Jim Turner: Never Fear, Genuine is Here! Or how to pay your mortgage by blogging

Jim Turner – “Blogging For A Living”

Jim began blogging in early 2004 and soon became very passionate about blogging. His passion grew to the point where he wondered how he could take this passion and turn it into a business or a way to make a living to support his family, or at least supplement his income.

Jim started as a Daddy Blogger, writing about changing diapers and day to day life as a dad, just a guy who loved talking about his kids…who found an audience.

And now he’s paying his mortgage and making a living blogging.

How did he do it? He’s a pro-blogger, writing and blogging and providing content to corporate clients.

And I will tell you as soon as he tells me! So stay tuned!

Who are the companies hiring bloggers?

Large companies: in communications, marketing, PR, advertising, using blogging to get their message across, looking for bloggers to help them.

Companies are begging for people who know how to personal blog.

Smaller companies, like start-ups, can use bloggers in all departments, all areas.

Blogging networks offer p/t, small pay, per post pay, shared revenue offerings.

How many bloggers are out there? 452,000, just 100,000 less than there are lawyers.

Job Description & Duties: Return on Investment

Content: Writing, videocast, podcast, livecast

Evangelist: passion & message
Conversing: comments, email, networks
Monitoring: data mining, conversations
Reporting: analytics

Shoot for the moon, bloggers! That’s what Jim Turner recommends.

Remind the companies that are afraid that they can’t control the message–whether they think they can or not. The period of broadcasting your message to a receptive audience is long over. If your audience wants to hear your message, they will choose to watch your videos on YouTube and read your blog posts.