Do Not Become a Blogger
On occassion, some of you leave nice comments on this blog to the tune of “nice blog“, “keep on bloggin“, or even “I added you to my bookmarks“. It’s nice to know that something I have to say is interesting to someone else. I’m sure some of the folks leaving comments don’t have their own blogs yet, but are wondering whether they should start putting their musings into a textbox.
Those folks should read an entertaining article entitled How To Dissuade Yourself From Becoming a Blogger (picked up from WikiHow).
In the article, an unknown writer shares a few nuggets of wisdom about blogging:
- Find five completely random blogs, and read them daily for a month. After thirty days, you will absolutely dread your self-imposed requirement to read all that dreck.
While it’s true that most blogs suck, there are some worth reading or watching.
- Write on a regular basis in a text editor instead. If that doesn’t satisfy your urge, and you feel that you must post your blog online, then you might just be craving attention and validation–which you’ll never truly find in a blog.
It’s true! People don’t start blogs because they want to help other people (exception). They start blogs because they want the attention. Hey, I started blogging because I wanted to see who’s going to care about what I have to say, and not because I’m some financial guru ready to dispense my priceless advice to everyone.
However, if you can say with certainty that you’re the type of person who likes to finish what you start (including things like blogs), you can pretty much count on making one dollar per month per unique daily visitor if you blog for around a year.
So check it out regardress of your blog ownership situation.
I own a blog, but I really just wanted a site to showcase some skills. I wanted to break out of the design monotony that all blogs carry these days. Now that it’s mostly done, everyday I’m wondering what my blog is really about and I struggle to come up with any substantial information.
I know some very successful bloggers and I see many positives in having one (not just monetary positives), but I haven’t found my niche yet I guess.
I guess in the end, I like online presence, I like to present content in a creative manner and a blog allows me to do both of those.
Wow, I’m replying, just to reply. It’s 2am and I’m dreading tomorrow.
Comment by Dimitry — September 19, 2006 @ 11:24 pm
damn, everyone is after money and attention. And I thought I was the only one… ;)
Comment by personal finance advice — September 20, 2006 @ 12:07 am
No, YOU can count on making a dollar per month. Nev made alot of money with his pixels.
Comment by Lawrence — September 20, 2006 @ 6:33 pm
Take it easy, Law. I said “a dollar per month per visitor”. Not everyone can sell pixels.
Comment by How To Be Poor — September 20, 2006 @ 7:57 pm
Just wanted to let you know that the link in your byline is dead
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Comment by David — September 21, 2006 @ 10:54 pm
Hey Max?!? There are some other websites that just want to help others. The only reason why I started my website is to get a personal finance and American politics class introduced in Georgia. I want to get a following before I head to my state capital. BUT I do believe that about 95% of them are crap. I spend so many man hours on mine that it is almost a full time job (just without the pay). A lot of people either write random things or just copy & paste articles from another website. See I like your blog just because you put funny stuff in finance and everyone knows finance aint funny. So good work!
Comment by eFIPO.com — September 22, 2006 @ 3:08 pm
Some good information here. Anyways, keep going max. There are those who read and enjoy but do not often post comments.
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