CategoryPro Blogging News

Scrivs post a nice comparative analysis of two entrepreneurial blogging network models – Weblogs, Inc vs. Gawker. I have learnt a lot from watching both approaches and think that both are valid and seemingly very successful approaches to blogging for dollars. One of the subtle differences in approach that I’ve ...more

Today I had an interesting time with an experienced business person that I meet with from time to time as a business coach. I love catching up with him for a number of reasons – for one he’s got some wonderful experience and has built himself a successful business that ...more

Interesting post over at StarGeek on the Commercialization of blogs in Finland.

Jason Calacanis responded to a comment on this blog by Ray saying that Weblogs Inc come across as ‘aloof’ with the following comment which I thought has some interesting tidbits in it worth highlighting here on the main page. ‘The aloof is probably due to the fact that we are ...more

After quitting his job to become a Professional Blogger, Jason Kottke has just published a post updating his readership on how his 3 week fund drive went. Looks like he make his goal (almost) although he doesn’t give actual figures: ‘As I mentioned in my initial post about all this, ...more

Just stumbled upon WebSiteNights – a blog dedicated to a 12 week challenge to make $100 per day via Adsense and Affiliate programs. So far the bloggers that have joined the challenge are: BJ’s Challenge Cy’s Challenge Cal’s Challenge Rob’s Challenge Teli’s Challenge Jenn’s Challenge Star’s Challenge Kevin’s Challenge Arina’s ...more

John just pointed me to an interesting article on how GetLocalNews.com is moving towards a revenue sharing model with its thousands of volunteer writers. ‘GetLocalNews.com, a nationwide network of 6,000 local news sites, is planning to share its advertising revenue with thousands of volunteer writers. The idea is to reward ...more

Podcasting and Blogging got a little attention in the Age today with an article titled Welcome to the wide world of the podosphere featuring comments from fellow Australian Bloggers and Podcasters Cameron Reilly and Duncan Riley.

Looking for a blogging job (part time)? Weblogs Inc are looking for more bloggers – particularly on the topic of Digital Cameras and Software Downloads. Thanks to the many readers who have let me know about this knowing I blog about Digital Cameras. I’ve actually already emailed them expressing my ...more