jamesofthedrum

Haha, I know right. I don't think they actually would have been open to selling at that price... I think they were just testing the waters and probably would have tried to pivot the deal into another structure.

Thought about covering this in my archaeo/historical newsletter but didn't end up doing it. Maybe it'll be of interest to some of you though — such a cool opportunity!

Self-promo: If you're into this kind of thing, https://ancientbeat.substack.com/

Haha, sounds about right

Wrote about this originally in my newsletter but didn't think a link post was appropriate so I posted the text. ancientbeat.substack.com if you're interested.

Thanks!

Interesting, thanks for weighing in!

I think doing technical SEO on a site from the beginning makes a lot of sense. But what about writing articles to capture keywords? I'm not talking about keyword stuffing, as that's obviously dumb, but just creating good (targeted) content. Seems to me that it's less important for early-stage products, no?

Here's the link: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/

Whoa, just saw this. Thanks so much! I can't believe how much time and thought you put into this — it's really really kind of you. You're awesome. I'll check these sites out :)

Thanks, Doug, really appreciate that feedback! Yeah, I'd prefer to add value for the paid tier, I just don't know where I would find the time. This is really helpful, though, thanks again. I'll keep noodling on it :)

Fair question. There are some other newsletters that have links... I don't know of any who summarize the content into bite-sized but reasonably comprehensive snippets. Those summaries, as well as the curation itself, are where the value is IMO. I'm a professional writer and it takes quite a while to put it together each week. Might also be worth nothing that much of what I find never makes it to r/Archaeology (until I post it there in my weekly roundup).

Yeah, I agree, that makes the most sense — paid tier has paid subscriptions, free tier has sponsorships. Thanks for the feedback!

Nice - that's really helpful, thanks! I'll definitely check it out.

Really appreciate the idea, but I agree with Zircom - they're too geo-restricted. Maybe if a museum had a course or online experience that I could advertise... Something to think about. Thanks!

Thanks! Yeah, I think that's my best bet sponsorship-wise. I don't think it's big enough yet, though. I've reached out to a few youtubers and podcasters, but haven't heard back from any of them. Oddly, I also reached out to some about advertising on their channels, and I didn't hear back about that either. I'll keep trying!

I mentioned it a few issues ago but didn't get any responses about it. Maybe I wasn't explicit enough in my ask. Something to think on - thanks for the feedback!

Btw, since you're subscribed already, do you mind me asking what you think about the $8/mo? I'd really value your opinion.

Thanks for the feedback! I've thought a lot about sponsors and ads, but I don't know where I would find people who want want to sponsor a newsletter on archaeology/ancient news. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears!

Whoa, so awesome that this newsletter is being read around the dinner table to kiddos! Really glad you're liking it :)

Not my YT channel, but it is me talking. I was super excited to be asked to share some highlights of my archaeohistory newsletter on a pretty well-known channel. Figured I'd share it here in case anyone else loves learning about ancient things :)

I covered this in my archaeological newsletter — here's the TL;DR

A megalithic complex of standing stones (526 of them), dolmens, mounds, cists, and enclosures was found in the province of Huelva, Spain while surveying for an avocado plantation. It takes up about 1,500 acres and each stone is between one and three meters tall. The site probably dates to the 5th or 6th millennium BCE. According to José Antonio Linares, “This is the biggest and most diverse collection of standing stones grouped together in the Iberian peninsula.” And according to Primitiva Bueno, “Finding alignments and dolmens on one site is not very common. Here you find everything all together – alignments, cromlechs and dolmens – and that is very striking.” The standing stones were grouped in to 26 alignments and two circles, with a clear view of sunrise during the solstices and equinoxes. Excavations are scheduled to run until 2026, so I’m sure there’s more to come.

If you want to check out the rest of the news from the issue: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/p/-ancient-beat-25-gladiato...

I've always wanted to create a physical product so I found this super interesting. Makes me a little less excited to do it though

Saw this on IH recently So impressive.

Haha, spot on! Particularly the coffee bit. Every time I enjoy a cold brew, I have about a million product ideas.

A short interview I did with Conrad Lelubre when he hit $10k MRR.

Found this while curating news for my free archaeology newsletter. If interested: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/

Thanks! Yeah, I thought that was cool too :)

That's all I could fit, but if you'd like to check out the rest of this week's archaeological news, here's the link to my latest newsletter issue: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/p/-ancient-beat-15-early-cu...

Just learned that the word "penis" is automatically removed from HN posts

Not sure if this is bigger than the mycelium found in the the NW US, but still - crazy!

Full disclosure: I posted this yesterday too but I'm pretty sure nobody saw it, thanks to the holiday. Thought I'd try one more time. Hope that's alright!