Peter Cashmore shares the tale of How He Grew Mashable: "Founded in 2005 as a one-writer blog, Mashable has now grown to include a staff of more than 30 people and has become a well-known source of great content and great events...In this interview, our CEO discusses Mashable’s origins and … [Read more...]
Blog Updates: From This Business of Blogging to ProHipHop
I decided to make my last official post on This Business of Blogging an overview of what's happening with all of my blog or blog-related projects. I'm mentioning it here because it's relevant to my hip hop projects and I know a few folks find behind the scenes info of interest. … [Read more...]
Business of Blogging: Content Distribution, Bad Social Media Marketing, Brand Building & Book Deals, Gawker Scumlords
I'm continuing to build slowly at This Business of Blogging. Here are my latest posts: Distributing Content Via RSS: Kindle Blogs, Twitterfeed, MoFuse Mobile How NOT to Handle Requests for Review Copies Blogging for Brand Building and Book Deals Gawker: We're Proud of Our Scummy Success … [Read more...]
Blog Biz: MySpace & Expanded Notions of Web Publishing
As I've continue to clarify my focus at This Business of Blogging, I've begun to use related books as jumping-off points to consider basic, underlying concepts related to blogging and web publishing. As previously noted, in a post titled Founders At Work: Flexible Approaches to … [Read more...]
This Business Of Blogging: Founders At Work
I'm working my way back into longer, more analytical posts over at This Business Of Blogging where I discuss Jessica Livingston's Founders At Work with a focus on Flexible Approaches to Entrepreneurial Business Models and their relevance to blogging and web publishing. I'm a bit rusty … [Read more...]



