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I can make ~3-5k/yr on ads, but I make 25x more at my day job, it seems petty. Although, this seems like bad capitalism, cant grow if I dont charge money... B

I can make ~3-5k/yr on ads, but I make 25x more at my day job, it seems petty. Although, this seems like bad capitalism, cant grow if I dont charge money... But I started my website to help everyone(especially the lowest income people). Very conflicted.

Scoundreller 8y ago
I was mostly just shifting my online forum posting onto my own platforms. It’s not hard to find people that make thousands upon thousands of posts on forums. They’re making a killing: for other people. For the most part, I would bash companies that overcharge and recommend cheaper alternatives. Hence why I didn’t bother with anything more than Adsense. I was basically toxic, but it was popular and refreshing.
fmajid 8y ago
Blogging is part and parcel of establishing your own brand, and makes it likelier you will get your next day job and a raise.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  Maybe that’s where I screwed up by never writing anything related to work. Haha. Most would laugh at my generic site, but the content was good and the numbers didn’t lie.
gowld 8y ago
Do you work more than or less than 25x at your day job?
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  The usual issue is scale. Trying to write 25x the content without taking a hit gets difficult. As a side-gig, it’s pretty good to write good stuff when it comes to you. Mostly I trash crappy products and recommended better and cheaper competitors. There was only so much I came across that upset me enough to write them up.
tomcam 8y ago
If your site is http://efficiencyiseverything.com http://efficiencyiseverything.com I think it could be a hit with a graphic redesign and maybe converting some posts to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc. It’s a neat idea but slow and a little hard on the eyes.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  Definitely not. My site worked on mobile because it wasn’t trying to be cool.
- mkirklions 8y ago
  Yep, going to improve the web design next year. Priority now is new content.

Scoundreller 8y ago

I was mostly just shifting my online forum posting onto my own platforms. It’s not hard to find people that make thousands upon thousands of posts on forums. They’re making a killing: for other people. For the most part, I would bash companies that overcharge and recommend cheaper alternatives. Hence why I didn’t bother with anything more than Adsense. I was basically toxic, but it was popular and refreshing.

fmajid 8y ago

Blogging is part and parcel of establishing your own brand, and makes it likelier you will get your next day job and a raise.

Scoundreller 8y ago
Maybe that’s where I screwed up by never writing anything related to work. Haha. Most would laugh at my generic site, but the content was good and the numbers didn’t lie.

gowld 8y ago

Do you work more than or less than 25x at your day job?

Scoundreller 8y ago
The usual issue is scale. Trying to write 25x the content without taking a hit gets difficult. As a side-gig, it’s pretty good to write good stuff when it comes to you. Mostly I trash crappy products and recommended better and cheaper competitors. There was only so much I came across that upset me enough to write them up.

tomcam 8y ago

If your site is http://efficiencyiseverything.com http://efficiencyiseverything.com I think it could be a hit with a graphic redesign and maybe converting some posts to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc. It’s a neat idea but slow and a little hard on the eyes.

Scoundreller 8y ago
Definitely not. My site worked on mobile because it wasn’t trying to be cool.
mkirklions 8y ago
Yep, going to improve the web design next year. Priority now is new content.