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"You have to know those that will be your clients before you build the business of membership" begins Matt Hardigree the publisher of The Autopian. "I have had issues that were solved by people who just assumed that there was an audience that existed. Math isn't easy, but it's not difficult. The math can be done with all the information you've got."

If you're writing for the internet, take an examination of the amount of readers. "If I'm writing on the same platform as 10 other authors and 3 of us are trying to come up with something, what is the commonality between us? Are we 15 percent of the platform's members? That's not much. Do we constitute 80percent of the site's traffic?"

At some point, The Autopian founders David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky made up 50 percent of the Jalopnik traffic. "They may have been thinking "We can start something; it's totally possible"," continues Matt. "What's intriguing is David and Jason don't have massive social followings, which seems as the most obvious way to turn into readers. They didn't have to accomplish this since they already had readers.

A few days before the official debut The Autopian did a review of competition within both the auto industry and in the media. "We are aware regarding the number of car fans visit these sites. Do the math: once you've determined the cost, the next question is what do we expect to require to be successful? Then, you need to think about where those individuals are from? What percentage of them are aware of the person we are? And 'What proportion of them do we need to reach up to sustainability of our organization What percentage are they aware of? as well as 'In terms of membership, how much are we likely to charge? ? '."

He goes on to say: "You can make some an assumption, but don't have to demonstrate it. However, you need to have the numbers. When you've got started then you'll be able to plug in the data to find areas where you're off and adjust. If there's no information and it's just guesswork, then you'll need to conduct the math and figure out the reason for your absence.

Matt says that while doing your work, you'll have the "in mind" time "In the initial 30 minutes or so of starting membership, I was completely lost! I thought, "What's going to occur? When the first members began coming in, I was feeling great! We're also conducting analyses of data, and continuously reviewing what's most effective and the things that aren't."

Strategies to engage and increase growth

"I think we're around 10% of what our members could be," Matt continues. "We've had success, as well as having plenty of members. But, the most popular 10% will be the most easy to acquire. The remaining 10% of the members will be the toughest. Each tranche will be harder than the one that preceded it. Then it will be possible to resolve the issue."

Matt says that 10x growth over the next five years is a objective. "If we can get to 50 percent of the target, we are almost totally supported at this point by our members. If we get to 100 percent, we'll be more reliant on members, or earning income from the membership itself. I'd love to reach the same level."

Matt Hardigree, The Autopian

What are their strategies in achieving their goal? What do they have to offer as perks for members and how can they use this to draw new members?

Matt responds: "It's a balance because The Autopian is a journalism project as and an activity driven by enthusiasts. It's like having three buckets that help people sign up as well as to ensure that members remain in the fold by helping The Autopian feel valued."

Strategy 1: Content

Matt claims that the Autopian is the most important bucket of content is the primary bucket. "We have to create something that is appealing enough, captivating enough as well as different in comparison to what's available elsewhere and that I can only read this via the Autopian. You must be in The Autopian if I want to use the Autopian to access this.'

"You're not paying for access to this content because there's no paywalled access to the material. The reason is that it's better to get it anywhere." Matt states that content will be the Autopian's greatest value proposition "You need this thing to have in your life so badly, you'll pay four dollars a month, 10 dollars per month or about $85 per month for certain individuals."

Strategies 2 and the Advantages

Bucket 2 depicts the benefits that members receive for free such as Discord access, clothing including T-shirts, tickets to parties like trivia nights, and products such as stickers and badges.

"We provide a range of products to choose for yourself, as if buying the vehicle. Cloth is the cheapest ($70/year) and then vinyl ($100/year) and finally Velour, which costs $250/year, while the most costly level is Corinthian leather, which costs a whopping 1000 dollars per year. There are far more people using leather and velour than I can imagine!"

"One one of the items that you will receive is a birthday card. The co-founder of the company has a talent for drawing. We hadn't anticipated to receive lots of drawings. But he's actually been doing many birthday cards than we thought he would and we're just catching up!"

An annual rate of $1,000 is an enormous ask, however it was the idea of Defector, a well-established business in media Defector. They told Matt they had more clients at $1000 than they had anticipated. "I thought"I do not even have a clue, $1000? Then they replied"Do it!"" Matt is laughing.

"They are also saying they wish they could have an intermediate stage, as they're at two stages lower than the other," Dr. X adds. "We debated on it and we settled on $250 a year. This was the best amount due to the fact that Velour is a large group of members. And this year we observed more people moving upwards from velour to vinyl and after that, from velour back to vinyl. In fact, more people went from 100 to 250 instead of between 100 to 250. It's a sign that I think we're on the right path!"

Autopian's Autopian team has also realized that content that is behind the scenes has become popular. They provide procedural details such as how they came to a headline as well as "Tales of Slack". Matt says: "We have our internal Slack, and it's not intended for consumption by the general public."

"People tend to conjure up absurd, ridiculous and funny things!" Matt is laughing. "Our Chief Editor David isn't a pop-culture awareness and is always confused. He believed that Ronan was the real Serpico He believed that the Al Pacino film set in the 70s was an Robert De Niro film of the 90s!"

Strategy 3. Fear of missing out (FOMO)

"The third category of content that is highly efficient and that people tend to overlook is FOMO. We would not like anyone to be missing the opportunities," Matt continues.

"We are on Discord with regular columns of tips and advice. Our chatroom is totally free and available, but there's a section for members," he adds. "I am looking for members to upload images into the chatroom 'Here's me wearing my shirt, and I'm happy to be wearing my badge'. I'm hoping people will want to join and join us in this."

Matt concludes attracting members works extremely well when the message is in line with the type of material you post. "Every time, we'll do a 'Here's everything you'll receive' appeal. This is a way to remind members of the benefits members receive when joining."

More often, they will be more willing to acknowledge their communities "We thank you for your participation. We are better because of you. If you're not a participant, we're not mad at the fact that you're not. Some people don't have enough money. If you're in the shoes as a student, however it is, we're aware. If you're in the position with money available then please take a look at. We'd like to welcome you and we'd love to have you be a member of our family. If you're keen on these kinds of things there's a chance for you to be a part of our community."

We'll then do an FOMO post where Jason will share a post that reads 'Here's the complete birthday-themed sketches that I did during the month of July! people who view the drawings will think "God! I'd like to try this.'

It's apparent that building communities are available with a wide range of styles and sizes. These include birthday celebrations for those who love cars.

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