Category Archives: thoughts

I set a goal to post on my personal blog every day in January. So far I’ve been able to do this. I didn’t set any boundaries or rules for what I had to write, how long it had to be, etc. All I have to do is write something that I’m willing to postContinue reading “Pros and Cons of Daily Blog Posts”

I’ve worked on building a freelance marketing business or marketing agency for awhile now. Unfortunately the most I’ve ever gotten paid for a freelance gig was around $200 for a single project. Not only is this much less than I would like, it’s a result of one thing: I’m terrible at selling my services andContinue reading “I Suck at Closing New Clients…”

Affiliate marketing, if done well can be a very lucrative pursuit. It hasn’t paid me a ton, but it has taught me a lot about what it takes to encourage people to buy products based on recommendations they read online. I signed up for my first VPN affiliate programs in 2018, and over the pastContinue reading “My Experience with VPN Affiliate Programs”

According to the CDC, obesity affected about 13.7 million children and adolescents in the United States in 2016. Unfortunately, the majority of these kids will grow up to be obese adults. These obese adults will then require more healthcare and economic resources than healthy individuals. The Problem is Not Just A Lack of Physical ActivityContinue reading “Why Are There So Many Overweight Kids in The U.S. and What Can We Do About It?”

So you’re interested in marketing? If you love creating content and trying to gain followers on Instagram or TikTok, then marketing is probably a great field for you to go into. While you can probably get an internship without experience, getting a full-time position is more difficult without some experience. However, it is still possibleContinue reading “How To Get a Marketing Job With No Experience”

At the end of each year, Spotify releases your “Year in Review”. Spotify Wrapped gives you a few statistics about how much you listened to Spotify, your top songs, artists, and genres. This may seem like just a cool feature, but it’s actually a really smart marketing tool. I recently wrote a post about myContinue reading “Marketing Genius of Spotify Wrapped”

At the end of every year Spotify gives users “Wrapped”, which summarizes the music and podcasts you listened to that year. I think Spotify Wrapped is a really smart marketing tactic, as it gives users sharable content which helps promote Spotify on social media (and now on my blog). How To Find Your Spotify WrappedContinue reading “My Spotify 2020 Wrapped”

If you’re young and you’ve recently started your first “real job” you might be going through a scenario that I went through a few years ago. I wanted to know how to grow the money I was earning from my job. I had very little knowledge other than a few quick things I’d read online.Continue reading “Best Finance Books for Young People Who Want to Be Rich”

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking about how to monetize your blog or social media as soon as possible. This desire to make money from your content really just leads to your content being low quality. As soon as you start throwing affiliate links in every post and filling your page withContinue reading “Don’t Monetize, Build a Community”

One of my resolutions for 2020 was to read 25 books. I got a Kindle at the end of 2019, so I was fully equipped to knock out my goal. I loved nearly every book I read, so either Amazon’s recommendations were perfect or I just have a knack for picking good books. These booksContinue reading “The Best Books I Read in 2020”