Can my Addiction to Blogging Generate Full Time Income?

That's the question I'm pondering.  I love blogging, have a lot of blogs and post a lot - hence the "Prolific" blogger title.  Blogging is my favorite thing to do and is even therapeutic.

But I'm also a newbie. So, for me it's going to take a long time. Breaking income goals into bite size pieces helps me view it more as a possibility.

Problogger emphasizes "blogging for money is neither quick nor is it easy money." Wise words everyone should heed!

In my opinion, that's where a lot of people will drop off. Too many people are looking for quick and easy money (a fantasy that doesn't realistically exist). 

He notes "I didn’t achieve this milestone until I’d been blogging for over 2 years (I blogged for the first year without trying to make money)."

I'm encouraged because one of my strengths is that I have a great deal of perseverance and I don't expect anything to be quick and easy.  I've cultivated this strength by sticking with my Uppercase Living Decor business despite numerous failures and mistakes while watching lots of people fall by the wayside.  I'm my own worst skeptic and this proves to ME that I can do it.

What do you think? Can addiction to blogging help someone eventually earn a living wage?

in reference to:

"I didn’t achieve this milestone until I’d been blogging for over 2 years (I blogged for the first year without trying to make money)"
- How to Make $30,000 a year Blogging (view on Google Sidewiki)

Best Online Collaboration Tools 2009

This is an excellent resource to compare multiple online collaboration tools in a well organized way. Mindmeister helps you "see" groups of tools at once - much better than lists.

Click the small button next to the entry to get the link to go to that website. Also, note that you can export this to pdf or various image formats.
in reference to: Best Online Collaboration Tools 2009 - Robin Good's Collaborative Map - MindMeister Mind Map (view on Google Sidewiki)

How to Import an External Blog into Notes on Facebook

If you want to import your blog posts into Facebook Notes, here's a brief overview and illustration on how to do that:

• Click on Settings in the upper right corner of your Facebook page
• Under Facebook Applications and Features, select Notes
• Select Importing and Exporting Notes
• Under Questions and Answers from Facebook, select How do I import entries from an external blog?
  

My Favorite Twitter Client: HootSuite

The most efficient, easy to use Twitter client to use in my opinion is Hootsuite.  I can organize my activity into columns, making it easier to focus without too many distractions.  Lots of cool features have been rolling out, one of which is file sharing. 

HootSuite is the first major Twitter client to support this exciting feature. Similar to picture uploading, you must instead click the document icon. HootSuite supports many document formats: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, Photoshop, and MP3 files.  As with pictures, links to files are trackable with HootSuite’s custom analytics.  Check out these cool features:

Easy Blogging with Google Sidewiki

One of the main reasons why I love the Google Sidewiki is because it makes it so easy to blog.  After installing it to the Google toolbar, you can simply comment on a web page you're visiting in the Sidewiki and post your comments to Blogger at the same time.  Fast, easy and efficient.

It's Official: I'm leaving TypePad for Blogger

I've been trying out all kinds of blogging platforms - Blogger, Squarespace, Wordpress.com, Typepad, and probably others I can't remember right now.  Although I haven't tried the self-hosted Wordpress, I do plan to at some point, just not right now.

I actually do like all the blogging platforms, but none are 100% perfect.  For a number of reasons, Blogger is the right choice for me.  It fits everything I need right now.

Here's the three main reasons I choose Blogger:

1. Cost. I don't have enough funds right now to sink into anything at all such as yearly fees, hosting or anything else.
2. Time.  I have even less of that.  No time for a learning curve whatsoever.  Too much going on in my life and I need to get down to business!
3. Google Sidewiki.  This may not make sense right now, but I can see amazing value in using Sidewiki to post to our blogs on Blogger.  As time goes on, I believe this will get clearer to more people.