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How to monetize your blog. Incredible tips.

How to monetize your blog. Incredible tips. https://modem.io/blog/blog-monetization/

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can't believe i'm missing out on all those pennies by not putting ads on my blog!

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You could have like, a stick of gum by now! SMH, you're slacking.

ikr why am i wasting all this time playing with open standards and putting weird stuff on my homepage when i could be raking in profits (๑>ᴗ<๑)

Back in 2021, after speaking with some friends in the blogging community, I wrote a post about why I chose patronage via Buy Me a Coffee as the means of “monetizing” my blog. 

The arguments I made there about how ads engage in non-consensual tracking forced onto page visitors, and are thus unacceptable, informed everything I’ve written and done since as a “creator” including the various iterations of this article 👇

yes i read that a while ago! i think about this topic a lot re: open internet access. ad-driven anything is just horrible ux. i often think about this from kottke a few years ago:

"I call this “unlocking the commons,” and it’s the same approach I’ve taken with my Patreon and newsletter. Fans support the person and the work. But it’s not a transaction, a fee for service. It’s a contribution that benefits everyone. Free-riders aren’t just welcome; free-riding is the point."

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yes i read that a while ago! i think about this topic a lot re: open internet access. ad-driven anything is just horrible ux. i often think about this from kottke a few years ago:

"I call this “unlocking the commons,” and it’s the same approach I’ve taken with my Patreon and newsletter. Fans support the person and the work. But it’s not a transaction, a fee for service. It’s a contribution that benefits everyone. Free-riders aren’t just welcome; free-riding is the point."

https://kottke.org/17/12/unlocking-the-commons-or-the-psychoeconomics-of-patronage

Back in 2021, after speaking with some friends in the blogging community, I wrote a post about why I chose patronage via Buy Me a Coffee as the means of “monetizing” my blog. 

The arguments I made there about how ads engage in non-consensual tracking forced onto page visitors, and are thus unacceptable, informed everything I’ve written and done since as a “creator” including the various iterations of this article 👇

https://thumbsup.mirror.xyz/u3Ue1hNOb6ifdhzMWChzGyrS5h6u1yzyGwMVw0RHRmw