http://www.newsome.org/2006/01/blogging-as-business-does-not-business/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2006/01/blogging-as-business-does-not-business/comment-page-1/#comment-5036 Amy Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=2593#comment-5036 Hi, KentI see your point, and in many cases I agree with you. However, I wouldn't make the kind of blanket statements you're making here.I think it's possible to have a high-quality blog that makes and inspires valuable contributions to the public conversaton, *and* for that blog be profitable in its own right.That is, I don't believe that having a profit motive inherently kills quality and value. You're right, often it does have that effect. Especially because for-profit blog networks often focus on quantity and search engine optimization (SEO) rather than quality, conversation, and relationship-building.Still, I do think there's hope for blogs that are intended to be directly for-profit. I wouldn't discount that field entirely.Just my opinion. I do appreciate you spelling out your thoughts so clearly.- Amy Gahran RightConversation.com Contentious.com Hi, KentI see your point, and in many cases I agree with you. However, I wouldn’t make the kind of blanket statements you’re making here.I think it’s possible to have a high-quality blog that makes and inspires valuable contributions to the public conversaton, *and* for that blog be profitable in its own right.That is, I don’t believe that having a profit motive inherently kills quality and value. You’re right, often it does have that effect. Especially because for-profit blog networks often focus on quantity and search engine optimization (SEO) rather than quality, conversation, and relationship-building.Still, I do think there’s hope for blogs that are intended to be directly for-profit. I wouldn’t discount that field entirely.Just my opinion. I do appreciate you spelling out your thoughts so clearly.- Amy Gahran RightConversation.com Contentious.com

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2006/01/blogging-as-business-does-not-business/comment-page-1/#comment-5037 Steve Rubel Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=2593#comment-5037 You have that right. You have that right.

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