It’s All About the Money Boys and Girls!

It is all about the money! That is the way it feels when everyone is trying to sell you the secrets to getting rich blogging. Advertisements littered with million dollar homes, stacks of cash and fast cars. You do know by now it is hype, designed to suck you in and drain your wallet with the promise of getting rich. To be honest, there is someone getting rich, but it isn’t you. Can you guess who it is?

As blogging has grown over the years, so has the number of people trying to cash in on selling programs to “The Secrets of Getting Rich by Blogging”. I have tried dozens of programs over the years, spent a lot of money in the process. It was only after some time did I realize how these people got rich. They got rich selling the program, not by using them.

Lets start from the begining. In all these programs what are they selling you? If you answer anything but “Information” you need to re-think this whole thing. They are selling you nothing but information. Is the information they selling you a real secret? “NO” The information is actually free to anyone, you just have to know where to get the information. All they did was collect it all into a book for you to buy. They are just providing a short cut for a small (sometimes large) fee. Most of the time, when you get the information it is just a book telling you where to go get the actual information.

As of late, I read something over 200 RSS feeds dedicated to the subject of making money blogging. How can I read so many feeds a day? I can because most of the feeds are all saying the same thing. One blogger picks up a new or latest “Get Rich Program” and before you know it they all have jumped on the band wagon. What is happening is they are all trying to keep up with the latest trend, hype, scam, or the Jones next door. They are trying to squeeze money in some form out of ever visitor they get to their site.

In the process, the good writing and content which got them to the top is already starting to show signs of falling to the bottom. I was on a certain blog earlier today, it is by a person well known in the blogging world. I haven’t visited their blog much lately because usable content has went way down hill and having too much money and ego is going up. I was shocked to see that the advertisements on the front page out numbered the content.

What is the point of this post? The point is when does a blog become over monetized? When can you admit your content has went in the toilet because you are too busy trying to make a buck out of everyone visiting your site? You have to remember, the higher you get to the top the further you have to fall. Yeah, I could say a lot more things but I think you get my point.

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