This is going to be fun. Changes are coming!
I’m going through a lot of conscious biggifying these days, both individually and as a business-type-person.
(If you’re not familiar with the highly technical term “biggification,” you should check out Havi Brooks. Just read her blog for awhile and soak up the love. I’ve paid for several of her products and they seriously rock, in a completely calm, non-stressifying way.)
I’m working on redesigning the website, making the blog more central, and planning some great classes and products. Stay tuned because I’m going to be blogging every step of the way, describing what I’m doing so you can turn around and apply our experiences to your own websites.
So the first tiny step is that I’ve taken out the Adsense ads at the bottom of every post. Additional income streams from ads are definitely attractive, and I know plenty of people who’ve made lots of money with Adsense. But it no longer feels congruent for me to show these ads (for sites and stuff I don’t know anything about).
I’d rather be extremely selective, and give my honest recommendations and reviews of people and products I truly love and wholeheartedly recommend (my link to Havi’s website above is an example). Most of these folks have affiliate programs, so yes, I’d get a commission if you buy something from one of these links.
I don’t think there is anything dishonest or incongruent about this. I will only be recommending things I actually own, and people I actually trust. For me, the main benefit is sharing something I love that will help empower you (my intention: empower – fun – share, remember?). Any affiliate commissions are simply a bonus.
More website-revision news coming soon. I’ll alert you as changes are ready (but I’m still keeping lots of familiar stuff, so my new site won’t look crazy-different from what you see today).
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