Blogging For Fun and Profit
from the you-can-make-money-doing-that? dept
We always read with interest articles about the rise of blogging. In fact, we're drowning in them. The latest angle of these articels seems to be "now that we've got all these blogs the next step is for someone to figure out if how to make money with them". Not surprisingly, most of the ideas focus on using blogs to reach niche audiences. We've already tried that with the web and I'm not sure blogs are going to be anymore successful in this respect. Nor do I believe that blog advertising will generate enough money for anyone, but a select few, to make a living. That said, I believe there is viable model out there, but no one has stumbled upon it yet.
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However, on the same note, if people come up with a business model that works for *them*, then more power to them.
I think there's too much of a focus on "how can we make money" out of something that people do for fun. Doing something for a living, and doing something as a hobby are two totally different mindsets.
The problem I have is with people who neccessarily assume that all blogs must come up with a business model to continue... as if it's this big problem that needs to be dealt with.
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Not enough attention
Just kidding.
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