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My first presentation on blogging 'way back' in 2007 to the California Condor Association http://cacondorconservation.org/. The idea was to give the Conservation board a 'how to' tutorial highlighting blogging basics.
This presentation is my try to get more people interested in this phenomena. Please, comment your toughs and let's share a cheer for our hobby. ;)
Note: Slides #10, 25 & 26 got text moved and shrink, sorry about that.
My first presentation on blogging 'way back' in 2007 to the California Condor Association http://cacondorconservation.org/. The idea was to give the Conservation board a 'how to' tutorial highlighting blogging basics.
This presentation is my try to get more people interested in this phenomena. Please, comment your toughs and let's share a cheer for our hobby. ;)
Note: Slides #10, 25 & 26 got text moved and shrink, sorry about that.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could earn money from doing your hobby? If you really think about it from a financial aspect, it makes good sense.
You likely already have all the tools it takes to enjoy your hobby and you probably want to sharpen your skills and get better and better at your hobby. And more likely than not, you’re willing to invest additional money into whatever tools are necessary and the time it takes to practice your cherished activity. Right?
Getting paid is just the icing on the cake. Not to mention anything you spend on tools will be tax deductible. Making money from your hobby is a pretty smart thing to do. After all, when you love to do something, you’ll want to do it all the time.
If you want to earn money from your hobby, there are some strategies to use to achieve this goal. Selecting the hobby that provides the best chance to earn money, starting small, saving receipts for tax purposes, and developing your skills to perform the hobby are integral strategies to take to make money from your hobby.
Let your creativity run wild and consider the following strategies to make money from your hobby...
Career Development. its about you identifying your potentials and developing them no matter the circumstances.
its best to do want you love doing best so that you can working hours in your lifetime than feel miserable doing something you don't like for about twenty years.
believe in yourself and don't let any thing discourage you.
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The Who, What, Where, When, Why of Blogs
Blog Business Case
Blogging Software
Create a Blog
‘Pimping’ your Blog
How and What to Write
Promoting your Blog
Measuring Success
Making Money
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Hobby & profession: Online Writing
1. DIGITAL LIBERTIES FOR A FREE SOCIETY
22 February, 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal
Hobby & Profession
Reporting Online
By Ujjwal Acharya
MyRepublica.com
2. Blogs as hobby
What is blogging?
How to create blog?
Why blog?
How to run a successful blog?
Portals as profession
News writing versus blog writing
Online journalism versus citizen journalism
Things that helps in online reporting
Rights and responsibilities
Privacy and anonymity
3. NepalCricket.com (www.cricket.com.np)
United We Blog! (www.blog.com.np)
Radio Free Nepal (freenepal.blogspot.com)
Nepali Voices (www.nepalivoices.com)
Republica (www.myrepublica.com)
Tarun Weekly
Nepal Samacharpatra
The Kathmandu Post
4. Generally,
A blog is a personal website containing mostly
personal posts (that may be news/feeling/views);
regularly updated; in a form of a diary (most
recent item at the top of the page) that is usually
created and maintained by a single person
Blogs are created using specially designed
interactive tools – such as WordPress
5. Easy setup
Setting a blog takes 5 minutes
As easy as emailing people
Quick publication
If you have written something, YOU can
immediately publish it for the world to read
No screening
No editing
6. Personal medium
It’s personal - you are in charge of everything
No worries about how good is your views or
writing or language
Interactive
Your readers can comment on it that appears
immediately below the your post
7. Free blogs
Wordpress.com Xanga.com
Blogger.com Blog.com
Own Domain
Domain (.np is completely free) / webhost
Tools
▪ Wordpress.org (database required)
▪ FlatPress.org (flat text file, no database required)
8. Personal satisfaction
Watchdog of the media
Freedom of expression
Fight censorship
Promote business
Create dialogue space
Earn fame and money
And, of course, create cyber identity!
9. 133 million blogs (13 crore blogs)
900,000 blog posts per day
8 % bloggers are 55+, 23% are 45+ years old
34 % are females (27 % in Asia)
13 % Asian blogs (N America 48, Europe 27)
State of the blogosphere 2008, Technorati
No of Nepali blogs: 718 indexed
Bloggers.com.np
10. Attractive ideas
Consistent/contemporary writing and topics
Modesty
Write strongly (take you position) but be tolerant
to different ideas from you readers
Use humble language (let your readers picture
you a gentleman/lady)
Do not act KNOW-IT-ALL
11. Conversation
Invite people to discuss (ask suggestions)
Always reply as soon as possible to comments
Link
Link other’s blog/site whenever possible
Participate in other blog’s discussions
First is best
Write early, write regularly
12. Be patient
Blog does not bring you instant popularity
Blog does not bring you a lot of money
Blog is not easily recognized by others
And most importantly,
Luck
“Risks are opportunities”
“Bad news is good news”
13. News Writing
Structured
Balanced
Objective
Meant to be screened/edited
Blog Writing
Free writing (your style, your structure)
Subjective
Meant to be published as it is
14. Citizen journalism
Citizen journalism, also known as public or
participatory journalism, is the act of non-
professionals "playing an active role in the process
of collecting, reporting, analyzing and
disseminating news and information.”
Online journalism
Journalistic activities to produce content that are
distributed via the internet.
15. The intent of this participation is to provide
independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging
and relevant information that a democracy
requires.
Alternative media (its not always possible for
mainstream media to cover all voices –
corporate interest/limited time and space)
Feeling matters! (rather than facts)
16. Internet skills
Comfortable with internet and a little bit of
knowledge about it’s strengths / weaknesses
Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
At least <strong>,<i>,<u>,<img>,<a>,<p>,<br>
Upload
You know what UPLOAD means!
Images
At least cropping, resizing and saving for web
18. Interim Constitution of Nepal 2007
In Article 12 (Right to Freedom), Clause 3.a Freedom
of opinion and expression
Provided that nothing in sub-clause (a) shall be
deemed to prevent the making of laws to impose
reasonable restrictions on any act which may
undermine the sovereignty and integrity of Nepal,
or which may jeopardize the harmonious relations
subsisting among the peoples of various castes,
tribes, religion or communities, or on any act of
defamation, contempt of court or incitement to an
offence; or on any act which may be contrary to
decent public behavior or morality.
19. Such conditions can be exploited
It’s not clear yet whether a journalist blogging
can be covered under journalistic rights for
something written on his/her blogs.
No laws, rules or regulations for blogs.
High Level Media Advice Council’s final report
reads: online media should not be bound
under legal registration process.
Government provide press pass if a private
registered company owns the site/blog.
20. All journalists ethics apply along with
following additions:
Do not delete anything after it’s published.
Refer any change/deletion/editing.
If commentators wants to keep his/her
name/email/ip address private, let it be.
And, of course, putting something public is not
like talking to a few of your friends, so be
responsible!
21. There are many reasons to blog under your
real name, including credibility, honesty, and
reputation. But some people live in places
where what they write could threaten their
safety.
Think about your position and what are you
writing about. It’s up to you to decide.
Radio Free Nepal vs United We Blog!