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diff --git a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md index f974845..97ea294 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md @@ -1,19 +1,18 @@ --- title: "The first Patreon subscriber" -slug: the-first-patreon-subscriber pubDate: 2023-01-01T19:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:23.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Before SLIST had a website, before we had ticket links or commission models or any of the infrastructure that exists now, we had Discord. Early SLIST CDMX ops used Discord … Read more" categories: - - { name: Updates, slug: updates } + - Updates tags: - - { name: cdmx, slug: cdmx } - - { name: community, slug: community } - - { name: financial, slug: financial } - - { name: format-short-take, slug: format-short-take } - - { name: growth, slug: growth } - - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } + - cdmx + - community + - financial + - format-short-take + - growth + - tone-casual featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-first-patreon-subscriber/cover.pngDiff truncated (32 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md index 31e4959..f974845 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tags: - { name: growth, slug: growth } - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2036a3b6d17.09163670.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-first-patreon-subscriber/cover.png alt: "Phone screen glowing in a dark room showing a notification" legacy_wp_id: 15839 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md index cfd716f..31e4959 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tags: - { name: growth, slug: growth } - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2036a3b6d17.09163670.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2036a3b6d17.09163670.png alt: "Phone screen glowing in a dark room showing a notification" legacy_wp_id: 15839 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md index 5b3a379..cfd716f 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ slug: the-first-patreon-subscriber pubDate: 2023-01-01T19:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:23.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Before SLIST had a website, before we had ticket links or commission models or any of the infrastructure that exists now, we had Discord. Early SLIST CDMX ops used Discord … Read more" +categories: + - { name: Updates, slug: updates } +tags: + - { name: cdmx, slug: cdmx } + - { name: community, slug: community } + - { name: financial, slug: financial } + - { name: format-short-take, slug: format-short-take } + - { name: growth, slug: growth } + - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2036a3b6d17.09163670.png + alt: "Phone screen glowing in a dark room showing a notification" legacy_wp_id: 15839 --- Before SLIST had a website, before we had ticket links or commission models or any of the infrastructure that exists now, we had Discord. Early SLIST CDMX ops used Discord for cortesia distribution — you joined the server, you got access to free guest list spots.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b3a379 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2023/the-first-patreon-subscriber/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: "The first Patreon subscriber" +slug: the-first-patreon-subscriber +pubDate: 2023-01-01T19:00:00.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:23.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 15839 +--- +Before SLIST had a website, before we had ticket links or commission models or any of the infrastructure that exists now, we had Discord. Early SLIST CDMX ops used Discord for cortesia distribution — you joined the server, you got access to free guest list spots. + +Then we launched a Patreon. The pitch: members get free access without needing to share flyers. If you’d redeemed 3 or more cortesias through the free system, you got prompted to subscribe. Pay a few bucks a month, skip the promo requirements, still get in free. + +Carlos became the first subscriber. + +* * * + +The thing about your first paying customer is that they prove a theory nobody else believed. Up to that point, SLIST was a free community experiment. I was doing all the promo work for nothing — building the following, getting on guest lists, sharing flyers. The entire thing ran on favors and social capital. + +Carlos paying meant someone looked at what we built and decided it was worth actual money. Not a lot of money. But the gap between zero and one is the only gap that matters. + +I ended up mentoring Carlos on starting his own list project in Cancun. The advice was practical: the Cancun market is more lucrative than CDMX because there’s more tourism and the music niche is less saturated. The model is portable. Build the community, earn the guest list access, distribute it to your people, monetize the ones who want premium access. + +* * * +Diff truncated (34 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
