Written on August 20th, 2006 at 06:08 am by Darren Rowse

Even the ‘Big Boys’ Call It Quits At Times

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I was just doing my rounds of other digital photography blogs and discovered Weblogs Inc’s offering in the niche has closed up shop (although it hasn’t been moved to their ‘retired’ section of their network list yet).

I have to say I’m not too surprised by the move - from what I’ve seen the blog never […]

Written on August 15th, 2006 at 09:08 am by Darren Rowse

b5media Seeking Business Bloggers

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Just a quick announcement for those of you that are looking for an opportunity to blog as part of an established blog network - and get paid for doing it.

b5media is currently seeking business bloggers to join its new business channel.

We’re open to being pitched ideas for the channel but have a list of suggested […]

Written on July 3rd, 2006 at 02:07 pm by Darren Rowse

Gawker Blog Network Reshuffles

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Nick Denton has a fascinating post regarding a restructuring of the Gawker blog network - it’s called Battening down and in it Nick outlines some of the changes Gawker is making (ending two blogs and reshuffling staff on four others.

The reasons for the changes are five-fold:

Decreases in Advertising
Increases in Operational costs
Despite Cross Promotional Attempts traffic […]

Written on June 26th, 2006 at 10:06 am by Darren Rowse

Blog Network Owner Shares ‘Mistakes I’ve Made’

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Mac Slocum at The Independent Publisher is reflecting upon the first year of development of his Fodder Network and has written a post on the five biggest mistakes that he’s made along the road so far.

Mistake No. 1: Underestimating the Time Commitment - I suspect this is something many bloggers with dreams of developing multiple […]

Written on May 3rd, 2006 at 11:05 am by Darren Rowse

Happy Birthday 9rules Network

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A big congratulations to the team at 9rules Network for 1 year of building blog community and raising the bar when it comes to quality blogs working together! As a network these guys have had a year of highs and lows (as any start up does) but they’ve come through it stronger, more beautiful and […]

Written on March 16th, 2006 at 08:03 am by Darren Rowse

Interview with Matt Jones of Random Shapes

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There’s a great interview with teen blog network owner Matt Jones from Random Shapes over at The Blog Herald.

I love reading the stories of (and meeting) young technological entrepreneurs. There’s something about the freshness of their ideas and ‘can do’ attitude that is so amazing. I think Matt’s one to watch.
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Written on March 16th, 2006 at 03:03 am by Darren Rowse

Why You Shouldn’t Join a Blog Network

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Having looked at some of the advantages of joining a blog network it’s only fair that we look at the flip side. Blog networks will not suit every blogger’s personality, style and goals and you should take into account the following before signing up for one:

1. Revenue Split - While I argued in my previously […]

Written on March 15th, 2006 at 02:03 am by Darren Rowse

Why Should you Join a Blog Network?

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After posting yesterday a basic Introduction to Blog networks I now want to turn my attention to some of the positives about joining a blog network as a blogger (the negatives will come in the next post in the series). Please note that I’m not writing about the benefits of starting or owning a blog […]

Written on March 14th, 2006 at 09:03 am by Darren Rowse

Introduction to Blog Networks

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I’ve done a little study in the past few years on ‘movements’ as part of my interest in emerging forms of spirituality and one of the things that I’ve come to know a little about is how new movements often start as fairly chaotic and disconnected entities but generally over time will (in order to […]