The Everyday Blogger

Is Blogging For a Living Just About the Money?

For those of us who blog for a living, the one thing we are all obsessed with is traffic numbers, and big numbers to be specific. Traffic is life blood to a professional blogger because our revenue is dependent on it.

Some of us may even tie our self esteem into our traffic numbers as a sign of how successful we are because traditionally, the more traffic you have, the more you are deemed influential and "important."

But lately, I've been thinking more deeply about what really is important when it comes to blogging for a living.

Is it just about the money?

The answer really isn't so simple because...

I'm on PBS MediaShift Show 5Across About "Twitter Mania"

Earlier this week, I was honored to be one of 5 top Twitterers to guest on the PBS Media Shift online show 5Across hosted by Mark Glaser on the topic of "Twitter Mania."As you all know, I'm all about the Twitter goodness as I tweet @skinnyjeans and my new food tweet stream @noshtopia.

My fellow guests included Eric Jaye the campaign manager for Gavin Newsom for Governor, Amit Gupta Founder of PhotoJoJo, Maggie Mason author of "No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog," and publisher of Mighty Mighty Media, and Chris Sacca a venture investor, private equity principal, company advisor, and entrepreneur who most notably is an investor in Twitter.

You can find the entire episode here at the PBS MediaShift homepage, "Will Twitter Change the World?"

Below are three short clips where I talk about being authentic on Twitter, the simplicity of Twitter in Trending topics, and Tweetups, meetups where you meet others who tweet in person.

If you haven't gotten on Twitter yet, seriously, try it out. For newbies and non-techies, I have written some very easy in Oprah speak directions on how to get started on Twitter.