It’s always good to hear that other people are pushing this agenda. Thanks for commenting!

I absolutely agree to being passionate about what you’re doing and that money is just a by-product if you could provide real value.

These principles – being passionate, providing value, money is just a by-product – have also been what I’m constantly advocating on my own blog.

Great post!

Cheers~

Mark

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Your site is one of the few exceptions to what I said in this article. I love your approach to making money, and in fact, you are giving value to the reader, because you are educating the reader on how blogs make money, and you’re not making them pay for it, or sign up for a mailing list.

Of course, for the majority of us, money has to come into our lives at some point. I am of the opinion though, that by focusing on the money, our writing will suffer, and that is bad for our value, which is bad for our viewership, which is ultimately bad for our money… lol. Thanks for commenting!

You are right. Value has to be there. It is after all all that you have to sell. You got your little stall in the market. You are not selling rusty old trinkets or knock-off Nike shirts. Your selling your content. It has to be good, or else visitors will just buy their stuff at Walmart.

Unfortunetely, for me giving value for visitors is not motivation enough. Sure I am happy if they are happy, because they like the product. But in the back of my mind, there is always a little voice wispering: Now pay me.

Well said. I can’t get over the arrogance of some bloggers who open a web site, and think that they’re going to make a ton of money with very little effort. This is the kind of thinking that we need less of. We need to want to provide value. It’s better for our readers, and it’s better for the universe.

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Sometimes, it takes more than one tap on the shoulder to wake people up. I’m not going to waste my time on anyone who doesn’t have an open mind. My message will be documented on this blog for anyone to come back and read in the future. Maybe the first time they hear the message, they will shrug it off. After they have time to think about it and realize how much potential they are wasting working for the man, they will come back to my message, and I will welcome them.

And yes, everybody is an entrepreneur. However, most people invest very little time and energy into creating value for themselves. Even if someone WANTS to work at a “normal” job their whole life, that’s fine. But they should be focusing on becoming a valuable employee.

I also see everyone as an entrepreneur, contributing to the economy and community what they do best.

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At first I didn’t understand what you are getting at, but now I think I do.

I agree with you that people who work in “normal” jobs underestimate their value to the company. I think that it’s practically criminal the way that businesses prey upon the labor of their employees. If your employees make you rich, then you should make them rich, simple as that. It’s only right.

And as much as people tend to disagree with this statement, people shouldn’t have a “normal” job once they become adults. It’s not right. But since it’s “normal” it’s what people do. I envision a future where the role of bosses, vice presidents, and supervisors will be much smaller, and people are making more money and value for themselves, as opposed to their superiors. You don’t even want to see me get off on a rant about this. This is a sore subject for me… lol. Thanks for your comment.

@ Alik

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t get paid. What I am saying is that you can’t just log onto the internet and expect people to pay you immediately. You have to build your value. It takes time. Coca-Cola didn’t just open their business, and run superbowl ads the next day. (A flawed comparison, I admit)

Let me come clean here. I 100% plan on profitting from this site. I want to quit my job, and make a living off of creating entertainment for other people. However, I understand that I need to work to make that happen. People aren’t going to come onto this website, and write me a fat check to do that. I have to give people a reason to actually come here.

Thanks for your input. I WANT people to discuss these things honestly, as opposed to always agreeing with me. This site, along with many others are here to build a foundation for the concepts of the future’s business landscape. We are in the beginning stages of a revolution, my friend, and the insecure, greedy businesspeople of yesteryear aren’t going to like it.