Blogging provides bloggers with a short cut to esteem but probably not wealth
Comments(0) Before we had blogging, ‘bloggers’ (or as they were known back in those simpler times- “losers”) who wished to make money on a freelance or self-employed basis would frequently have to go through the following steps. Completing these steps transformed a “loser” into a “productive member of society”.
- Choose a subject you are not absolutely terrible at (probably the hardest step).
- Go to school and ensure you gain the required grades or GPA to take this subject again at a college or university.
- Get a degree or further education in that topic.
- Make a name for yourself, get some experience and then legitimately call yourself a “consultant” in your subject. Normally of course, you would require some long term experience before you could get to this stage. My father practiced his skills in the military for some 20 years before transferring these to a business career, and at the experienced age of 50 finally felt confident enough to put the word “consultant” on his business cards. People respected him and his experience.
However, nowadays, you’ll be delighted to hear that this process is rather more simple. Here’ how you get started. Completing these steps does not, I’m afraid to report, necessarily transform you into a productive member of anything.
- Type “wordpress” into your nearest internet browser, preferably via google.
- Read the first half of the first few sentences, in between finishing your donuts.
- Buy some more donuts.
- Try to remember what it was you were doing. Ah yes- “wordpress”.
- Start writing a blog.
- Buy some business cards and put the word “consultant” on them. You’re an instant expert (TM).
This Instant Expert (TM) should really be a patented registered trade mark of wordpress and Automattic Inc. Inadvertently, they have managed to create a way to avoid years and years of hard work and learning. Forget experience or qualifications- anyone can learn how to install a plugin, read a newbie guide to SEO and blog marketing and “Hey- Presto!” you’re a consultant.
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,360,000 for blogging consultant. (0.37 seconds)
KILL ME NOW.
Bloggers having completed these steps frequently encounter a new problem. What exactly can they charge for? Especially considering they don’t know anything. Typically, if you browse through these search results for similar keywords, you will find that bloggers are charging for “strategizing phone calls”. For fun, I want to give one a try. Maybe if this site ever makes money (doubt it since I don’t have any ads on it- I’ll have to ask a “consultant” I guess) I will invest some in paying for one such phone call. I suspect what this entails is listening to a semi-literate man-ape read you a point by point top ten list from a website such as digitalpoint.