Here's a reason to do what we do [BLOG]

Yehuda over on his blog writes a great list on how he got some income from what he did. All too often people want to know why anyone would blog. Yehuda shows that even though there may be no apparent financial incentive to do it, there's often so much more incentive than is apparent.



Read his entry to get the whole thing, but the following quote summed it all up for me:

A. The direct results:



By post number 1000, I had made $75, which I gave back to my readers in the form of games. I'm now up to around $50 a month in Text Link Ads ($35), Google Ad-Sense ($12), and Amazon ($3).



Not very impressive, I admit. However ...



B. The indirect results:



I landed a professional blogging position at a company. I went in for a programming position and offered instead to be their company blogger. And they accepted.



I have had a game published by a publisher who is one my readers.



I've received dozens of free games to review.



My writing is getting better all the time.



I know hundreds of great people around the world.



I've had articles published in professional journals around the world. I've even been interviewed a few times on various subjects.



I know a lot about my field and interest.



I'm enjoying myself.