Comments on: 3 Money-Making Magazine Strategies for Blogging Success

By: jeux psp

jeux psp — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:58:45 +0000

Wow, i like this article.. Here i come to know how to get success in blogging. this article is very helpful to i am so thanksful to Darren.. Its really a very infomercial & nice article..

By: alhnuf

alhnuf — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:15:07 +0000

Nice idea , it seems work for me .
thanks for sharing this :)

Cheers,
Alhnuf

By: Nina Lewis

Nina Lewis — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:09:27 +0000

Hello Darren
Great post. I started my blog for 2 reasons. 1. To give a local’s perspective of my town. 2. To generate income.

However, it is difficult for me to set a blogging schedule, because I work 4 jobs. So, I was thinking, is there a way I can have guest bloggers on mysite, until I have time to blog. My thing is I want to pay the bloggers, but right now I really don’t have the budget. Once my blog gets off the ground, I believe it will do well. I am on http://www.associatedcontent. and the articles that I write about nightlife in vegas get the most view. Basically, what I am trying to say, is it wrong to ask bloggers to work for no pay until I can generate income from advertisers?
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Any advice will be helpful

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:57:24 +0000

Hey good topic we need to utilize every source we got and expand.

By: excITingIP.com

excITingIP.com — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:37:16 +0000

Having a free classifieds is a great idea. Especially for traffic generation. I do have a magazine theme, but never thought about it for my niche. Thanks for the tip, and let me see how I can implement that idea.

excITingIP.com

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:11:29 +0000

Thanks, Rodricus.

These are excellent tips. I will certainly keep them in mind.

By: Jermaine Holmes

Jermaine Holmes — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:19:47 +0000

Classified Ads–that’s something new. Are there any examples of where bloggers have successfully pulled this off?

By: Blogger Make Money

Blogger Make Money — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:02:25 +0000

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By: Janus

Janus — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:28:12 +0000

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Right now I need someone who’s willing to help me to create a blog to promote the Island as well as serving as an information center to all tourist wishing to travel to St.lucia. I have already started my website http://www.islelander.com, and now a blog I believe will provide the exposure I’m seeking. Anyone looking to take on this challenge i assure you it’s worth it. You can also refer my message to anyone who’s willing to help.. I appreciate you reading my post…email me at janus@islelander.com

By: swag lamps

swag lamps — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:24:56 +0000

i’ve even never thought about those strategy…hoping a chance for getting traffic just from search engine by unique content…

By: Eric C

Eric C — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:51:40 +0000

@ Jennine, my inner french girl – Count me among the bloggers who doesn’t like affiliate marketing. I’ve worked in the newspaper industry before, and you would never see paid content put along side regular content. I’m actually a little surprised problogger treats the subject so casually, or that some blogs put out paid posts without revealing the financial connection. I think this issue will become bigger in the future.

By: Tyrone | Millionaire Acts

Tyrone | Millionaire Acts — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:39:59 +0000

In my case, I was contacted by our local Good House Keeping Magazine to seek personal finance advice with their readers’ problems on money.

I was glad that they also published the URL of my blog. That would be an added readership base given that Good House Keeping has around 300,000 readers monthly.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:22:26 +0000

I’m so excited to utilize all this great information.

By: My Inner French Girl

My Inner French Girl — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:49:01 +0000

Interesting article, but just to clarify:

“Featured Advertising” isn’t journalism but still advertising. I’ve done both straight-up reporting and what’s known as “advertorials,” aka featured advertising, for newspapers and magazines before as a freelancer. Most newspapers and magazines separate their editorial and advertising staff completely so that the latter write all advertorials, not the reporters and other traditional journalists. Otherwise there is the concern that reporters (and thus their reporting) are being influenced by the publication’s sponsors.

Cheers,
Marjorie

By: JamesF

JamesF — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:31:15 +0000

@Gary Arndt I don’t think magazines/newspapers is a dying industry. Maybe being upgraded but definitely not dying. That’s what they also said about the newspaper when the radio was invented. And so did the radio when filmaking was invented, then tv and so forth. A lot of the strategies used with the newspapers were used with the later mediums. It’s just a matter of finding the right “recipe” to blend them well together.

By: fas

fas — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:14 +0000

Ideas are good however the real truth is most bloggers have to rely on affiliate sales and CPC advertising for their bread, butter, jam and toast.

By: J Stdy Rockn

J Stdy Rockn — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:26:36 +0000

I really appreciate this article. I’m starting my own blog and this site has given me more reason to start my blog correctly. Thanks and keep up the good work!!!!!

By: Mama Zen

Mama Zen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:12:01 +0000

I’m really intrigued by the classified ads idea.

By: Tamia

Tamia — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:27:43 +0000

Great post, Rod! I’ve considered doing “sponsored” posts, but am trying to figure out how to do so without coming across as a creepy/pushy salesperson. That’s so not me.

Thanks for being so responsive here in the comments, too.

By: Jennine

Jennine — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:05:57 +0000

wow, this is an interesting article. i have thought this about magazines for a while now, but not have had anyone actually confirm it.

it’s interesting because there is a rise amongst bloggers who are against sponsored posts of any kind, that they wouldn’t do it because of their integrity. i’ve done a few sponsored posts, and they’ve both been very successful on my blog, and I don’t feel my integrity has been compromised, as i feel the posts benefited my readers.

also, i wonder about the traditional media writing about sponsored blog posts, how it degrades blogger integrity, and the value of content online. do the traditional journalist know nothing about how to market and sell advertising in their own publications?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124045072480346239.html

how do we approach these issues? I’m really curious, because i don’t want to feel like the bad blogger for publishing sponsored posts.