Comments on: Why Being a Freelance Blogger Rocks http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/why-being-a-freelance-blogger-rocks Laptops, Netbooks, Gadgets - News and Reviews from the Geek perspective! Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:31:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Houston Computer Recyclerhttp://www.geekwithlaptop.com/why-being-a-freelance-blogger-rocks/comment-page-1#comment-44219 Houston Computer Recycler Fri, 23 May 2008 02:10:20 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/?p=1306#comment-44219 I agree but the challenge is finding a proper business plan. True, if you are concerned with quality of life over raw materialism pro-blogging can be a great option, but to a certain degree we/you/us are riding out a wave until the next great thing comes.Perhaps that cynical of me? I just look at who survived the Web 1.0 shakedown--the companies who knew how to make money beyond just hype and an IPO.I feel our current paradigm of disseminating information online (ie the era of close search algo's) is fueling the money behind blogging. Content--> Organic Search --> Traffic --> Paid Search --> Revenue. Not every business model on the web works this way, but in a round about way I'm asking what's next? And, yes, how will me monetize it? I agree but the challenge is finding a proper business plan. True, if you are concerned with quality of life over raw materialism pro-blogging can be a great option, but to a certain degree we/you/us are riding out a wave until the next great thing comes.

Perhaps that cynical of me? I just look at who survived the Web 1.0 shakedown–the companies who knew how to make money beyond just hype and an IPO.

I feel our current paradigm of disseminating information online (ie the era of close search algo’s) is fueling the money behind blogging. Content–> Organic Search –> Traffic –> Paid Search –> Revenue. Not every business model on the web works this way, but in a round about way I’m asking what’s next? And, yes, how will me monetize it?

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