Comments on: Two authors' stories illustrate why some journalists profit online, and others fail

By: 82.83.148.251

82.83.148.251 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:44:06 +0000

It is easy to make money with a travel blog if you’re blogging on theme parks as Robert does. What, if your travel-writing on Africa – who is going to advertise? There are only certain blogs that can generate revenues, most classical journalistic topics are not made for making money…

By: 216.38.153.2

216.38.153.2 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:05:38 +0000

Really good article, inspiring.
I feel dense saying this, but can you explain a little more about the income streams of your income as a blogger now and how these streams developed from the start. Thank you.

By: Prime Sarmiento

Prime Sarmiento — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:28:26 +0000

This is the problem with people who cut their teeth in the traditional newsroom. They think that being a travel journalist means writing for magazines, newspapers, travel guides and other prestigious but low paying publications. I am a journalist who is still part of the traditional media, but I know that times are changing and its no longer sustainable to stay in a newsroom, work my way up and hopefully become a managing editor. I want to become a travel journalist and earn good money from it. But there’s no way ill settle for being a travel guide writer as they pay peanuts anyway. This is why I’m thinking of how to build into a business, like how to make it as an “infropreneur”. I’m starting with a blog now but I’m experimenting with niche sites, affiliate marketing and venturing into e-books and other stuff that i can think of.

By: 82.114.94.2

82.114.94.2 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:01:57 +0000

I’m really interest that you earn so much from your travel blog. I’m a travel blogger and have come to the same conclusion as you, that I’d rather be writing for and paying myself, rather than taking a small fraction of cut for all of my hard work. In our social mediaized world the authors are the ones with the followers rather than the publishing houses.

I’m running a community experiment at http://www.travelblogchallenge.com to see if it really is possible to earn a stable online income from travel blogging. We have over 100 people participating and growing everyday. It will be very interesting to see the results.

By: 24.240.172.50

24.240.172.50 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:53:39 +0000

It doesn’t matter what business you are in, you have your best chance by innovating, adapting, and following your passion. Congratulations.

I, too, have made the move to full-time writing by relying on myself instead of others.

Scott Nicholson
http://www.hauntedcomputer.com