Greg Hartnett

The blogging phenomenon has really only just begun. Most people on the fringes of the internet (users like my wife and mother, even users like my father) have no clue as to what a blog is. Mention RSS to them, and I may as well be talking Swahili.

For those that do know about blogging, they still see blogging as an online diary. Nothing more than the thoughts, rants, and sometimes insightful musings of some geek. And granted, there is a large portion of the blogging community that deservedly falls into that category (myself included). However, there is a growing number of business applications for blogging, and the corporations are catching on.

Blogging networks are being acquired, and new networks are popping up to replace them. There is an entire industry springing up around the medium, and opportunities abound. I have become a fan of ProBlogger - incorporating some of the tips into some of our blogs. I am interested to see what type of revenue stream we can generate with our little family of blogs. Hopefully enough to keep it rolling.

Thus far, my favorite of our blogs, The News Blog, has no revenue model in place. I am unsure as to how to make some money with this site - not even have it be a cash cow, just enough to keep it out of the red. At least the site is making some noise - nice to get a group of people together to discuss important ideas. It is nice that we live in an age where a dissenting voice can be broadcast to so many for so little.

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