This week's episode is longer than normal because it's jam packed with stories and advice from the past four years of making a living online.

I share ins and outs, fears and motivations, challenges and victories. Highlights include:

Why I quit my job to write shawnblanc.net for a living.

The launch of my members-only podcast and how I thought it was so audacious to charge $3/month.

The shift I see related to advertising as a significant business model.

Building and launching Delight is in the Details versions 1 and 2 -- including what I learned about how an idea needs to mature and grow, how my idealistic approach to marketing isn't practical, and how I felt like a fraud when I wanted to charge $29 for the complete bundle.

And my latest project, The Focus Course, and the challenges and fears I'm facing with it right now.

Episode Links

Beginning -- the post I wrote announcing that I was quitting my job

Delight is in the Details

How I self-Published My Book (the practical and personal aspects of building and shipping Delight is in the Details)

The Focus Course