There are so many things that a network blogger doesn’t have to consider like upgrading WordPress, dealing with advertisement sales, server hardening, domain registration, hosting, but the one thing they do need to consider is their long term career. As a network blogger, things can change every quarter, as the balance sheet of the company you are working for gets updated, and because of this, you can expect your roles and responsibilities to change, and so you have to be thinking about the long term. Where do you want to be in a year? How do you want to be [Read more…]

This post might seem like a bit of a downer, but hopefully it will help you learn from my mistake before it is too late for you. When I first started my career, I was in a blog network that treated me really well. I considered myself a lesser partner because I had been there from the beginning. I constantly talked to the owner, and had his ear. Things were going really well, and I was happy. I wasn’t just a blogger for a network of blogs, but I was tapped into everything going on in the network. I felt [Read more…]

When being an network blogger, you’ll usually be one staff member out of a few or a hundred, and no matter how many others there are, one of your personal goals should be to stand out. I don’t just mean making your blog stand out from the other network blogs, but make sure your personality shines through. Do things that attract the attention of others by promoting your stories, driving traffic, responding to comments, keeping in constant contact with your boss, and building relationships. Try to put yourself in the position of being in more power than you’ve actually been [Read more…]

One of the smartest moves that bloggers working in a network can make is to find ways to promote themselves. Your own personal brand can be moved from blog to blog, network to network, and if you are thinking about your own future in this business, you will want to focus on building your own personal brand in various ways to allow you to transfer it from site to site. The most successful person that I know who was able to pull this off is Chris Garrett. At one point, he was writing on a number of great blogs and [Read more…]