Archive for September, 2008

The Dirty Little Secret of Pro Blogging

OK, this might not really be a “dirty” secret, but the point is to tackle head on a common misconception about making money with a blog.
That misconception is that you can throw up a blog, do some writing for it, toss up some ads and see a payday. This misconception is why I so often [...]

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Bailout Bill: Speak Up. Contact Congress.

This is NOT a political website, however this isn’t about politics. I believe we have some tough times ahead for us economically. However, the bailout bill is going to perpetuate the problem more than you can imagine.
I’m not going to get into a long diatribe on economics because it’ll only bore the shit out [...]

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I’m Conference Exhausted

Not sure if anyone noticed, but I haven’t posted anything to this blog in a week. For anybody who tries to make a living blogging, that isn’t a good idea. I’m not making any money with this particular site, but still, going a week between posts isn’t really a super idea for most blogs.
The [...]

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Gawker Should See Consequences For The Palin Email Post

Just a short opinion on the Sarah Palin email leak.
The people who hacked into her email account broke the law. Period. Gawker is knowingly publishing images from this hack job - images which they know full well were illegally obtained. In my opinion, it should not go without consequence. They said on their post:
Here are [...]

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Can Blogging For Money Weather The Recession?

If you watch the news, you’d think the sky was falling. Big investment banks are filing for bankruptcy and, worse, the federal government is stepping in for takeover. This is not good news. Instability in the economy mixed with a knee-jerk reaction to bigger government and you have a very bad mix. This country [...]

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FriendFeed Point System: My Proposal

The Internet is serious business, as I’ve been told. It is very competitive and we’re all out for blood, right? In order to be able to keep track of this fact, we need a point system and it looks like one has been informally developed over at FriendFeed.
The exchange goes like so:
[blah blah] [...]

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Starting a Blog In Order To Make Money - Lost Cause?

I am seeing a lot of people thinking of blogging for a living. Perhaps with the economy perceived to be not doing so good, people are scoping out possibilities. When I go to the local Tampa blogger meetup, there are usually at least a few looking to start up their blog in order to [...]

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Microsoft Underwhelms Again

OK, when I heard Microsoft was hiring Jerry Seinfeld for its marketing campaign, the hopeful part of me thought perhaps that Microsoft was suddenly growing a clue on how to market. But, alas, I thought wrong.
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I am not alone in the sentiment that this commercial was not funny. It was also a waste of airtime [...]

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Tip: Finding Companies on Twitter

I know that a lot of smart companies are using Twitter these days. They are using the service to keep in contact with their customers, to field new ideas, to let their customers know of new announcements, etc. The commercial uses for Twitter are many.
As a consumer who might be using Twitter, it can [...]

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Barcamp Tampa Bay - A First For Tampa

I have known about this event for some time as I was at the one of the original planning meetings for it. But, yes, the Tampa Bay area is finally hosting its own Barcamp. There was one over in Orlando, however I haven’t yet made it over to that one.
Barcamp Tampa Bay will be taking [...]

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