Blogging Jobs: How Much Are Bloggers Paid to Blog?

July 15, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Marketing and Monetization, Blog Monetization, Blogging, Editorial, Ethics, Featured, Features, Freelancing, Guides and Tutorials, Make Money Online, Problogger, Professional Bloggers, Professional Blogging | 15 Comments

As we continue with this series on blogging jobs, it’s time to look at the income a blogger can make by blogging for pay.
The skills and qualities a company or blog owner is looking for from a blogger are extensive, far beyond just writing abilities. As with any freelance job, determining how to put a [...]

Blogging Jobs: How Much is Blogging Worth?

July 15, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Marketing and Monetization, Blog Monetization, Blog Relationships, Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Freelancing, Guides and Tutorials, Make Money Online, Passion, Professional Bloggers, Professional Blogging | 3 Comments

In “Blogger Jobs: What Are They Looking For?” we talked about what jobs are out there and what blog owners and companies are looking for when they hire a blogger. Blogger Jobs: How to Apply For a Blogger Job? covered how to apply for a job as a blogger, with some good tips on what [...]

Blogger Jobs: How to Apply For a Blogger Job?

July 11, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Freelancing, Guides and Tutorials, Problogger, Professional Bloggers, Professional Blogging | 2 Comments

Is applying for a job as a blogger the same as applying for any job? Yes…and no.
Blogging is about writing, however, as we found out in Blogger Jobs: What Are They Looking For?, working as a blogger is so much more.
Let’s look at where to find blogging jobs and how to apply for one.
Where to [...]

Blogger Jobs: What Are They Looking For?

July 10, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Problogger, Professional Bloggers, Professional Blogging | 2 Comments

In What is Your Ideal Dream Blog Job?, I listed some of the blogging jobs I found on the different blogger job sites, including:

Advertising Expert Blogger
Alternative Health Blogger
Car and Phone Tech Blogger
Cell Phone Blogger
Children Issues Blogger
Cosmetics Blogger
Musicians Blogger
Online Games Blogger
Science Blogger
Women’s Issues Blogger
Work from Home Blogger

Many people want to turn their blogging hobby into a [...]

Gawker Media cuts payrates… Again!

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under Features, General, News, Professional Blogging | 1 Comment

Once again, Gawker Media has cut the pay of their bloggers, according to a post over at Radar.
You may recall that not too long ago, Gawker Media moved to a model where their bloggers were tied to the traffc on their individual blog posts - along with a system of traffic bonuses and other incentives.
The [...]

Google AdSense retiring referral program, launches affiliate program

July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Make Money Online, News, Professional Blogging | Leave a Comment

Google Adsense is retiring their referral program and launching a new affiliate based program using software and tools acquired from their acquisition of internet advertising firm Doubleclick last year.
On the Inside AdSense blog, the AdSense team writes:
As part of the integration of DoubleClick, the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate Network will now operate as the Google Affiliate [...]

CNet profiles TMZ’s Technology

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under News, Professional Blogging, Video | Leave a Comment

CNet takes a look at the technology behind TMZ.com - one of the leading celebrity news blogs:
Other newsrooms have migrated from videotape to digital, but TMZ, perhaps best-known for its reporting on Seinfeld star Michael Richards’ racist tirade, was designed for the Digital Age. Not only does this enable TMZ cameramen to shoot using lighter, [...]

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Blog Design: WTF Is That Doing There?
July 24, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 6 Comments

Remember the old adage that you never get a second chance to make a first impression? You personally may get a second chance to sway that first impress, but your blog doesn’t. If you don’t grab them within the first micro-seconds of a visit, they won’t subscribe and they won’t be back.
Digging through a lot [...]

Google Delivers 2% of World’s Malware
July 24, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | 3 Comments

The 2008 first half Security Threat Report, published by computer security company Sophos, has identified Google’s Blogger as being responsible for 2-percent of the world’s malware.
Apparently, hackers are setting up free blogs that host malicious code. You’ll also find evil links lurking in the comments section.
According to Google:
“Using Blogger, or any Google product, to serve [...]

9rules Getting Ready for Round 7
July 24, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

9rules is getting ready for Round 7, where bloggers can attempt to get in the popular blog network by submitting their blogs for review. August 6 is the date you need to mark in your calendar if you want in. As they did the previous time, a special page will be available, open to submissions [...]

Movable Type 4.2 RC4 is the Last One
July 23, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

The fourth release candidate for Movable Type 4.2 is out now, and apparently it is the last one prior to the release. Check it out if you want to be bleeding edge.

Google Borg Now Complete: Digg To Be Assimilated For $200 Million
July 22, 2008 | By Darnell Clayton | 2 Comments

Michael of TechCrunch fame is reporting that Google is in talks to purchase Digg for approximately $200 million.
(TechCrunch) Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal [...]

WordPress for iPhone Now Available
July 22, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments

That’s right, the iPhone application from Automattic we talked about earlier is now available from the iTunes App Store, free of charge. It supports self-hosted WordPress versions from 2.5.1 and up, as well as WordPress.com hosted blogs.
What do you think, iPhone owners?

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