Reiterating my comment from that page: It's good that you wrote this Andrew, I like that it has some creative thought behind it. I don't think there is much

Reiterating my comment from that page: It's good that you wrote this Andrew, I like that it has some creative thought behind it. I don't think there is much of a business model in directly selling this kind of content, but I may be wrong. I'm also a bit suspicious of attempts to manufacture scarcity, but I am certain there are ways of doing this that are not wrong. You put at risk all the benefits of Free: long tail traffic (I think you could be doing a lot better on search, especially video search), goodwill (or avoiding this strange hate against charging), letting a newcomer dive into mixergy content, cherry-picking interviews they think they'll like and becoming a fan. All that said, I'm glad you are experimenting. You may discover something really valuabl. As long as you aren't locking yourself into a model, I think it will be worthwhile either way. * I suggest considering a serious redesign to support this sort of approach and giving it the best chance. I think you may be bending the blog form a little further then it'll go.