1. Blogging and Social Media
for Profit and Fun
Preetam Rai (preetam@me.com)

2. WHAT DO I DO?

3. STUDYING HOW PEOPLE USE TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE

4. PHNOM PENH BUDAPEST
HELP ORGANIZE AND SPEAK AT TECH
AND LEARNING EVENTS
JAKARTA

5. COMMUNITY BUILDING

6. CRASH BARCAMPS
(COMMUNITY
UNCONFERENCES)

7. HELP TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS USE
TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING

8. AND TRAVEL..

9. LAO PDR

10. WESTERN CHINA

11. SLOVAKIA

12. TURKEY

13. KOREA

14. SOUTHERN CHINA

15. HOW BLOGGING AND BLOG READING HELPED ME?

16. I STARTED COMMENTING
ON LOCAL BLOGS TO
MEET PEOPLE IN
COUNTRY I AM
TRAVELING TO
THATS THE BEST WAY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE
BUZZ IN THE CITY
ENDED UP MEETING LOTS
OF INTERESTING PEOPLE,
FREE DINNERS AND FREE
STAYS

17. ON MY BLOG, I WAS WRITING ABOUT BLOGGING, ABOUT MY
TRAVELS, GADGETS, EVENTS AND FINDINGS

18. A POST ON THE HUALAMPHONG STATION IN BANGKOK

19. PEOPLE STARTING COMMENTING AND SOME OF THEM BECAME
GOOD FRIENDS
OU, GOOD FRIEND IN
THAILAND FOR
LAST FOUR YEARS

20. HERE A POST ABOUT LAO PDR

21. AND A COMMENT FROM A PERSON DOING VERY INTERESTING WORK IN
LAO

22. I USED TO BLOG MY NOTES AND TUTORIALS

23. AND THAT GOT MY ARTICLES ON PRINT, SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS

24. I WAS BLOGGING FOR FUN

25. AND IT GOT ME LOTS OF NETWORKING AND SOME $S

26. HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR BLOGS IN A MORE DIRECT
WAY?

28. THIS BLOGGER MAKES DECENT MONEY FROM ADSENSE

30. BUT NOT ALL OF US CAN BE THIS SUCCESSFULL
WHAT IS THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING WITH ADS ON BLOGS
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
CONTENT CONSISTENCY
FREQUENCY- POST OFTEN

31. FIND OUT WHO IS VISITING YOU

32. TREND WATCHING AND WHO ELSE IS BLOGGING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO
BLOG ABOUT

33. MORE TREND WATCHING

34. IN MY OPINION THESE TOPICS WORK IN SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA CONTEXT
TECHNOLOGY (NETBOOKS)
PSP, DS, XBOX ETC.
FASHION
TRAVEL (NEARBY PLACES)
INDUSTRY SPECIFIC (MARINE)
HEALTH AND FITNESS AND FOOD

35. DIRECT SELLING ON YOUR BLOG

39. REGIONAL BLOG AD NETWORKS

43. AFFILIATE NETWORKS

49. LONG TERM - COMING BACK TO NETWORKING AND PROBABLY EVEN
MORE $$$$$$$$$$$$$

53. OTHER OPPORTUNITIES - AGGREGATION, PODCASTING,YOUTUBE

54. THERE IS VALUE IN AGGREGATING BLOGS THAT TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR
NICE. PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TIME TO READ 100S OF BLOGS. SO IF YOU CAN
PROVIDE SAY ONE PAGE THAT LISTS LATEST POSTS FROM TRAVEL
BLOGGERS IN SINGAPORE, THAT PAGE WILL SEE MANY HITS

55. CREATE VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR GADGETS, HELP COMPANIES TALK ABOUT
THEIR PRODUCTS ON YOUTUBE. YOU KNOW YOUTUBE, YOU KNOW THE
AUDIENCE. YOU KNOW THE TOOLS TO MAKE A VIDEO

56. WE’RE DONE. QUESTIONS,
SUGGESTIONS, TIPS EMAIL ME AT
PREETAM@ME.COM