I find it hilarious that I once had a reader that STOPPED reading because I was doing PPP. She went (on her own blog, which is how I knew, because I would read hers, too) and called me a sell-out and commercial and went on to say that no one wants to read someone getting paid to talk about things because it wasn't genuine.
I had asked you guys if it bothered you that I was doing a few ads to make some extra money, and the majority of you didn't have a problem.
I kept her on my sidebar (I don't know why…) and I actually checked in on her recently…
Guess who's doing ads?
Yep, same person who bitched and complained about my commercial-ness…
Like I said, I find it hilarious.
I won't say anything bad. I hadn't checked in on her blog in a long time so I don't know what happened to make her have to do paid entries, but here's what I have to say:
I UNDERSTAND.
I won't say you're a sell-out, I won't say no one wants to read you anymore.
I UNDERSTAND….being broke is GENUINE.
I haven't done paid ads in a long time, not because I don't have to, because that extra money helps out A LOT…mainly because my job has a block on the pages I use for my ads. Yep, that's why. If not, you would still see some ads sprinkled in here.
Oh, and I got rid of my home computer. It was a junker and was on it's last legs…so now I'm solely depending on my work pc for e-mails and other things internet.
That's all I had to say about that…
4 comments:
Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes...
I ignore the ads. Nothing personal about the blogger's decision. It's just that for me the ads are like the end caps at the cash register: impulse shopping. If you want to earn extra cash through YOUR blog, then you shouldn't feel as if you need to defend that decision.
Plus, for some of us the ads can mean the difference between having a positive bank account or getting hit with overdraft fees. EEEK! that was no taxicab! It was a spymoose!
I haven't done a ppp ad in quite some time. It's not that I couldn't use the money as well but it seems as of late the ads that I felt I was interested in ended having me jump through too many hoops to get paid.
When I did do the ads I did my best to pick things that I felt I could discuss without making it feel as though it was a pressure sale.
Over all it's your blog (anyone's for that matter) and you should be able to post about whatever you see fit.
Had no idea what the heck PPP was....
I felt like such a newbie...
Anyway, I figure whatever gets you through the night...
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