Blogger verdient 200.000 $. Im Monat!
Nicht schlecht. 200.000 Dollar im Monat verdient angeblich der amerikanische Tech-Blogger Michael Arrington mit seinem 2005 gestarteten Blog Techcrunch. Schreibt zumindest das Magazin Wired:
"And unlike most solo bloggers, Arrington has turned his passion into a tidy business. Revenue from advertising, job listings, and sponsorships now totals about $200,000 a month. He says he could have sold the operation last fall to a media company (which he won't name) for $8.5 million, and he may still. But with a new top-flight CEO from Fox Interactive Media, roughly $1 million in the bank, and VCs lining up around the block to invest, Arrington talks like a man who wants to build an empire. There are lots of blogs with more raw traffic – mostly celebrity or political sites like A Socialite's Life and Daily Kos – but few with as much business influence. Based on how many times other Web sites link to his content – an unscientific but accepted yardstick – Arrington is the world's fourth-most-powerful blogger, according to Technorati."
"Vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär" 2.0. Eine Erwähnung in Techcrunch kann die Entwicklung eines StartUp-Unternehmens entscheidend beeinflussen. Kein Wunder, dass manche Firmengründer – so wie diese Holländer – zu ungewöhnlichen Wegen greifen, um mit dem Meister zu sprechen.