Frank: Software niche monetization spans templates, courses, consulting, and SaaS
Thomas Frank · I Made $2.5M Selling A Digital Product · Apr 18, 2024 · at 12:30
Creator Thomas Frank discusses how entrepreneurs can replicate his business model across different software ecosystems.
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“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 in the same amount of revenue? And then the business model could be consulting, could be courses, could be templates, could be any kind of, it could be SAS you build on top of all kinds of stuff that helps people who are already using that software.”
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