Re: Gardening Blogs In Newspapers

**"Kathy Purdy" k*@gmail.com**

On 4/27/06, DGreen <dgreen@kingston.net> wrote:
>
> Kathy Purdy wrote, "As one of the "digital hordes," let me first apologize
> for ruining the livelihood of so many writers."
>
> Why would you need to do this?  I'm assuming your tongue is in your cheek
> on
> this one - mine would be. :-)

Yes, my tongue was in my cheek, but I was also making a point: who knew?
When I started my blog, blogging was just another way geeks amused
themselves when they weren't staying up all  night writing code. People were
actually donating money to Blogger so they could afford another computer and
expand their service. Google ads  hadn't been invented  yet.

>> Most people still didn't know what a blog was, for crying out loud, and
> that especially includes most gardeners.
>
> I've got news for you - they still don't.  The adoption rates on rss feeds
> are low among the general public. Some segments are adopting them (young
> females, advertising industry etc) but for the most part they do not have
> a
> high adoption rate (but this is increasing)  Podcasts are even lower than
> blogs - the last numbers I saw were something like 5% of net users used
> blogs and only 3% of that 5% used podcasts.  Still nice numbers in the
> aggregate but not what you'd call total adoption.

I have an interesting story to relate. Caren, the moderator for Garden
Voices,  told me, "I tell everyone about Garden Voices but non-bloggers just
don't get it.  I even wrote a proposal to the Home Gardeners School
outlining a class I could teach on garden blogging.  They didn't even have
the courtesy to reply to me.  We bloggers seem to be a breed apart!"

But good for you making your blog work for you.  Early adopters of
> technology rarely make any money - it's the second wave that "gets it"
> after
> the crinkles have all been worked out and the public is waking up to the
> technology.

I am making more money from my print writing than from my blog, but my
Google ad revenue is earned without continuing effort on my part. It took me
more than a year to accumulate enough earnings to warrant them sending me a
check. It looks like it will take one-third that time to get a second check.
(For those who don't know, Google doesn't pay you until your balance tops
$100.) Garden Voices sends a lot of traffic my way. Get yourself listed,
Doug!

Kathy
--
Kathy Purdy
Cold Climate Gardening: providing the information you need
to succeed in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder.
http://www.coldclimategardening.com
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