from us as well as direct access to us in the Forum.

We\\u2019ve been preaching the Paid For Content/Access since the beginning, but it is good to see other\\xa0Content Creators\\xa0waking up to this idea.

READ THIS FOR CONTEXT

Article mentioned in the show:\\xa0In Over Your Head: The Future of Blogging Is Paid Access

Enjoy your Foolish Adventure,

Tim and Izzy