Behind The Decision
November 13, 2007 · Filed Under All Entries, General
I have always wanted to put up advertisement codes in my blog. Not because I wanted to make money out of my blog but because I find those ads visually stimulating. Simply put, I wanted them for their aesthetic value more than their monetary benefit.
When I decided to acquire my own domain, a friend discouraged me because he thinks that money should only be spent for things that can return profit or is a good investment. Blame Francisco Colayco, author of “Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo” for it. But my long time dream of having my own www was so strong that I shut my ears from his advice. However, I believe that he is right. So I decided to venture in paid posts and with less than a month, I have managed to secure the amount I need to run my domain for the next two years.
With my initial goal already met, I can actually stop doing paid reviews for now. But I decided to push my quest to a new level and hopefully, be able to buy my dream gadget by next year.
I know that some of you tends to shun money making blogs because I myself used to be like that. Don’t worry because I’m doing my best to deliver the same iRonnie you grew to like. I’m making paid ads work for me instead of me working for them. Wish me luck!
“BEHIND THE DECISION” originator: ThesserieInstruction:
- Please share the reason/s why you decided to do ads/paid posts. State how your earning is helping you in any way.
- Pass it to 2 bloggers/publishers only.
- After my name, list ALL your monetized blogs. If you have more than one blog, add the next blogs by using numbers only (such as 1, 2, 3, see my example) instead of long links.
- Use the button but please no direct linking.
- I would really appreciate it if you could drop me a line should you decide to entertain this tag. I would like to pay you a visit and add you on my list.
Thesserie, 2 & 3 | Marie Vanidosa , 2 | Girlie, 1 & 2 | Rhada | Rach , 2 | iRonnie , 2 | you’re next!
thess on Tue, 13th Nov 2007 4:45 PM
Yep, I know your story. Isn’t it nice that this domain (payment) is already taken care of and then ’some’?
re: gadget I know you’ve been dreaming about,you’ll get there
thanks for entertaining the tag, kapatid!
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rino on Tue, 13th Nov 2007 10:15 PM
Hi Ronnie,
I have another tag for you my friend…I hope you will like it..
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Ferdz on Wed, 14th Nov 2007 12:13 AM
Naks! Pro-Blogger ka na! Honestly isa ako sa mga taong medyo na tu turn off pag ang isang blog puro ads at paid post. Cguro ok lang kung yung ads eh hindi intrusive pero kung lahat ng entries puro paid post, i clo close ko na yung tab ng site na yun.
I got offers din for paid links sa site ko and I thought hard about it. Medyo malaki yung bigay but I have to have those links at those page as long as it exist. In the end di ko inaccept, cguro tama na yung google adwords. Ayoko talagang me ads samga entries ko.
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iRonnie on Wed, 14th Nov 2007 9:11 AM
RINO,
akala ko kung anong tag. i did liked it kuya rino. maraming salamat.
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iRonnie on Wed, 14th Nov 2007 9:15 AM
FERDZ,
naku baka layasan mo na ako ha. hahaha! well, turn off pa din ako sa site na madaming ads kaya i make it a point to balance things in mine. if i can, i try to make a usual post out of those required keywords to come up with a post done in iRonnie style. minsan nga nakakatulong na din sila kasi nagse serve sila as suggestion for me on what to write about. hehe.
doing this in hope that i’ll be able to acquire a decent dlsr cam with telephoto lens.
wish me luck!
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K on Wed, 14th Nov 2007 12:06 PM
Ads or no Ads is fine. But plastering ads everywhere on a personal blog is simply irritating. TECH guys deserves the Ads, thats what I thought.
Honestly, I have google ads on my site, one or two for the heck of it but I don’t even know how much my blog can earn. Where do I get my cash? How do I collect them? So andun lang ads, pa-display lang hahaha.
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chuvaness on Thu, 15th Nov 2007 5:53 PM
agree with K. Andami kong natutunan dyan kay Colayco.
when i started blogging, hindi naman uso pa yung ganyan…but now that blogging has evolved, I think there’s nothing wrong if you will occasionally put some paid ads. Opportunity pa nga sya para sa mga mahihirap yet matatalinong bloggers like us. Naks! hahahaha
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sasha on Thu, 15th Nov 2007 8:54 PM
I will do this tag, Ronnie!
Nagpo-problogging ka na rin pala. Yung reason ko naman when I started is to have some extra income. Di kasi ako nakaka-save with my previous income alone kaya natuwa ako when dollars started pouring in… Anyway, will tell all sa post ko 
Thanks for tagging!
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iRonnie on Fri, 16th Nov 2007 6:08 PM
K,
so you’re also in for the aesthetics ei? hahaha! i do am striving for balance. i just want to buy that darn camera ive been wanting for a long time. please, bear with me.
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iRonnie on Fri, 16th Nov 2007 6:09 PM
CHUVANESS,
yah, like us.
hanep!
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iRonnie on Fri, 16th Nov 2007 6:10 PM
SASHA,
thanks ha. when the time comes that i need to encash my earnings at hindi ko pa din alam kung paano tatanungin kita ha. hehehe.
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