Mitchell Long is an experienced editor, content strategist, and founder with 11 years building and scaling niche media sites and audience-driven products from Lausanne. He founded TechUpLife and multiple vertical sites, growing TechUpLife to over 100,000 monthly pageviews through on-page SEO, long-form evergreen content, and affiliate marketing. A versatile writer and editor, he has bylines across major tech and entertainment outlets and has held senior editorial roles managing freelance teams, social strategy, and newsletters. Mitchell also creates online courses and co-hosts the Celluloid Fiends podcast, combining practical content growth tactics with audio production and audience development. He brings a hands-on approach to productizing content—launching courses, optimizing affiliate funnels, and even simplifying homelabs through his GitHub-adjacent projects. His background in creative writing and business (UNC Chapel Hill/Kenan-Flagler coursework) underpins a rare mix of editorial craft and growth-minded analytics.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
UNC Business Essentials Certificate, Business, UNC Business Essentials Certificate, Business at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
Study Abroad Semester, Environmental Studies, Study Abroad Semester, Environmental Studies at Cambridge University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, Creative Writing, Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, Creative Writing, Environmental Studies at UNC Chapel Hill
Duke University
Study Abroad, Archeology, Study Abroad, Archeology at UNC - Burch Fellowship
Docker media and home server stack with Docker Compose, Traefik, Swarm Mode, Google OAuth2/Authelia, and LetsEncrypt
Contributions:237 commits, 27 PRs, 245 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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