July 30th, 2006
Book and Movie for Blogger of One Red Paperclip Fame
If you thought a house was the only reward for Kyle MacDonald’s creative paperclip trading efforts through blogging, think again.
It seems his story has attracted the likes of publishers and producers, with a recent news release confirming that he has landed a book deal with Random House, and a film deal with DreamWorks.
This just goes to show that hardworking bloggers (with, if possible, a great deal of creativity) can reap a wide range of non-web opportunities. Of course, this is one of the more unique (a.k.a. one-in-the-million) sort of experiences, but you can certainly expect things like internships, career opportunities and publishing deals.
Yes again, this is one of the many indirect ways you can benefit from your blog (Reminder to self: Write a post on this myself :)).
Edit: Kyle MacDonald has posted some tips on starting your own trading blog. Admittedly, this is one of the few instances where setting up your blog on a free blog host can be more advantageous than forking out cash for your own host. Otherwise, I still think that it can be very painful to be tied down to an external service you can’t control at all.
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1 Comment
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:50 pm
good
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