Marketing is everything is marketing

I must start this post by stating that I work for a marketing company. So maybe I'm just a little too surrounded by it daily. Or maybe it's my hormones, or lack of sunlight, or that I have a cold.

And my point is...

Sometimes people create things because they want to create them. Because they have a need to get something out. Lately it seems that every blog, website, podcast, video, etc., has to somehow be able to be "monetized" or it's not worth anything. If it's not picked up by large media outlets, drawing sponsors, or bought by Google, it's crap. (And by linking to those pages I've just fed the machine.)

I hope that this perceived trend doesn't intimidate people from creating whatever they want to create for whatever reason.

Okay, time for some sunlight.