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By: BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 3

BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 3 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:29:33 +0000

[...] Econo (Pitchers & Poets) More importantly, the conference allowed me to flesh out some ideas on blogs and blogdom and the [...]

By: You May Have Noticed… | pitchers & poets

You May Have Noticed… | pitchers & poets — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:47:29 +0000

[...] changes on the site content-wise (same boys you’ve always known), and that we’re still blogging econo. We don’t do this for the money. It’s just nice to have a little something to show for [...]

By: Todd, Sleeping With Bieniemy

Todd, Sleeping With Bieniemy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:25:21 +0000

Thoughtful recap, Eric. It was nice to meet you after the “earned media” panel. Didn’t have your email so I’m just dropping a comment here.

I thought Gary was ridiculous. “Crushing it” should not be said in a serious manner by anyone unless they have a tribal arm band tattoo, a striped shirt, and frosted tips.

I actually think with our experiement at WDR, if we tried to monetize the site it would hurt our cause. Who wants to benefit financially from your favorite sports team losing year after year? Not the proper incentive for us to establish credibility for our site.

Keep up the good writing.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:03:10 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate it.

A couple things I didn’t clarify. Overall I thought Gary V’s speech was a kick in the ass some of us definitely needed. But like Paul said, he’s just on another level.

And to touch on something Bassett just mentioned. He writes as a means to get info and opinions out and to facilitate discussion. That’s a huge part of blogging that I totally failed to talk about in the essay. The conversational aspect of this stuff is probably the best part.

In the end, monetization or not. It seems like we’re all doing this stuff because we love it.

By: Paul Catalano

Paul Catalano — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:47:01 +0000

Hey Nus,

I agree for the most part. I do this not because I will ever make a million bucks doing it, but because I love it. And sure i want to write to a million people, but I can’t hustle and crush it 18 hours a day. That said, I think Gary did have some good points. I remember him saying find out what’s important to you—be it money, chicks, whatever. So if just writing about sports and literature is what’s important, then that’s cool. But if being the biggest blogger in the world on sports is what you want, then yeah, i guess you gotta go hustle.

I’m somewhere in the middle. I’d like more followers, but I can’t be Gary (who can?) and go crush it for 29 hours a day. I can’t. So I guess I should just be happy that I’m able to do what I do.

Anyway, good stuff and a good debate.

PLC

By: Bassett

Bassett — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:35:04 +0000

Nus, it was great to meet you and make cracks from the back of the room. I think you’ve made some great great points, and I think I thought many of the same things you did, but (A)can’t get them out of my head like you do and (B)I’m somewhere in between … making supplemental income and seeing the monetization aspect, but still just doing it because I love it.

More than anything, going to an event like BwB that makes me realize that I am NOT a writer … in the truest sense of the word. You are, Shoals is, etc. For me, I write, but it’s as a means to get infornmation, opinions out … to engage others and let them discuss.

Again, it’s a great recap and I hope folks take notice of it!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:21:03 +0000

I wish I’d run into you on Saturday, because I think I felt very similarly about the whole thing. Bwb was great and I learned a lot, but in some ways I felt like a fish out of water for a lot of the same reasons that you mentioned here. I think you’ve got a ton of talent and I enjoy reading you. Keep up the good work.

By: Rockabye

Rockabye — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:51:38 +0000

Excellent. Thank you.