Thanks To All

First I want to thank all of you who left a comment here. Some were short and sweet, some were long. All of them were good. I was cursed at by one mysterious Mr. Schlomo who hid his address. Mr. Schlomo, you failed to realize that you left plenty of tracks for me to know exactly who you are. I was very surprised to uncover your identity.

All Bloggers Have A Purpose

Some of you have the misconception that I don’t like A-list bloggers and nothing could be further from the truth. We are all people and we all, regardless of what some of us think, have feelings. If an A-list blog makes $10,000 per month it doesn’t mean that person is no good.

Making money on the web with a blog is different than any other business as well as being the same. People learn how to work the system. How the whole thing evolves is controlled by us and the system itself. I do believe the wealth shouldn’t be so one sided though. It’s just like real life. There are few on top, some in the middle and tons on the bottom.

I wrote this two part series as a wake up call for our blogging self awareness.. We all have a purpose. That purpose should and will evolve for most of us as we learn more and more about ourselves and life. I say many negative things about A-list bloggers and it is just to incite valuable and deep discussion.

Thanks to my readers, my blog has had many incredible discussions. Some of them are unforgettable. That is because of the wonderful people who read, think and get involved here. I have made some very cool new friends the past month and I am truly thankful for all of you.

Incredible Commentary

I could write all day long about this. It’s one of my favourite subjects. Please read all the comments on part one as I could never have dreamed of so many valuable comments. I was humbled by all of you. I think that the most important part of this blog are the commentators.

Do What You Do Because You Love It!

One thing I love about all of my regular readers is all of them write what they love. I cannot express to you how much all of you mean to me! The more you blog, the harder it becomes to keep it going. The bloggers who know the game, know how easy it is to get burnt out. If you really know me, you know how many times I have almost given up.

My favourite bloggers do what they do naturally. They write what they do out of love for what they write about. Though I don’t mention all of you in the next section, I sincerely thank you all for reading and leaving comments!

A Few Special Thanks

I actually feel bad that I am not listing all of the people who left valuable comments. Trust me, it not personal at all. It would make this post entirely too big and that is not good.

I felt that one commenter said it best. That was the Brown Baron. The Brown Baron is by far one of my favourite bloggers of all time. He takes the time to really think and write valuable comments. If there is one guy who has the ability to compete with Techcrunch, it is him (uh oh, I just linked to an A-lister! Hey, he is incredible and there is no doubt about it!). The Brown Baron said:

What should be changed is the perception that if a blog does a meme, has low PR, has a long blogroll, it�s worth nothing.

That sums it up. The perception should be changed. Professional bloggers look at my blog all the time but they never come back! Is what I write less valuable than what they write? The truth is, they don’t take the time to actually read what I write. I know exactly who was here and how long. That’s too bad.

Christy, from Christy’s Coffee Break said:

This is interesting stuff Bobby! Believe it or not I don�t spend a lot time thinking about how Google works etc. But I do blog to earn money.

I link to who I want, do what I want, I never check someone�s pagerank or rankings before I link to them, and I never would. I wouldn�t change for anyone, hey I�m a poet, I do my own thing.

Christy has it right. Do what you want but don’t compromise your principles doing it. Christy gives out links, a lot of links. She also has a high ranking blog. She writes professionally but supports any new upcoming blogger who needs some help! I have come to like her a lot!!!

Another blogger who I haven’t given nearly enough attention to is the Menopauseprincess. She said:

When the newbie blogger is told they can�t have fun with memes, they can�t write about whatever they like but must give their audience (which they don�t have yet) quality �content�, and basically told they can�t be themselves, that�s when they start to rethink.

Some will get with the program, emulate their idols, and start down the road to �A-list� blogging, some will discontinue blogging realizing that it�s not a �get rich quick� scheme, and some will stick around and find their own way, and because there�s no mistakes in the universe they�ll be led to someone who will help them, respond to their comments and tag them on a meme :lol:

I like that! She has been a great commentator here and I have a lot of respect for her! I replied to her with what I felt was my best line:

It�s like getting a 1000 Christmas presents but only giving out presents to the people who bought you expensive ones. Could you imagine if thats how Christmas was? It�s a common theme in life. It�s like when a rich movie star goes into a restaurant and the owner says,�On the house for rich movie stars like you!�

Why doesn�t that owner give free food to poor people? The rich movie star doesn�t need a free meal!!!!!! :smile:

Ha ha ha ha!!!!! Pretty funny huh? Isn’t that crazy? Wow! I wish I could include all of you and I will in other posts! It’s part of making my commentators the real stars here!

A Special Thanks

If it weren’t for one very special blogger, I wouldn’t be here writing this. I learned how to comment from her. She say’s I’m her mentor. Not true! She is my mentor. She replies to ALL of her comments and makes everyone feel a little of her magic. Nobody gets truckloads of comments from friends like her.

If you didn’t know, this blogger is a professional writer in real life. Her blog is her playground where she loves to have fun! Who is this sweet person? She is none other than the Genie Princess herself, Mariuca! Check out her new contest! A free art masterpiece just for leaving a comment. It doesn’t get better than that!

Celebrate Aidilfitri with Mariuca!

The mug was handcrafted by the incredible artist Emila (my favourite artist)!!!!!

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