Comments on: Make More Money: Forget About Personal Blogging http://brianlinton.com/make-more-money-forget-about-personal-blogging/ Entrepreneurial Lessons and Adventures from the founder of United By Blue Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:04:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://brianlinton.com/make-more-money-forget-about-personal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Brian Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:29:25 +0000 http://brianlinton.com/?p=1116#comment-964 @Joseph - Yea, totally agree, it does depend on your company and what role you play in it. Sand Shack is focusing our energy on a few ocean conservation blogs and I am sure it would be helpful if our bloggers had strong personal blogs...true that. For me, it helps in marketing my company to people like you, but in the long run, I can spend my time more wisely. Not saying I'm going to stop blogging here though! @Jens -Thanks for all the kind words Jens - it really means a lot to me that people like you find what I write useful. Thanks also for pointing out that I need to have my content better organized here. When I moved over to this template I did not do a lot to make it user friendly...I'll work on that! @Joseph – Yea, totally agree, it does depend on your company and what role you play in it. Sand Shack is focusing our energy on a few ocean conservation blogs and I am sure it would be helpful if our bloggers had strong personal blogs…true that. For me, it helps in marketing my company to people like you, but in the long run, I can spend my time more wisely. Not saying I’m going to stop blogging here though!

@Jens -Thanks for all the kind words Jens – it really means a lot to me that people like you find what I write useful. Thanks also for pointing out that I need to have my content better organized here. When I moved over to this template I did not do a lot to make it user friendly…I’ll work on that!

]]> By: Jens http://brianlinton.com/make-more-money-forget-about-personal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Jens Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:22:29 +0000 http://brianlinton.com/?p=1116#comment-963 Your Blog may have not effected your bank account as you expected it to be, but you definetly did something for a lot of people. I personally got to know your story and your first email just kicked ass und got me going. So your blog is really important to me. You really put pure quality online which is unique in the web 2.0 world. most people only put blogs online and think they create value. Even some friends of moine who I told about you benefited from your blog and your story. I personally thought about putting up a blog like yours online when I'm online with my products and my shop but the massive time investment is just too much for me right now. Your blog should have been a dedication to entrepreneurship from the beginning. If people see that you love what you do than that's a good indication to do business with you. And you don't need to update it frequently just organize the content userfriendly so that newbies can profit from it easily. This post feels a bit like a funeral speech for this blog. Your Blog may have not effected your bank account as you expected it to be, but you definetly did something for a lot of people. I personally got to know your story and your first email just kicked ass und got me going. So your blog is really important to me. You really put pure quality online which is unique in the web 2.0 world. most people only put blogs online and think they create value. Even some friends of moine who I told about you benefited from your blog and your story. I personally thought about putting up a blog like yours online when I’m online with my products and my shop but the massive time investment is just too much for me right now. Your blog should have been a dedication to entrepreneurship from the beginning. If people see that you love what you do than that’s a good indication to do business with you. And you don’t need to update it frequently just organize the content userfriendly so that newbies can profit from it easily.

This post feels a bit like a funeral speech for this blog.

]]> By: Joseph Yi http://brianlinton.com/make-more-money-forget-about-personal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Joseph Yi Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:40:32 +0000 http://brianlinton.com/?p=1116#comment-959 Great post Brian. You definitely bring up a great point which is if personal blogging has a positive return on your company. I think that it does depend on the situation you are in as well as the role you play in the company. For example, over at Viralogy we deal directly with blogging. As a result, building relationships with other bloggers as well as my own brand has an influence on the success of our company. I write both the company blog and my own with the company blog yielding better results as far as ROI is concerned. Still, my personal blog has helped in building credibility with clients as well as getting new leads. I enjoy your blog and although it can be time consuming, I'd love to see the posts continue :) Maybe you can try video blogging since it takes less time! Great post Brian. You definitely bring up a great point which is if personal blogging has a positive return on your company. I think that it does depend on the situation you are in as well as the role you play in the company. For example, over at Viralogy we deal directly with blogging. As a result, building relationships with other bloggers as well as my own brand has an influence on the success of our company.

I write both the company blog and my own with the company blog yielding better results as far as ROI is concerned. Still, my personal blog has helped in building credibility with clients as well as getting new leads.

I enjoy your blog and although it can be time consuming, I’d love to see the posts continue :) Maybe you can try video blogging since it takes less time!

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