I was reading Felix Salmon’s article about Gawker Media and how Nick Denton is continuing the blog lord scheme of paying his bloggers based on performance.  It appears that Denton only cares about the almighty page view.  I know what Denton faces when he looks for results.  I too have that same problem as […]

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Looking over my other blogs and then looking at the stats of my personal Daddy Blog, I realized that I have lost a little of the joy I had in blogging.  The sheer passion for hitting publish and wondering who would read my post and whether they would leave a comment that would spur a […]

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I have been telling lots of bloggers that they too can become professionals and be paid a wage for their blogging.  As a hobbyist blogger, what is it that you are doing to be a blogger?  Are you just putting words on a page and hoping people will show up?  Believe it or not, many […]

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This is one of the very first questions I’m asked as a person that regularly contracts bloggers for companies seeking their talent.  My first response to them is usually along the lines of “never enough”.  It varies obviously from contract to contract and from the amount of work involved in each contract.  Many bloggers are […]

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