Four (or Five!) Reasons Why

….We’re Looking For Guest Bloggers

1. Writing top-quality, insightful and thought-provoking posts five days a week can be a lot of work, especially since we’ve made exactly $11.52 from AdSense since launching 4RW last August. Given that Sean and I both have jobs, beer to drink and hockey to play, it can be difficult to find enough time to put aside enough time to do something good as opposed to cheating our loyal readers by going through the motions.

2. Variety is the spice of life, right? So, it makes sense to add some variety to 4RW from people who might have a different perspective, approach, energy and ideas. Given that many people love making and reading lists, there have to be lots of people willing to jump at the chance to write for 4RW.

3. It’s a way to grow our readership and RSS subscribers. Sean and I have pretty much maxed out in terms of spreading the word to friends and family. Every time, we mention that they should read 4RW, the response is usually: “We usually do” or, if you’re our mother, it’s “What’s the Internet?”. We have modest growth goals: 500 to 1,000 RSS subscribers, daily traffic of 500 to 1000 visitors, and $1/day in AdSense. It’s not like we’re trying to be the next TechCrunch, although that would be nice so we stay home and blog all day.

4. It could be start of something bigger and better. Sean and I have been strategizing and whiteboarding about morphing 4RW into a different kind of beast. Maybe having more people involved might jump-start our plans.