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The limits of meta

From Seth Godin:

Blogging about blogging, writing about writing, documentaries about documentaries, songs about songwriting…

It’s tempting to use a medium to write about the medium.

It works for a while, but there’s a limit. Pretty quickly, you hit a natural ceiling and you won’t be able to go any further. The most obvious trap online: websites that make money by teaching you about making money by using the web.

John Chow, anyone?

Seriously though - maybe this blogging thing is getting saturated.

However, that viewpoint depends on how you use blogging. Do you use blogging as a way to organize your thoughts, or are you trying to make money online?

What do you do with your blog?


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Author: Edward

6 Comments

djbob
July 15, 2008

You are trying to make money :p
That, and beat me in a bet.

Kevin Boss
July 16, 2008

I never understood the concept of a person making a large sum of money doing something, and then turning around and selling that knowledge.

If I figured out a way to get rich you won’t see my ass on the internet giving away my secrets :)

djbob
July 16, 2008

What if giving away your secrets made you even more money?

And what if your way of getting rich was to make a website telling other people to make a website about getting rich?

Edward
July 16, 2008

That’s why I mentioned John Chow.

His blog’s title?

“I Make Money Online by Telling People How Much Money I Make Online - John Chow dot Com”

His earnings?
$30-40k/mo

Then again, his blog is peanuts compared to his other stuff.

Benjamin Yu
July 17, 2008

Come check out mine :P

james
May 12, 2009

good to read

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