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Locals is very Israeli

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It would be pointless to monetize it until you had more subscribers. Only ~5% of your free subscribers will convert to paid.

Just based off the engagement each of your articles to get, I am guessing this would add up to like maybe a hundred bucks per month? Not worth it. Focus on growing the free list, is my advice.

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There's a LOT more people subscribed than those who comment publicly or interact for obvious reasons.

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It would crush then. Chuck brings the heat and lots of people I know are discovering it.

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Ever look into James Lindsay? ... might be of interest.

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I say make this your gateway and then do a paid subscription on Locals, which is like patreon.

Offer anything that is really time intensive on your part on Locals where we have to pay.

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Locals is Israeli

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You care about like Laura Loomer's career right?

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I think you mistake a friendship for anything other than that. Laura is my friend. I don't always agree with her or her methods. We disagree emphatically about Musk, for instance.

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Interesting.

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It's up to the voters, I guess. I wish her well and don't really track the goings on in Florida politics. It's not my thing.

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I didn't support her financially so that kind of speaks for itself.

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We have a model where all of our articles are free except our Friday articles that have all the juicy rumors and stuff. Maybe copy that?

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The articles will always be free. I don't believe in gating articles.

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