Asylum Tutorials: How To Follow A Blog...

Do you know how to be a proper blog follower? Most of you do. Unfortunately, many others do not. Being the follower of a blog is like being someone's friend; there is a give and a take, but no demands are made, save for respecting one another.

There is a curious phenomenon in the blogosphere that makes seemingly normal {I use this term quite loosely} people believe that your blog and it's content are dictated by them. I have heard from several bloggers about how they have gotten nasty emails and/or comments demanding to know where their certain post is or how the author cannot write about certain subjects because it's not what they like to read about. Each time I hear about this, the demands have gotten more brazen and ridiculous. Color me gobsmacked. I have yet to have this happen to me, but I am sure at some point it will.

And I will tell them exactly this:

This is my blog, not yours. I write what i like. I decorate my sidebars how I want and I have it designed the way I want it to look. If you want me to write a certain way about certain things, then it no longer is my hobby or fun and has now become a job. With rules, restrictions and deadlines. Therefore, I should be getting a paycheck for doing this.

Of course, I am always up for making extra cash.

The fee schedule is as follows:

1) Posts about my daughter $675

• Videos add $195
• Pictures are $10 each

2) Posts about my Husband $65

• Rants are an extra $25
• Intimate details add $150
• Pictures are $10 each
• Videos add $1000

3) Posts about politics or current events $175

• My political views add $50
• Posts about the other party $300
• Pictures are $10 each
• Videos add $300

4) Sarcasm is $600

• Humor add $250
• Pictures are $10 each
• Videos add $200

5) Posts about my crazy Mother $450

• In~Laws add $250
• The Free Range Stupid/Rednecks add $300
• Pictures are $10 each
• Videos add $300

6) Advertorials $100 {This will only be copy and paste, no creative content}

• Videos add $50
• Pictures add $10 each

7) Reviews $300

• Videos add $75
• Pictures add $10 each

I will also require a blog redesign monthly by the designer of my choice. My PayPal is babyrocasmama@hotmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Payment is required in advance of writing the post. Article will be published when I have time. Payor will have no editorial rights.

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This is MY blog, Not yours. Until you pay me the big bucks, I will write, post and do what I want. Go ahead, stop following me, I care not. This world in general, and the blogosphere specifically, would be a much better place if you would get off the "net entirely and get a real life.

Go on now...GO!

To reiterate, the proper way to follow a blog is to read the author's posts, comment genuinely, even if your opinion is different than theirs, be respectful and REALIZE IT IS THEIR BLOG NOT YOURS.

I hope you all learned something useful today. Thank you for reading and for your understanding of my unique brand of sarcasm and craziness.

Asylum Tutorials: How To Follow A Blog...

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