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Finding That Sweet Spot →
Having read Chris Guillebeau’s eBook, 279 Days to Overnight Success, I learned that blogging can be a very demanding craft especially if your ambition is to generate some money with it and also that there really is no such thing as overnight success.
Most of what’s mentioned in the eBook I’ve come acrossed elsewhere but this one is perhaps the best written on the topic and it’s always refreshing reading up on the fundamentals of how to achieve more with something that you enjoy doing; in this case blogging.
Out of the 79 pages of valuable information, this passage by far stood out the most for me because I think everyone that blogs seeks to find that happy medium:
Naturally, you can’t get paid for everything you love, but there is usually a sweet spot of convergence between what you love and what people want to pay for. Clay Collins illustrates this concept well with the following diagram:
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Beyond Blogging: The Secrets to Blogging Success →
As much I enjoy blogging and the encouraging community that comes with it, I have never once sat in deep thought about how I can monetize from this habitual activity. It’s not to say that no one should but this just hasn’t been the case for me. If anything, my photography has been the one to instill the belief that I can do more with it while blogging being the road to getting me there by networking.
Nevertheless, I still enjoy reading up on how some people have managed to fully establish themselves as online superstars by performing something they would otherwise do for free but instead are making a profit out of it and that’s what this new eBook entitled Beyond Blogging is about.
It’s an eBook that consists of interviews, stories and case studies of 15 A-list bloggers, revealing the strategies and work these people have put into their blogs, effectively making their blogging a solid foundation for profitable business.
I have not personally bought the eBook and still not sure if I would but if I did, the purchase would be driven in wanting to read the case studies of people whose blog I already admire and whose tweets I follow. Of course if money came, I wouldn’t deny it but I’m not personally breaking my heading in trying to make it.
I can think of many more bloggers that should have been included in this list of successful people with John Gruber and Jason Kottke being two of them.
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New e-book reader to use AT&T network →
The Kindle has really opened and dominated the entire market place of electronic reading devices and much of it’s popularity has centered around the convenience of downloading books, periodicals and magazines wirelessly. But now Plastic Logic has released more details on their eReader which is set to launch in 2010.
Plastic Logic’s device will be able to use Wi-Fi. AT&T has an extensive network of public Wi-Fi hot spots, but the parties would not say whether access to that network would be included for owners of the reader.
AT&T’s network is compatible with overseas carriers, which means that the Plastic Logic reader could work internationally, unlike the Kindle.
Based on the demos, Plastic Logic already has an upper hand on the Kindle by integrating the touch screen technology but there’s two things that ruffle my feathers.
First is the size of the device (8 1/2 x 11) which takes away from the portability factor a bit and the other is that if you’re going to improve on a technology and as a CEO your goal is to attract customers with it, then why would you introduce your device by stating that “If somebody is just looking to read a book, and that’s all they’re going to do, they probably don’t need all the capabilities in our product”.
A statement like that just makes me wonder why I would be interested in switching over if I already get everything I want from my Kindle. Either way, the Logic device looks promising and as a Kindle owner, I’m inquisitive in knowing what Amazon’s response will be to maintain their lead in the market. Touch screen is a no brainer.
