I started blogging for the sheer joy of getting better at my grammar and getting my name out there in the world. I have been shooting for something great, but don't know where it could lead. I am questioning whether I should do this or not. It might get me some publicity, but other than that I don't know of anything else it could do for me. Another thought is that spoiledtechie.com content will be there for ever as long as I pay for it.

The people at dnc will then be able to make money off my content forever... Do I want that? They pay me what, like $100.00 or something per article, but over time, I would probably make that same amount of money over time for each article. I declined to blog at www.asp.net for the same reason. I want to own my articles.

I have also heard that its the companies in the world that hold out and don't sell them selves cheap, that end up making a great product. I think my blog is just like that. I have a great product, but wonder if I wrote articles for dnc, would I actually get real publicity from it? I want to be recognized some day down the road as a great programmer and thats why I mainly write to my blog. So the question remains,

Should I hold out? Should I go in for the publicity?

I am not a selfish person and wish to share with my community that has given me a lot in return. I am just wondering how good of an idea is this?

Should I or shouldn't I?

Has anyone ever done this and regretted it?