Good to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by.

Yes, it’s a bit puzzling, and I don’t want to add to the confusion. If Caroline wants to clarify things, I’d be interested to know if there’s a business plan she’s working from.

Neil.

After detailing all the work she’d done to drive traffic to her blog, then commenting on the fact that she’d earned nothing from her blog in October, Caroline very specifically says in her post “Let’s get one thing straight here… I did not quit my job to launch a successful blog! I quit my job so I could earn a living online!”

So, I admit I find Caroline’s “I never intended to quit my programming career for blogging” followup here a bit confusing.

If one doesn’t intend to quit their job ‘for blogging’ but spends 235 hours working on their blog with the intention of making money online… which is it?

Besides, there’s no reason she shouldn’t be making money now with all that great traffic and loyal readers. Hope she monetizes soon!

Cheers,
Ros

“I never intended to quit my programming career for blogging.”

:-)

Neil.

Was she wrongly advised by one of those fake ‘gurus’ dotting the internet claiming that once you come online you start digging up dollars or pounds with little works?

Just wondering but a bit confused what motivated to take just a step without proper planning

However, I was very, very happy that she was advised by one of the best online marketers, Rosalind. Just hope she will follow through and I pray she gets out of her debt too.

Andy

I read Caroline’s blog, and there are some nuggets of valuable information, including her piece about having a blog commenting strategy.

She’s nailed the traffic bit - which is what many bloggers and business owners struggle with. Now comes the (relatively) easier bit of placing the right offer in front of the stream - and monetizing her hard work.

Also highly recommended is Caroline’s series about Twitter marketing - a must read!

All success
Dr.Mani

>My long term goal is to create software that I market online an make a living from that.<

Ahhh, OK, that makes more sense. I’m glad to hear you have other irons in the fire. I was a bit concerned when I read the part about you “slipping further into debt”!

>the very story about me not making money has circulated<

I noticed that… it’s a good example of the social aspect of blogging working in your favour.

Rosalind let her mailing list know… which probably added significant momentum.

I wish you well with the transition from employee to working for yourself.

Neil.

Thanks very much for this post about me, it’s great that my story is getting around. Rosalind put up an excellent article with some superb tips but I think my intentions got a little lost along the way…

I never intended to quit my programming career for blogging. My long term goal is to create software that I market online an make a living from that. I also love Internet marketing in general so I have been trying out various thing in several niche markets over the last few weeks. Those are the projects I was trying to make money from.

The blog was merely there to tell the story and I had no intention to monetize it until I had built a readership.

The ironic thing is, that the very story about me not making money has circulated and made the blog very popular so I am now in a position where I could potentially earn more money from the blog (once Iget off my a** and monetize it) than from my other IM ventures!

Still, the blog is a one-off project. It does not scale well, it cannot be replicated, it cannot be outsourced, it cannot be sold. If it makes money that’s great, but it would be just a bonus.

Hope that cleared things up