Do Blogs Make Money?
I don’t always agree with (or even like) what Dave Winer has to say (which I assume he’d actually appreciate), but I did like his post how he made over $2 million with his blog. His big point is this: “Blogs don’t make money. But people with blogs can.” Which just happens to be something I’ve been saying for years.
Here are a few things that have happened to me as an indirect result of my blog: I met my girlfriend (NoahBrier.com -> Piers -> likemind -> Russell -> Johanna -> Naked Communications -> Leila), I got an awesome job (path to Naked Communications -> Benjamin -> Barbarian Group), built a fairly successful site (the audience on this blog is wholly responsible for jumpstarting the traffic), I’ve gotten to speak to two classes at the University of Montana and I’ve met a ridiculous amount of good friends (and honestly, those five things are just scratching the surface). Needless to say, I’m quite happy with the ROI on NoahBrier.com.
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John Scalzi is in the same camp. He doesn’t run ads on Whatever, but the blog has won him a large readership, launched his fiction career, landed him lots of commercial gigs, et cetera.
It’s painful to observe people who try from Day 1 to cash in on a weak blog as though it were a lucky strike in the Klondike. Much better to do it your / Winer’s / Scalzi’s way.
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This is great! being a brand management grad with a blog, this post really inspires me & give me a new direction.Thanks, this really helps.
Gotta love the University of Montana they finally got the internet and running water. The University of Montana Entertainment Management Program has some information on their upcoming speakers including some information about the work you’ve done with them check it out sometime http://umtentertainment.org/