3. Purpose and Affiliates

Well already I am learning some new things about blogging, awesome! Please bare with me while I figure everything out. Typically I like to get a bunch of information on something before I go ahead and try it, but I decided to jump right into this and learn as I go.

Purpose
The purpose of this blog is for me to write about my experience in training for running a marathon. My official start date is May 16th, 2010. I found out that I can even make some money if I set up the blog to include affiliates (that means I have ads on the page). What really convinced me to start this blog though is that I found out I could easily get my blog published into a book if I wanted. The fact that I can write a book about training for a marathon and have it to look back upon for years is a huge motivator for me, in addition to knowing people are following my journey and probably don't want to see me fail.

Affiliates
There are two ways to support my efforts in writing this blog. Number 1, I welcome comments from everyone. I will probably delete comments if they are just spam, but otherwise they are unmoderated. Any feedback provides information of some sort. Number 2, if you click on an affiliate link on the day I post something, I get 5 cents. I do not expect you to do this, but I will be including links within my posts relating to items or things I have tried and truly like. Any other ads that I do not directly reference will still generate pennies for me, but I do not necessarily endorse them. As mentioned above, clicking on the ads is just another way to support my endeavors and is by no means the sole purpose of this blog.

Well, I wasn't meaning to post more than every couple of days or so, but this first week there will be a few more than normal. The FTC also requires me to let everyone know I am using affiliates, which is why I am posting again so soon - and is also one of the things I learned today. Stay tuned tomorrow for when I explain what else I learned today while I was out for my run.