The New York Times has written a fantastic article titled, “So you want to be a blogging star?” about the realities of the blogging world. It is the first article I have read that takes a realistic view of blogging and the potential to earn money from it. The NY Times has interviewed Mark Cuban, Xeni Jardin and Ted Dziuba about their views on how people can create a successful blog and how much money you really do earn from it, even when you have a large readership. It is a real wake up call for all those bloggers out there who are purely blogging because they think it will let them give up their day job.
Also, the article gives some great tips on the all important blog/life balance and how to prevent blogging from taking over ever single waking moment, which is what many of us have problems with. The tips on how to become a successful blogger seem so simple and yet, so few of us actually achieve the lofty status of a successful blogger. I am going to try out their tips and see how I do. Somehow I am thinking that it really is not as simple as they make it out to be.
A big kudos to the New York Times for one of the best articles about blogging I have seen in the mainstream press. May it be the beginning of many more of them.
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This was a great article wasn’t it? I plan on using it in my blogging workshops.
oooh sounds interesting! I have a terrible problem with the blog/life balance thing.
thankfully I know I will never make enough to give up my day job – especially seeing I don’t have any ads on my blog!
LA Blogger Gal : I would love to be in the same hemisphere as you so that I could attend one of your blogging workshops. There is so much to blogging I need to learn.
Kelley: I think almost every single blogger has an issue with the blog/life balance. Well, I know I definitely do.