Getting Started "Professionally"

I have been blogging for nearly 10 years now (1998, to be exact). I didn't get "caught-up in the blogging craze" -- Suck is what got me going. But when it folded, I kept right on doing it. I found it a great release, as well as neat that what I wrote generated feedback from others (not much usually, but some).

I always fantasized about being able to do it for money. After all, it seemed a no-brainer that advertisers would want to target people who read what I wrote about -- comics, sci-fi/fantasy, writing, art, music, current events -- but where were they?

Back then, there was Amazon and a handful of others, but since most of the blogging sites didn't allow external advertisers, I set up a series of websites... but then most all of the free webhosts cracked-down on ads, too! Still, I blogged on.

And when, very recently, I found several programs and sites which not only allowed this, but encouraged it, I was elated -- albeit skeptical.

But once I got involved and saw that it really is legit, I set to work. I am now busy revamping all the 973204970234502374239470 blogs I have across cyberspace, trying to network them and network with others, and really cultivate this opportunity.

So, I'm here for better or for worse, and if you're interested, I'd love to work with others to develop solid networking between blogs and hopefully help generate us all more readers, more subscribers, and lots more money.

I'm a 31 year-old, SWM, who lives alone in a rural community in the middle of nowhere. This entry gives a bit more detail, as well as lists the things I tend to blog about, and here's my Technorati Profile.