How many can you score in a quick 30-minute Zoom call? Trick question, there’s no such thing as a quick thirty-minute Zoom call. — “Zulie, let’s circle back to that action item. I want to drill down into the possibility there. We can take this offline, or I can ping you about it later. This kind of low-hanging fruit could be a great quick win for us.” I silently crossed off seven boxes in…

An interview with Medium’s VP of Content and Director of Product about what Boosted does and means. — Imagine you write a story that means everything to you. Imagine you get a notification that Medium chose to boost it.

My honest experience with Contena’s website. — Maybe you haven’t heard of Contena yet; maybe you have and you’re deciding whether Contena is legit or not. Let me start by showing you a selection of emails I have received from Contena:

Hint: you might already know the answer. — Recently, I noticed my YouTube income doubling from month to month. Here’s a look at the past 28 days: How did this happen? How did it increase so quickly? Did I get a viral video? Did someone big notice my channel? Did I get blessed by a deity? Did I…

I’ve got screenshots and proof for all of these. — So many aspiring freelancers sign up to earn money online. And yet so few actually succeed. One 2021 study found that out of 163 million aspiring freelancers, only 11% have gotten any work, and only 3% have made over $1,000. And yet as any successful freelancer can tell you, it’s…

Is Fiverr good for beginners? — The short answer? Yes, Fiverr is good for beginners. And, no, Fiverr isn’t good for beginners. The pros: It’s an easy-to-use platform that offers a variety of services If you’re a beginner, you can start freelancing and earning money online You can offer pretty much any service There’s competitive pricing …

I’m writing this article about five writing platforms that pay beginners because I had no idea where to start when I started writing. Back five years ago, I knew I wanted to make money writing, but the only way I knew how was vaguely through a personal blog and AdSense. …

The results were not pretty, but very funny. — Look, I’ll be honest: I had kind of changed my mind about AI text generation. When I first reviewed the best AI text generation tools, I was very annoyed about the hype because I asked four of the leading AI text generators to make a blog post and all four…

And 17 other life lessons I wish I knew at 17. — When I was seventeen, I spent a painfully long time mooning over a boy who didn’t like me. But he paid me enough attention to keep me on the hook for a while. Reader, I’m talking close to a year. I really thought if I was just cool enough, if…