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August 22, 2006
Selling out
I read an article on CNN Money today called "Blogging for Dollars: How to turn your passion into an online empire." Apparently there is a "gold rush-style stampede into the blogosphere" by advertisers eager to cash in on the success of blogs. A blog, or "web log," is a site, or "Internet site," on which people, or "highly functional monkeys," write stuff, or "things." Apparently this has been going for some time and I have been missing out.
But that is going to change. Boy, is it. From now on, Minor Tweaks is all about Major Bucks. As the saying goes: If you give away milk for free, that's a poor business model. Such wisdom is just an example of the value-added content available every day on Minor Tweaks, or as it will henceforth be known "[SPONSOR’S NAME]."
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I don't know much about business. In college, while other students were studying accounting and economics, I was reading lengthy books by people who died poor. But this made me a better person somehow, more interesting and well-rounded. Here's an example of my whip-smart repartee:
ME: How was your weekend?
SOME OTHER PERSON: Not bad. You?
ME: Oh, you know. Nothing exciting.
It took four years and tens of thousands of dollars (thanks mom and dad!) to help me achieve such verbal mastery. On the downside, though, I'm not very good with money. Which is why I've decided to keep it simple: From now on, I'll be paying myself 50 cents per word. Hell, make it 75 -- I deserve it. Some might wonder whether this will lead to unnecessarily long posts as I try to increase my word count purely to rake in cash. I don't think it will, though. Not at all! Why would it? I don't think it would. In fact, I'm pretty sure it won't. Anyway. That's all for now. Until next time. See you later. Goodbye. Toodles. And so forth.
Posted by teb at August 22, 2006 11:39 AM