Over at the The New York Observer, John Koblin explains in At magazines, it’s 2.0 steps forward, 1.0 step back that while the Web may be the future for magazine publishing, right now print’s winning out and Website writers – and I might add Website freelancers – are getting axed left and right.
ProBlogger guest blogger David Risley explains how he pulls in a six-figure income from blogging – good content is a start, but to be successful you have to be a great marketer too.
The Golden Pencil freelance writing blog author Jennie Cromie explains 8 ways Twitter can grow your freelance business in a guest post on TwiTips, the Twitter tips blog. Earlier this year, I swore I couldn’t fit another social network into my work day. But Jennie post convinced me to sign up. Follow me at http://twitter.com/michellerafter.
Because it’s Christmas, enjoy Bill Dyszel as he pays homage to magazines that have gone out of business in “The Morbid Major Magazine Song,” first performed at the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ recent 60th anniversary party and now a YouTube sensation – well, at least among writers.
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That NY Observer story is breathtaking. Speaking as an editor at Workforce Management, a publication that has one editorial staff and delivers its stories via Web, print, e-mail newsletters, even Twitter (hat tip to Bob Scally, the online editor), I can’t believe some pubs STILL separate their print and online writers and editors into rival camps. Madness.
It was a sad day when one of our sister publications, Financial Week, had layoffs. But in a flip of the instances the Observer story cited, Crain, our parent company, kept the Web site, and closed down the weekly print publication. I think Crain, which took a while to warm to the Web, gets it.
Carroll: It is pretty amazing. And I was a victim of Conde Nast’s decision to pull back on Web content, as I’d been writing for Portfolio.com & was loving the work. C’est dommage.
Michelle