Comments on: Help Wanted: Blogger to Earn Easy Money, Adoring Fans, Hot Chicks

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By: Sree

Sree — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:07:26 +0000

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By: Melanie Phung

Melanie Phung — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:04:56 +0000

There’s more to writing a good story than just search engine love, and the best pubs don’t forget that. (The best pubs remember to court word nerd love, too, with attacks on WSJ use of subject modifiers!)

By: Brett Duncan

Brett Duncan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:50:12 +0000

Leave it the WSJ to not have a handle on what’s currently working. I guess if it’s not on Madison Avenue, they don’t spend as much on the beat writer.

By: Sean Howard

Sean Howard — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:11:25 +0000

Wait a minute. People are making money doing this????
I am SO writing my congressman.
oh wait. I’m in Canada.

By: Laurel Delaney

Laurel Delaney — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:40:22 +0000

Lesson learned here: Cultivate a better sense of humor!
Thanks so much.

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:40:03 +0000

Burbanked: “…we shouldn’t sell our souls or ideas for pay. Because that’s what my day job is for!”
THAT was funny!
Tim: You are absolutely right on all counts — I would wholeheartedly second your thoughts about the blogoshere escaping definition by most folks. That seems to be a theme repeated elsewhere around the blogosphere this week — via CK, Toby and David.
And YES! I’ll double your draw from this blog. In fact… raises all around!!

By: Tim Jackson

Tim Jackson — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:23:16 +0000

Grammar nerds unite! I snorted, outloud when I read your comment about the “subject modifier in the first sentence”. As a word geek, that nailed me! Damn Handley, that was funny.
Money? Well, I do collect a paycheck from my job and I blog about work (sometimes)- does that count? If so, can I get a raise? Babes? Well, I do know Ann and CK and Toby and a host of other women from the blogosphere that are pretty damned amazing… but I haven’t been licking margarita salt off of Paris Hilton or anybody else for that matter. Did I miss a post somewhere announcing this?
The blogosphere still escapes definition by most folks who do not live in it. I’d venture to guess that the well-meaning writers of the article are not exactly active participants in our community… or they would have known better.
I wish like hell I could make $10K a month doing what I do. Damn! That would be freakin’ cool! Umm, Ann, can I have a raise? I promise I’ll post more often… no, really.

By: Burbanked

Burbanked — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:25:09 +0000

Laurel: I was merely making a joke about blogging often NOT leading to wealth and fame, and you’re absolutely right that we shouldn’t sell our souls or ideas for pay.
Because that’s what my day job is for!

By: Laurel Delaney

Laurel Delaney — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:17:52 +0000

Thanks Ann! And one of the issues I continue to wrestle with is on whether to bring a handful of pre-selected corporate sponsors to my blog.
I know who’d work because they would bring value in content and resources but I am just so concerned that I’ll turn my readers off. But there’s a big difference between a company coming to you to advertise on your blog with no business being there versus you going to them and saying “Hey — we like what you do and we think it works for our readers too! Care to advertise?”
And I’m in opposition to Burbanked because I am not interested in our blog being bought or selling our soul (ideas) for pay. I just want to do my thing, do it well and continue to increase value to our readers. And if a company wants to be a part of that for compensation, why not?

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:43:14 +0000

Gavin — maybe that’s assumed? : )

By: Gavin Heaton

Gavin Heaton — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:50:05 +0000

Just found a job for a blogger … pays $14 an hour. Strange, they don’t mention hot chicks in the JD.

By: Gavin Heaton

Gavin Heaton — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:20:11 +0000

I think I must be part of an alternate/parallel dimension blogosphere.
Actually I run Google Ads … and think I may have made a grand total of 20c. I only did it to see how it worked and have been meaning to switch it off.
But the rewards for me are the people, the community and the sense of belonging. Oh, and if we can DO some things along the way that make the world a better place, then I am all for it. Does that have a payoff? Hopefully it does … but for all of us!

By: Jim Cahill

Jim Cahill — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:26:15 +0000

Ann, Any time I can be referenced in a blog post with title like yours, things can’t be all bad!

By: Valeria Maltoni

Valeria Maltoni — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:40:41 +0000

Your title got human search love! It’s been funny to see how this week there have been certain stories weave their way into the blogosphere.
Cam alluded to the professor’s study in Diva Marketing and CK’s blogs.
David Armano talked about The End of Knowledge Hoarding and Stephen Denny talked about Clear Channel firing employees to hire citizen journalists.
At the essence level, we’re all scratching our heads and wondering how it is possible to miss any of this information.
Then again… I still have people call me asking for my corporate address after they tell me they’ve been on our Web site. Duh!

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:01:46 +0000

You guys are all right — the “real” money in blogging often comes sideways, via consulting, speaking, writing, and so on. Not sure where, exactly, the WSJ “$2000-10,000″ figures came from. But god, I hope those folks are hiring….
Frankly, I thought the whole write-up was weird (even “dumbass,” as BL would say!)
Melanie, Cam: Thanks. Perhaps not great for search engine love, but I couldn’t resist!

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:31:43 +0000

Surely, I thought, if I go to Henry Copeland’s blog he will have a post saying he was totally misquoted. But, alas, he doesn’t.
I do make money from advertising on my blog, and from the sale of my reports. But the main income I derive from blogging is in consulting and speaking gigs,
And the coolest benefit of all is the other bloggers I have met and become friends with all over the globe.
I have often noted that the WSJ is deeply jealous of blogging’s imppact, and yesterday’s dumbass article shows there has been no change.

By: Melanie Phung

Melanie Phung — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:26:55 +0000

Now here is someone who knows how to write a good headline!
Unfortunately I don’t fall into WSJ’s “most bloggers” category… I don’t think the paltry sum I’ve made even covers hosting costs.

By: James Stewart

James Stewart — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:22:48 +0000

There is a way to get free access to the Wall Street Journal with a netpass from: http://news.congoo.com This has been in several blogs lately.

By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:40:13 +0000

“The WSJ fails to point out that $2,000-10,000/month is far from the norm.”
Sounds like the WSJ is assuming that if someone isn’t trying to directly monetize their blog, that they aren’t making money off it. I haven’t directly made a penny off my blog, but my blogging has led to consulting gigs, writing assignments, and speaking requests. Many other bloggers can report similar results from their efforts.

By: Cam Beck

Cam Beck — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:43:27 +0000

Ann – I love the headline, and the story drew me right in. It seems both academia and the media are having difficulties in pegging what constitutes a typical blogger.
For the record, you and MPDF are the cream of the crop for your field.

By: Burbanked

Burbanked — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:38:21 +0000

Excellent points about the article, which does a poor job of qualifying its points as referring to the (smallish) higher echelon of full-time bloggers. Who knew it was such a simple and quick route to huge paychecks, frequent namechecks and a massive readership? Before you know it everyone and their mother will be blogging.
Oh. Never mind.
(and you’re spot on about WordPress and Blogger. Unless some corporation plans to buy me and dictate how I blog [*call me!*], I’ll use WordPress until they pry it from my cold, dead hands)

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:29:22 +0000

So where are the chicks? And when do my checks arrive? And how do I get an invite to Paris’ tummy?
Man, if the WSJ is right, I am wrong. To date (6 months online) I’ve earned $0, gotten no chicks and the only tummies I’ve seen, and they were clothed, are Ann’s and CKs.