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By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:11 +0000

Hi Miranda,

Can you show me an example of your corporate blog post? I’m curious to know what it suppose to look like.

Thanks!

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05/13/2008 Writing Jobs and Links : Writer’s Resource Center — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:51:18 +0000

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By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:23:30 +0000

We’re so busy writing, we have no time to write. Right?

I had a conference call cancelled on me today. I decided to take the 1/2 hour I had scheduled for the call and write a poem instead of doing work for clients. Then tonight instead of doing professional reading, I chose to revise, revise, revise.

Feels real good.

But this is not a typical day for me. I get horrified when I pick up my journal and realize I haven’t touched it in a month. If I have to constantly remind myself that if I’m not careful, I could loose my desire to write if I don’t do some enjoyable writing consistently.

By: Valencia

Valencia — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:50:51 +0000

I feel your struggle. I have three blogging jobs, in which I update every day during the week. Yet, I haven’t updated my personal blog in about three weeks. Since I continue to receive page views and a little income on my personal blog, I know the potential. I enjoy my blogging jobs. They pay well and I don’t want to give them up. But at the same time, I need to set time aside for my personal blog.

By: Dave D.

Dave D. — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:15:37 +0000

I have my own personal blogs that I maintain, however sparsely, but I too feel as though it’s all work and no play! I write primarily web copy for a number of companies. The pay is not great, but it does pay the bills. The only problem is, after writing what you have to all day, who has the energy to write what you want to? A Catch-22 if there ever was one! Thanks for the great read!

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:25:38 +0000

Take it where you can get it. Though I’m trained as a journalist, so many pubs are taking contributed content, I’m finding myself writing more on the corporate side — through PR firms. Not blogging, but same basic idea as far as corporate v independent.

My biggest client is a pub on the other side of Miranda’s blog — a collection publication.

By: Maria E.

Maria E. — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:11:04 +0000

This is the eternal tug-of-war for writers no matter what medium they work in. The only way to resolve this issue is start accepting the fact that writing professionally is a business just like any other business, and the object of any business is to earn profits. It isn’t selling out because you need to support yourself and/or your family; that’s reality. The roomantic image of the starving artist sitting in one room, working by the light of a single candle is great unless you have kids. They somehow don’t see the romanticism in not having regular meals. Never feel like you’re not being true to your calling just because you have to balance art with having to pay the electric bill.

By: Missy

Missy — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:47:07 +0000

Hi—-Miranda:

Glad you wrote this post, as i too have the same thoughts and feelings. I also do corporate blogging and maintain personal blogs.

Blogging is ALOT of work, and it is quite time consuming. So it is a tug of war between getting paid steadily and trying to build something of ones own.

As for me, right now, i have my feet in both. I do plan on ditching or selling a few of my blogs, and truly commit to two, and propel them forward. This is possible because of my corp blogging. It pays the bills, so it is not selling out. IMHO.

Good post. I am interested to hear what others in the same boat have to say about corp blogging.

Missy.