Comments on: Why Being a Freelance Blogger Rocks http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/why-being-a-freelance-blogger-rocks Almost two steps ahead of technology Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Houston Computer Recycler http://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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