My latest Blog
By Canellita
@Canellita (12029)
United States
March 13, 2010 11:16pm CST
I spend a lot of time crafting, teaching crafting, and writing about crafting so I decided to start a new blog devoted to what else? Crafting! So far I have two entries, one on knitting and one on crochet.
I decided to monetize it and I just finished setting up all the affiliate stuff. It's kind of exciting even though I don't really expect much at this point. I have no doubt I will post to this one the most often (I now have three with two more planned in the near future).
When I first started the other two I didn't spend very much time on them but for 2010 I am trying to post to each of them at least once per month.
So myLot users, who out there has a blog? Do you do it for fun or profit?
5 responses
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
18 Apr 10
You do realize you only have to post about once per month, right?
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 Mar 10
You really need to get started. I had my Amazon Affiliate application approved the other day so now if I recommend a book on crochet or something they sell and set up a link and someone buys the product I get a commission.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
14 Mar 10
Hi C,
It's nice to know that your blog is for profit. is this the one that i browsed? you made it friend. i know you will have more views in your blog and earn more from there. i have a blog but i am not as patient as you in terms of doing what i have to do in there. i have a blog for my crochet that my husband started but i was not able to update it. i think i need to take this seriously and finalize my crochet blog.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 Mar 10
It is not that different from making a discussion in myLot. Just take a photo of something you have made and talk about the experience of what it was like creating it and you will have a blog post. It doesn't have to be long and you can do it once per month if you want.
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@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
16 Mar 10
you are so consistent friend in inspiring me to do it. thanks for the patience. one of this days i will surprise you with my blog. a mylot friend with account name dorannmwin is interested to write and i suggested you and mommaj for some inputs.
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
14 Mar 10
I don't blog, per se, I do craft. In fact, I finished one of the bags I started a couple of weeks ago, I would've finished both, but I broke the needle on my sewing machine.
Of course, I have needles, but I have NO idea where they are, so I had to go to the store to get some more - picked up some bobbins too.
So, I'm set to finish my other bag - I'll have to get the roomie to snap a shot of one so you guys can see it!
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
14 Mar 10
Yeah, I am still waiting to see that shirt with the cross stitch!
I just bought really fat knitting needles today and a size S crochet hook, some ribbon on sale and a couple plastic canvas sheets. I wanted a hairpin loom but they didn't have any.
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@apocalypsereturns (368)
• India
14 Mar 10
I have a blog but i dont think of any monetary advantage from it.
I use it to list some of my blogs on squidoo though (only one at the moment) otherwise its just for fun i dont even have a great viewrship with it .
But if yuor stuff is really good then yuo could certainly make profit with it an a huge one too.
i guess it might take some time but if you use some kind of affiliate marketing to prom,ote your product you might get dood results.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 Mar 10
I just signed up with Amazon Affiliates. I still have to figure out how to get a counter to monitor the traffic.
@summer77 (414)
• Philippines
15 Mar 10
Wow, congrats to you. Keep it up & good luck with your crafting and blogging, that sounds cool. I do have blogs, but right now I focused on my new site and then others are writing & submitting articles. My blog right now is isn't that narrowed, it has kind of numbered categories, but I think it's nicer if you narrow it, so that you can focus more to that main topic like yours, it's all about crafting. I might make another one next time that will focus on a very main topic in which I can't think what it is this this time. I do blogging both as a hobby and earning.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
18 Mar 10
Two of the the three I have now are narrowed and I have considered changing the scope of the third and narrowing it because it is so broad I never get the posts done before something else happens. (It's local interest.)
