#2818 - Q&A: “My subscribers are paying for nothing…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we explore how to handle the ethical dilemma of charging subscribers without fully delivering a service. What do you do if you stop providing something—but buyers keep paying??
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:00.0 | Introducing Laseldisei by Issemyake, a tribute to today's masculinity that gives men the desire to live intensely, |
| 0:11.0 | a fragrance inspired by salt, an essential element of nature, an incisive freshness |
| 0:18.4 | with a bold blend of woody and marine notes. |
| 0:21.8 | Awaken your senses. |
| 0:23.0 | L'Selle Disei, the new fragrance for men. |
| 0:27.0 | Issemyake. |
| 0:29.0 | This episode is brought to you by Guinness. |
| 0:32.0 | Official beer of the Prenier League is quite This episode is brought to you by Guinness. |
| 0:33.0 | Official beer of the Premier League is quite the title, |
| 0:36.0 | but for Guinness, it feels earned. |
| 0:38.0 | After all, the Premier League and the Black Stuff have a common goal, |
| 0:42.0 | bringing people together in packed pubs and front rooms for donkey's years. |
| 0:46.0 | And now, so is Guinness Zero, the same beautiful Guinness Taste with no alcohol. |
| 0:51.6 | Guinness, the official beer and non-alcoholic beer of the Premier League. |
| 0:55.5 | 18 plus, please drink responsibly. For this episode, we're going to look at today. In this episode |
| 1:13.8 | we're to explore the ethical dilemma of charging subscribers without fully |
| 1:17.3 | delivering a service. This was an interesting question we got from Rachel in |
| 1:21.7 | Baltimore. |
| 1:22.8 | Rachel started a subscription-based newsletter last year, |
| 1:25.6 | and she got 50 sign-ups, great start, |
| 1:28.5 | but recently she's been struggling to deliver the promised value |
| 1:31.2 | to her subscribers. |
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