Last week we looked at E-Books, something that I’ve been using to monetize my blog for about 4 years, now. Today, we look at consulting. I started this blog for the purposes of marketing my freelance publicity business. The idea was, […]
I‘ve written pretty extensively about Facebook contests in the past. The short version is, many people were running contests where a “like” equalled and entry, and they were unaware that was against Facebook’s terms of service. If you got caught […]
Back a few months ago, I did an interview with Alyson B. Stanfield for her Arts Biz Blog. Alyson is someone who’s been on my radar for years–I’ve been following her blog and following her on Twitter pretty much since […]
Today, we look at another way of monetizing your blog: books and e-books. Since June of 2009, I’ve been monetizing my blog by selling books. It all came about innocently enough. I had been teaching workshops at The Alliance for […]
Disruption. It happens many, many times a day. You’re focused, you’re on task, and… the phone rings. A co-worker needs your opinion on something. Your text notification on your smartphone pings. You notice a cute cat video on Facebook. The […]
I‘ve written about crowdfunding quite a bit in the past, so I was pretty excited to see the announcement this week from Kickstarter that they are finally going to make their crowdsourcing engine available to Canada as of September 9. […]
When it comes to monetizing your blog, probably the easiest way to start is by getting access to free products and services in exchange for writing about them. Now, I know this doesn’t actually put money in your pocket. But […]
It’s my birthday today! And everyone knows you shouldn’t work on your birthday. So, today I have a cool infographic for you on how social media is changing our world. Who knew, 10 or so years ago, when the first […]
Facebook started rolling out new insights in mid-June. I’ve had mine for a while, but it’s only been recently that I’ve had time to play with them, and let me tell you, I’m really impressed. Nerding out on data is […]
Allllrighty! Okay, so! We’ve looked at some of the barriers you might encounter on the road to making some money from your blog (and hopefully been given the tools to overcome them!). We’ve looked at what tools you need to […]