Monday
May102010
I Am Getting Paid To Do This Writing Thing (How Does It Impact You)
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 4:31AM
I know I have a handful of dedicated readers out there *waves* and I spose' now is as good time as many to do the thing that for some reason most bloggers dread.
Disclosures.
You see, after nearly three years of blogging at random places (LostTheTech, TechGeist, TheNextWeb, Technorati... whatever), having an assortment of grammar fails, being horrifically wrong on numerous occasions, and getting tore a new one by random commenters on Digg/Reddit/Slashdot/FriendFeed/Twitter or any other social media service you can possibly imagine, it is all finally starting to pay off.
Last week, Sean O'Gwin called me and offered me a freelance job to write about each of the speakers at the Kynetx Impact Conference, specifically what my personal thoughts were on each of them.
Woah.
I have never actually been straight up paid to write blog posts before. Sure, I have earned some advertising money here or there, but to be honest, the money I earn from Cliqset doesn't even begin to cover hosting, and let's not bring up Adsense.
Needless to say, I took the job. Which means I now have an official conflict of interest!
My first post will go out today, and I will be cross-posting the post I wrote for the Kynetx blog to mine with links and probably a little graphic pimping Kynetx as well. There will also be the appropriate disclosure at the beginning and end of the post making it very clear I did get paid to write it. Every word written in that post, and future posts, will be 100% what I think about Kynetx and whatever other parties I mentioned. I have been blogging basically unpaid for a few years now, if I didn't believe in Kynetx, I wouldn't of taken the job. While the money is nice (the good lord knows I can do with it), I am not willing to compromise the hopeful trust ,and credibility, I have with you readers. I would gladly deny that paycheck if I had to, and I hope you know that...
So in short, yup, I am getting paid, and in essence, I truly believe it shouldn't affect you at all.
BUT
If you feel it is, you know where to get a hold of me, private or public, it doesn't matter.
Until then, I really do hope you enjoy :D
Note: There is a slight possibility that this job with Kynetx could turn into a more permanent position. If it does, I will write a whole new post addressing that issue. Until then, I am not concerned about it, and neither should y'all.
Disclosures.
You see, after nearly three years of blogging at random places (LostTheTech, TechGeist, TheNextWeb, Technorati... whatever), having an assortment of grammar fails, being horrifically wrong on numerous occasions, and getting tore a new one by random commenters on Digg/Reddit/Slashdot/FriendFeed/Twitter or any other social media service you can possibly imagine, it is all finally starting to pay off.
Last week, Sean O'Gwin called me and offered me a freelance job to write about each of the speakers at the Kynetx Impact Conference, specifically what my personal thoughts were on each of them.
Woah.
I have never actually been straight up paid to write blog posts before. Sure, I have earned some advertising money here or there, but to be honest, the money I earn from Cliqset doesn't even begin to cover hosting, and let's not bring up Adsense.
Needless to say, I took the job. Which means I now have an official conflict of interest!
My first post will go out today, and I will be cross-posting the post I wrote for the Kynetx blog to mine with links and probably a little graphic pimping Kynetx as well. There will also be the appropriate disclosure at the beginning and end of the post making it very clear I did get paid to write it. Every word written in that post, and future posts, will be 100% what I think about Kynetx and whatever other parties I mentioned. I have been blogging basically unpaid for a few years now, if I didn't believe in Kynetx, I wouldn't of taken the job. While the money is nice (the good lord knows I can do with it), I am not willing to compromise the hopeful trust ,and credibility, I have with you readers. I would gladly deny that paycheck if I had to, and I hope you know that...
Y'all are worth more to me.
So in short, yup, I am getting paid, and in essence, I truly believe it shouldn't affect you at all.
BUT
If you feel it is, you know where to get a hold of me, private or public, it doesn't matter.
Until then, I really do hope you enjoy :D
Note: There is a slight possibility that this job with Kynetx could turn into a more permanent position. If it does, I will write a whole new post addressing that issue. Until then, I am not concerned about it, and neither should y'all.
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