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  - brittney-postma
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excerpt: >-
  CodingCat.dev has ALL the guest this week as we are joined by some of our
  favorite dev content creators.
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  - ankita-kulkarni
  - james-q-quick
  - simon-grimm
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    name: Monaco Editor
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    name: PS VR 2
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      https://direct.playstation.com/en-us/consoles/console/playstationvr2.1000033579
  - author: brittney-postma
    name: A Look at Gender Demographics in the Developer Community
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      https://dev.to/sachagreif/a-look-at-gender-demographics-in-the-developer-community-part-1-4d76
  - author: james-q-quick
    name: frontmatter.codes
    site: 'https://frontmatter.codes/'
  - author: lane-wagner
    name: codemirror
    site: 'https://codemirror.net'
  - author: ankita-kulkarni
    name: Open AI - Dall E 2
    site: 'https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2'
  - author: simon-grimm
    name: Galaxies
    site: 'https://galaxies.dev/'
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sponsors:
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start: 'May 18, 2023'
title: How to Become a Full Time Content Creator
youtube: 'https://youtu.be/WPrmIwDBodM'
---

## Questions

1. Why did you create your own learning platform instead of using Udemy?
   1. [Podia](https://www.podia.com/)
   2. [Teachable](https://teachable.com/)
   3. [Gumroad](https://gumroad.com/)
   4. [Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/)
2. How did you build your audience and engage with your audience and build a community around your content?
3. Where do you get ideas for your courses and stay up-to-date with changes and trends in the industry, and how do you adapt your content and strategy accordingly?
   1. Having a backlog
   2. Consistency
   3. Listening to your audience
4. How do you measure the success of your content, and what metrics do you pay most attention to?
   1. [SEMRush](https://www.semrush.com/)
   2. [Ahrefs](https://ahrefs.com/)
   3. [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console/about)
5. Did you ever think you would start to fail and need to work fulltime again?
6. What are some of the most effective ways you have found to monetize your content, and how have these strategies evolved over time?
7. Biggest challenges you face?
8. How do you balance creating content with other aspects of your life?
9. Where do you see the industry heading in the next few years?
