I'm in like this work holding pattern when it comes to all of this internet money making stuff.
I want the money, I want the success, but I don't want to be one of those over the top pushy bloggers that I loathe.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy for their success, but I hate the way they go about it.
I'm sick and tired of seeing messages on Twitter from bloggers saying enter this contest, I don't have many entries, yet when I get there to check it out, almost feeling sorry for them that they didn't get a lot of entries, I see that they have 300+ people entered into a random drawing for 1 single item.
I'm tired of seeing people outright ask advertisers on Twitter, to send them a product to review and give away.
I'm tired of the posts about making money, tired of the posts where they discuss how much money they've made.
That is my biggest peeve of all.
To me, it is absolutely disgusting, and exceptionally tacky to post about how much money you make from all of your paid blogging income sources.
It's gross.
I always think of it like this, if you were in an elevator with 12 people, would you just start talking about how much money you make?
If you held an office job and on payday when the checks are delivered, would you open yours up, stand up, and shout to the entire office how much you made that week?
No, you wouldn't, so why do people do it on their blogs?
To brag about what a great blogger they think they are?
To try and show advertisers that they are the blogger to work with, because look at how much money other adverts spend with them?
Talking about how much you earn is tacky.
Tack-y.
And I'm not alone, I saw this tweet from someone tonight;
But therein lies my dilemma.
I want to be a truly successful blogger, but I don't want to be pushy about it, I don't want to be obnoxious about it, I don't want to ask adverts to give me stuff.
If an advert wants to work with me, then I'd like them to contact me, not the other way around.
I'm not afraid to ask for things after they contact me, like a product to review, maybe one to give away, but I just don't have it in me to contact them first, and start that first contact off by asking for things.
No hello I am so and so, but a straight up Twitter request for products and/or accessories.
I cringed when I read that.
I cringed and said out-loud "Holy hell tacky".
My dearest readers, if you ever see me starting to be one of those really successful bloggers who lets it get to my head, and you see me straight up asking for stuff, send me an email, send me a tweet, tell me that I am becoming one of those bloggers that I loathe.
I promise I will thank you for helping me come back to my senses.
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I want the money, I want the success, but I don't want to be one of those over the top pushy bloggers that I loathe.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy for their success, but I hate the way they go about it.
I'm sick and tired of seeing messages on Twitter from bloggers saying enter this contest, I don't have many entries, yet when I get there to check it out, almost feeling sorry for them that they didn't get a lot of entries, I see that they have 300+ people entered into a random drawing for 1 single item.
I'm tired of seeing people outright ask advertisers on Twitter, to send them a product to review and give away.
I'm tired of the posts about making money, tired of the posts where they discuss how much money they've made.
That is my biggest peeve of all.
To me, it is absolutely disgusting, and exceptionally tacky to post about how much money you make from all of your paid blogging income sources.
It's gross.
I always think of it like this, if you were in an elevator with 12 people, would you just start talking about how much money you make?
If you held an office job and on payday when the checks are delivered, would you open yours up, stand up, and shout to the entire office how much you made that week?
No, you wouldn't, so why do people do it on their blogs?
To brag about what a great blogger they think they are?
To try and show advertisers that they are the blogger to work with, because look at how much money other adverts spend with them?
Talking about how much you earn is tacky.
Tack-y.
And I'm not alone, I saw this tweet from someone tonight;
Enough already. Making money online. Hasn't anyone got anything else to blog about?It's not just me feeling this way about the subject, people are starting to be so freaking over it.
But therein lies my dilemma.
I want to be a truly successful blogger, but I don't want to be pushy about it, I don't want to be obnoxious about it, I don't want to ask adverts to give me stuff.
If an advert wants to work with me, then I'd like them to contact me, not the other way around.
I'm not afraid to ask for things after they contact me, like a product to review, maybe one to give away, but I just don't have it in me to contact them first, and start that first contact off by asking for things.
No hello I am so and so, but a straight up Twitter request for products and/or accessories.
I cringed when I read that.
I cringed and said out-loud "Holy hell tacky".
My dearest readers, if you ever see me starting to be one of those really successful bloggers who lets it get to my head, and you see me straight up asking for stuff, send me an email, send me a tweet, tell me that I am becoming one of those bloggers that I loathe.
I promise I will thank you for helping me come back to my senses.
I hope your not talking about me. LOL! I have never asked for products. If they were offered on a website I will accept. I didn't even know how you could approach an advert. I read a blog where this guy actually put screenshots of all his companies he worked for and how much he made and gloated about it. He said personal bloggers don't make squat! That dude was really annoying.
It's getting to be that annoying time of the month, and I don't mean the arrival of Aunt Flo, either. It's time for the end-of-the-month brag session with the company-by-company breakdown of how much they made this month. I'm sure there will be a year-end version of this tackiness, too.
It used to annoy me when my ex-husband would not only tell his mother how much he made at his job, but how much I made, as well. That's none of her damned business, and he had no right to divulge that information without my permission.
The only people who need to know how much I earn from my paid blogging are my husband, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and the IRS. Kat, I know I've mentioned to you a few times how much I made in a given pay period, but that's not the same as plastering it all over my blogs, on Twitter, etc.
One of the reasons I got rid of Entrecard is because I was sick of having to look at all of those "make money blogging" blogs. Most of them are very crappy. So I set my account to accept no new adverts, and removed the widgets from my blogs. Not worth the hassle.
You can be successful without being a jerk.
I'm pretty sure that if I WERE making a great amount of money on my blog, I'd have PLENTY of other things to blog about, because I wouldn't be working my crappy 80 hour a week job and I'd have a REAL LIFE instead.
**Snicker** @ Tony! I don't think you need to worry yourself too much! You have plenty of friends that will keep you grounded!