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Title:

Blogging Your Passion Meets Writing for Real Money

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Organizer:
Linsey Knerl, Wise Bread
Description:
Presentation will compare blogging with freelance writing, discuss pay differences, and look at how they often intersect. I will present real-life tips on how to use blog outreach to gain a following, create killer content, and expand into full-time print or major media freelancing -- even with no experience.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is the different between blogging and freelance writing?
  2. How can I get started in "real" freelancing from using my blog?
  3. What is the pay for each?
  4. Is it realistic to think I can make a full-time living doing either? What is involved?
  5. How can I use my blogging audience, content and networking to expand into traditional media?
  6. How does paid blogging, PR promotions, and corporate sponsorship affect my goals? How can it be harmful?
  7. How can I distinguish my writing from the other thousands of blogs in my niche?
  8. How can I get my blog published into a book?
  9. What do traditional media professionals think of bloggers?
  10. When should I give up my blog to do something more lucrative?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Journalism 2.0, Writing / Technical Writing
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
Will Chen
on 18/8/09
Linsey has done a great job leveraging her blog at Wise Bread to get additional opportunities, like writing for PC Magazine and Tom's Guide. She's also a expert at reaching out to traditional media. Linsey has dozens of print media mentions. This will be a great presentation!
Linsey Knerl
on 19/8/09
Thanks, Will! I'd also like to add that it's possible for bloggers to get mentions and form partnerships within the traditional media circle, even if you don't already have connections there. Some of the places I've been recently featured include Shape Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Woman's Day, and TIME Magazine. I hope to be able to share these tips with a fabulous SXSW audience (I loved 2009!)
Paul Van Lierop
on 20/8/09
This would be a great panel, would love to get answers to many of these questions, especially #7.
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