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0.05% of my posts are secretly marked as spam

Nov 3, 2026

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0.05% of my posts are secretly marked as spam

X now lets you check yours. And the new algorithm finally favours small accounts.

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Rob Hallam
I made $250,000 and kept less than half

Oct 27, 2026

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I made $250,000 and kept less than half

21 months of work, and the honest maths behind every revenue screenshot.

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Rob Hallam
Daily videos took me from $800 to $80,000 a month

Oct 20, 2026

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Daily videos took me from $800 to $80,000 a month

And I’ve already stopped doing them. That was always the plan.

Rob Hallam
Rob Hallam
I made $0 my entire first year

Oct 13, 2026

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I made $0 my entire first year

Last month was $80,736.80. The difference was embarrassingly simple.

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Rob Hallam
I made $80,736.80 in September

Oct 6, 2026

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I made $80,736.80 in September

A year ago I was making $800 a month. Here are the numbers.

Rob Hallam
Rob Hallam
A 1-follower account did 59,000 impressions in 48 hours

Sep 29, 2026

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A 1-follower account did 59,000 impressions in 48 hours

Everyone said I only go viral because of my audience. So I started again from nothing.

Rob Hallam
Rob Hallam
I bet 83,842 people I could go viral on purpose

Sep 22, 2026

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I bet 83,842 people I could go viral on purpose

It worked, and now I'm doing it again on an account with zero followers

Rob Hallam
Rob Hallam
A site I built in 5 hours did $13,000 this month

Sep 15, 2026

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A site I built in 5 hours did $13,000 this month

All because I launched it into an argument everyone was already having.

Rob Hallam
Rob Hallam
From 16 Google clicks a day to 299

Sep 8, 2026

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From 16 Google clicks a day to 299

A reader asked how I do SEO. The answer is free tools, stolen keywords, and waiting.

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Rob Hallam
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