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Guy Kawasaki recently shared his thoughts on blogging with Jennifer Jones. In it, he describes his 3 categories that blogs fit into: ranting and raving blogs, essayist blogs, news blogs. He also encourage bloggers to think of writing a blog as you might write a chapter of a book. Have a beginning and an end [...]

There’s been a flurry in the blogosphere about how various bloggers make money. It started when Raj Dash posted how big name bloggers use their blogs to earn money. The diagram below lists various sources of income including consulting, speaking gigs, workshops, books/ebooks and web advertising. He notes that only a few of the most [...]

Blogging offers many benefits for growing your business, but it is not without its issues. The Washington Post recently did an article on threats women bloggers face. At the heart of the story was Kathy Sierra, whose Creating Passionate Users blog was a must read for anyone in the technology industry. Unfortunately, last month, Kathy [...]

Once you start blogging, there’s a good chance that someone will tag you to answer specific questions and share the link love. These “memetags” come in all sorts of varieties from listing your top 5 XX (top 5 songs, favorite movies, books) to writing random stuff about yourself (ie 5 things people don’t know about [...]

Last month, a local New York tv station surveyed 130 New York bloggers about their blogging habits. Here are some of the interesting findings:

Some 8% of bloggers are earning revenue from their blogs according to the 2007 Report on American Journalism. Advertising is a popular way these blogs make money. In most cases, this involves placing ads around your content. However, last year, a new model emerged. Companies like PayPerPost, ReviewMe, Blogsvertise started offering bloggers money for reviews. [...]

Stephen J. Dubner of Freakonomics fame asks a curious question on his blog – Who Comments on Blogs, and Why? There are all sorts of interesting responses like: their comment/opinion has already been stated or they don’t have anything useful to contribute comments are like conversations, so (1) they’d have to read through all comments [...]

StateOfTheMedia.org just released their 2007 report on American Journalism. The report contained some interesting statistics on blogs and blogging. Here are the highlights:

One of the easiest ways to get started blogging is to set up your blog with Blogger.com. In about 5 minutes, you’ll be up and running – no html or graphic design knowledge necessary. In this article, I’ll walk you through the steps.

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