Howzit! I'm good thanks - working on One Page Love , Email Love and Yo!
Back in 2008, I really struggled to find great reference to Single Page websites. This was to convince my clients they didn't need a 6-page website... after they'd hand me a half-page Word Doc of content :P
So I started collecting any references I could find via a WordPress website. At first I'd literally list anything but as the niche (of Single Page website design) became more popular, there was a natural need for curation. The more I worked on OPL (One Page Love), trying to add more value - the more traffic climbed. 8 or so years later - of experimenting with monetization - I grew OPL revenue to surpass my Cape Town expenses. So I quit freelance and now work on OPL full time:)
As a solo founder/maker, probably overthinking things.
Quitting freelance to work on my own projects full time. Every day I ask myself, how can I make One Page Love, Email Love and Yo! better? I hope this never changes.
Just put yourself in their shoes and try add as much value as possible. No pop-ups or horrible looking ads. Build the website you'd want to browse... I'd want a website review mentioning the noteworthy features, great search tags, Retina-optimized screenshot. Make the user experience great and they will come back.
Launching OPL was simply creating a custom WordPress theme and start collecting links and screenshots. Now it's a bigger beast with custom fields and suggestive search etc.
Not in 2008. For OPL v3 I announced on PH... reception great. About 700 votes.
Yikes! There are many layers of different income but affiliate income is the main one. I've blogged in detail here on all the OPL income streams: https://onepagelove.com/monetization
Overthinking. Doubt. Dips in traffic. Imposer Syndrome.
Re: goals - I'm launching a sister-site called Email Love! :)
I'm honestly doing great (in a very healthy headspace) and the future looks bright with Email Love launching this year.
You 100% need to be doing something your are quite passionate about. There is a ton of competition and dips in this journey - and working on a topic/product you care about will get you through these dips.
Right now I'm super inspired by https://www.instagram.com/draplin/ but as a founder I really like the approach by https://twitter.com/ajlkn toward building products. I actually interviewed him here if you are interested:
What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?
The only person stopping you, from where you are now and where you want to be, is you. Step aside, it’s time to get going. Identify where your motivation lies. Steer there and you are on your way.
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