THE STORY OF 1,000 TRUE FANS

If you want to connect with anybody anywhere there is a theory you can use to achieve that, it's called the six degree of separation. It states that for every two people in the world there are at most 6 people standing between you and them. But well, you have to find them to get you there.

What if you want to make a living as an artist or a content creator, this one is called the story of a thousand true fans. Well, it's not actually a story but a theory. A theory i learned recently from a friend Asugh Iyorlaha

It says that you don't have to be a Davido or a Wizkid to make a living as an artist, you only need 1,000 true fans. By 1,000 i don't mean 1,000 followers on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook but a 1000 true fans.

Then what exactly is a 1000 true fans. Relax, we are getting there shortly, press play to Jack and Jill by Edge Golbador below and continue reading..

Now, let's proceed. A true fan is someone who will purchase anything and everything you make, put it out there and they will buy. They will drive for hours to see you sing. They will subscribe to your mailing list, waiting for you to announce your next event. They will buy your event T-shirts and talk about you to their friends. They are true fans.

How about that person that repeatedly tell you about Jesus. that's a true fan.

The Maths:
If you can get 1,000 people to buy 1,000 Naira worth of tickets for your shows spread over a year, you would have made 1M Naira per year. That would be 80k per month, an amount that would make you live comfortable in Jos.

"Whatever your interests as a creator are, your 1,000 true fans are one click from you. As far as I can tell there is nothing - no product, no idea, no desire — without a fan base on the internet. Everything made or thought of can interest at least one person in a million. The trick is to practically find those fans, or, more accurately, to have them find you." - Kevin Kelly

The robust tech infrastructure of Alewa House is built around this idea of a thousand true fans. It aims to help artists make a living off their art and this is how it addresses these problems:

• My friend Tabitha spent a lot of money to buy equipment to create contents for her YouTube channel. However, she is fed up. She does not have the required number of subscribers to earn money on YouTube, even though she puts in a lot of work. She's broke.
• I also know of filmmakers who have invested time into making good movies, and have to go through the hassle of pitching to Netflix or to film agents. Most of them are broke.​
• I pay $5 per month on apple music to listen to my home boys. By month end, their total earnings is less than 1 cent and they pay $15 to distribute the music globally. They are all broke.​

How Alewahouse works:

• A premium member contributes 30% of his membership fee ($9.9) shared equally to all the artists s/he follows​. Tabitha a content creator will make up to $594 per month from her 1k followers (Well assuming they also follow five (5) other artists on the platform).
• 70% of premium membership fee is shared equally across only contents that user has access to that month. Repeated views don't count. Tabitha will make an additional $693 if at least 1 of her content out of say 20 contents (from other artists) is accessed by her 1k followers on the platform.

If you have spent time on this platform before then you would know that to "Follow" a content creator on Alewa House is not free and requires a premium membership. Shoutouts to our premium members! This is unlike YouTube right? Basically, we pay you when somebody follows you and that way, you can earn and make a living with as little as 1,000 followers. Sounds cool right?

Register on Alewa House and access the following benefits:

- Grow with your 1,000 true fans
- Measure the loyalty of your 1,000 true fans
- Monetize effectively your 1,000 true fans

Do what you will with this information. This is the problem we are solving as the global digital content creation market size continues to climb.