Recently, I wanted to earn some pocket money, so I explored ways to profit from my usual writing. The conclusion is to make money properly and not think about messy things.
International Documentation#
There are many platforms overseas that can link to credit cards to earn reading income. They generally cooperate with Stripe, but it is important to note that only overseas credit cards and addresses can be used. Students studying abroad can give it a try.
- substack
- medium
Domestic Platforms#
Domestic self-media platforms are a good choice, but attention should be paid to user distribution and platform commissions.
- CSDN
- Develop technical articles
- Bilibili (B 站)
- Focus on videos
- WeChat Official Accounts (微信公众号)
- Any topic
Let's discuss personal opinions below:
- Video content needs to be carefully produced
- Script
- Background
- Editing
- Difficult to modify and rollback, relies heavily on outlines
- Text content production is more convenient
- Notes
- Summarization
- Publishing
- Continuous modification
- For large projects, there may also be a need for accumulation and sedimentation
Personal Website#
- Personal website
- After gaining some traffic, add Google and other advertisements
- Services like xlog and web3
- Vercel
- GitHub Pages, etc.
- It is recommended to consider paid platforms after having some traffic, rather than starting with Wordpress, etc.
Others#
- Attention Token of Brave Browser
- Requires a certain foundation in web3 finance