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Freedom of Speech Needs a Home. I Finally Found Mine Again.

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October 11, 2026by Chase Swift ๐Ÿ‘‰ Freedom Crusader

Freedom of speech is one of the freedoms I hold closest. It's written into our Constitution, and I believe it comes from our Creator, not from any government.

But a right you have no place to use doesn't do you much good.

Many of us have felt our words get pushed down. During the COVID years, I watched voices get ignored, deleted outright, or buried so deep in Google that you couldn't find them no matter how you searched. I'm not going to rehash all of that here. I just remember how it felt to wonder whether anyone would ever hear what I had to say.

Today I have a place to say it. And I want you to have one too.

The blog I lost

Many years ago I started a blog. I loved sharing my thoughts there.

Then the business that hosted my blog failed, and my blog went down with it.

I didn't blog again for years.

Here's what that taught me: when your words live on someone else's platform, they can vanish the day that platform does. Your voice needs a home you control.

Why most people never get started

If you've ever tried to start a blog, you know the drill. Buy a domain. Buy hosting. Install WordPress. Pick a theme. Fix the plugin that broke. Wonder why everything looks different on your phone.

Most people quit somewhere in that list. They never reach the good part, which is actually writing.

I understand technology pretty well. I spent years teaching Photoshop and built my YouTube channel to over 5 million views. But I know plenty of people who are smart, wise and full of stories, and the technical stuff stops them cold.

How simple it is now

This is what changed for me. The Home Business Academy rebuilt its whole platform from the ground up this past month, and blogging on it is so simple a six-year-old could do it.

I can type whatever is on my heart. Or I can let the built-in AI help me, so I don't get caught up in technical details I'd rather not think about.

Here's a real example. I watched a speech by Tulsi Gabbard, copied the video's transcript into the AI, and it helped me turn it into a full blog post. It came out better than I could have imagined. You can read it here: Tulsi Gabbard Told Young Americans "Today Is the Day." She Was Talking to Us Too.

You can add YouTube videos to your posts. And people who want to hear more from you can subscribe, so they get an email reminder every time you publish something new.

What it costs (this part surprised me)

You can have your own blog through the Home Business Academy for $25 a month.

No website address yet? You can get one for $11.99 for a whole year. That's about $1 a month. Pretty darned affordable, if you ask me.

Already have a website? You can move it over and start blogging from day one, with AI helping you make your words clearer and more powerful.

It's a global service, so it works for people all over the world, not just here in the United States.

If you'd like to see exactly what you'd get, here's my link: See how to start your own blog. Full disclosure: I earn a commission if you join through my link. Your price doesn't change.

Then it gets even better: 80% commissions

When someone else wants a blog and joins through your link, you earn an 80% commission. That's almost unheard of in the real world.

On the $25 plan, that's $20 a month for every person who joins with you.

Do I even need to explain the math of sharing this with 10 people?

That's $200 to you. Every month.

So while you're sharing your heart, your dreams and your experiences, you can also have income landing in your bank account every month.

There's more, too. HBA has bigger AI tools that cost more each month, and they pay the same 80%. When someone wants all of those tools, you could earn up to $128 a month from that one person. But to blog, you don't have to pay for anything beyond the $25 plan.

As Jim Rohn put it: "You get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. You don't get paid for the time, you get paid for the value."

Why I trust it

I joined the Home Business Academy in May of 2019. That's 7 years now, and I've loved this system the whole way.

HBA has been paying 80% commissions since the year it opened, 2016. In 10 years it hasn't missed a single payment. I've been paid every week since I joined, and I've made over five figures from this system.

Now that the platform has been rebuilt, I expect that number to grow. I know how many people want a place to be heard, with technology working for them instead of against them.

You can talk to the founders. Directly.

If you want more than the blog, HBA Premium adds more AI tools and something I've never had with any other company.

Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. Eastern, the co-founders, Mike and Paul, are live on Zoom. They're also the programmers who built this system over the last 10 years. You can ask them anything: a question about the tools, a suggestion for the platform, or how to grow what you earn. No firewall. No gatekeeper.

Can't make it live? Post your question ahead of time. They answer it on the call, then email you the exact time in that day's recording where they did.

Think about that. You get to talk with the people who created the whole thing.

Need a little extra to cover it?

If you live in the United States, in one of 36 specific states, I have a method that earns me upwards of $400 a month for free. That can help pay for these tools. I show how I do it here: How I quietly earn about $450 a month, free, with Sweeps Coins.

So, what do you want to say?

Think about what you'd write if you had your own blog. Your stories. Your opinions. The lessons life taught you the hard way. The questions you still wonder about.

If that stirs something in you, click the button below and see what you'd get. You'll be connected to me, and I'll help you get your voice out on the internet for others to hear.

Have a question first? Send me a note at chaseswiftmarketing@gmail.com and let's talk.

And if this isn't for you, that's fine too. The internet can be exactly what you dream it to be. I just hope you'll use your voice.

Chase

P.S. You can look at everything before you decide anything. Here's my link again, and my Tulsi Gabbard post shows what one video and a little AI help can turn into.

Required Legal Disclaimer: Typical affiliates earn no income. This is not a get-rich-quick program. No sales = no income. Full earnings disclosure: thehba.app/income

Chase Swift ๐Ÿ‘‰ Freedom Crusader
Chase Swift ๐Ÿ‘‰ Freedom Crusader
Brooks Institute of Photography graduate, former Westlight stock photographer, and creator of the Five Free Tools YouTube channel with over 5 million views. I write about freedom, purpose and the next chapter of life.

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