Comments on: Are Bloggers Creating Their Own Sweatshop?

By: Ultimate Copywriters’ Roll Call: 100 Top International Copywriters and Content Bloggers | MarketCopywriter Blog

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:15:42 +0000

[...] sells from Canadian freelance writer James Chartrand and US writer Taylor Lindstrom Great post: Are Bloggers Creating Their Own Sweatshop? Twitter: [...]

By: Hybrid Golf Clubs

Hybrid Golf Clubs — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:24:09 +0000

I’ve been blogging “for free” for almost 2 years. Last November I’ve decided to take a more serious approach with my blogging and I made a series of radical changes. I keep on working, reading, learning and giving extra hours every day… Who knows some day I’ll be able to earn a living of my blog.
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By: How to Avoid Wasting Your Blog Client’s Money | Men With Pens

How to Avoid Wasting Your Blog Client’s Money | Men With Pens — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:01:48 +0000

[...] industry. They’re not in the business of giving free information to their customers. Free information doesn’t make money. Free information doesn’t pay the lease on their brick-and-mortar store. Free information [...]

By: Magpie Girl (Rachelle Mee-Chapman) » Blog Archive » Ask Magpie Girl: Why do you charge for your work?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:28 +0000

[...] It’s not sustainable for me to keep working for free. There is a lot of energy that goes into the work I do. Every blog post takes 1-5 hours to research [...]

By: Flippa Chick

Flippa Chick — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:30:00 +0000

If you have an end goal in mind — or rather, you strategically mapped out how to establish yourself and your blog as an authority, then I feel that at some point in time, you will have to give a little (for free) to give your readers a taste of what ‘paid’ will taste like.

By: The Dark Side Of Blogging: When Free Gets Ugly

The Dark Side Of Blogging: When Free Gets Ugly — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:41:12 +0000

[...] etc., when you’re doing it all gratis. (James Chartrand has a great post on “sweatshop blogging.”) So naturally, you branch out into products and [...]

By: All Work & No Pay Makes Bloggers…Carry On? « VOIP CALLS BLOG

All Work & No Pay Makes Bloggers…Carry On? « VOIP CALLS BLOG — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:55:03 +0000

[...] read a blog post over the weekend on Men With Pens. In it the author argued that Blogging is Turning Into a Sweatshop, with people working their butts off for little or no money. I’ve been doing this blogging [...]

By: All Work & No Pay Makes Bloggers…Carry On? | The Gospel According To Rhys

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:02:30 +0000

By: Why Should Everything Online Be Free? | Create an Awesome Home Business

Why Should Everything Online Be Free? | Create an Awesome Home Business — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:27:58 +0000

[...] This article on Men With Pens and this article on CopyBlogger both question the ‘tradition’ and wisdom of free information online. [...]

By: Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:01:20 +0000

[...] recently put forth the subject of whether bloggers should charge for their content (click here to read the post), and the debate was a great [...]