Whether you’ve decided to pursue blogging as a full-time career or as a supplement to other online revenue, the fact is that when you work for yourself, gross monthly income will fluctuate for most people. The trick to dealing with this is to not try to live on the expectation of top monthly income coming […]

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If you’ve never heard of Michael Arrington or TechCrunch, it’s likely you don’t follow technology weblogs (or websites) all that much. In the tech slice of the blogosphere, he’s well known for his quality weblog that covers primarily Internet startups. Even though he has other writers now as well, the site’s a source of tech […]

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So you’ve decided to make a living online. As my friend Andy Boyd says, it’s not easy. At least, not for the average person. On the other hand, persistence can be the key. Nevertheless, my own decision has been to work on a long-term site building strategy that puts less emphasis on weblogs.
Why? Because building […]

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If you’re one of the many thousands who are possibly considering blogging as a career, you’ll want to check Yaro Starak’s free Blog Profits Blueprint ebook - which is a teaser for his Blog Mastermind mentoring program. I’ve been reading it on and off throughout the day, having downloaded it in the morning. I’m quickly […]

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There are without a doubt several ways to make a legitimate living online providing the right content/ information to the right buyers. It’s also a numbers game, but you don’t need a lot of customers to make a comfortable living. Let’s look at a few examples.
Over at Bootstrapper, I have the first of several online […]

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My father, a retired math professor, is nearly 80, has an interest in blogging, and has been supportive of my online career. When he retired over ten years ago, he took up his old interest in homeopathy and naturopathy . He has been writing a couple of books and short articles since. He’s written math […]

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With the success of so many top bloggers in areas other than pure blogging, it’s likely that those who come later will try to integrate their blogging with still more businesses. Or they’ll use their blogs to build a brand and then launch new businesses using the wisdom gained.
Well if that’s you, and you have […]

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As my client list has filled up gradually over the past few months, I am occasionally offered an “in-house” position as a full-time content writer and developer for one of my clients. Invariably, each time such an offer is made I initially think that the change might be good for me.
It would […]

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Over at 901am, I put together a venn diagram for fun, to show the areas of blog revenue for some top bloggers and how they’re branding themselves online - based on a piece about blog brand arrogance by Valleywag. One of the bloggers I mentioned is Darren Rowse, who then offered a bit more detail […]

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Before going any further, I should point out that I do write for the person that this post is about. Nevertheless, Andy Hagans has written one of the best articles I’ve read all year. Okay, it’s about how to build and sell an affiliate site for a $1,000,000. Some of you think you cannot do […]

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[Warning: self-indulgence ahead] Chris Garrett has touched a nerve with his post Get a Real Job, about how he sometimes gets nasty comments on his blog by readers telling him exactly that, in regards to his full-time blogging. Several of Chris’ readers joined in, in defense, and also related how people tell them something similar […]

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