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Learn more about online marketing and how to grow your presence in the high-paced modern world. Includes insights about the nature of life in the 21st century…
Based on the quantity and types of messages I receive on X, I think I have a unique insight into a common problem that most beginners have: obsessing over irrelevant minutiae and ignoring the things that really matter. Here’s why…
The problem with internet marketing is that most internet marketers are simply not creative people. When one person finds something that works, EVERYONE copies it until it doesn’t work anymore. It happened with Buzzfeed-style…
If you’re on this side of the internet then you already know that the Standard Life Path of 401k contributions and climbing your way up the corporate ladder is a one way ticket to misery. One thing that a lot of people aren’t…
[Begin internal monologue of someone who wants to do something big but can’t motivate themselves to do it] This is stupid. Who the hell am I to think I could accomplish something like this. No one I know does anything noteworthy…
Most people believe you should adapt to the world around you. As always, most people are wrong. It’s significantly easier to change the world (or at least your tiny corner of it) than it is to change core aspects of your…
Spending lots of time in high-achieving online spaces is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, you get the benefit of learning from legitimate experts. And you’re using the natural human tendency to conform to your peer group in a…
Laziness is a universal human failing that can creep into your life in different ways. The worst is when you somehow manage to convince yourself that being lazy is actually somehow a positive personality trait. (see below if you…
News you should be paying attention to Matt Mullenweg tells (trolls?) Automattic staff, saying he’s back in control after CEO ouster from TechCrunch. More drama/mental illness from the C-Suite at WordPress. Nothing new here. The…
Parasite SEO is a powerful tool for online marketers. The concept is simple: post your content on powerful domains that you don’t own so that it will rank higher and faster than it would if you posted it on your own domain.…
LLMs are consensus engines. They take what everyone says is correct and spit it back out at you. The societal implications of this aren’t great (groupthink is literally a logical fallacy), but the financial value for people smart…
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Goethe All the mental suffering from any course of action comes from the part where you’re waffling back and forth debating with…
You already know that LLMs are just an aggregation of what other people are saying throughout the internet. Some of those are things you can influence, others you can’t. Press releases are firmly in the “can” category. Once you…