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I've written over 20 blog articles about software development over the past couple of years; each article is typically thousands of words. My blog has had hundr
by jondubois 8y ago
I've written over 20 blog articles about software development over the past couple of years; each article is typically thousands of words.
My blog has had hundreds of thousands of views in total (targeted at developers; a valuable demographic) and I've made $0 from it.
I find that writing blog articles is easy and I like doing it. If you want to make money from anything, unfortunately, you've got to compete with people like me who are willing to do the work for free.
- malcolmgreaves 8y agoYour comment has nothing to do with this post. And you come off as a total asshole. Did you read it? The post is about Spotify underpaying artists for their work, which many people (1M+) enjoy. Yours is about a hobby that you do for your own enjoyment. Anyone else read it? Anything close to 1M readers?.
- jondubois 8y agoPublishing blog articles and publishing music or videos are all similar in terms of monetization. Some people will produce music for free and you have to compete with them. It's not unusual to get hundreds of thousands or even millions of views and get very little out of it financially.
- malcolmgreaves 8y ago> Some people will produce music for free and you have to compete with them. Professional quality is nearly always significantly better than amateur quality. Ya get what ya pay for. This whole post is about professionals making a living from their craft. And we're all ok with the distributor, the middle man, Spotify, raking in more money than the content creators. That's my big beef: Spotify is getting their slice from the artist's pockets when they're already not getting enough for their work.