What you learn is more important than what you earn.
My motto has always been: Only first class business and that in a first class way
You make the best products you can, and you grow as fast as you deserve to.
Write the way you talk. Naturally.
Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.
Why should a manufacturer bet his money, perhaps the future of his company, on your instinct?