--- date: '2022-11-21T06:37:23' hypothesis-meta: created: '2022-11-21T06:37:23.130029+00:00' document: title: - Generating Agency Through Blogging flagged: false group: __world__ hidden: false id: 9L5WKGlmEe2_Xs-Alhi35w links: html: https://hypothes.is/a/9L5WKGlmEe2_Xs-Alhi35w incontext: https://hyp.is/9L5WKGlmEe2_Xs-Alhi35w/tomcritchlow.com/2022/08/29/blogging-agency/ json: https://hypothes.is/api/annotations/9L5WKGlmEe2_Xs-Alhi35w permissions: admin: - acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is delete: - acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is read: - group:__world__ update: - acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is tags: - monetization - self-employed target: - selector: - endContainer: /div[1]/div[2]/p[6] endOffset: 136 startContainer: /div[1]/div[2]/p[5] startOffset: 0 type: RangeSelector - end: 2446 start: 1954 type: TextPositionSelector - exact: "I only know a handful of people directly making money from blogging\ \ (via ads, subscriptions etc) but I know many more who:\n\n\n Got a better\ \ career because of blogging (new job, better pay etc)\n Negotiated better\ \ contracts (e.g. with a publisher or platform) because they had \u201Can\ \ audience\u201D\n Sold their own courses / ebooks / books / merchandise\ \ / music\n\n\nBlogging is this kind of engine that opens up economic opportunity\ \ and advantage. Being visible in the networked economy has real value." prefix: "unities than those that don\u2019t.\n\n" suffix: ' Blogging as social opportunity' type: TextQuoteSelector source: https://tomcritchlow.com/2022/08/29/blogging-agency/ text: 'Making money from blogging isn''t just about selling ads or subscriptions a direct thing. It can be indirect too. Eg selling courses or books. ' updated: '2022-11-21T06:37:23.130029+00:00' uri: https://tomcritchlow.com/2022/08/29/blogging-agency/ user: acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is user_info: display_name: James Ravenscroft in-reply-to: https://tomcritchlow.com/2022/08/29/blogging-agency/ tags: - monetization - self-employed - hypothesis type: annotation url: /annotation/2022/11/21/1669012643 --- <blockquote>I only know a handful of people directly making money from blogging (via ads, subscriptions etc) but I know many more who: Got a better career because of blogging (new job, better pay etc) Negotiated better contracts (e.g. with a publisher or platform) because they had “an audience” Sold their own courses / ebooks / books / merchandise / music Blogging is this kind of engine that opens up economic opportunity and advantage. Being visible in the networked economy has real value.</blockquote>Making money from blogging isn't just about selling ads or subscriptions a direct thing. It can be indirect too. Eg selling courses or books.