Watch Your Weblog – Legal Issues with Blogging
Computerworld has a good article on the legal issues that corporate bloggers face that is a must read for all Problogger. Here’s a taster: ‘As weblogs have multiplied, a number of legal issues have arisen, and regardless of whether your company sponsors its bloggers, it may be opening itself up ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Sharp Money – Making Money Online
Sharp Money is a blog about making money online which itself is an attempt at blogging for money. ‘With this blog, we will explore opportunities for making money on the web (without resorting to spam, spyware or other predatory practices). Of special interest, of course, will be generating money from ...more
Case Studies
Bloggers adopt a revenue stream more lucrative than panhandling
‘The odds of making a living by writing a blog are a lot like the odds of a garage band turning out a hit album: It can happen, but you better enjoy the music and hang on to your day job in the meantime. Two years ago, the odds were ...more
Pro Blogging News
Spy Journal ProBlogs
Tim has emailed this week while I was taking a bit of a holiday in New Zealand to let me know of a mini problogging network that he’s started reading the tips here on Problogger. You can check his new blogs at: Blog Tips Tech Tips Excel Tips Personal Blog ...more
Case Studies
Blog Business Summit
The Blog Business Summit will be held between 24-25 January in 2005 in Seattle. It looks like a good gathering to get involved with if the founding board are anything to go by. It might be a bit out of reach of the average blogger at $795 for the two ...more
Pro Blogging News
The Stylephile
The Stylephile is a new commercial blog from the Variety stable of blogs that is focussing upon Shopping. They’re posting on sales, openings and products/picks of the day. At this stage their income stream is not overly evident – although the topic of the blog will definitely lend itself to ...more
Case Studies
Weblogs Inc. adds top execs
‘Touting itself now as “the world’s largest blog publisher,” Weblogs Inc. announced it has hired an editorial director and a vice president of sales and marketing. Judith Meskill, a communications consultant who writes a blog about social networking, will oversee the editorial side of the company. “We’re going to have ...more
Pro Blogging News
Shawn Collins on RSS: RSS & Blogs and Affiliate Marketing [MarketingStudies.net]
Here is an interesting interview with Shawn Collins (an affiliate program manager) on the topic of ‘Since it’s increasingly challenging to reach the inbox of affiliates, with Spam filters, ISP black lists, abandoned email addresses, etc., I think RSS will emerge as the preferred tool for communicating with affiliates…. It ...more
Affiliate Programs
Blogs a good buy for Advertisers
‘Advertisers including Paramount Pictures, The Wall Street Journal, and The Gap are successfully reaching niche audiences for a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising and a handful of bloggers are earning six-figure incomes from their blogs. Why aren’t more advertisers and bloggers getting together? Fear, ignorance and the knowledge ...more
Advertising