Comments on: How to Make an Absolute Fortune From Your Blog (Really)

By: rososusilo

rososusilo — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:13:57 +0000

have a personal blog, that means not for a profit, the same domain name with our name. not using the domain niche keyword

By: Bryn

Bryn — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:19:07 +0000

I think this is a nice post but I agree with Abhijeet Mukherjee who posted several posts back that the title is a bit misleading. I thought this was going to be about making money from my blog not “How your blog can land you your dream job.” I don’t know if this would work for me since I am an independent instructor and I teach classes…so I sort of own my own business….and I have a blog for this business and in that blog I tell a little about myself and my qualifications….So would a personal blog do me any good?

But, before my current job, I worked in HR and sifted through dozens of resumes as people applied for jobs…it’s true I would look for what people lacked and compare them to each other…if someone posted their blog address on their resume that would have stood out to me, I probably would have looked it up, and (depending on how they presented themselves in the blog) it quite possibly would have swayed my decision to recommend that person to my boss….or saved us some time calling the person in for an interview cause we would feel their personality wasn’t quite the right fit. So if you do do a personal blog, depending on your field…make sure your blog voice is coming through clear and your keeping it professional.

By: Anette Hultman

Anette Hultman — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:09:57 +0000

I think the resume of a person is important. But I find it to be the hardest part to write. It is hard to give a perspective on who you are.A special if the self confidence is low. That is what I hear mostly. /Anette Hultman

By: Jeff Ramos

Jeff Ramos — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:40:38 +0000

The best bit of advice was the only real advice “just get started.”

I think the best thing to realize is that, from what I’ve seen, it’s a slow burn. You keep building on tiny victories. I’ve done a lot so far with my blog and I’m only excited to see how far it will be next week. Next month. Next year.

By: Reza Winandar

Reza Winandar — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:32:08 +0000

just ask this question to yourself, why do you need to blog? That’s what will makes your problems solved.

By: Jermaine

Jermaine — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:00:41 +0000

That might work for some careers. Has no effect in the grocery business however. They’re too afraid to even know what a computer is! lol

By: Kevin @ Employee Revolution

Kevin @ Employee Revolution — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:44:26 +0000

To all saying the title is misleading, I’d ask you to think about why you’ve come to that conclusion.

Can your blog produce an absolute fortune for you OFF-line? I believe Darren has talked about this before here and in his book.

The title is misleading if you were expecting a certain type of blog post and weren’t thinking about all the different ways a blog can produce income. This is one of the reasons the post is more relevant to you (it got you thinking on a different angle).

Yes?

By: Ana

Ana — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:02:54 +0000

Awesome post!!!!
I’ll definitely rethink my own strategies on how to get ahead ith my blog.
Thanks for sharing!

By: steve

steve — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:27:11 +0000

This is fine in as far as it goes. However, I am not interested in getting another job – it won’t be long before I am lining myself up for retirement! I am, however interested in using my blog to make a fortune which is what I thought the title of this posting was about. I was therefore disappointed. I agree that if you want a good job then either bend or break the normal rules to get yourself noticed. That is precisely how I got myself back into work after finding myself unemployed some years ago. But this is not about blogging.

By: Odis Topoian

Odis Topoian — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:19:26 +0000

We’re thinking of starting a blog for our business. I really love the colors and use of space on the template.

By: Kamal Hasa

Kamal Hasa — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:05:05 +0000

I tend to use the about page in my blogs to say what I am. It’s the most read page in my blog actually :D

By: make money

make money — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:04:18 +0000

The post is fascinating & for definite the title is beautiful however I kind of disagree with the author in the sense that in case you have personal weblog, as proposed here, you will be focusing on you as your main topic & how lovely you are for A or B.
Everybody involved in the subject knows that people don’t care about you or what you do or what you have accomplished but the way you can benefit them with information or any other matter they need. This will be only applicable to jobs.
&, unless I misunderstood, you are guiding people to generate a weblog in order to receive a job which at the finish of the day is the less profitable journey to fortune.
I read the problogger book & I think Darrem struggled a lot to generate the powerhouse that they has now as an independent professional blogger with a powerful group of people behind him…

By: make money

make money — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:01:56 +0000

great post
this one is a new idea. I have been a regular reader of Problogger so I do know there’s plenty of entrepreneurs out there who have used their blogs as their extended resumes and inked a few profitable deals because of the weblog. Darren himself is a great example.
Extending the same logic for applying to jobs is lovely. However I don’t think the resume on paper would die a death so soon. At the most, you could mention the url of your weblog on the resume and the recruiter could come and check you out.

