Recently I called a meeting with the Artist, Marketer and Publisher within me. I asked them what they thought about my plans to dominate the galaxy with my blogging.
Immediately the Artist within me stood up and said, ”Your blog is your voice to the world, man, your canvas of expression. Treat your writing like art–make it perfect and beautiful, even if you have to suffer for it.”
“Shut up, you hippie!” said the Marketer within me.
“Care to explain yourself?” I asked the Marketer.
“You bet,” he said. “Stop listening to the Artist. Readers don’t care about your so-called art. If you’re going to write, then write copy. Copy sells things, and you need money.”
The Marketer had a point, I thought. I can’t just keep freely expressing myself and expect people to pay me for it. But writing copy all day just isn’t my thing, either. I invited to Publisher within me to stand up and say something.