Sites Like AffSpehere Can Ruin a Bloggers Mindset

I was reading an article yesterday from the great Yaro Starak @ entrepreneursjourney.com. He was talking about a friend of his that opened up a new directory of bloggers that is similar to others but has some of its own perks. You can read a little about it below and then I will explain why this may hurt bloggers more than help them.

“The core function of AffSpehere is like any other article directory service - you submit articles and they are syndicated across the web. In return you get traffic when a person who reads the article clicks the link in your signature file.
That’s where the similarities between AffSphere and other directories end. AffSphere has a few more features that designed to help you make money, including -
• A credit system that triggers each time you submit an article or refer other people into AffSphere. You can use those credits to run your own banners or AdSense across the AffSphere network.
• You are permitted to include affiliate links in the articles you submit, although as Anik notes, you reduce the likelihood your article will be picked up by others if you have obvious promotion in your articles.
• The opportunity to earn commissions for referrals into the AffiliateClassroom training course (one of Anik’s training courses). This could be quite lucrative as all AffSphere new sign-ups are offered a $1 trial into AffiliateClassroom.”

What I like about this is that it gives you the opportunity to submit your articles to try and get more traffic to your web site. The part I don’t like is that you can spend too much time on a web site like this because it gives you the sense that you can make money off of it. The truth of the matter is you’re not likely to make much off of it. If you spend too much time on here than you will not even have enough time to write good content to even make money. I’ve seen too many web sites that do this that benefit themselves but not the bloggers. I know some of you will disagree with me but I have helped many friends get out of a hole they dug themselves into using sites that are similar. Spend your time writing good content and post more than once a day. Comment on 30 or more blogs a day that are in your niche and you shouldn’t have any problem bringing traffic to your blog today or in the near future.

You can read the full article here.