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  • Words cannot express my disdain for Facebook.

    I deleted my Facebook account back in 2019 or so, and have not regretted the decision at all. The feed was always full of crap I didn’t care about, I never posted and any connection with my “friends” wasn’t actually meaningful. But, in order to try to push BTTR along, I set up a new account last week and created a page for BTTR. Because I had no interest in using Facebook for personal reasons, I did the bare minimum to fill it. Continue reading →

  • Went to set up a bunch of home security cameras for review and one of them requires professional installation. Not sure I’ll be getting that one done any time soon, unfortunately.

  • This CMS is potentially the most frustrating piece of crap I have ever worked with. It was clearly designed with absolutely zero input from anyone who would have to use it.

    I am literally wasting hours to do what should be the most basic of tasks.

  • Feeling frustrated

    There’s this one PR agency with a few big tech clients that I’ve been chasing to get on the media lists since the start of the year. Different people, different clients, but I am yet to receive a release without having to chase them. They promise they have added my details (again, different people, multiple times), but I still don’t receive the information. I can’t decide if they just don’t want to send me the info, or if they are just truly and utterly incompetent. Continue reading →

  • Words cannot capture my disdain for GA4. It’s ridiculous how shitty the experience is.

  • First flight since about 2019. Heading down to Melbourne for the new job.

  • My first big BTTR hurdle

    I had my first big setback on BTTR over the weekend. Amazon decided to close my Associates account. There were a couple of reasons given. The first was that my links weren’t clear, which I disagree with and am not sure what they meant. The second was that they saw purchases from family, friends and employees, which isn’t allowed. That one was true, I admit… but I still feel cancelling the entire account over $10 worth of toothpaste (about 50c in affiliate revenue) was probably overkill. Continue reading →

  • BTTR Weekly update 12 April

    And so, it is that at 5pm on Wednesday afternoon I pick myself up, dust myself off, and try to remember the week that was. School holidays really take it out of me. Even though the kids typically take care of themselves for the most part, finding motivation for anything is tough. But, all things considered, last week was a pretty good week. I got out to an event (for the first time in probably 5 years). Continue reading →

  • BTTR weekly update 29 March

    By the end of last week I was just about cooked, I have to be honest with you. I ended up spending Friday playing video games to reset my brain a bit. It worked, though. This week has been much better for me, despite some illness floating around the house. A couple of noteworthy developments over the past week are that I created a LinkedIn page for BTTR. I am currently the only follower. Continue reading →

  • BTTR weekly update 22 March

    So, last week was a bit of a struggle. After having a bit of an existential crisis around the decision to work on BTTR, I took a step back and decided I needed to reprioritise. The catalyst was revenue, unsurprisingly. I was halfway through prepping a page on the best projectors in Australia, when I realised that I wouldn’t be able to earn any money from the page. One day, maybe, but not now. Continue reading →

  • BTTR Weekly update 15 March

    I have to tell you, I was struggling at the start of this week. I’ve been pumping out pages for this site for about 2 months now, and while I’m starting to get into the swing of publishing content, I’m also conscious that things aren’t moving very fast. I knew it would take time. I knew it would be hard work. But the results (while really encouraging) have also been minimal. Continue reading →

  • BTTR Weekly update 7 March

    I’m definitely running late on publishing the weekly update this week. It’s been a crazy few days, including my daughter getting prepped for high school and a realisation of a major challenge with the site’s setup that I’ll detail in another post. As for last week… well, it was okay. I got thrown out of whack with Jury Duty on Monday last week, and I think that set the tone for my (month) week. Continue reading →

  • I am really going to miss this TV when it gets collected.

  • BTTR weekly update 27 Feb

    I hit a big milestone this past week on BTTR. For the first time, Search Console is telling me that it has indexed more pages than not. Given you can’t get traffic from search to a page that Google hasn’t indexed, this is a pretty big deal. There are still more than 500 pages (mostly index pages) for the search giant to make its way through, though, so I won’t celebrate too hard. Continue reading →

  • BTTR Weekly update

    BTTR enjoyed its second record traffic week in a row last week. Over 600 pageviews for the week, which is still nowhere near where I want it to be, but also pretty good for how young the site is. The downside was that there was almost no revenue. Obviously, that’s to be expected some days, but I’d gotten used to pulling in a handful of dollars at least, and last week just didn’t make cents. Continue reading →

  • This morning has been a roller coaster of affiliate network approvals, rejections, technical challenges and implementations.

    Don’t even get me started on the tax forms. Ugh.

  • Last week was a pretty good week for BTTR with a couple of good milestones achieved.

    Over 500 pageviews in the week, an obvious record for me given the site is so new. Also managed to achieve my first $100 in revenue.

    There is still a really long way to go, but it’s good to hit some milestones to help you stay inspired.

    Last week’s highlights

    Deal alert

  • The iMac really should have a touchscreen

    Yesterday I went to see Apple PR to tell them all about the new website. When I arrived, I was asked to sign in on a gorgeous 24-inch iMac. They have a custom screen with two big boxes so you can sign in as a guest or as a courier, and I walked over and obnoxiously tapped on the box that said “Guest” with my finger. Nothing happened. So I did it again. Continue reading →

  • Now that the kids are back at school, I’ve been more focused on trying to work.

    And now that I’m more focused on trying to work, I’m less focused on writing stuff here.

    I need to consciously remember to write here.

  • Read about ASIC deciding to sue Finder over the crypto Finder Earn product and I have so many opinions that I think I might just bottle them up inside and use that pent up energy to fly to the moon.