JP HQ was recently approached by a commercial offer: someone wants to advertise here! I have been pondering the pros and cons, and this is the list so far:
Pro:
- It's money :)
- Content should be valued
- Its seems a worthy site and appropriate for this blog
- Could be more out there
Con:
- Its not that much
- Friends start asking about "principles"
- Like freedom to say what ever want
- Like freedom to stop blogging when want
- It becomes "professional"
So what do you think?
4 comments:
I face the same quandary all the time. I finally accepted one of the enticements when the compensation was something to give away to my readers, rather than money for me. Hence the infamous furniture and sailing/ drop-leaf table fiasco which resulted in one of my best blogging friends accusing me of being a "fraud". I don't think I'll ever go down that route again.
I think this depends upon whether your principle interest is principle or interest.
How interested are you in principle and how principled are your interests? A good principle can earn healthy interest, but a healthier interest is in good principles.
I think the answer might be that my life is complicated enough and its time to keep it simple and leave this as just an 'umble blog.
Pocket the cash!
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