Well, my friends, this is a historic night. Not because I turned over 700 items, and not because there are elections going on in various places around the country, but because monoblogue officially became a profitable enterprise for this year. I have secured my first sponsor.
When I called into Rush and made mention of this site, obviously I got a lot of readers and well-wishers. One gentleman wrote me asking if I take advertising. While I have had some advertising on monoblogue (such as the Amazon ads along the right-hand column) those are commission-based and, despite the growth in my readership, not enough people partake in these items to make it worthwhile monetarily. (I’d like to meet the one person who has bought something through my site and made me the 75 cents Amazon has on my behalf!)
So I negotiated a fee with him and tonight I finished the button that will serve as my link to his site. I gave him a prime space at the top, but there’s lots of room for others who want to follow Tim’s lead.
I asked Tim about his business, and he replied not about his business but about his passionate beliefs:
Tim: I’m just a guy who owns an appraisal company, and teaches part time as an adjunct professor. I began getting interested in Politics while driving around all day and happened upon Rush. I noticed right off the bat that he was saying what I was thinking. As time went on I realized how much the left was trying to destroy traditions, and any resemblance of the the great United States. I got more frustrated with the lack of fight demonstrated by the Republican party, and more recently the total lack of fight for anything. I felt this was the only real way I could do much to fight back, without running for office anyway; that will come eventually.
monoblogue: So Dullscrews is an offshoot of your political passion?
Tim: Yes. I truly believe our country is at a turning point in history. Given the events of the last twenty years, now cultivating into a time when the choice is clear, I can’t believe anyone could possibly be acting like Hillary, or Nancy, Kennedy, or Reid. I feel very passionate about NOT letting the left grab power in this country with the ideas they have been tossing about. I just want to let others who feel this way know that they are not alone, and some of us do not mind saying what many of us are thinking.
So here’s an opportunity to give a hand to another small businessman who is taking a chance on advertising here. If it’s successful, I’m sure he’ll wish to continue after our agreed term is up; if not, we gave this a shot. And who knows, both of us may grow together.
On another topic, I spoke to someone at an event last Saturday who wanted to take a few moments and thank me for the work I do in looking at political issues. She asked me why I didn’t have anything about the call I made back in October to Rush’s program since it was a pivotal moment in this website’s history. Honestly, I’m not certain it’s not a copyright violation but I suppose I was half of the call so I figure I have some right to it.
Alas, by the time this was brought up it was too late for me as a 24/7 member to access the audio archive, but I had made a copy of the transcript shortly afterward for my memory’s sake. What I decided to do was make that a page on my website, like the ones that contain the “About” and “My feedback” portions of the site. This page is called “My show business break” and is just down the left column from the Dullscrews ad. That way it’s not up front like a post is but people can always access it if they wish.
I hope you enjoy the transcript and be sure to patronize my sponsor. If you wish to join Tim, drop me a line at the e-mail address in the upper left-hand corner.
