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5 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Creating My First Digital Product

9 min readMar 28, 2025

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I’ve been creating digital products since 2018.

My first products were online courses on platforms like Udemy, where I barely made a few thousand dollars. While I’m not particularly proud of those initial courses, they were a crucial step in my journey because they allowed me to learn quickly without many risks.

Over the past five years, I’ve worked with thousands of writers, creators, and entrepreneurs, and one mistake I see over and over again is that they wait way too long before monetizing their knowledge, expertise, and ideas.

They think they need a bigger audience, more views, expensive tools, or a groundbreaking idea.

But that’s not true.

The beauty of digital products is the freedom they create for you.

You can literally create your first digital product today, put it up for sale tomorrow, and receive your first sales notification within 24 hours.

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Over the years, I’ve created digital products that ranged from a $7 challenge to a $2,000+ group coaching program.

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Sinem Günel
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Written by Sinem Günel

Digital Writer, Entrepreneur & Educator. I help you build a business you love. Grab 15 Writing Tips for Faster Growth: https://mwa.kit.com/15tips

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