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From: Claire [deleted]
To: jeremyfreese@[domain deleted]
Date: Aug 10, 2005 4:29 PM
Subject: Interested in writing a blog on madison.com?
Hello,
I'm a new fan of your blog. Would you be interested in writing a blog on
madison.com?
The content is entirely up to you. My only requirement would
be that you try to write at least once or twice a week and that the content is
original (i.e that you don't also post it on blogspot).
What's in it for you?
We select a blog for publication in print each week and pay that writer $50. I
know it's not a lot of cash, but it's a little extra spending money. I can offer
you more visibility. madison.com is the area's number one local website and we
receive more than 7 million page views a month.
What do you think?
Claire
Of course, even if I was not moving away from Madison because it would violate one of
The Ten Sacred Rules of JFW: "The proprietor of
JFW will never attempt to make money from this blog." This rule is right between "
JFW will never have a sitemeter" and "The proprietor of
JFW will never use his blog as an outlet for disquisitions about his bodily functions." Or maybe it's between: "The proprietor of
JFW will never refer to those people who are kind enough to check out his blog from time to time as being a 'readership'." and "
JFW is an irregular blog with no sense of compunction to post everyday."
(Note: other bloggers feel differently about their blogs, and that's not just okay but a good thing--the online sandbox is infinite, and so we all have room enough to play in our own way.)
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteYou don't read my blog!
I'm glad you put the thing about the online sandbox, because I was going to be annoyed that you seemed to be implying that there was something wrong with blogs that included "disquisitions about [the author's] bodily functions". 3 cheers for disquisitions on bodily functions.
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