The blogosphere buzz thermometer, Techmeme, is recording mixed signals today. Two opposing takes on the advertising health of the blogosphere and mobile media spaces are registering as “hot stories”:
“Blogging for Dollars,” Business 2.0 Magazine
It's not just a hobby -- some small sites are making big money. Here's how to turn your passion into an online empire.“Marketing Reality Check: Blogs, Pods, RSS, ” Advertising Age
The Reach Most Marketers Crave Still Comes From TV, Print and Internet Ads
BLOGGING FOR DOLLARS
With Internet-like speed, blogs have gone from self-indulgent hobbies to flourishing businesses. Real businesses, with real revenue streams from real advertisers--not overhyped next big things…
advertisers--shunning old-line media in favor of the Web--are discovering the unique power of blogs. Blogs offer a personal touch in the mediascape; small sites have become our guides to a content-saturated world. As such, their recommendations are highly valued by readers--which naturally has made advertisers take notice.
MARKETING REALITY CHECK: Blogs, Pods, RSS
While marketing prognosticators and technophiles rush into the future, raving about the next big content delivery system or ad model, the fact is most Americans -- notably adults with steady incomes -- still get their content the old-fashioned way…
Teens and young adults echoed those sentiments in a recent Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. About half were uninterested in viewing TV or movies on their computers, cellphones or hand-held devices.
Take Kate Mulvey, a 26-year-old professional living in Boston. The self-admitted news junkie favors CNN and PBS over a continuous RSS stream of headlines and uses an iPod -- but only for music. (She'd heard of podcasting, but not RSS.)
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