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Re: Get a real job
First, I'm really sorry to have stung you with my remarks. I certainly didn't mean it personally. But I did mean it generally. And I'm also sorry you got into working with (or for) PayPerPost. You're way too talented and interesting a blogger to get tied up in that kind of stuff. Second, I think there are lots of ways bloggers like you (SAHMs, both with and without jobs) can make money because of blogging, rather than just with blogging. I've written a lot about this, and will certainly write more. Jeez, you are so good, at so many things (photography, writing about all kinds of SAHM-related stuff, to name two among many subjects), that you shouldn't have much trouble getting monetary benefits far beyond the occasional sheckels from the likes of PayPerPost — without the potential sacrifices you're exposed to by paritipating in the SEO mill. As for getting paid for what you'd write about anyway, the difference is who you're doing it for, and why, and where. You've got a blog, not a TV station. And even if you were a TV station, there's a reason broadcasters put up the same "chinese wall" between editorial and advertising that print journalists put up earlier. In the 50s, John Cameron Swayze used to shill for advertisers in the midst of the evening news. When Walter Cronkite replaced Swayze, the practice was dropped. Which is the better model -- the guy remembered as the Voice of Timex, or the most respected anchor of all time? (Never mind that the same Chinese wall is all but gone from today's evening news.) I understand that attacks on PayPerPost have put you on the defensive. But please understand that those opposed to PayPerPost are defending something too. We're defending the blogosphere from those who would corrupt its founding and persistent virtues, and the integrity of good bloggers who may not realize what they're selling for a few pieces of silver. I just wrote a long piece that I hope will clear things up for you, Xial and others who think I'm being too harsh. Best, Doc
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