Since I wrote that I’m not really cut out to be a selfish blogger my mind has been in overdrive trying to find a way to be online without it taking over my life.
Selfish Blogger is a great place for me to express some elements of my personality but it’s not really conducive to building enduring online relationships – which in turn leaves the experience a little empty (if I’m honest about it).
I want to continue blogging and I want to be involved with the discussion, but I’m reluctant to repeat the mistakes of the past which led to strained personal relationships and my abrupt departure from blogging (that I’m choosing to call my ‘blog burnout’)
Still, I remain convinced that blogging holds the key to building the sort of future I’m looking for. I still believe that blogging represents an achievable way to make money – not necessarily a full time or even part-time living – but perhaps a supplementary income.
My thoughts lead me to conclude that I should grasp the nettle and do exactly what I set out to do in the first place – make money!
I believe I’ve come up with an idea that I can turn into a year long project designed to provide a supplementary income by the time the year is out.
Initially the project will be all about me returning to the kind of blogging I enjoy. Bolted onto the side of the blog I’ll be trying to attract search engine traffic… which is where I’d seek to generate an income.
It’s not a fancy idea or a clever idea, it’s not even original, but it’s the simplest and most widely used form of money making… Selling.
The trick of course is ensuring that any friends who drop in to the blog to say hello don’t feel that I’m trying to sell to them and don’t feel obliged to buy.
I don’t expect it to be plain sailing though. I’m not a natural salesman and some of my self-defeating attitudes about selling will need to be addressed – and I suppose this is part of what attracts me to the idea – I relish the challenge.
I won’t divulge all the details just yet as there’s still some fuzziness to be de-fuzzed and I reserve the right to change my mind about absolutely every aspect at any time. That’s not selfish, that’s just self-preservation.
And while I’m on the subject of changing my mind… I’m opening the comments. (Shhh! Don’t tell anyone!)
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Ooh, I’ve missed this:) Can’t wait to see what you’re planning! And I really, really hope it works out the way you want.
Sell out! Just kidding:). Hope it works out for you.
Dave, you’re sweet and funny. I’ll read whether I can comment or not. You’re making me wonder if it’s now a man’s perogative to change his mind. (/wink)
I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Yayyyy! Welcome back.
I like blog comments much better than twitter. (I’ve closed my Twitter account again.)
Oh man, the comments are open!!
(looks for list of profanities to unleash)
I look forward to seeing what you come up with. I enjoy reading your stuff no matter what you write. Well, so long as you don’t start hawking some Get Rich Quick schemes or some miracle berries that will make me lose 50 pounds in one week.
Wait a minute. Is this some sort of joke. Are you laughing at me right now, while sipping tea and reminiscing about being a bobby? How could it be that you opened up comments and there aren’t any comments. I’m totally walking into something here. I can smell it.
Or maybe that’s just my upper lip.
I am watching you and how you achieve this, because I need some income, and recognition and appreciation and I am not a natural born sales person at all…
Got my fingers crossed and eyes heavenward that you succeed.
Am I the only one who’s going to tell it like it is?
You are worse than my 6 year old for changing his mind. Get on with it already so Blogger Dad and I can stomp all over whatever new thing you’re doing.
Sheesh x
What a great start to opening the comments! LMAO I basically ignored you for a whole day!! I am the BEST blogger ever in the history of the world. I forgot to set up the whole site to deal with comments so I wasn’t notified of new comments (because I wasn’t expecting any when I set it up initially).
I need to find a few more plugins to make the site more comment friendly and basically do lots of other things that proper and professional blog owners do. Stick with me and I’ll get it done.
Adrenalynn
Thank you. I keep telling people I’m full of ideas but they insist I’m full of something else.
Kool Aid
Persistence is the key! So too is flip-flopping! Thank you!!
Avlor
You make me blush, but thank you. I’ve been a stay-home-mother for a year now so the mind changing comes with the territory.
Tracy
What, so you can laugh?? Kidding of course! Thank you.
Mike
I was impressed that you even had a Twitter account. I’ve learnt my lesson now – Comments are the way to go. Thanks Mike!
David
What do you mean? Are you talking about the sort of get rich schemes that Sean’s hawking on the Blueprint?? Profanities my ass! Thanks DW.
Writer Dad
I’m always laughing at you. You’re just bloody funny. No trap, it’s just me being an idiot and not moderating comments. Idiot. That’s me not you. OK it’s a little bit you. Thanks WD.
Patricia
Thank you Patricia. I too would love those things. I’m just going to wing it and learn as I go – but we’ll have some fun along the way!
Tara!
I’m worse at blogging than I thought. How cold I miss you out like that? Stomp away TC, Stomp away…. and thank you!
Mr. F – my big huge idea that will make me rich, RICH is called a Flog. I think we should join forces and pretend like we are already rich and make some sort of book where we fib and tell people how we did it. And if they protest, well, we’re artists, aren’t we? Took a bit of license, didn’t we? Because we don’t live by your rules.
BTW research off shore bank accounts.
Tracy
It’s a real shame that BlogopolisBlueprint beat us to the idea. It’s just a shame they didn’t have a more catchy name like FLOG.
Marc
Could you please post a dinner suggestion everyday? I’m feeling lazy as well as selfish. Wait! LazyBlogger.com – I wonder if it’s taken?
I was going to post an incredibly witty comment about spamming the selfish guy here but then I realised that no-one does spam better than these guys
Spammity spam!
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