[mkirklions]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[tomcam]

If your site is 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]

Definitely not. My site worked on mobile because it wasn’t trying to be cool.

[mkirklions]

Yep, going to improve the web design next year.

Priority now is new content.

[gowld]

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

[Scoundreller]

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.