Ask HN: What happened to Mixergy? After a year break I came to the site and.. 1/3 the site is commercials for 'courses'. 1/3 the site 'advice' from 20 year old who have yet to make any real business And 9/10 out of the remaining interesting interviews are paid. Half hour of browsing and I ended up d/l one interview that I am only half interested in. I understand Andrew's want to make money, but it looks like the quality dropped sharply too |
It's true that some new content is premium only, but all of the interviews are free the week they're released, and many of the older podcasts are still free to listen to.
I commend Andrew for finally deciding to monetize the business more. While I certainly agree that he could do a better job on the marketing side (I don't use Twitter, so I dislike having to tweet for the sample content), I think he deserves to get paid.
But once you get into the actual interviews there is real substance. Andrew is an excellent interviewer - I just think he needs to rebrand the site.
My main constructive criticism would be this:
Don't make people spam their Twitter followers just to view the premium samples.
a) It annoys people that don't use Twitter (yes, we exist) b) It makes me have to have a relationship with you before I've even evaluated your content.
In my mind, it's more effective to allow people to sample your premium content with the least amount of resistance.
Keep the list building separate from the sample content. You can always find something to give away specifically for the list subscribers.
He has really focused on extracting actionable tactics. Check out the courses section. Worth the money I think.
btw as far as I know you can still get every single interview free on itunes.
The only thing I would like to see is a short summary of points/tactics/interesting stuff for each interview. No-one has time to watch them all or read all the transcripts.
I did like the one video talking about someone's failure, though. I think they need to do more of it: we can learn more from failures sometimes.
But at $25/month, the amount of value is unbelievable, and if you'd look a few years back, $25 wouldn't look much for everything that is being offered.
Information seems to devalue very fast.
As wannabe entrepreneurs, we should encourage people who are trying to make money, not criticize them when they do.
If you're interested in direct, actionable advice that WILL make you money. Then Mixergy is the single greatest resource out there. If that isn't your interest then maybe it isn't.