The Truth
Wouldn’t it be great if the top bloggers were all the types of people that helped people, fed hungry children and represented things deserving of respect? Unfortunately they are not. It seems that making money is all that matters to 95% of them. Blogging is a powerful tool and it is sad to see those in charge take advantage of the most reliable marketing strategy known. That is greed.
In order for those in blogging who want to benefit humanity to ACTUALLY GET IT DONE, you need to listen to what I am saying. Sure you can write all day, but without stripping power away from those money hungry people who run the blogosphere, it cannot happen. Besides, if a rich blogger gives money to help people, it is just to improve public relations and image.
What You Can Do To Change The Power Balance
Blogging is very unique and Different from anything else. It’s not just about writing, making money, making friends, building linkage or gaining popularity.
Lets get into something that may upset you as a blogger. This is about the reality of how things really work. Google is the biggest and most powerful search engine. Google is also the most unethical corporation in the world today. Do you disagree? Google tells us that to be relevant as a blogger, it is not recommended to link to low ranking blogs.
They want you to link to high ranking blogs only. That should clear things up for you. If it doesn’t, perhaps you are a greedy, self righteous sheep like most of the other money bloggers who want to be just like the ones on top who help perpetuate this cycle.
First and foremost, the number one thing you can do is never link to the super high ranked blogs. Don’t advertise on them and never respond to their silver tongued tricks to lure you in. Stick to where the real power is, the mass public of people who you can be friends with. If we do that, we will take the power and put it to much more important uses than making money for our own vanity and greed.
Ask Yourself What Is Important
I want all of you to answer my questions here. Let me know how you feel.
Here’s the situation. You have just gained a page rank of 5. All of a sudden, a rich A-list blogger starts paying attention to you. They aren’t your friend and you know it. They want to be your friend and promote you. Now you have the chance to make some real money. We will call this blogger, Blogger-X.
Blogger-X is rich and powerful with a sports car header on his blog. He now likes you and here’s your big chance. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Please let me know what you would do.
To make money, a lot of bloggers pay for services and advisers. You adviser tells you that by deleting all outgoing links on your blogroll and all links to low ranked blogs, you can triple your money making chances. WOULD YOU DO IT?
What I Would Do
I would completely ignore Blogger-X. I wouldn’t say thank you because I am not his friend. I will not be someone’s friend for money. If I received an incoming link from Blogger-X, I would redirect it away from my blog and back at him. If Blogger-X took the time to really get to know me (through several months), then maybe I could start believing that he was more than just a greedy blogging “professional“.
On the 2nd question, I would tell my adviser I was in no way interested. It’s as simple as that. Blogger-X is no more important than you or I. However, when facing a shot at making a lot of money, most of us will sell out. Would you sell out? How much do you want to benefit humanity? This article will be continued in part 2.
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