Ok, So Maybe It's Me...

A few days ago, I posted on Facebook that I was planning on leaving a couple of the revenue-share sites I write for, because I wasn't making any money on them.

I said it was after a lot of careful consideration, but I really didn't think about it that long before making that choice.

After I posted that (I've since removed the post), I talked with my family about it and gave it more thought. I came to a conclusion:

It's not the sites. 


It's me.

People generally get back what they put into something, and I've been doing the minimum on those two sites to stay alive. One has a set number of articles that it requires in a specific period of time - I meet that, but that's all I do. The other doesn't have that, so I rarely write anything at all there.

How can I expect people to just make me rich and famous when I'm not putting in the work?

Sure, I'm busy with work that pays me right now, but there's no reason why I can't take one hour each day and devote myself to building a future. In truth, I have a lot of things already written that I could put on these sites if I'd just take the time. So, why haven't I?

I really can't give you a good answer on that one. I wish I could, but I can't. Laziness, maybe? Lack of interest in making pennies at the moment? No proof that I'll ever make a lot of money there? Something else? I don't know.

What I do know is this: if I work harder (and smarter) I'll make more money. Period.

Money isn't all it's about, either. What I write may touch someone's heart, give them a new idea, make them feel better about themselves, or help them in some other way. That's worth much more than anything money could buy.

I've decided I'm going to give it a try and see what happens.  At the end of the year, I'll reevaluate where I am and whether I want to keep writing for those sites.

Please help me out by reading my content, commenting on it, and sharing it with others. Page views are important.

I cannot, in good conscience, encourage you to click on ads just for the sake of clicking. Please don't click around, trying to help me make money. I know some people do that, but click fraud is a very serious thing, and Google will catch it. The goal of those ads is to help companies get customers and make sales, and only people who legitimately want to find out information about that product or service should click an add on a piece of Internet content. Ever. Otherwise, clickers are just costing companies money - and getting the writer of the content in trouble in the process.

Anyway, the point is that I'm going to stick with the two sites I was going to leave, and I'm going to give them at least one hour per day, every week day. If I can do more, I will, but I have to do the work that pays money right now. It has to come first.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Do something grand with it! Rededicate yourself to your work, your passion, or something else in your life, run with it, and see how far you get! You might just surprise yourself.