Rafat Ali, formerly a journalist for Silicon Alley Reporter, runs this blog about trends in online publishing. He also sells advertising for the blog, which is his sole occupation for more than a year. He says he earns more off the blog than he did as a staff reporter, although he also spends a considerable amount of time selling ads himself. He notes that he has also lost advertisers due to his uncompromising coverage of the industry. He’s a pioneer among one-man-brands as far as commercial blogs go.
Thanks for the mention, Rick, though I am not sure why people have the impression that I spend “several hours” a day selling ads. I would say it is about 15 hours a month, and if I had time, I would do more.
Comment by Rafat — April 18, 2004 @ 10:20 pm
Well, I wrote that because I remember you saying that to me back at the ClickZ blog conference a year and a half ago. Maybe I remember it wrong, or maybe things have changed since then. Anyway, thanks, I’ll change the listing.
Comment by Rick Bruner — April 19, 2004 @ 5:29 am
Hi. Just letting you know that I enjoyed your site. There was once this guy: http://interactive.usc.edu/members/students/2005/09/carcassonne.php , There was once this guy
Comment by Jonathan Davis — September 29, 2005 @ 7:43 am