Whilst I'm aware at the moment that my blog has very few followers, it does seem to generate quite a number of views. My hope is that as I blog more and as the content becomes more interesting; those views will turn into followers....
Why do I want to achieve this? Firstly, and the main reason is because I value interaction between people so much. The internet is a wonderful way of communicating with diverse and interesting people. I am really interested in connecting with travel hardened people who can offer advice, destination suggestions and just general support for my trip. Secondly, who doesn't want to blog to a lot of people? Sharing your views and general chitter-chatter.... I hope to mildly entertain.
There's a big question in the blogging world (so I'm told) as to whether or not to allow adverts on your blog which gain small amounts of income for the blogger. Well I looked into this today, weighing up the pros and cons. If you've read my previous posts then you will know that I need to save a lot of money in order to achieve my ambition of being able to travel around the world for 12 months (to start with). So I decided to 'Monetise my Blog'. This is not because I want to, or believe that I ever could become rich from blogging... If allowing a few inoffensively placed ads, in non-central positions on my blog generates a little bit of money over the next couple of years, it will go towards my travel fund and by seeing these few ads, the wonderful readers out there will be helping me on my way....
The primary function of my blog is to inform, interact and entertain... not to fund raise... this could just be a convenient secondary perk.
For much in the same reason as allowing a couple of Ads, I also added a small 'Donate' button. Not because I think that people should donate to me, but because there may be a small number of people out there who want to donate... so that's there for them.
Just wanted to post about that just to set the record straight :D Feedback is most welcomed.
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