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syntheticnature ◴[] No.44464321[source]
> I have a video that goes through everything in this post, embedded below:

> If you prefer to read the post instead, please continue:

More sites like this, please

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1. geerlingguy ◴[] No.44465408[source]
The thing is, the site earns me maybe $100-200 in Amazon Affiliates referral links per month (which is nothing to sneeze at... but that's not moving the needle on a mortgage payment).

I put maybe 10-15 hours/month into writing and prepping blog posts (every one is either fully written from scratch _after_ making a video, or is my transcript edited for blog/readership).

My blog is mostly a scratchpad for my own needs (I like being able to Google my projects, so I can use Google/DDG as my own note search engine), but I get why many people who make video (which can earn an income) don't spend the extra time and write up decent blog posts as well.

(But I prefer reading much more than video content).