By: make money

make money — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:42:22 +0000

While the content of this post is nice & useful, I’d say that the title is misleading. Most would assume that this post is speaking about direct jogging a blog income, or a comprehensive step by step guide to something substantial.
Making the titles powerful is important to attract visitors. But they shouldn’t be detached from the content. I think the term “personal blog” or “getting a job” ought to have been the part of the title here, in some way or the other.
If the title raises expectations, the content ought to deliver. If the film isn’t as nice as its promo, it’ll finally go down.

By: Kevin @ Employee Revolution

Kevin @ Employee Revolution — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:41:28 +0000

@Anna,

You perfectly represent the school-bred factory worker mindset. You were trained to be 100% perfect and accurate. So because I didn’t use the correct accent on the word, I didn’t get an “A.”

Just like a typical teacher: pay no attention to content, pay all attention to accuracy in terminology and spelling.

Correcting spelling inaccuracies will never change the world. 100% perfection and accuracy isn’t as important as ideas and shipping.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Wynne

Wynne — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:52:14 +0000

The world is changing as you’ve rightly pointed out. So why bother with a job at all? There are so many options now for ambitious people to virtually create their own income. Find out what people what, find the simplist solution to their problem, and offer it to them without costing yourself an arm and a leg.

I think jobs are an excuse in many instances. Most people freak out when presented with the possibility of being unemployed. But guess what? The world is bursting with opportunities for anyone with passion, creativity, determination, and willingness to do whatever-it-takes!

Whatever you do don’t sell yourself short.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:04:44 +0000

Something that works for me also is adding your blog/website and linkedin to your personal signature in email. The recepient can’t help but see it when you send them your resume!

Thanks for this article — be creative and original!

By: Walker

Walker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:33:24 +0000

Great ideas… on my list this week is updating various profiles and my online resume. I started a ‘professional/personal’ blog several months ago for the purpose of promoting my new career as a freelance writer.
I have a resume page that is more standard than innovative. I use it in bidding on jobs and can quickly refer a perspective client there in a matter of seconds. But, I think it’s flat so your questions will help me, specially as i find it hard to write about myself in the same way I might write about others.

By: Vesco

Vesco — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:58:18 +0000

There is definitely confusion in the head of whoever penned that piece. Great title, but only remotely connected to the content. He really needs to clarify for himself the exact meaning of the words “revolution” and “revolutionary”. What he is talking about is the opposite of “revolution”. More like adding to an existing trend… And he only needs to spend half a day in a recruitment office to realise that nobody there has the time to go through personal blogs. A few successful stories do not quite a new trend create, at least for the moment. Ironically, I did get a nice job last year by exactly abandoning the resume-format and writing a more passionate and focused “life story” in relation to the job I was applying for.

I also do not like the explicit support for the scarcity illusion. The faster we drop that one, the faster our world will get out of the cul de sac it is in now.

The title made me read it but now I wish I had not wasted my time.

By: Bronzilla

Bronzilla — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:38:45 +0000

As a manager for over 27 years. I can say Kevin, this was a brilliant post. Your right I use to look for what was not on the resume as a pose to what was on the resume. People don’t realize that the more personable the resume is the more the interviewer want to learn a bout you the applicant. If your resume is boring depending on what position you are applying for will reflect who you are. That fact that you can only put but so much in a resume in the first place make the idea of putting your info of you (that is your personality) into a blog and what you know is great. Well just letting you know from an interviewer point of view of this posts.