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By: TurboBlogger.com » Looking for a Few Good Bloggers

TurboBlogger.com » Looking for a Few Good Bloggers — Fri, 20 May 2005 23:54:58 +0000

[...] ouple of weeks away from his big one month vacation and he’s trying to nail down the ‘locum’ contributors for his many properties before he leaves. “ [...]

By: Stan Hooker

Stan Hooker — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:35:50 +0000

Hey Darren, I think the idea’s got legs. I went away for a week and the resort I was at only had dial-up access (long distance charges) and charged $$$ for high-speed. So I didn’t do anything…that’s OK I was on vacation (holiday). By the time I got back and got re-focused about 11 days went by. If I had someone just making a couple of post that would have been good.

Bartering is a great way to go, and that’s always the avenue I explore first. It will be interesting to see where it goes.

By: Shai Coggins

Shai Coggins — Wed, 11 May 2005 12:12:22 +0000

Good idea, Darren! Don’t know how/if it will work out… I’ll be interested to explore it as well.

And, like Andy said, I think on a personal blog, there probably won’t be a real need. But, in business/pro blogs, yeah… sounds like something that may be useful.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Wed, 11 May 2005 11:42:48 +0000

I think the idea has merit, but what I really want to know is how in the world you got your ADSL on in 1 day, the city/ country thing just keeps getting worse….

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 11 May 2005 10:53:12 +0000

I guess it would depend on the blog. A purely personal blog (which may be less likely to go ‘pro’) may suffer, as the whole point peope read it is for the person. In that case it would probably be better just not to blog, or use one of the other methods commented on here.

For business or subject blogs, the concept of a ‘locum’ may work better, though you would want to ensure that anyone with control over your blog maintained similar standards in finding and collating material for the blog, in handling comments and communications from readers, and would have a similar ethos as you in what should be published. It’s an interesting thought.

By: John

John — Wed, 11 May 2005 09:30:22 +0000

Blogs are very personal things. It’s a bit like being a locum husband to someone else’s wife. But as the market matures something like that may be useful. At present I think most bloggers would prefer an informal arrangement with people they know.