All of the wurk blogs have it. So does Darren. So does The Blog Herald. Chartreuse doesn’t. And neither does Brian.
What am I talking about? Easy. An option to subscribe to the comments for each post via email.

But what I can’t decide on is whether it’s a good idea - or not - to let your readers subscribe like this.
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As a followup to my last post, here’s a rock solid case for leaving pro writing to become a pro blogger.

The title of this post is actually the title of some source material I need to go through for a brochure I’m currently writing for a medical manufacturing client.

Enough said, I think.

;o))

You’d think it would be easy, right? Moving from a traditonal writing job to a career in blogging. After all, blogging is just writing, right? It’s what you already do every day, so how hard can it be?

Damn hard. And here’s why…

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Sitesalesblog has been sneaking a peek at recent Alexa stats for The Blog Herald, which are beginning to show a downward trend.

This is something I’d noticed over the last week or two, and I’d also discussed it with a few people who, like me, very rarely visit the site any more. Once upon a time, I’d head over there at least once a day. Now, it’s lucky if it’s once a week.

However, Matt from BlogMedia, who now owns TBH, has already commented on the Sitesalesblog post to say that this loss of traffic is due to inconsistent posting. I agree that that is definitely part of the reason. So, it just goes to show that even when it seems like your traffic is guaranteed because you have a popular site, it’s not.

Far from it.

Y’know. When your parents both have a blog. Your grandparents. When every business you ever deal with has a blog. All your friends. People you meet in the street. Your kids. Your dog (most cats already do). Your hamster.

It could happen.

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Chartreuse pointed me to a post tonight that talked about the principles ofmaking money with your blog.

There are a million posts out there like that, but what caught my eye was the opening paragraph:

Commercial blogging is on the rise. Weblogs Inc. inspired many a person to consider the blogging professional when they were purchased by AOL for $25 million. That’s a lot of clams, and all the other fish in the ocean quickly took notice. Within seconds of this deal, one could hear a sound. It was the sound of one million keyboards clackling away as financially-inspired webmasters registering blog network domain names.

And that kinda reminded me that although the wurk network only really went live(ish) in September 2005, and properly(ish) last month, it’s actually been a work in progress now for more than 2 years.

And maybe longer, in fact, than WeblogsInc and Engadget, which celebrated their second b’day on March 7th.

Want proof? You got it.

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A recent survey has found that most people expect to find what they are looking for on the first three pages of online search results. Here are some more figures from that research…

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According to Rob Irwin…

There’s a new company tonight on the radar screens of people with an interest in blogging, media, the Internet, etc. Have you heard about it? It’s called BlogBurst.

Essentially, blogburst is a middleman. Pfffft. And here’s how it (apparently) works.

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Sorry, move along, nothing to see here.

It’s just that with the benefit of hindsight, *this* is what I really should have called that last post.

[Andy - just kidding. ;o) ]

Andy Hagans from BizNicheMedia has spoken about the first nine months of his spam… um, I mean ‘niche’ blog network.

Through our often stupid mistakes, the occasional lucky break, and a great many man-hours we have learned a great deal about what it means to run a blog network.

Ho hum. Lots (and lots) of stating the obvious ensues. However, one point that really stuck out was this one…

…we have adopted a bonus structure which adequately encourages writers to continually push themselves towards improvements. [note- we still don’t do rev-share… in our opinion that model blows.]

Revenue share blows, huh? I don’t agree. And here’s why…

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