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The Midlife Remix

Hi there, I’m Kirby Ferguson! I’m best known for the series Everything is a Remix. I’m seeking financial stability and personal fulfillment in the second act of life. These thoughts are a work in progress.

The latest!

Happy Monday, folks! First off, here’s the latest stuff from me!

• I have a new video!
  Multiple Discovery: The Curious Case of Simultaneous Invention

• Read Like an Artist: How Notes Fuel Your Creativity

• And finally, some satire, A Recipe for Awful Creative Feedback

You can always head to the articles section of the Everything is a Remix site to see what’s new. I typically update twice a week.

More results!

Last week I ran another poll. I pitched you this idea.

I'm considering creating a live virtual training event that teaches you absolutely everything I know about making videos and writing in the Everything is a Remix style.

I then asked this question: Would you buy this at a premium price?

It’s not a question I expected to generate many yeses... and it didn’t! This would be an uber-niche product with a small audience and, thus, a high price tag.

In total, 17 of you said “yes, I would pay a premium price for this.”

This might sound small, but this response is interesting to me. What I initially had in mind for this class was something like 12 people for $1200 each. So this is potentially worthwhile and I’ll be giving it further thought.

Should it happen, this course will certainly be an extraordinary and perhaps one-time-only experience. If you’d like to see it happen and you’d pay a premium price for it, you can still respond to the poll.

Operation 11th Hour:
Month 2 Update!

I have one quarter (January - March) to establish a viable business producing educational content. I’ve dubbed this mission… Operation 11th Hour!

Month 2 is complete! How’d it go?

The short answer is: I survived!

Operation 11th Hour basically entered a holding pattern. In January I could see that course sales would be much slower in February. I didn’t yet have a good plan to boost sales and get in front of new eyeballs.

So I elected to buy some time. I rallied some freelance work, coaching, and consulting to fill the hole… and it worked. (However, because I diverted time to this other work, course revenue probably dropped even further.)

The end result: February generated almost as much revenue as January. I remain in the same position as at the end of Month 1, which I described as “slightly good.” I’m in a decent place for the short term, but staying at the “slightly good” level will not cut it. The trend line’s gotta up.

What’s in store for Month 3? It might look a lot like this month because I’ll still be working on those freelance projects, which will take most of my time.

I definitely need to change things up and get fresh revenue flowing. Month 3 would be successful if I could generate some new momentum from the educational work while working on freelance projects.

Wish me luck, folks! I wish you all the same and see you next week!

Love,
K

P.S. You can still respond to last week’s question!

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