Comments on: Good Bloggers Work Like Dogs

By: Gerri

Gerri — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:56:48 +0000

Hi,
I only just got into blogging and have seen that it can take a bit of work. I dont have too many posts up and I would like to put up more. I have seen people on a lot of sites saying that you need to put in a lot of hours. Time is not my friend at the moment. My 9-5 job keeps me busy and I just had a baby girl and love spending time with her and her mother. Any ideas on where I can find time to work on my blog and get it looking good?
Stop by sometime and let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Gerri
Show Me The Money

By: What it takes to be a successful blogger? at Gecko & Fly, Money, Blogger Templates

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:53:16 +0000

[...] Read More from LiewCF [...]

By: How does the fourth most powerful blogger, Michael Arrington do it? | Wordpress Adsense Mastery Malaysia

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:19:50 +0000

[...] all people who rise to the top of their profession, it demonstrates a simple truth: good bloggers work like dogs. You can’t expect readers to show up unless you show up. And the internet never [...]

By: Ian Kree

Ian Kree — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:52:09 +0000

The next thing I guess they would not accept any customers from Malaysia. So there we are, we can’t make money and we can’t spend money in internet. But we all know that internet is the future thus we must not miss it. What is the use we have world class MSC but we can’t do anything about this. Malaysia Government must do somethings about this, I do not have any idea how to do about it but our IT experts in MSC must advise government what to do.

By: Ian Kree

Ian Kree — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:32:41 +0000

Today I received this notification: “Thank you for your interest, but Worldwide Brands is not accepting affiliates from Malaysia or Indonesia . This is stated in the Affiliate Agreement (http://www.worldwidebrands.com/wwb/affiliate_signup.asp) on our website under the heading Countries not eligible for program. Your account has been suspended. Please remove any links that you may have linking to our website. ” We good Malaysians are very unlucky. We cannot make money online. Dear fellow good Malaysians, please advise our bad Malaysians to stop frauding.

By: Clara

Clara — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:03:07 +0000

Blogging for serious money requires a serious, don’t-play-play attitude.

By: arephyz

arephyz — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:04:00 +0000

as long as I have internet connection..
I won’t mind sitting for 10 hours in front of computer…

but, i will go out if streamyx still give me 10mbps speed..
uppss.. 10kbps..

By: Ian Kree

Ian Kree — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:37:59 +0000

Hi Liew,

I agree with you. Before start working, during breakfast hour in my office I would check my blogs & write something. During lunch time at the office, I would amend something in my blogs (I only have 10 - 20 minutes lunch time just to do my blog). After 5, go back, rest & check my blogs again, well, sometimes until midnight. I do that almost every day. Wow, I never know that I work like a dog. Thank you for your insight. For would-be-bloggers out there, think deeply before you choose to do this “side income”. Perhaps your time is worth it for some other things.

By: Alvinlife.com » Good Bloggers Work Like Dogs.

Alvinlife.com » Good Bloggers Work Like Dogs. — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:28:01 +0000

[...] I read a great post by liewcf. I’ve just realised it’s really not easy to be a full-time-blogger… Do [...]

By: Antabax

Antabax — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:01:29 +0000

Why dogs ? Why not cats ?

By: Deeroy

Deeroy — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:35:40 +0000

Arrington is such a dedicated blogger ..got a smooth flow when it comes to writing tech business.But then again…does he have a life? 16 hours? that leaves little time to do everything else.

By: Lummpy

Lummpy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:40:15 +0000

Welcome to my world; I lost my job, and I already had a Blog. I just got feed up working for someone or a company. After putting all those years working and making them money.
Then they toss you away. So now am a Pro Blogger.
Yes you are right I work llike a dog. I find myself just sitting in front of my Labtop, for about 25 hrs a day. How long does it take, Untill my blog starts making enough money to pay my bills ?
I post , I try to get my traffic up. I just need a good jump start.
Thanking you for letting me rant some.

By: Saidul A Shaari

Saidul A Shaari — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:06:49 +0000

Hi there Liew..

I beg to differ.

Don’t forget that the ‘Mat Sallehs’ have to work really hard on their blogs because they are living on their strong American dollars.

Lucky for people such as Malaysians or in any other third world countries, we do not have to work that hard to make money through blogging. For an example, a mere US$100 is a huge fortune to any Indonesian bloggers but such amount of money is nothing to Americans or Brits. The same goes for Malaysians, we can make decent money through blogging by dedicating only half of the time that American or European bloggers normally have to put in. In actual truth, they do envy bloggers originating from the third world countries

All in all, I don’t think people should see blogging as a primary money making opportunity. As for me, I make good money on eBay. It is much better and easier than blogging.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:20:30 +0000

Good advice Liew. Most people don’t understand that writing for a blog is just one part of the BIG online money making puzzle. There’s marketing, promotion, not to mention SEO. Thank Goodness having a home based catering biz AND websites also means that I have 2 totally different but lucrative sources of income. I believe that blogging as a source of income can actually change your perspective about your full-time job. Imagine going to work everyday, but at the back of your mind you know that your blog or website is making money, I’ll bet you wouldn’t feel the strain and stress of TRYING to hold on to your job at all costs… enough rambling…

When I grow YOUNG, I want to be like LiewCF… Hahahaha!

By: MHarizDotCom

MHarizDotCom — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:03:32 +0000

Wahh….so difficult to become pro blogger. I thought it is eazy maa…. so brother Liew , how many hours a day you spent time to blog.
I like your blog because I gain a lot of new info here. TQ bro…LIew

By: HORNY ANG MOH

HORNY ANG MOH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:10:41 +0000

Hallo! It is worthwhile to be a full-time blogger? Have a nice day.

By: ahboon

ahboon — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:24:52 +0000

i was inspired by the phrase “You can’t expect readers to show up unless you show up. ” Ya as a Pro you need to be dedicated.

I always wonder, if the Pro in the State works like a dog… How is our local ProBlogger’s work flow like??

mind share share??

By: Moses Francis

Moses Francis — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:27:24 +0000

I agree with JennyHow, time flies when i’m in front of my PC, however as with all things in life do everything moderately and in time, it’s always good to chill too.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:56:32 +0000

“Do you think it is easy to make money from blogging? Think again.”
This sentence, reminds me of the hacker who hacked hongkiat.com. Hahaha

By: danny

danny — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:06:40 +0000

I guess you need discipline, good time management and the love writing to be really successful in blogging.