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Blogging and Social Media for Profit and FunPreetam Rai ([email protected])
WHAT DO I DO?
TECHNOLOGY ETHNOGRAPHY: STUDYING HOW PEOPLE USE TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE
HELP ORGANIZE AND SPEAK AT TECH AND LEARNING EVENTS
PHNOM PENH BUDAPEST
JAKARTA
COMMUNITY BUILDING
CRASH BARCAMPS (COMMUNITY
UNCONFERENCES)
HELP TEACHERS AND STUDENTS USE
TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING
AND TRAVEL..
LAO PDR
WESTERN CHINA
SLOVAKIA
TURKEY
KOREA
SOUTHERN CHINA
HOW BLOGGING AND BLOG READING HELPED ME?
I STARTED COMMENTING ON LOCAL BLOGS TO MEET PEOPLE IN COUNTRY I AM TRAVELING TO
THATS THE BEST WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BUZZ IN THE CITY
ENDED UP MEETING LOTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, FREE DINNERS AND FREE STAYS
ON MY BLOG, I WAS WRITING ABOUT BLOGGING, ABOUT MY TRAVELS, GADGETS, EVENTS AND FINDINGS
A POST ON THE HUALAMPHONG STATION IN BANGKOK
PEOPLE STARTING COMMENTING AND SOME OF THEM BECAME GOOD FRIENDS
OU, GOOD FRIEND IN THAILAND FOR
LAST FOUR YEARS
HERE A POST ABOUT LAO PDR
AND A COMMENT FROM A PERSON DOING VERY INTERESTING WORK IN LAO
I USED TO BLOG MY NOTES AND TUTORIALS
AND THAT GOT MY ARTICLES ON PRINT, SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS
I WAS BLOGGING FOR FUN
AND IT GOT ME LOTS OF NETWORKING AND SOME $S
HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR BLOGS IN A MORE DIRECT WAY?
THIS BLOGGER MAKES DECENT MONEY FROM ADSENSE
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCECONTENT CONSISTENCY
FREQUENCY- POST OFTEN
BUT NOT ALL OF US CAN BE THIS SUCCESSFULL
WHAT IS THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING WITH ADS ON BLOGS
FIND OUT WHO IS VISITING YOU
TREND WATCHING AND WHO ELSE IS BLOGGING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO BLOG ABOUT
MORE TREND WATCHING
TECHNOLOGY (NETBOOKS)PSP, DS, XBOX ETC.FASHIONTRAVEL (NEARBY PLACES)INDUSTRY SPECIFIC (MARINE)HEALTH AND FITNESS AND FOOD
IN MY OPINION THESE TOPICS WORK IN SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA CONTEXT
DIRECT SELLING ON YOUR BLOG
REGIONAL BLOG AD NETWORKS
AFFILIATE NETWORKS
LONG TERM - COMING BACK TO NETWORKING AND PROBABLY EVEN MORE $$$$$$$$$$$$$
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES - AGGREGATION, PODCASTING,YOUTUBE
THERE IS VALUE IN AGGREGATING BLOGS THAT TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR NICE. PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TIME TO READ 100S OF BLOGS. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SAY ONE PAGE THAT LISTS LATEST POSTS FROM TRAVEL BLOGGERS IN SINGAPORE, THAT PAGE WILL SEE MANY HITS
CREATE VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR GADGETS, HELP COMPANIES TALK ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS ON YOUTUBE. YOU KNOW YOUTUBE, YOU KNOW THE AUDIENCE. YOU KNOW THE TOOLS TO MAKE A VIDEO
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