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Everyone wants a side project that makes MONEY while you sleep. well, I launched one: Find My Moat (link in my profile).

it’s a collection of 150+ investment tools, organized and filtered.

and yeah… it’s completely free.

but here’s the interesting part:

👉 how do you monetize something like this?

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    spoiler: I don’t expect to make a dime at first. this is a long-term game.

    the key: bring in recurring traffic from investors. if I pull that off → this project is worth a lot more than it looks.

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    💰 option 1: direct monetization

    the usual stuff for free websites:

    • affiliates • ads • sponsorships

    the good: CPMs in investing are insane. the bad: if I annoy users, the project dies.

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    🚀 option 2: indirect monetization

    this is where it gets really interesting:

    • drive traffic to my X account • grow my Substack • spot empty categories → build my own tools • add premium features

    each piece feeds into the others. a distribution + product flywheel.

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    is it easy? hell no. will it work? I don’t know either.

    but if it works, it could be the perfect side project for my profile: SWE + investing.

    and if it doesn’t… at least I’ve built the tool I wanted.

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    try it here and let me know what you think: findmymoat.com

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🚀 Can AI predict which tweets will go viral?

I analyzed 1,600+ of my tweets with AI to uncover the secret ingredients behind my hits.

I boiled it all down to 7 TRICKS you can use too.

🧵👇

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    1️⃣ Attention-grabbing Hook (first 3-6 characters)

    A strong emoji up front (🇨🇭📈🚀🔥) or bold questions like “Did you know...?”.

    The ones most correlated with high reach are 🚀, 🔥, 🇨🇭, 💸 (+32%). Emojis in the body matter a lot less.

    Overloading on emojis hurts your credibility.

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    2️⃣ Niche Keyword

    In my case, the magic word “Switzerland” boosts my reach and CTR. The 🇨🇭 flag emoji works too

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    3️⃣ Curiosity Gap

    Phrases like “Did you know…?”, “The secret to…”, “Here are my 5 favorites:” or a numbered promise (“7 tricks”) also increase my impressions.

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    4️⃣ “High-value” words (specifically nouns)

    Words the algorithm loves: salary, wages, income, money, S&P 500 and OpenAI. Apparently people love it when I talk about money and AI.

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    5️⃣ Odd numbers and lists

    Odd numbers (3, 5, 7) do better than even ones; and using lists also increases impressions, I guess because they make the tweet easy to read.

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    6️⃣ Brands and Tickers

    Mentioning famous companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Nvidia, Valve, etc... also seems to improve impressions - even SP500 and potentially other “mainstream” stock tickers

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    7️⃣ Call to Action

    This includes a few things that boost not just impressions, but also “engagement”, including:

    → “High-value” verbs that drive clicks: multiply, maximize, diversify. → Using “🧵👇” or something similar to show that the tweet is a thread → Short links

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    📌 Example of an ideal tweet according to my AI:

    “🇨🇭 Did you know you can multiply your salary in Switzerland? Here are my 7 tried-and-tested tricks. 🧵👇 #Dinero”

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    I’ve got a couple more I haven’t included in the thread...

    Want to know what they are? Like and share! 🔥

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Launching projects on Reddit is an art.

If you get it right, you get a hugely powerful source of traffic.

Usually, you don’t. Usually they insult you, downvote your post, and ban you before you even understand what happened.

But when it works, it works. And it’s worth way more than 100 directories…

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