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“How are you going to profit from your blog?” questioned my cousin. I could tell him nearly 33 different ways! “Do you blog?”

It was my cousin asking this question. Of course I did. My weblogging started in November 2001.

But I was an ‘off-and-on’ blogger. To me, a blog was like a terrible tooth. Y’know, you can’t help seeking it out with your tongue. But when you find it, “Ouch!”

My blog was like that. Each time I set out to make a success of it. And after a week or two, backed down, beaten.

Until I learned the secret that helped me crack the code! Now I delight in blogging – because I know how to do it right.

“What’s your business model?” I questioned my cousin.

He stared at me blankly. I tried again.

“How are you going to profit from your blog?”

He looked at me as if I was mad.

“What do you mean ‘profit’? Blogs aren’t profitable!” he exclaimed.

I smiled quietly. Of course, that’s what everyone says – including the ‘gurus’ of online marketing.

But I knew better.

“Yesterday, my blogging earned me $170″ I said.

His look said it all. “Liar”

“I’m not kidding” I continued. “I can show you THIRTY ways to profit from blogs.”

“Name three” he countered.

“Well, you could question your blog community to make a donation every now and then.”

“Hmm… that’s a thought. But why will they give me money?”

I clarified how he could make his blog valuable to visitors, involve them in his agenda, so that they’ll be pleased to participate in his ventures and support them.

“You could use a direct selling model to earn money. By including a powerful sales letter for your product or service, specifically focused on the benefits a buyer will get from it. Add a way to order – and hey, presto. You’re set to make a tidy profit from your blog.”

He was now listening carefully, nodding his head in agreement.

“Or you could get paid for showing ads targeted to your visitor’s interests.”

I was on fire now. Explaining the steps he needed to take to make value on his blog. Telling him how to make it appear valuable to users. Showing him exactly how to leverage his experience at blogging into money in the bank.

When we finally finished a couple of hours later, we made a list. I had suggested exactly THIRTY THREE ways to profit from a blog. My cousin was ecstatic.

“You simply MUST tell others about this.”

A book about profiting from blogs – now that was a *cool* thought.

I spent some time looking for other books or resources teaching profitable blogging. Zilch. No one else was telling people about these powerful secrets!

That’s when I read blog expert, David Winer’s post:

“Another problem with books about blogs (blooks?) is that as I read them I want to comment, more than any other kind of book. Well, how do you do that? Will these books be on the Web? Will they have paragraph-level permalinks?”

Flashbulbs exploded in my mind.

Why not a book on blogs that’s *ITSELF* a…

BLOG ?!

The result is my blogBook, “Blog Profit Thoughts Exposed – 33 Quick Tips Blog Publishers Can Profit From” http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/blogbook/

It’s the first of its kind, and presents the content of a ‘book’ in the form of a ‘blog’.

Now YOU can annotate or remark on any of these thoughts or tips. Share YOUR experiences or reservations about them. Post any modifications or tweaks YOU feel will make them more effective.

blogBooks make books uniquely reader-friendly in a very personal way. What will emerge? The resulting ‘composite’ blogBook, annotated with reader comments, will be far more enriching and valuable than my own writing.

PLUS – I can keep adding to the blogBook as and when I find, hear about or use a new Blog Profit Thought! This blogBook will be a living thing that grows and morphs over time…

A personal publishing form of online journalism, the ‘blog’ has become a medium to share anything you may care to. Today it has also become a publishing format for electronic books. Only time will tell if it’s here to stay. Until then, keep blogging – profitably!

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