Thomas Frank

Founder & Digital Creator, College Info Geek · 1 appearance on the record.

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Thomas Frank is a productivity YouTuber and entrepreneur who founded College Info Geek and built a YouTube audience focused on study habits and self-development. He subsequently established a multi-million-dollar digital product business designing and selling advanced Notion templates alongside his tutorial channel Thomas Frank Explains.

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Thomas Frank: Sold ~$2.5M in Notion templates to 30,000 customers

“We've sold about two and a half million dollars worth of templates at this point for about 30,000 customers.”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 1:55 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Insight

Frank: Digital template businesses run on under a few hundred dollars monthly

“For the actual SaaS cost to run a business like this, you could get it under a few hundred bucks a month.”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 10:22 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Insight

Thomas Frank: Niche channels succeed by capturing existing demand, not personality

“So the power of a niche channel is you're not necessarily trying to interest people in you, You're building content about something that they're probably already interested in. Notion already has a ton of people who are trying to do things. They're looking for…”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 11:25 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Insight

Thomas Frank: Super-niche tutorials do not fit broad main YouTube channels

“In 2020, I had made a couple of Notion videos for the main channel that did well, and I was getting so into the software that I wanted to make more niche videos. But I'm like, it just doesn't Fit on the main channel. Super niche tutorials. It just isn't a good…”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 5:18 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Disclosure

Frank: Ultimate Brain Launch Generated $90K From 3,200-Person Waitlist

“Then when we launched Ultimate Brain, I think that was 90 grand from a waitlist of 3200 people.”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 5:50 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Disclosure

Thomas Frank: Free YouTube tutorials drive his Notion template customer acquisition

“Thomas Frank explains is the main way that people find us right now, especially for notion templates, because we just have all of these videos teaching people how to use notion for free.”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 7:44 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

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Thomas Frank: Price increase lowered volume slightly but increased total revenue

“We did a price increase last year and we saw volume dip a little bit, but overall revenue went up.”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 9:14 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Insight

Frank: Becoming an active fan of peers builds crucial business networks

“Become a fan of people that you're interested in, share their stuff, be commenting, because eventually, you paying attention to them often leads to conversations, leads to meetings at conferences, leads to friendships, and then you have this network of people …”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 14:18 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Insight

Frank: Software niche monetization spans templates, courses, consulting, and SaaS

“Don't assume that a new software plus templates is the only way you can kind of monetize this. It could be any kind of niche where there is groundswell. And if it's a smaller niche, is that niche businesses? Is it enterprise? Would one 10th of the views bring …”

Thomas Frank Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 12:30 I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product	Apr 18, 2024	10m

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