Some very practical advice for surviving a life after journalism by Kim Pearson. To position yourself for those opportunities, you have to hone your 21st-century reporting and business skills. Let’s take the first part first. If you are laid off and gettiing unemployment, you might be able to get money for If you aren’t in [...]
Find Your Niche
Forget about being an A-List blogger because that’s been done. The key is finding your niche. Blogging is a lot like high school… have you noticed? There are the popular kids (A-list), class rank (Technorati) and endless other clique rankings (Ad Age Power 150, Techmeme Leaderboard, Cat Blogging Superstars, etc.). All of this makes for [...]
Blissdom ’09
Mommy blogging is catching the eye of the corporate advertising world. On Friday and Saturday, 250 women from around the country will gather in Nashville for seminars on designing better blogs, marketing them and making money from ad revenue at the BlissDom conference, hosted by online magazine Blissfully Domestic and organized by Nashville blogger Allison [...]