Most of us are here to turn a profit doing what we love so I was a little concerned when I realized I was ignoring fellow blogger’s ads. I appreciate the fact that bloggers are monetizing blogs so why not respect that effort by checking out an ad or two. I’m in no way suggesting we go around clicking on each others PPC ads. That could cause trouble with the blogger’s account and watering down the system with fake clicks hurts the entire industry. I’m only suggesting we ‘see‘ those ads just like the rest of the site and if something looks interesting don’t be afraid to click.

I’ve made a conscious decision to respect fellow bloggers by actually looking at the ads. It’s funny, I consider myself a marketer and love advertising yet I found myself avoiding being subjected to the ads. It’s working out nicely too. I’ve actually found two new income sources since I ‘changed my ways‘ and now I even take an extra step…

A Recent Example

We just upgraded to a dedicated server through HostGator. Once I knew I was going to use HostGator I remembered seeing an ad on one of the blogs I recently visited. I figure that may have triggered something in the back of my mind to look at this particular company so I hit the history tab and began looking. Within minutes I was at the ad I had noticed earlier. I clicked that ad to make the purchase. That’s going to help someone nicely because the server we picked is $174 a month.

That’s just an example of how we can help each other. It doesn’t always have to be ‘you help me and I’ll help you‘. We can help each other without holding our hands out for re-payment, especially when it doesn’t cost us anything or take up a lot of our time. This isn’t a lecture, just something I noticed and wanted to bring up.