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asebold

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About asebold

Blogging at https://allisonseboldt.com Building https://pagefactory.app, https://fantasycongress.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #36475293

    I wonder what's causing the downward trend with white-tail deer specifically since 2000. New approaches to wildlife management? Renewed interest in hunting?

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    Comment #35745177

    Exactly, thank you. Also, let’s be clear: we’re talking about the US. I’m sure it’s different in other countries.

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    Comment #35745153

    I’m sorry but this is sorely misguided. How many of the farms surveyed are the owner and operator’s full time job? How many of those farms are owned and operated by multiple famili…

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    Comment #35731316

    This is so, so important for helping family farms stay alive. The amount my family has saved by being able to fix and even modify stuff on their own is huge. My dad still mows our …

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    Comment #35701630

    This article summarizes a feeling I’ve had such a hard time articulating. At many of my previous jobs, I was so frustrated by the people obsessed with tooling instead of doing the …

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    Comment #35058830

    I mean, if you're hell bent on not educating yourself, I don't think there's much more I can do to help you. Nonetheless, here's a twitter thread I made with a bunch of examples of…

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    Comment #35044942

    Looks like their redirect service for links was down, not twitter itself. I could go to my profile, but clicking links in my tweets gave me an API error. Ugh, not good.

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    Comment #35044882

    Well, it wasn't easy. I tried many things: searching twitter, cold out reach through linkedin, upwork, broadcasting my availability to my personal network. Usually at least one of …

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    Comment #35044812

    Author here - Thanks, glad to hear that part resonated with you. I agree, you can't let your passion burn too bright, or it will consume you. "a small flame inside you" is a great …

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    Comment #35044728

    Author here - Sorry for the confusion. The term originated from the Indie Hacker forum launched around 2016, a forum that was dedicated to helping people start small businesses onl…

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    Comment #35044547

    Author here - Yes it works. I have two programmatic sites so far, one of which I built in public on my blog. I also consulted on programmatic SEO for a bit. Just like human written…

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    Comment #35044397

    Author here - Sorry about that. Since I haven't been much of a success, I didn't think people would be interested in my recommendations. But here are a few that I found really help…

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    Comment #35044090

    Author here - That's awesome. I admire your grit. Realizing you needed to change and focus more on marketing is a big step in the right direction. We all start out doing the wrong …

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    Comment #35044006

    Author here - Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed the article. Programmatic SEO has a long history of being conflated with spam, though, it is not. There are many instances where …

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    Comment #35043802

    Author here - There may have been a misunderstanding. Fantasy Congress was my passion project. PageFactory is my attempt at a B2B SaaS. Also, my product does not provide any AI ser…

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    Comment #35043259

    Thanks so much! That's an interesting idea. I'll think about it!

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    Comment #35043245

    Author here - Totally agree. Service based businesses like an agency is a much better way to start out. If I was starting over, this is the approach I would take.

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    Comment #35038082

    Author here - Thanks for reading. I'm glad to hear this post resonated with you. As long as you're learning new things with each experience, you're getting value from it. I know th…

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    Comment #35037980

    My first year I lived entirely off of my savings and dedicated myself full time to my first project. So, it is indeed the anniversary of when I attempted to go full time, which was…

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    Comment #35037923

    Author here - Yeah, realizing I couldn't spend all of my time just building the product was a hard lesson to learn. This experience has forced me to learn a lot of new skills thoug…

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    Comment #35037665

    Author here - Thanks for reading. The $1k/mo is just my "salary" from revenue generated by my indie projects. I had a substantial amount of savings that I lived off of for my first…

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    Comment #35037643

    Author here - Glad you found that line helpful. Of course, the goal would be building your business on the side until it's making a substantial amount of money, and then quitting y…

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    Comment #34992239

    I recently read “the body keeps the score” and wow-ee the things we still don’t understand about the mind and body connection is crazy. Glad to see more studies diving into this ty…

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