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“ One of the major trouble with salesbros is that they call up “ always be close ” is a mantra to dwell by because they did n’t understand the point ofGlengarry Glen Ross , which is that salesperson are nightmares . That ’s why there ’s always some sappy daddy - up Old World chat at the bottom of every website now . No , Pamela — if that is your genuine name — I do n’t want live assistance hold my yoga class . You are hogging valuable screen material estate .
This is some genuine tragedy of the green s—. The connection is becoming a miserable experience because some salesbro who is trying to meet his KPIs is doing stuff to marginally increase the numeral of paying client . ( And you do it , the h — with the rest of us ! ) The more each site tries to create its own fiddling walled garden , the less worthful the capable web becomes .
I suspect this has gotten more mutual lately because of privacy concerns . See , a change toEU privacy laws meansit ’s not as easy to track user around the web;Apple ’s concealment initiativeson its speech sound similarly make this harder . In the case of publishing house , I presume the company is trying to create a richer ad profile for me to better compete with Facebook and Google . Plus , you know , maybe they can sell my electronic mail as part of a targeted marketing list . So what we ’re await at here is creating a sorry user experience for pursue a variety of scummy money - making scheme .
There are no genuine public outer space on the net
And that sucks because there are no real public spaces on the net . Here in world , I can f — off to a ballpark and hug a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and baby-sit on a bench and do stuff without ads , without anyone trying to pass over me , and without make to pay a dime . There was a time within my retentiveness when people tried to make websites feel like semipublic place — you could hang out on someone ’s coolheaded blog and enjoy yourself . Sure , there might be a streamer ad , but that ’s like make up a Pearl Buck for coffee and then just sitting in a diner all day with complimentary refills .
This is something I ’ve noticed . You used to be able to find lots of great information by doing a simple web search . Now most of the articles that come up are SEO - based drivel with little novel or useful data .
Many of the good web log are dead and gone and many of the new ones are just things like “ Andrew ’s Garden ” or something like that , that is just a big muddle of third - world created articles about electric lawnmowers with Amazon links .
Pinterest used to be a good - depend site where you could accumulate idea onto table . Now it ’s debase with third - earthly concern garbage . Great photograph that then tie in to spammy site .
I still get some AdSense revenue , which I am ambivalent about , but I do n’t advertise Formosan light-emitting diode lights , garden clothes , VPN company or electric bicycle manufacturer , no matt how many request they send my way .
On this land site , I do have Mediavine ads running , though I have often considered ditching them . If my record sale get in high spirits enough to make me now need the special few hundred bucks a month , I probably will get free of them one solar day .
Mostly , I write and divvy up videos about garden for free , and confide that I will get enough book sales to keep us afloat . Thus far , it ’s worked just fine . I ’ll also trade tickets to the occasional event for those who want to adjoin up in mortal .
I hate advertising in general , and I hate most caller . Yet I love mass and love gardening , and I love to encourage people to grow solid food for their families .
We could make a lot more money if we pass hard - core on marketing . There are a few strategy I have considered , which might free us up financially , but have n’t pulled the trigger on .
possibly I ’ll do a crazy marketing linebacker blitzing at some point to pay off the house off – I ’m not immune to the draw – but my favourite thing is to just share our gardening with a like - minded community of interests of people .
tag every penny has wrecked the net – if we can avoid being part of the problem , that would be the good .
Still … if I die full - careen , I could bribe a Mustang . Or , even better , a Kubota !
Can you ideate how light it would be to move mulch around with a tractor ? I could even put a wood chipper on the power lampoon and make my own mulch !
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I ’m head to the garden . give thanks you all for being here .
-DTG
