Comments on: Five Steps In The Evolution Of A Blogger http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/ Blogging News, Tips, & Tutorials Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:25:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sharon Hurley Hall http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-5442 Sharon Hurley Hall Wed, 07 May 2008 20:40:46 +0000 http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-5442 Ditto. Mitch. WU made me discover the love of blogging, and that hasn't left me yet. I've still got good friends from those days, and I even have a blog that's making some money. Ditto. Mitch. WU made me discover the love of blogging, and that hasn’t left me yet. I’ve still got good friends from those days, and I even have a blog that’s making some money.

]]> By: Mitchell Allen http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-5439 Mitchell Allen Wed, 07 May 2008 20:23:45 +0000 http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-5439 Beautiful retrospective, Sharon. I started blogging On WritingUp.com, thinking I would make gobs of AdSense income. However, a funny thing happened on the way to the bank: I got mugged! The folks at Google suspended my account less than two months after I had started. Although I was reinstated later, that was a watershed moment for my blogging career. No longer constrained by writing money-makers, I spent more time writing fun posts and explored the true spirit of community blogging - conversation. For money, I wrote occasional pay per post pieces. Because the only requirement was to provide a specific product link, I was able to inject my personality into these posts, even to the point of irreverence for the product. It was a lot of fun and further honed my online persona. When Writingup.com went under, I was saddened by the loss of community. I tried FanStory (too costly) and MySpace (too congested). It just wasn't possible to replace that bond. Yet, I was bitten. I had always loved writing and I refused to give up. So I started my own blog. At first, I tried to stick to the internet marketing niche. It was so boring and I wasn't adding anything new. As the second anniversary of my blogging career loomed, I evolved once more. "Opportunity Knocks You Out" and the subsequent "Deprogramming the Difficult" posts on my blog pretty much sum up where I am today. One thing that hasn't changed, though, is my friendships. Sharon, Jen, Pinhole, Ethan Mawyer and several other WritingUp graduates are still an important part of my life. Cheers, Mitch Beautiful retrospective, Sharon.
I started blogging On WritingUp.com, thinking I would make gobs of AdSense income. However, a funny thing happened on the way to the bank: I got mugged!

The folks at Google suspended my account less than two months after I had started. Although I was reinstated later, that was a watershed moment for my blogging career.

No longer constrained by writing money-makers, I spent more time writing fun posts and explored the true spirit of community blogging - conversation.
For money, I wrote occasional pay per post pieces.
Because the only requirement was to provide a specific product link, I was able to inject my personality into these posts, even to the point of irreverence for the product. It was a lot of fun and further honed my online persona.

When Writingup.com went under, I was saddened by the loss of community. I tried FanStory (too costly) and MySpace (too congested). It just wasn’t possible to replace that bond.

Yet, I was bitten. I had always loved writing and I refused to give up. So I started my own blog.
At first, I tried to stick to the internet marketing niche. It was so boring and I wasn’t adding anything new. As the second anniversary of my blogging career loomed, I evolved once more.

“Opportunity Knocks You Out” and the subsequent “Deprogramming the Difficult” posts on my blog pretty much sum up where I am today.

One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is my friendships. Sharon, Jen, Pinhole, Ethan Mawyer and several other WritingUp graduates are still an important part of my life.

Cheers,

Mitch

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4949 Sharon Hurley Hall Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:41:48 +0000 http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4949 Glad you liked it, everyone. I wonder what the next stage of evolution will be? Glad you liked it, everyone. I wonder what the next stage of evolution will be?

]]> By: ext http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4876 ext Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:15:11 +0000 http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4876 very good :cool: very good :cool:

]]> By: David Risley http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4868 David Risley Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:58:46 +0000 http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4868 Bingo! This is how we evolve from knuckle dragging to real bloggers. Bingo! This is how we evolve from knuckle dragging to real bloggers.

]]> By: Chaya Jennifer http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4844 Chaya Jennifer Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:07:04 +0000 http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/04/10/five-steps-in-the-evolution-of-a-blogger/#comment-4844 Quite a nice narration how most of us start and move with blogging. That is how I moved all these days. Thanks for putting it over here what was there in my or most of our minds. Quite a nice narration how most of us start and move with blogging. That is how I moved all these days.
Thanks for putting it over here what was there in my or most of our minds.

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