Year: 2023

journal entry: I just removed 240 subscribers – I now have 19 left

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I had a look at the subscribers and who they are, mostly they are long disused accounts that were primarily set up to try and make a quick affiliate income dollar/pound sterling or Euro. It felt a bit sticky and uncomfortable to leave those fake subscribers for the sake of image and ego. It is meaningless if they aren’t real people. But it did make me wonder: What am I actually doing here and who for? Perhaps this website only ever was a bit of a failed practice project. It never had a clear direction, just a vague wish to go somewhere. Sometimes it was my diary, sometimes a place where I cried ‘help’, other times the place where I, too had dollar signs in my eyes and hoped against hope that someone would use one of my affiliate links. I think I figured something out. I think I am getting an idea for a new direction. I’ll let you, invisible friend or gaping void, know what I get up to shortly. In the meantime …

2023 – I am a little late to arrive

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But here I am. It is February 1st and the Chinese Lunar New year already started, too. Year of the Wood Rabbit. I want to say that I am not really an astrology person but then again: This is MY year! I was born in the year of the Wood rabbit and I feel like this is my once in a lifetime opportunity to have a really great year. Welcome to MY great year. I was thinking about what to share on my blog this year and aside from a definitely necessary focus on financial health I want to give my physical health more attention. One of my plans is to walk more and to bring YOU along every once in a while by sharing what I see on my walks. Since I live in San Francisco I figured that this might be something you, too, might enjoy. Let’s declare Bohemia alive (sorry to my friend who so rationally declared it dead) and let’s see if we can’t find a few small things to enjoy …

A list of writing job platforms – For my friends

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Let’s make some money with writing Have you spent hours looking through job postings getting depressed, too? Have you spent months looking for job listings sites and not found the one right for you? That’s been my problem. That’s why I am starting this side project of building a collection of job boards for writing gigs and full writing jobs. It’s starting a little rough and tumble. I’ll update this as I find more and as I test a few out. If YOU also want to test if you can get some writing work then please DO and report back the success stories. None of these links are affiliate links at time of writing. I will update if I find a recommendation that also pays me for sharing it. Anyway, you clicked to get the goods. Here are the goods (job listing sites) that I was able to find so far. Please at least tap the like button and maybe leave a comment below. Then it would feel like sharing was rewarded with something. I …

Do affiliate and referral programs and people who share links make you cynical?

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Not everything is a ponzy scheme designed to rob us. I see sharing affiliate links as something positive that is sharing what works for me and getting rewarded for it. Sometimes I make lists of things that might be of interest to someone even if I haven’t tried them myself yet. Some of those lists don’t contain any affiliate links. I once spent 2 full days collating a YouTubers in Thailand list. Effectively promoting them and making it easy for Thailand Youtube fans to find so many new creators. I made nothing from this work. But a lot of people clicked on it and used the links Right now I have a great offer from an online payment card that works borderless and has a string of perks, but I can’t for the life of me find a friend to sign up. If they did I could get $90 referral bonus. You have no idea how helpful that would be right now. I have phantasies of 10 people or 100 signing up and how much …