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, usually in cooperation with Stripe. However, it is important to note that only overseas credit cards and addresses can be used. Students 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 commission.
- CSDN
- Develop technical articles
- Bilibili (B 站)
- Focus on videos
- WeChat Official Account
- Any topic
Now let's discuss personal opinions:
- Video production needs to be carefully crafted
- Script
- Background
- Editing
- Difficult to modify and roll back, with a high dependence on outlines
- Text 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
- Add Google and other advertisements after a certain amount of traffic
- Web3 services like xlog
- Vercel
- GitHub Pages, etc.
- It is recommended to consider paid platforms after having a certain amount of traffic, rather than starting with Wordpress, etc.
Others#
- Attention Token of Brave Browser
- Requires a certain foundation in web3 finance