Comments on: What You Can Learn About Blogging Business Models from a Hip-Hop Artist Who Used to Hustle on the Corner Just to Put Food in His Daughter’s Mouth. An Ode To Biggie, Small Business and Making Money. It’s Juicy.

By: Biche

Biche — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:29:27 +0000

Nice post. I really enjoyed it, and well, it made me think…a lot! :-)

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By: Scentsy Candles

Scentsy Candles — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:20:56 +0000

I was a Blogger for the Music Industry with popular bands. I started out as a writer for industry newsletters. It is a great income generator or supplement to your income.

By: Paramendra Bhagat

Paramendra Bhagat — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:55:53 +0000

A juicy blog post but also all over the place.

By: Derek Alvarez

Derek Alvarez — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:05:06 +0000

People selling crack on the street corner are definitely entrepreneurs. The only problem is that they either haven’t figured out legal means to make money, or worse, don’t believe they can.

They are very money-motivated because they never had enough. I think that some people who were never in poverty can have a hard time with the concept of being money-driven because it was never as much of a worry for them.

It’s too bad “hustlers” don’t put their business know-how to work at a more legitimate pursuit. Like instead of hurting people, they could help people (and make more money doing it)…

By: Cecilia

Cecilia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:50:19 +0000

Great post, Kelly. I think it is a great reminder that businesses are about business – i.e. making money. With our short memories, we seem to continuously get caught up in “bubble cycles” that keep bursting on us when everyone finally realizes that the business model doesn’t create any revenue.

Remember the era of .com’s when making a profit hurt your business valuation. Well that certainly wasn’t sustainable and neither will be the enormous amount of time and effort people are putting into blogging and other web 2.0 efforts if they don’t figure out how to make money.

In the end, only the profitable will survive.

By: Jesse Muhammad

Jesse Muhammad — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:47:31 +0000

This is one of the most phenomenal blog articles I have ever read!!! Wow!!! And I love blogging and hip-hop!

By: Reza Winandar@Blogging Guide

Reza Winandar@Blogging Guide — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:37:20 +0000

I’m sure that everything in our life will teach us a life lesson. You must keep your eyes open end you will find something worth for your entire life.

By: Christine @ VancouverMom.ca

Christine @ VancouverMom.ca — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:51:00 +0000

Awesome guest post Kelly! Longest title evar! Love it.

By: Deborah Richmond

Deborah Richmond — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:48:57 +0000

The chart is meaningful. If you can’t put check markes in each box, then you’re not done planning your business model. I have been drawing up maps of my traffic recently. I have planned a very specific strategy for how I’m attempting to drive traffic, what path I want my readers to take to first my blog, then my product. Without the map, you just aren’t going to be successful at driving traffic.

By: Jaszy

Jaszy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:59:13 +0000

Uh…hmm…well, I think I might be speechless. Kelly, love your spirit…really, but…wow. Yeah, I am speechless, not sure how to comment on that one. Must be a personal preference kinda thing.

Question…am I the only African-American who read this?

However, yes, I most definitely agree that treating your blog like a business is essential and something that we are just starting to learn. So I commend you for covering the topic.

Please check your grammar and punctuation. We’re all guilty of it, so I’m not hatin’, just throwing that out there.

More power to you, I see where you can be a success.

Peace.

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:46:11 +0000

This is a great post.

In regards to the comment above, couldn’t u tinyurl.com the title to submit to Twitter?

3 month ago, I took a 2 wk break from my blog, refocused, started treating it like a business, and now I am generating a decent cash flow. Your right, you need to treat it like a business. Next up for me: ebooks, porduct…need to figure out what will work for my readers.

By: Galvahaha

Galvahaha — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:42:22 +0000

I agree with what you wrote. I spend many years in the neighborhoods where hustlers made a better living than me; the local handyman.

There living may not of have been legal, but they knew how to get peoples attention and make a living.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:42:13 +0000

I read this article purely because the loooooooooooong title stood out in my RSS feed reader. Very refreshing idea!

By: Elliot

Elliot — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:30:05 +0000

Great article. Business models are huge. I like how you provided different models for people to consider for their particular interests.

The ode to Biggie was also good. Have you seen Notorious?

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:18:47 +0000

Kelly,

Your post was very informative and humorous, filled with notable quotes. You captured and held my interest despite my dislike of hip-hop.

I have miles to go in the blogging realm and it’s good to have content like yours to turn to for guidance and inspiration.

Keep raging against the machine, sista!

By: Alla

Alla — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:12:56 +0000

Darren, I think this time you outdid yourself. Bravo!

By: Laura Cococcia | The Journal of Cultural Conversation

Laura Cococcia | The Journal of Cultural Conversation — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:59:09 +0000

Loving this, Kelly. Has made me think about the direction I want to take my own blog – and you’re right, blogging does not mean instant money – there’s a business behind it if you want there to be one. For now, I’m just enjoying the writing and researching process – and love connecting with other dedicated writers – they teach me so much, it’s like going to writing or “idea” school without having to pay for it. Thanks for this!

By: Pat Steer (Gaelen)

Pat Steer (Gaelen) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:12:35 +0000

As always, Kelly, your writting pulls me in and makes me think.
I admit, I didn’t approach Life Out Loud as a business when I started it four years ago – it was a personal blog. But by paying attention to the things in your chart and by treating it as one facet of my writing *busines* I’ve been able to change things up and see improvement. On course, not quite there yet. Both of the start-up blogs (Kitchen Jam, Dog Trainer’s Log) were facets of the writing business from their beginnings. Not quite ready to ‘put my SEO on a leash and walk it’ – but my SEO is beginning to respond to guided reinforcement.

By: Niche Generator

Niche Generator — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:54:00 +0000

This is the post i wanted to read for a long time. Now I have a clear idea about blogging.