I didn't have time to get in the economics of blogs and blogging, but I thought it quite interesting that my old friend, Mike Priggen of Bedazzled makes some kind of living with his blog. The sources of revenue are from places like Amazon, who kick him some dosh when people click from his site to theirs, from the sales of DVD complilations of obscure and wierd and often great music videos and scopitones, from sales of his own CD's, which he shamelessly flogs on his site. He's had a variety of streams of income - including a period of ebay speculation in prints of walter keane paintings (If you don't know what that is, you are so uncool). My point here is that bloggers with strong points of view, unique and specialized knowledge, and the ability to self-promote can make a living with this medium.
If a user-friendly way of micropayments ever becomes easy and transparent - 2 cents a hit to see a video online - then folks like Mike could actually many some decent money. I think we will live to see the day.
And in case you haven't noticed, I am trying to push a more informal and bloggy tone on this blog. Can I get a witness?
Cheers,
DMCG
PS: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money."-Samuel Johnson
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2 comments:
Hallelujah! ;D
I dig your Samuel Johnson quote--I am a big fan of his. How can you not admire a man who did everything he did? Some of his definitions absolutely slay me!
Is there such a thing as a blogging purist, and if so, how would he or she feel about blogging as a commercial outlet? If you're friend's blog gets too big, Dan, will he stay true or sell out to some corporation :)?
Jake
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