I find myself vaguely annoyed by this video (is he somehow superior to people who choose to spend their free time outside?) but you get the point.
Did you guys know that apparently today is 'Pay A Blogger Day'? Yes. Perhaps I'll have to add that to next year's calendar for yet another weird-but-real holiday.
Now. I do not tell you this in an attempt to grab at your dollars. My bills are currently covered by my various writing gigs and sales of my ebooks, ad space and 2012 calendar. But there are approximately a million bloggers out there who produce helpful, amazing, insightful content day after day and make zero dollars for their efforts.
Of course (of course!) nobody should be blogging if they don't enjoy it and I realize that blogging is considered an enjoyable hobby for most everyone who does it. And we don't toss a few dollars to our friends for playing Wii/snowboarding/shoe shopping. But for many of us, blogs have taken the place of magazines. I used to have a $12-15 a month magazine habit! And now I have zero subscriptions and I haven't bought a magazine in months. So why not donate that magazine money to the blogs I'm reading instead?
And if you don't see a donate button? You can usually just send them money via Paypal using the email address on their contact page.
Do you ever donate to blogs? Leave links to your favorite, donation-worthy blogs in the comments!
Did you guys know that apparently today is 'Pay A Blogger Day'? Yes. Perhaps I'll have to add that to next year's calendar for yet another weird-but-real holiday.
Now. I do not tell you this in an attempt to grab at your dollars. My bills are currently covered by my various writing gigs and sales of my ebooks, ad space and 2012 calendar. But there are approximately a million bloggers out there who produce helpful, amazing, insightful content day after day and make zero dollars for their efforts.
Of course (of course!) nobody should be blogging if they don't enjoy it and I realize that blogging is considered an enjoyable hobby for most everyone who does it. And we don't toss a few dollars to our friends for playing Wii/snowboarding/shoe shopping. But for many of us, blogs have taken the place of magazines. I used to have a $12-15 a month magazine habit! And now I have zero subscriptions and I haven't bought a magazine in months. So why not donate that magazine money to the blogs I'm reading instead?
And if you don't see a donate button? You can usually just send them money via Paypal using the email address on their contact page.
Do you ever donate to blogs? Leave links to your favorite, donation-worthy blogs in the comments!
2 comments:
Wow, who knew today was pay a blog day? I didn't know such a day existed; maybe I should ad a donate button to my blog for the day, lol.
Following a blog is a great way to pay a blogger, too. I'm a novelist, trying to get published, and publishers do look at how much of an online presence a writer has. The more followers my blog (or any writer's!) has, the more likely publication becomes. Love a blogger; click "follow" and tell your friends about the blogs you love! :)
One blog that I like for the beautiful photography is my father-in-law's: conradartglassgardens.blogspot.com If you're a gardener, you'll especially love it!
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