Do you want to monetize your blogs?  This is the core question to ask yourself.  And for most of us the answer is yes.  It goes beyond, though

 

In your face or subtle.  Book review with affiliate link.  Subtle, easy.

 

"You can't pay the mortgage with free"  and my corollary "The grocery store doesn't take trackbacks"

Dave should really write all these great Google AdSense tricks.  Nice layouts, picking the right ad placements, colours, links.  It works.  Cool.

 

Now, Dave is talking about choice and control.  Not directly, but he is.  Dave Taylor's experience is that it's covering his mortgage+ every month.  So his choice is that blogging isn't a hobby, it isn't just fun, it's his job.  Just like me.  What this all comes down to being able to monetize and have your content valued and be worth your effort.  Well, guess what.  Qumana thinks this is important too.  Really important. 

 

Blogging is about adding value and analysis to new and other content.  Ads in posts, ads in feeds.  It might be controversial, but as blogging moves away from hobbyists and people who have "day jobs", this is going to become more and more important.

 

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