Bloggers blend business with stuff they like
26th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Bloggers blend business with stuff they like

I didn’t spot this article in the Chicago Tribune til today on blogging and advertising. Its titled Bloggers blend business with stuff they like and has a few interesting tidbits and examples of blogs making an income from their work. One blog featured is The Movie Blog.
General
Why the Crocodile Hunter needs a Blog
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Why the Crocodile Hunter needs a Blog

I was just chatting to Paul on Skype when the conversation wandered to Australia (my home) and the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin (as it tends to when I talk to friends from overseas). Paul suggested the Steve should start a blog. Of course this was the only invitation I needed ...more
Case Studies
Bloggeropoly – Blog Matchmaking Agency
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Bloggeropoly – Blog Matchmaking Agency

Paul over at Radian Marketing Group is launching Bloggeropoly – the World’s First Blogger-for-hire Agency. It is pretty much what it sounds like. Paul wants to represent bloggers who are looking for work and help set them up with Networks, Businesses and blogs looking for quality writers. Paul will act ...more
Pro Blogging News
What you can learn about writing Blogs from Infomercials
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

What you can learn about writing Blogs from Infomercials

Search Engine Guide has an interesting post on – what you can learn about writing web copy from Infomercials. Whilst I’m not really sure I’d want my blogs to look too much like the infomercials we get here in Australia (they tend to be a laughing stock and very tacky) ...more
Writing Content
Earning a Six Figure Income from Blogging?
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Earning a Six Figure Income from Blogging?

There has been quite a bit of flow on interest from the Interview that I did a few days back with Susannah Gardner. Interestingly, despite the fact that I wrote thousands of words of wisdom (I like to think so) it was a line buried way down at the bottom ...more
Pro Blogging News
Posting for profit
24th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Posting for profit

There is a well written article over at the Guardian Unlimited on Posting for profit (note – link seems to have been deleted over at Guardian Unlimited). It takes quite a broad look at a variety of ways that there are to make money from and around blogging – they ...more
ProBlogger Site News
More on Making a Living Off of AdSense
24th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

More on Making a Living Off of AdSense

Paul has just posted a second article in his Making a Living Off of AdSense series. This time he’s focussing upon choosing keywords and themes for your blog. Its not just as simple as picking a topic out of the air and writing about it randomly – it takes work ...more
Adsense
Does 1.8 million Page Views Make it News?
24th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Does 1.8 million Page Views Make it News?

Nick Denton reveals Gawker media had 1.8 million page views in a day yesterday. That’s what posting pictures of Paris Hilton nude will do for your blogs. Jason Calacanis on the other hand decided not to run with the story and warned others from doing so saying it wasn’t newsworthy. ...more
Pro Blogging News
Do You Credit Your Sources?
24th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Do You Credit Your Sources?

What is your policy on giving credit to sites who pointed you to a link that you post about? Do you for instance write use a ‘found via (insert blog who pointed you to the post you’ve written about here)’ byline or tag on your blog? (see last post for ...more
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