Blogs, YouTube videos, podcasts, e-books, and online courses are all types of digital content. If you’ve ever wondered how you can get started creating digital content of your own, then look no further. Today we’re joined by Sidney Buckner, a Software Engineer and YouTuber, to discuss how we got started creating digital content, how much you can make from publishing content, and more! Let’s get started.

Shownotes

03:00 - What kinds of content do we create? 06:08 - Pros of creating digital content 14:19 - Cons of creating digital content 19:01 - Online courses 24:27 - YouTube 37:38 - E-books 41:17 - Blogs + podcasts 44:17 - How to monetize your digital content 47:13 - Shoutouts

Resources

• Sidney’s Twitter
• Sidney’s YouTube
• Sidney’s Periscope Q&A
• Sidney’s email list
• Sidney’s Instagram
• Ladybug Blogging Episode
• Emma's blog
• Emma's blogging book
• Ali's blog
• Ali's blogging advice
• Fiverr
• Canva
• Payhip
• Leanpub
• Podia
• Blurb
• ConvertKit
• MailChimp
• How I Made $40,000 Off A Book Before I Published It
• Tube Buddy
• Kelly Stamps
• Black Tech Pipeline
• Black Tech Twitter
• Pariss Athena
• Ladybug Side Project Episode
• You are a badass book

Transcript

[](https://github.com/ladybug-podcast/ladybug-website/blob/master/transcripts/57-digital-content.md)Here is the transcript for this week's episode.