Comments on: How to Make Money as a (HR) Blogger http://rehaul.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-hr-blogger/ Rethinking the ways people and businesses interact Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:54:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lance Haun http://rehaul.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-hr-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Lance Haun Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:16:03 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/?p=419#comment-847 @Dan - Thanks for your kind comments! I do like working on the business/marketing side as long as it doesn't interfere with my ability to write. Also good to know about adsense. @Irina - I think you should make a splash and get into blogging. @Chad - If I didn't know who this was, I'd think you were being too sticky sweet. @Chris - Oh I absolutely agree. In fact, when I started, I didn't even know you could make money at blogging. It is a nice side effect though. That's good to know about affiliate marketing. I knew about Amazon and I've heard of the e-book sales and some ridiculous commissions you can make doing that. What do you think about actually selling a product that you create (software, ebook, etc...)? Seems like that could be lucrative if done correctly. @Dan – Thanks for your kind comments! I do like working on the business/marketing side as long as it doesn’t interfere with my ability to write. Also good to know about adsense.

@Irina – I think you should make a splash and get into blogging.

@Chad – If I didn’t know who this was, I’d think you were being too sticky sweet.

@Chris – Oh I absolutely agree. In fact, when I started, I didn’t even know you could make money at blogging. It is a nice side effect though.

That’s good to know about affiliate marketing. I knew about Amazon and I’ve heard of the e-book sales and some ridiculous commissions you can make doing that. What do you think about actually selling a product that you create (software, ebook, etc…)? Seems like that could be lucrative if done correctly.

]]> By: Chris - Manager's Sandbox http://rehaul.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-hr-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Chris - Manager's Sandbox Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:23:16 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/?p=419#comment-846 Lance - great article! My particular bit of advice, as another HR blogger, would be that you shouldn't start an HR blog to make money. That can come (as you noted) as an unintended side-effect, particularly if you put out good content and market yourself a little. To answer your question about affiliates - that's actually were most of my blog income (meager as it is) comes from. I offer some higher return electronic products (e-books and such), and a heavy selection of books and movies from Amazon that appeal to HR professionals. Amazon affiliates has an insanely low return rate, so you need quite a bit of volume to really see a good return on there. But they offer great brand recognition (people know and trust them) and a terrific selection of products. Keep up the great writing, and best of luck to anyone who's just getting into it. Feel free to reach out if you want some more advice. - Chris Lance – great article!

My particular bit of advice, as another HR blogger, would be that you shouldn’t start an HR blog to make money. That can come (as you noted) as an unintended side-effect, particularly if you put out good content and market yourself a little.

To answer your question about affiliates – that’s actually were most of my blog income (meager as it is) comes from. I offer some higher return electronic products (e-books and such), and a heavy selection of books and movies from Amazon that appeal to HR professionals. Amazon affiliates has an insanely low return rate, so you need quite a bit of volume to really see a good return on there. But they offer great brand recognition (people know and trust them) and a terrific selection of products.

Keep up the great writing, and best of luck to anyone who’s just getting into it. Feel free to reach out if you want some more advice.

- Chris

]]> By: Chad Kreutz http://rehaul.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-hr-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Chad Kreutz Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:37:22 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/?p=419#comment-845 The #1 reason why I do read your blog: You approach HR the way most intelligent business managers and owners would - practically. There are few things more frustrating to someone running a business than HR extremists (HR pros who think HR is more important than the business they're a part of). I always appreciate your well-grounded posts. We, your faithful readers, know your blog's success is attributable to the salient and entertaining content you crank out every week. The #1 reason why I do read your blog:
You approach HR the way most intelligent business managers and owners would – practically. There are few things more frustrating to someone running a business than HR extremists (HR pros who think HR is more important than the business they’re a part of). I always appreciate your well-grounded posts. We, your faithful readers, know your blog’s success is attributable to the salient and entertaining content you crank out every week.

]]> By: Irina Shamaeva http://rehaul.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-hr-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Irina Shamaeva Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:26:38 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/?p=419#comment-844 Thank you for your advice! I have recently become interested in blogging to share my knowledge related to candidate sourcing on the web. Now I'm finding that it's addictive. :) I would sure like to make a bit of money with it. Your posting helps to think it through. This was one of my first posts and I won an iPod touch with it. http://thetalentbuzz.com/2008/08/i-disagree-with-donato-diorio I guess it's time to start my own blog... especially if I am going to recommend software and websites to others. What is the best/easiest way to start a blog? Thanks, Irina Shamaeva, http://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva Thank you for your advice! I have recently become interested in blogging to share my knowledge related to candidate sourcing on the web. Now I’m finding that it’s addictive. :)
I would sure like to make a bit of money with it. Your posting helps to think it through.

This was one of my first posts and I won an iPod touch with it.
http://thetalentbuzz.com/2008/08/i-disagree-with-donato-diorio

I guess it’s time to start my own blog… especially if I am going to recommend software and websites to others. What is the best/easiest way to start a blog?

Thanks,
Irina Shamaeva,
http://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva

]]> By: Dan McCarthy http://rehaul.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-hr-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Dan McCarthy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:26:31 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/?p=419#comment-843 Lance – Thanks for putting yourself out there and writing about what I believe to be a sensitive topic in our HR blogging community. It’s funny, when I was checking out your blog the other day, I was thinking about how much I admired the “business” side of what you’ve been able to accomplish. I just made a reference in a recent post on how much I enjoy the business and marketing side of blogging, even more so that the writing. It’s the personal satisfaction of starting and growing a business, and like it or not, making money is how we measure business success. Thanks for the tips; I’m sure many others will find them to be of great value. I’ll sing Joel’s praises too, he’s been great. And I'm actually doing OK with Adsense. It took a while. Lance –

Thanks for putting yourself out there and writing about what I believe to be a sensitive topic in our HR blogging community. It’s funny, when I was checking out your blog the other day, I was thinking about how much I admired the “business” side of what you’ve been able to accomplish. I just made a reference in a recent post on how much I enjoy the business and marketing side of blogging, even more so that the writing. It’s the personal satisfaction of starting and growing a business, and like it or not, making money is how we measure business success.

Thanks for the tips; I’m sure many others will find them to be of great value.

I’ll sing Joel’s praises too, he’s been great. And I’m actually doing OK with Adsense. It took a while.

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