So you want to be a blogging star?
Paul Boutin in the New York Times: So You Want to Be a Blogging Star? All about Xeni Jardin (above), Mark Cuban and other A-listers. For typical bloggers, don't expect to get rich.
Philip Kaplan, president for products at AdBrite, cautions that only one in six blogs draws even 500 page views a day. At that pace, you would make at most $45 a month, even if the site were decked out with full-page ads. Mr. Kaplan estimates only 3 percent of active sites make more than $1,000 a month from advertising. ...
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Adbrite isnt the best service to use, there are tons of them and most blog owners I know use adsense. It makes you more money...
Posted by: Jen Love | Mar 22, 2008 6:30:30 PM
We used adbrite for 6 months on Ourmedia but dropped it in favor of adsense.
Posted by: JD | Mar 22, 2008 6:36:43 PM
I'd agree that bloggers shouldn't plan to get rich, at least not by blogging.
I agree with the NYT article.
Your blog is ultimately a vehicle to add something to the world while selling yourself in the process.
Posted by: Mark Dykeman | Mar 22, 2008 6:58:00 PM
