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Ep. 037 $40,000 in 16 Days from Daniel Vassallo’s First Book

February 5, 2020

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Daniel Vassallo co-authored a book called “The Good Parts of AWS,” (aff link) and made over $40,000 in sales in the first couple of weeks. He’s a software developer who worked at Amazon AWS for 8 years before venturing out on his own.

Writing an ebook was one of several projects he’s worked on as he experimented with multiple streams of income. His latest business is Userbase, which is a service that helps software developers easily build applications on the web.

On this episode, Daniel breaks down all the details about the marketing & pricing strategies that he followed to sell his book, including how he promoted it to his audience on Twitter.

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Resources

Here’s a list of resources which are mentioned in the episode:

  • The Good Parts of AWS by Daniel Vassallo (aff link)
  • Wordy (for book editing)
  • Gumroad (to host ebooks or digital products)
  • Userbase (Daniel’s latest business project for software developers)
  • Follow Daniel Vassallo on his Gumroad page, website or Twitter account
  • Update: Daniel also published a new course called “Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience” (aff link)

 

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