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Can You Trust This Review?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Guys who operate most review websites (and it’s almost always guys) dream of escaping their day jobs. Writing BS reviews on the side is their ticket to perceived freedom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most get wiped out whenever Google rolls out a major algorithm update. But in the short term, you get to endure their “unbiased” reviews in search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m an entrepreneur who, with my wife, has built a portfolio of brands in the careers space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The businesses run without me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t have a day job that I need to escape. My bills are covered, and I live a comfortable life one block from Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’m a tech nerd with two decades of business experience. I also enjoy writing, so I started this blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some brands pay me a commission when you buy products I recommend. While I welcome the income stream, I don’t rely on it. In fact, I reinvest most of the revenue back into the blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This freedom allows me to remove corruption from my reviews and offer recommendations that serve you, not me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I Often Recommend Brands That Don’t Pay Me.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For example, I recommend the Steelcase Leap as the best office chair for people with lower back issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steelcase doesn’t have an affiliate program in Australia, so they don’t pay me anything for my plug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could easily earn more cash by replacing it with a brand that does pay me a commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, I continue to recommend the Leap – because it’s a remarkable office chair (at the $2,000 price point).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a little boring to look at, but very ergonomic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(If a Steelcase employee is reading this – c’mon guys, let’s do something together \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Products Do I Review?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I only review products that I have first-hand experience with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Business Tools.<\/strong> With almost two decades of business experience under my belt, I can give small business owners practical advice on choosing the best HR and recruitment packages, CRMs, payroll and accounting software, website builders and e-commerce platforms.<\/li>
  • Home Office Gear.<\/strong> All my teams work remotely from home. I’ve done the same for longer than I remember. I know what it’s like to set up a home office on a shoestring, the downsides of working from a kitchen table, and what it’s like to build a dream home office. I’ve done all three.<\/li>
  • Business<\/strong> Travel<\/strong>. I write about business luggage, airline business lounges and hotels – because I travel often. I also review coworking spaces, because I’ve hot-desked from coworking spaces in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Playa Del Carmen, Barcelona, Bali and Berlin.<\/li>
  • Investing Tools<\/strong>. Wealth is one of the keys to freedom. I work towards my financial goals by learning smart money habits and building long-term investment portfolios. A few tools stand out to me, and I share my insights here.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    What This Website Is Not.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    I believe two types of review websites have gone past their expiry date. I work very hard to build a review website of the future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Corporate Monster. <\/strong>Review websites are big business. Seemingly impartial product reviews are produced by professional editorial teams and SEO agencies on $50,000\/month retainers. Most of their authors have little first-hand experience with the products and, more importantly, the context they’re used in. As a result, the reviews are generic and lacking detail.<\/li>
    • Copycat<\/strong> Niche Site. <\/strong>The other type of review website you’ll encounter is what’s known in the industry as a “poor quality niche site”. Focusing on a narrow vertical (e.g., gardening, gadgets), they scrape existing reviews and outsource their rewriting to overseas freelancers or ChatGPT. You get regurgitated, often misleading information with very little domain expertise.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      How I Get Paid.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      I’ve alluded to this already, but let me provide more detail. Some brands pay me a commission when you buy a product I recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • When you click <\/strong>on product links, you are redirected to a brand with which I may have a commercial arrangement<\/span>. I don’t have commercial arrangements with all the brands I recommend.<\/li>
      • Clicking on affiliate links<\/strong> does not increase the price of the item. This brand covers the commission from its marketing budget.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        I hope this editorial policy helps you see why I do what I do. Thanks for stopping by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        If you have feedback, tell me how I can do better in the comment box at the bottom of every review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Steven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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