Don’t be a Basic Bitch Blogger

Last week I wrote about the blogosphere being full of crap, how it’s reached stratospheric levels of banality and indentikit self-promotional bullshit. I’m going a step further today, imploring you not to be a basic bitch, or basic bro. Please, don’t be a basic blogger.

If you’ve just joined the blogosphere, then I hope you can excuse my vitriol. I’m sure you’re busy learning about marketing your content on social media & building backlinks, not to mention taking part in Twitter chats, getting involved in the blogging community, plus attending events and working with brands.

However, you need to drop that basic blogger shit. That is not what blogging is about.

I’ve always been against blogs who publish their income. It’s the wrong message to give about the nature of blogging, it makes the conversation about money, not ideas. Some of the high rolling blogs started a long time ago, way before ‘monetisation’ and founded on the love of blogging’s pure essence. The income followed because they were damn good at what they do.

Financial gain should never be the first and foremost topic in blogging. It’s financially rewarding for some talented individuals, but please, never use money as a motivation for blogging, because it…