Do you think you’re a problogger? Check out this site: Problogger.net
It’s a site created by Darren Rowse which is:
…dedicated to helping other bloggers learn the skills of blogging, share their own experiences and promote the blogging medium.”
But what I find really interesting, besides the great blogging tips, is the sites job section. Here you can find a job as a blog writer!
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Like this one: NatureMade Sam-e Blogger! The value for 6 months of blogging? $5000 a month and a free laptop!
Or this one: Non-fiction Article Writers for Suite101.com. Looks like you could write about…well, anything!
Looking at several of these jobs, the pay ranges from $3.50 an article to, well $5000. You can make some nice spending cash or supplement your income pretty well.
A colleague and I were recently talking about English majors and wondering how the blogging (web) world has changed things. While I don’t think English as a major is going away, it is interesting to see that anyone who can write pretty well, and has some personal experience on a subject, can be a “writer” or “bwriter?”. Of course, writing a book and writing a blog are two different things, but I have seen some pretty savvy bloggers making a heck of a lot of money for not having a degree in Literature, English, or even in the field they are writing about. What it comes down to is that people want to know more about a subject and want to read about it in layman’s terms. The down and dirty, rather than the historical relevance and proper terminology (although blogging sites range from the bullet point methods, to videos, to everything you wanted to know about a subject). Think of it this way, the last time you wanted to know more about something, did you check out a book or did you do a quick google search and find the answer in 5 seconds?
Go, blog, share your experiences and knowledge, and hopefully, make some money!!
