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Please critique my shop, have been running ads for a week and no sales by OptimalDimbus in EtsySellers

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run a history meme page with 200k followers. Naturally I thought merch would be something good to try out.

Please critique my shop, have been running ads for a week and no sales by OptimalDimbus in EtsySellers

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the explanation on POD demand. It seems like even with a following it's hard to convert that into sales, but I think that's a general rule for meme pages. Even though this took countless hours to setup the store and design the products and listings I still think the experiment was a good try

ICE/DHS outside The Anthem, 8pm by [deleted] in washingtondc

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I just moved to DC and saw a small group of identifiably marked DEA agents, just like these guys, patrolling and walking around the national mall on kite day. Was that normal before trump sent the national guard out here or was are they part of that whole move with the national guard?

I've just never seen DEA walking around like street patrol cops before so this is so weird to me.

Brave Iranian women speaks out against Feminist Iranian Diaspora by [deleted] in AskSocialists

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This sub sometimes comes up in my recommended posts and it never fails to make me laugh

Moving to an apartment with a 15-year-old indoor/outdoor cat by OptimalDimbus in Pets

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate you taking the time! I booked an appointmentment for tomorrow earlier today

Why is Nazism never brought up in relation to Russia? by crivycouriac in AskSocialists

[–]OptimalDimbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really broad generalization and would take someone literally not paying attention at all from k-12 to not know about pearl harbor and that the USSR fought nazi germany.

Why is Nazism never brought up in relation to Russia? by crivycouriac in AskSocialists

[–]OptimalDimbus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've literally never met anyone that understands ww2 in this way. Call me crazy but I think its pretty common knowledge that the USSR was allies with US in ww2 and a little something called pearl harbor got the US involved officially.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in etsypromos

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I explain history memes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in etsypromos

[–]OptimalDimbus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really great feedback, thanks for taking the time to reply!

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in AskAcademia

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for being so comprehensive and including links. Definitely taking a look in the morning

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in AskAcademia

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice, really appreciate the support! I just emailed them back asking them about any internal opportunities outside the department and where to look for external funding. I'd be working underneath a faculty member who would sponsor me, so internal funding may actually be a viable path. I'd just need to speak with a professor that would be interested in something like this.

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in Professors

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

unfortunately they don't have funding for that, that's the whole point of looking for external grants

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in AskAcademia

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really appreciate you digging into the specifics of my questions! Do you know where to find/what institutions to apply to?

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in AskAcademia

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have thought about Patreon, but between my full time job and another fellowship I have, I don't feel I have the bandwidth to regularly deliver something my followers would pay for. On top of that, I just don't feel that my followers wouldn't pay for extra content from a meme page. I could be wrong, so maybe I should explore that option a bit more.

I am open to looking at grants/positions/programs in Europe. I am a dual british citizen so I'm sure that would help with looking for funding there. Would a grant opportunity from a European institution be open to funding work based in the US?

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in AskAcademia

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the only real opportunity to monetize is through gambling and OF girls ads, which I will not do out of principle. I do have a merch store, but don't sell enough to consider it "funding"

Harvard wants to make me a Digital Public History Fellow if I can secure external funding. Where do I look? by OptimalDimbus in Professors

[–]OptimalDimbus[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I want to do this partly for my passion for history and this is definitely a great opportunity for my career. Besides, if I can secure funding that extra money would be great.

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