Second streams
I loathe advertisements. But I want a second stream of income. Well, at this point, it’s a third or fourth. (I am getting 3 W-2’s for 2005.)
So I have succumbed to posting Amazon and Google ads. I figure why not? Google runs Blogger. My sister works for A9, a division of Amazon.
Everyone says they want to make more money. Last night I re-read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Lechter. He talks about adding more streams of income and working a good chunk of the year to pay the tax man. The trick to his stream of income is that he doesn’t need to mind the store. I pick that phrase in particular since I work behind the counter at a yarn shop. I hope folks click through and actually generate a stream of something for me.
I put three finance books that I can actually recommend. I’ve read them all and they’ve taught me a lot. The last book is non-finance oriented and it was very interesting. I’ll try to keep at least one non-finance book listed since pure entertainment is part of life’s pleasures.
Perhaps an online finance book group is in order? I wonder how to do that.
Anonymous wrote:
I don’t do it because then nobody can accuse me of profiting off my blog.
-You know who.
Posted on 14-Jan-06 at 7:55 pm | Permalink
mapgirl wrote:
uh… I have no idea who this is. Really, I don’t… email me to clarify…
Posted on 14-Jan-06 at 10:13 pm | Permalink
Flexo wrote:
I see nothing wrong with including ads on a blog, particularly if the blog is about finance. As long as it’s clear what’s advertising and what’s content, I don’t think it causes an issue for most readers. If you were to include them on a more personal diary type of website, then that would just seem a little weird.
Good luck with the blog!
Posted on 14-Jan-06 at 11:47 pm | Permalink