*TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ALERT*
I’ve been thinking about the following:
- My good friend Aaroneous posted about his extra job delivering pizzas to help pay off debt, a-la Dave Ramsey. (Almost hauntingly, a young couple in our house church is doing exactly the same thing, for exactly the same reason, thanks to the exact same Dave Ramsey…all the way down to delivering the pizzas.) Despite the fact that it will likely cause layoffs, Aaroneous is selfishly pleased that the minimum wage has been raised. 🙂
- This got me thinking about my own moonlighting gig delivering flowers several days a week for “mad money.” (I make more than Aaroneous.)
- Then Aaroneous made the following comment to his own posting: “In the time it took me to write this post, I could have earned $4.38!!”
- This tied in with the fact that at age 41, I have now joined a cacophony of mid-life-crisisers who are wondering what the crap we have done with our lives, and what the crap we are going to do with the rest of our lives.
- THIS tied in with the wisdom given to us by the motivational sages and other rich people, that we need to simply do what we love to do, to follow our passions, and that money will inevitably follow.
So all these things have brought me to an epiphany moment. Taken together, they lead to one obvious inevitable conclusion:
I need to start charging for my blog.
That’s right…if blogging is what I love to do, I should be paid for it. Does it not make sense? Is this not the epitome of divine inspiration??
To this end, I am implementing the following price list for each of my readers, effective immediately:
- $3.99 per post, per person*
- $1.99 to leave a comment*
*Price does not include applicable sales tax, excise and usage fees, information superhighway fuel surcharges, or other fake charges that we typically add on to stuff like this.
**AUGUST SPECIAL** Unlimited reading and commenting for $249 a year! (Payable in advance.)
(For our overseas readers…Euros welcome. Apparently, the USD sucks right now.)
Since I currently don’t have PayPal set up or anything to charge my readers as yet, we will do this in an on-your-honor fashion. Please mail all fees to:
Jeff McQ’s Blog
PO Box 140953
Broken Arrow, OK 74014
USA
Please, no cheating. Support the arts, people!
One final note…the first 100 readers to send in payment will receive special insider opportunities to invest in a bridge I have just put up for sale in New York. Don’t delay! Send your payment today!
Wayward Son
Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo.
I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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The check is in the mail. I even left it blank for ya . . .
Thanks, bro. Every little bit helps. 🙂
Dear Sir:
I’m writing to cancel my subscription to your blog. Unfortunately, with the price of gas, and the fact that your rates have gone up, I can no longer afford to read your writings.
I will, however, sign you up for every catalog and junk mailing that I can find on the internet, so that your mailbox isn’t empty.
Sincerely,
Mineola Housnicker
Just put it on my tab.
You know what I think, guys? I think you’re just jealous ‘cuz you wish you had thought of this first–or at least acted on it. 🙂
I mean, come on. Wouldn’t YOU like to get paid every time you wrote on YOUR blog? (Be honest, now.) 🙂
Hey now! Don’t forget about my tips! Just this week I got $12, a thank you, and a hug!
I’m thinking – if we get free upgrade or maybe “super size” posts – then I would be willing to pay more, also a free plastic gift.