Comments on: More skepticism on blogging for dollars http://www.figby.com/archives/2004/11/29/more-skepticism-on-blogging-for-dollars/ A weblog by Michael Moncur Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:02:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Moncur http://www.figby.com/archives/2004/11/29/more-skepticism-on-blogging-for-dollars/#comment-767 Michael Moncur Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:09:50 +0000 /?p=3292#comment-767 <p>You're right, I've seen lots of people trying to make money with personal weblogs when there are much better ideas for leveraging them.</p> <p>My point was simply that while "Blogs are not direct money makers" is indeed the rule for a majority of existing sites, it's possible to make a business of it by creating a different kind of weblog.</p> <p>The article I linked to did touch on this: <i>Only under very special circumstances will blogging directly generate cash</i>. I'm just talking about how to create those special circumstances.</p> <p>Whether that's the best way to make money for any particular person depends on lots of things, so people should definitely look at the big picture and do what's best for them.</p> You’re right, I’ve seen lots of people trying to make money with personal weblogs when there are much better ideas for leveraging them.

My point was simply that while “Blogs are not direct money makers” is indeed the rule for a majority of existing sites, it’s possible to make a business of it by creating a different kind of weblog.

The article I linked to did touch on this: Only under very special circumstances will blogging directly generate cash. I’m just talking about how to create those special circumstances.

Whether that’s the best way to make money for any particular person depends on lots of things, so people should definitely look at the big picture and do what’s best for them.

]]> By: Tyme http://www.figby.com/archives/2004/11/29/more-skepticism-on-blogging-for-dollars/#comment-766 Tyme Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:43:41 +0000 /?p=3292#comment-766 <p>I do not think anyone meant that it was impossible to make money with your blog (at least that is not what I meant when I wrote about it. An amazingly large amount of people do not look outside their blog to make money - they think "advertising revenue" and their brain stops. This is the point I was making - always consider all of your options and look at the bigger picture.</p> I do not think anyone meant that it was impossible to make money with your blog (at least that is not what I meant when I wrote about it. An amazingly large amount of people do not look outside their blog to make money – they think “advertising revenue” and their brain stops. This is the point I was making – always consider all of your options and look at the bigger picture.

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