Comments on: Using Contextual Advertising On Your Blog (Part III) http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/10/using-contextual-advertising-on-your-blog-part-iii/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Today is that Day http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/10/using-contextual-advertising-on-your-blog-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-187036 Today is that Day Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:00:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/10/using-contextual-advertising-on-your-blog-part-iii/#comment-187036 I believe in monetizing a blog from jump street. I think a blogger should be paid for their ability to write valuable content, and its not as if what they write isn't valuable unless a certain number of people see it. I consider bloggers to be writers who bring value, and like any other provider of value, they should be compensated accordingly. Waiting until a certain number of subscribers are available before monetizing a blog is - in my opinion - tantamount to false advertising to those first 50 to 100 readers. You are basically saying, "Here is this great content. I offer it to you freely, and without intrusive advertisements." Then, once you reach a certain number of subscribers, you change your story by suddenly throwing ads in their face. All of this is just my opinion, of course, but I walk this talk. In the past few months I have started two additional blogs in addition to Today is that Day, and I monetized both of them before the first visitor ever even saw the website. - Aaron I believe in monetizing a blog from jump street. I think a blogger should be paid for their ability to write valuable content, and its not as if what they write isn’t valuable unless a certain number of people see it.

I consider bloggers to be writers who bring value, and like any other provider of value, they should be compensated accordingly.

Waiting until a certain number of subscribers are available before monetizing a blog is – in my opinion – tantamount to false advertising to those first 50 to 100 readers.

You are basically saying, “Here is this great content. I offer it to you freely, and without intrusive advertisements.”

Then, once you reach a certain number of subscribers, you change your story by suddenly throwing ads in their face.

All of this is just my opinion, of course, but I walk this talk. In the past few months I have started two additional blogs in addition to Today is that Day, and I monetized both of them before the first visitor ever even saw the website.

- Aaron

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