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Thursday, June 20, 2002 |
ONE THING ABOUT TODAY'S RAT RACE
People are easily disillusioned. There are some who reach a state where they can't find their passion any more. These people would do ANYTHING to find the something they can be passionate about! It's sad, but unfortunately it's also true.
"Proof that you can make a living doing ANYTHING you are passionate about" [The FuzzyBlog! via Ken Rawlings]
2:52:24 PM 
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VERY SIMPLY, THE WORLD DOES NOT NEED
another legalistic, rules-based group prescribing right and wrong for everyone else. When "The Christian Right" finds itself aligned with any extreme faction of Islamic believers, it's time for them to assess their motives, their teachings and the source of their beliefs. More importantly, what are they really attempting to achieve?
Islamic Bloc, Christian Right Team Up to Lobby U.N.. Conservative U.S. Christian organizations have joined forces with Islamic governments to halt the expansion of sexual and political protections and rights for gays, women and children at United Nations conferences. [Washington Post] [Loebrich.org]
2:31:27 PM
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MAKING MONEY WITH A WEBLOG - PART III
See also Part I and Part II
Community Costs [Zeldman] An interesting read that makes intelligent points about tying one's predicament to some larger picture, though it leaves out the fact that apparently, the users of Kuro5hin have been willing to cough up... [jenett.radio]
So far, I've identified the following revenue streams associated with weblogs:
- Subscription or membership fees
- Advertising revenue
- Affiliate fees (e.g. Amazon, long distance service, etc.)
- Merchandise sales
10:25:36 AM
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MAKING MONEY WITH A WEBLOG - PART II
Is there a business lurking under all this fun?
Yesterday, we saw The Drudge Report's numbers. I asked some questions about making money with a weblog. Things like revenue streams, adverstising as a soul source of revenue and how much traffic one needs to have in order to shift a weblog from hobby to business are important considerations.
Day two wrapup, and a change of plans. Has it only been two days? It feels like a month. Well, we didn't meet my overly ambitious goal for yesterday, but I didn't really expect to. We did, however, have another impressive day, with another 290 new members joining, and nearly $10,000 more raised. I think that today we can easily reach the halfway mark, $35,000. That gives me at least six months (and I'm sure I can make it last longer), to get my ducks in a row, get the paperwork underway, and do the work of making K5 a non-profit. So I think that the goal today will be $35,000 and at that point, we are going to call this fundraiser over so we can go back to doing what we're here to do. [kuro5hin.org]
9:21:08 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Steve Pilgrim.
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