How Many Blogs Is Enough?

27 02 2009

Blogs sit at the center of Nine Lives Media Inc.’s universe. But our company’s content universe contains so much more — events, research, custom media and many other core components within a true, growing, debt-free media company.

We have our three primary brands (MSPmentor, The VAR Guy and WorksWithU) and numerous sub-brands (The SaaS 20 Stock Index, MSPmentor 100, MSPmentor 250, Open Source 50, WorksWithU 1000 — and plenty more).

Now the big question: When should we launch our fourth primary media brand — and what market will it target? Here are some clues…

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How Prosperous Editors Become Poor Bloggers

19 02 2009

Somewhere during the transition from print journalism to Web 2.0 media, thousands of editors forgot the single most important secret to earning a steady paycheck. Here it is.

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More Content. More Readers. More Discussion

6 02 2009

I spent the morning trading email with Nine Lives Media Inc.’s growing team of contributing bloggers. They’re quite a talented crew. In mid-March, we’ll share some more details about our blogging team. In the meantime, I’d like to give you a few hints about where we’re going. Read the rest of this entry »