Lew Newmark
http://www.mlcss.com

Lew Newmark
http://www.mlcss.com

1.) Blogging establishes credibility for my marketing consulting services. Readers can get a feel for what I know, and what I can do for them.

2.) Blogging forces me research new marketing and advertising ideas (and it's an easier way to write a book.)

When I learned about how I could actually be making money at blogging, it slowly morphed from more of a personal journal, to something that was better optimized to making money through adsense, affiliates and a variety of other sources. I also happen to think that my writing has gotten a lot better over the year and a half that I've been writing. So it started as more of a self indulgent exercise that wasn't well suited to monetization, to something different that was more educational in nature, and that was better suited to making money.

Grant
http://gvmcmillan.wordpress.com/

By becoming a blogger I have blossomed more as a person; and I feel that I now can contribute more towards society in general, if people are willing to listen.

Quite obviously I'm just one voice among billions; but now I can share my knowledge, my ideas, the essence of me, (Perhaps I should market that as a perfume?) with anyone who wants to listen. – I'm another tech-blogger, a geekette: I think, talk, eat, sleep, and breathe tech… Well not quite to that extent, but yes I do love tech.

In the days before the internet I so wanted to be published; but getting published then was as easy as alchemy: Conversely, now it's as easy as typing.

Did I want to be an internet celebrity? Well that depends upon how you'd describe a celebrity: In a way I am a celebrity; as is every blogger: I'm unique. – There is no other blogger who IS me. – The same goes for all other bloggers. – 'Just that some are more popular and well-known than others.

I went into a Web 2.0 world of blogging with a Web 1.0 outlook initially; and found that it was no longer possible to put up a few banner-ads and become rich overnight. The sight of php code and the letters CSS sent me into palpatations and a cold sweat at first… But the “in at the deep-end” experience was like a baptism of fire; and faced with the choice of sink or swim I somehow managed to stay afloat with only a few lungfuls of the wet-stuff.

Er… Please do excuse me writing what amounts to an oversized autobiography on your blog.

To conclude then, before anyone dozes off; I want to make some kind of positive contribution to the field of technology, and blogging is the best way that I've found so far to do so.

Your blog was one of the reasons I was inspired to blog. I actually started with blogging for dummies to find out what this blogging thing was all about. Then started reading blogs from the book and eventually came across you blog.

After reading about how you made money while on you were on vacation I was sold on the life style and said to myself I can’t wait till the day where I can write a post like that. You can’t beat the cost to get in to this business and with enough hard work anything is possible. Countless stories of people making a nice income and working for themselves in less then 3 years. That’s my goal.3 years plan to replace my current income and walk away from my corporate job.

The money hasn’t come in for me yet but I know it will come. I have made progress every month, I continue to learn and grow. I connect with like minded people everyday. I am becoming a better writer. I enjoy doing this it is the first time I started something and really treated it a s true business. I just wish I could do it full time. I look forward to that day.

If anyone wants to learn more about my blog click on my name, my intent of The Money Cult is to be a bridge between newbie’s and guru’s. I share success stories of newer less know blogger’s that I come across and promo trusted guru’s like yourself. No crap here just real experiences.

Thanks for letting us share on your site.