How do you make a living from online content without banner ads or SEO? Pia Frey sits down with creator of waitbutwhy.com Tim Urban, who transformed one viral blog post into a thriving site with 1.4m monthly readers. Tim tells us how he monetised his work without compromising his vision of a high-end, intimate community, in a conversation that touches on Facebook follows versus email sign-ups, Patreon versus Paypal, and social survival mammoths. (Oh, and Tim picks up a sponsorship deal from Pia along the way. Very crafty.)

Links:

Opinary www.opinary.com

Wait But Why: www.waitbutwhy.com

Tedx Talk | Tim Urban: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator?language=en

New Flipbook: “125,000 Ways to Say I Love You” by Pia Frey https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501198602/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1