Tomas Breen
Blogging about SharePoint, CRM, .NET & AJAX
Without the 98% shit, the other 2% wouldn’t be gold
In: Internet
13 Jun 2009An interesting tweet from Deane @gadgetopia (Gadgetopia Blog) earlier this week.
It got me thinking about the nature of the web, as a publishing media. It’s common knowledge that the internet is free, accessible and un-censored (to a level), meaning more voices, less coverups and what seems like a never ending stream of opinion and content.
The downside, of course, being the fact that a large amount of these voices and opinions are coming from complete ‘tards who really have nothing to say, but will try anyway. Yes, a gross stereotype and over-simplification of the situation.
Out of all the content on the web, there will always be the hater, troll inducing no sense …. shit.
But luckily the rest is gold, and the more shit there is the more value there is in the gold. Hmm, I have a feeling this post is part of the 98%. God bless the free web.
The business of blogging
In: Uncategorized
16 Dec 2008Bit of a pipe dream really. Money can be made from Blogging, some make a lot of money. But most don’t.
On that day more than 500,000 people hit my site—by far the biggest day I’d ever had—and through Google’s AdSense program I earned about a hundred bucks.
That’s not very inspiring. I seriously figured more people clicked on ads. I don’t click on ads, in fact I’ve managed to stick them in my blind spot on most sites I visit, so I guess I can’t assume everyone else does.
It would be great to be able to make money directly from blogging, but realistically, the only main value that can come from a blog is to be able to sell yourself as a writer/designer/developer or someone competent in your professional field. When it boils down to it, this value should be worth more to you than ad revenue. Building relationship with your readers, and converting them into paying clients should be the goal of a professional blogger. In fact a personal (?) bloggers goal should be to build relationships too.
One month I made €4.36 in google ads, and I was stoked. Still haven’t reached the €100 mark after almost 5 years writing BahFlafBurb, so have yet to actually get money (Major party when that cheque comes!!). I guess I’ll just have to put up with the enjoyment of having an outlet and some reliable readers and commenters.
My tip? Like other networking platforms, focus on quality content that sells you as a person/professional.
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About Tomás
Tomás has been deeply involved in the integration and customisation of Microsoft platform products for over 4 years. He has excellent knowledge at process level and code level of ASP.NET, MOSS, Dynamics CRM 4.0 & BizTalk.
He has developed information systems that utilize SharePoint, CRM & Third party systems, turning dispersed system data into useful connected information to improve Information Worker productivity.
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