For The Money...

* This post is NOT sponsored.

Howdy,

If you are reading this, my assumption is that you haven't been hiding under a rock for the last year or so and are aware that the US and Global economies are in the ole crapper right about now. I, like so many others, have been looking for ways to improve my situation in these trying times. 

I suppose that a description of said situation is in order before we go any further, I'm a late twenty-something software professional making a roughly industry standard wage in a small company somewhere in Middle America. I'm not in the poor house, but my youthful-enthusiasm-fueled dreams of being independently wealthy by 25 have come and gone. My estimation is that I'm not the only one this has happened to. 

As such, and, I suspect, like many of my peers, I've turned to the interwebs to look for additional sources of income. Of course I came across the "buy our book and learn to make millions by bottling your own flatulence" etc. sites. I often wonder how much money I could make on a book or CD that advises people to author a book or CD and sell it to unsuspecting saps. But, in an attempt to retain at least some of my personal integrity and/or dignity, I thought I would investigate the blogging-for-money model. I'll use this blog not only to fulfill my obligations, but to chronicle the experience. You'll get my personal opinion, I'm not making any attempt to be a neutral journalist, but I'll mark my posts as sponsored or not and keep a running total of both money made and sponsored posts authored. 

Here we go.

Total Money: $0

Total Sponsored Posts: 0