Blogging and Social Media for Profit and FunPreetam Rai (preetam@me.com)

WHAT DO I DO?

STUDYING HOW PEOPLE USE TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE

HELP ORGANIZE AND SPEAK AT TECH AND LEARNING EVENTS

PHNOM PENH BUDAPEST

JAKARTA

COMMUNITY BUILDING

CRASH BARCAMPS (COMMUNITY

UNCONFERENCES)

HELP TEACHERS AND STUDENTS USE

TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING

AND TRAVEL..

LAO PDR

WESTERN CHINA

SLOVAKIA

TURKEY

KOREA

SOUTHERN CHINA

HOW BLOGGING AND BLOG READING HELPED ME?

I STARTED COMMENTING ON LOCAL BLOGS TO MEET PEOPLE IN COUNTRY I AM TRAVELING TO

THATS THE BEST WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BUZZ IN THE CITY

ENDED UP MEETING LOTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, FREE DINNERS AND FREE STAYS

ON MY BLOG, I WAS WRITING ABOUT BLOGGING, ABOUT MY TRAVELS, GADGETS, EVENTS AND FINDINGS

A POST ON THE HUALAMPHONG STATION IN BANGKOK

PEOPLE STARTING COMMENTING AND SOME OF THEM BECAME GOOD FRIENDS

OU, GOOD FRIEND IN THAILAND FOR

LAST FOUR YEARS

HERE A POST ABOUT LAO PDR

AND A COMMENT FROM A PERSON DOING VERY INTERESTING WORK IN LAO

I USED TO BLOG MY NOTES AND TUTORIALS

AND THAT GOT MY ARTICLES ON PRINT, SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS

I WAS BLOGGING FOR FUN

AND IT GOT ME LOTS OF NETWORKING AND SOME $S

HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR BLOGS IN A MORE DIRECT WAY?

THIS BLOGGER MAKES DECENT MONEY FROM ADSENSE

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCECONTENT CONSISTENCY

FREQUENCY- POST OFTEN

BUT NOT ALL OF US CAN BE THIS SUCCESSFULL

WHAT IS THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING WITH ADS ON BLOGS

FIND OUT WHO IS VISITING YOU

TREND WATCHING AND WHO ELSE IS BLOGGING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO BLOG ABOUT

MORE TREND WATCHING

TECHNOLOGY (NETBOOKS)PSP, DS, XBOX ETC.FASHIONTRAVEL (NEARBY PLACES)INDUSTRY SPECIFIC (MARINE)HEALTH AND FITNESS AND FOOD

IN MY OPINION THESE TOPICS WORK IN SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA CONTEXT

DIRECT SELLING ON YOUR BLOG

REGIONAL BLOG AD NETWORKS

AFFILIATE NETWORKS

LONG TERM - COMING BACK TO NETWORKING AND PROBABLY EVEN MORE $$$$$$$$$$$$$

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES - AGGREGATION, PODCASTING,YOUTUBE

THERE IS VALUE IN AGGREGATING BLOGS THAT TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR NICE. PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TIME TO READ 100S OF BLOGS. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SAY ONE PAGE THAT LISTS LATEST POSTS FROM TRAVEL BLOGGERS IN SINGAPORE, THAT PAGE WILL SEE MANY HITS

CREATE VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR GADGETS, HELP COMPANIES TALK ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS ON YOUTUBE. YOU KNOW YOUTUBE, YOU KNOW THE AUDIENCE. YOU KNOW THE TOOLS TO MAKE A VIDEO

WE’RE DONE. QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, TIPS EMAIL ME AT

PREETAM@ME.COM