Let the hare tell you how to pay for knowledge?
As an emerging business model, knowledge payment has flourished in recent years. It not only opens up new ways for knowledge dissemination, but also brings considerable income to creators. However, as more and more creators flock to this field, industry competition is becoming increasingly fierce. So, how to stand out in this market? Here are the six key steps for knowledge payment:
1. Clear product positioning
Creators need to design knowledge products that can solve user pain points based on market demand and their own expertise. Common product forms include online courses, e-books, consulting services or special lectures.
Market research: Understanding the needs, preferences and pain points of target users is the key. For example, creators who are good at photography can design a systematic photography course covering basic knowledge, practical skills and post-processing to help students from entry to mastery.
Content value: Ensure that the product content is practical and unique, and can bring real benefits to users.
2. Choose the right platform
Different platforms have different audiences and characteristics. Creators should choose publishing channels according to the habits of target users. Common platform types include:
Social media: Such as WeChat and Weibo, suitable for content dissemination and user interaction.
Online education platforms: such as Coursera and Udemy, suitable for systematic courses.
Short video platforms: such as Douyin and Kuaishou, suitable for fragmented learning and rapid dissemination.
SaaS platforms: such as Xiaoetong, suitable for building your own knowledge store.
When choosing a platform, you need to consider the age, interests and consumption habits of the audience, and pay attention to the platform's charging policy and revenue sharing mechanism to ensure your own interests.
3. Formulate a promotion strategy
Promotion is the key to attracting users. Creators can use the following methods:
Content marketing: attract users through high-quality content, such as sharing dry goods on social media or free trial courses.
Social media advertising: precisely place advertisements to increase exposure.
SEO optimization: improve search engine rankings and attract natural traffic.
Cooperative marketing: link with other creators or industry experts, promote each other, and expand the audience.
Online activities: attract potential users through free trials, limited-time offers or live interactions.
4. Optimize the publishing time
Creators should choose the best publishing time according to the target users' online active time. For example:
If the target users are working professionals, weekday evenings or weekends may be a better choice.
Publish content in conjunction with specific holidays or events, such as the New Year, the start of the school year, etc., to increase attention with the help of hot spots.
5. Simultaneous publishing on multiple platforms
In order to expand coverage, creators can publish content on multiple platforms simultaneously. For example:
Publish short videos on Douyin to attract traffic, while providing complete courses on WeChat or their own platforms.
Adjust the content format according to the characteristics of different platforms, such as short videos, pictures and texts, or live broadcasts, to maximize the dissemination effect.
6. User stratification operation
By analyzing users' purchasing behavior, browsing history, and feedback, users are divided into different groups, such as beginners, advanced users, or enthusiasts in a specific field. Design personalized content and promotion strategies for different groups to improve user stickiness and conversion rate.
Although the knowledge payment industry has broad prospects, competition is fierce. Creators need to carefully polish every link from product design, platform selection, promotion strategy to user operation. At the same time, as the market changes, they need to flexibly adjust strategies and continuously optimize content and services in order to gain a firm foothold in the wave of knowledge payment and achieve long-term development.
