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 [...]
Tech Blogging - Too Crowded? Too Hateful? No, Just Changing.
Those of us who are into tech blogging probably realize by now that this is a VERY saturated field. There are a LOT of tech bloggers out there and it is hard, if not impossible, to find a unique angle to a story.
Recently, Jason Calacanis made a very public departure from blogging. Instead of posting [...]
Posterous Is Blogging For Everybody Else
Running a real blog is a lot of work. Posts take time. Of course, anybody can start a blog and that is the beauty of the platform. Wordpress is the absolute easiest web application to install - EVER - and you can even use one of the many free hosted options if you won’t want [...]
Iran to Kill Bloggers?
When you see stories like this one, it makes you step aside and really think. As you know, yesterday was July 4th - Independence Day - here in the United States. I am actually able to make a living by blogging. We don’t have any governmental agency trying to regulate us (yet). But, over in [...]
How Do You Explain Blogging To Your Family?
Being that I blog for a living, I sometimes find myself in a quandary on how to explain what I do to people who ask. To most people, when I say “I am a professional blogger”, I get a blank stare.
Just ask my wife. As far as she is concerned, I sit in my office [...]
Tip For Better Blog Writing
Sometimes I find that I get my best work done at a coffee shop. In my case, I hit Panera Bread for the free coffee refills and the free wifi.
Sure, I’ve got a nice home office. I’ve got the big Mac Pro in the office with three nice monitors attached. I’ve got the super fast [...]
Associated Press Versus Bloggers
In another case of new media versus the old, the Associated Press has decided to try to impose some guidelines on bloggers by defining what constitutes “fair use” of an AP news story. Fair use is a legal principle which states that it is OK to quote snippets from another copyrighted work without permission of [...]
Life as a Pro Blogger
I am a professional blogger and have been for some time. What I mean by that is that I make my living and pay the bills through my online activities with my blogs. Most bloggers out there are not pro. Many would like to be and are trying to get to that point. But, what [...]
When Blogging Meets Internet Marketing
Last weekend, I was at Harris Fellman’s place in Scottsdale, Arizona. I was out there because I bought Jeff Walker’s Product Launch Formula through him and he set up a sort of retreat at his place for others like me as well as some people he invited. Harris Fellman is a classic internet marketer. He [...]
New Blogging 2.0 Paradigm: What Is It?
I saw Louis Gray’s post about Blogging 2.0 Causing Friction with 1.0 and it spoke right to a thought I have been having for the last few days. I sent the link to Rich (who writes for me over on PCMech). This is a compilation of Rich’s remarks from our chat:
The single largest problem with [...]
