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Professional Bloggers Need Thick Skins
As a professional blogger sometimes it requires that you have a very thick skin. A large portion of blogging is of course the written word. This written word is your voice it is the style of your writing and it defines you as a blogger. I have been putting bloggers together with companies for […]
The Life of a Professional Blogger Can Get Busy
I have been getting ready for attending the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas this week and have suddenly been bombarded with new calls and emails from companies looking to hire a professional blogger. Seems word got out that we help companies hire bloggers to help them with the social media needs. Either that or […]
Blogger Salaries And Return On Investment
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 […]
Professional Blogging: Does it kill the joy?
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 […]
Are You A Professional Blogger? What’s Your Job Description
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 […]
How Much Money Can I Make As Blogger?
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 […]
Welcome Blog World and New Media Expo!
Tris and I want to welcome the attendees that are here today listening to the presentation of Hiring Bloggers and Bloggers for Hire. This session is all about how hire a blogger and how to become a blogger for hire. We were told specifically that we were in no way supposed to make […]
Our Variety of Clients Continue As We Launch Three New Campaigns For Companies Hiring Bloggers
It has been a very busy time here at Bloggers For Hire as we have been working hard on getting some blogging campaigns underway for clients. These companies show the type of diversity we have in the work that we perform and each company had a special request when filling their needs.
Our first company I […]
You Want To Get A Blogging Job? Do You Want To Hire A Blogger? Meet Me In Chicago!
While Tris is doing the Office 2.0 gig in San Francisco in a couple of weeks, I’ll be in the Windy (Flooded) City of Chicago in September. If you are going to be near Chicago or if you want to come out and hear some great speakers, and participate in a wonderful conference about business […]
Hiring Bloggers Gaining Steam
According to a post by Marshal Kirkpatrick, hiring bloggers is becoming more popular. So much so, he is getting cold calls from companies looking to hire a blogger.
I’ve been getting so many inquiries lately from companies looking to hire bloggers, and so many responses to messages I send out about them over twitter, that I’m […]
