I'm debating on whether or not to write up some tutorials on forums to share with the members. I've been searching the web and I can definitely see that there are some tutorials which need to be done. My question is, are tutorials worth writing on a forum and how would it effect activity?
I want to create great tutorials and have members view them and even unregistered members to say thank me. Does it increase my reputation?
What are your thoughts and do you think tutorials are worth creating?
Hey freelancer guy...
I am a big fan of tutorials. I am not a huge fan of tutorials on forums though unless they are published as a response to a question someone is asking on a forum thread. If someone asks a question that catches my interest, and I can write them a short tutorial on what I am talking about, then sure, sometimes I will do that.
But, if your goal is to write a super detailed tutorial about a certain topic, you should do that on a blog/website that you own. I do a lot of those. If the topic requires a lot of depth to explain thoroughly then I will build an entire website around that tutorial. The type of website I build is a really small authority site. It covers that entire topic thoroughly using about a dozen or so blog posts. Then I monetize the site. Some of them, depending on the topics, are able to be monetized quite well. Others are nearly impossible to make any decent amount of money with. But either way you get a decent amount of targeted traffic and you are really helping people. So it is double worthwhile.
As a freelancer who is constantly looking for side jobs to make money with, then doing that sort of thing is right up your alley.