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Homegrown

By Brian
Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 02:59:33 PM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Alternative and Community Media

One of my goals with Washblog is to make it sustainable. In the beginning, it was easy to sustain as a one person rant to the world. I had the ability to post nearly every day, to the eventual tune of 700 posts or something.

Thank god for the community to keep this thing afloat. Noemie especially deserves credit. Sometimes you know when you are talking to someone special, when you first meet them.

Because of the continual support from the readers, Washblog has been able to join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network, and receive ad revenue. Washblog's first check ($750) should be cut here shortly - it comes in $750 increments.

Seems to me that revenue should go back into the blog in some way. I consider the money I spent to get Washblog running and stay hosted to be part of my support for a progressive infrastructure - in other words I don't want the money.

Suggestions are welcome.

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Homegrown | 20 comments (20 topical)

Bank It to get ... 3? 5? years

operating expenses tucked away.

Then figure out a way to start paying yourself, and then a way to pay 'significant' contributors ...

and I have no freaking clue how to define 'significant' contributors, nor how to figure out something 'fair'.

I personally don't think that there will EVER be a day when everyone feels that the pie is divided fairly - however, with sufficient openness and arithmatic / math skill, we humans can figure out ways of splitting the pie that are better than current ways of splitting the pie.

good luck - I'd be willing to chip in to keep things afloat.

rmm.

http://www.liemail.com/BambooGrassroots.html

by rmdSeaBos on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 06:59:27 PM PST

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Scholarship? by Brian, 02/12/2008 09:08:47 PM PST (none / 0)
Thanks for the vote of confidence rmdSeaBos n/t by Lietta Ruger, 02/13/2008 08:02:34 AM PST (none / 0)

Advertise

Want to grow your readership - bank a few of these paychecks, then do radio spots on Air America in Spokane Bellingham to start.

I love this blog, great work is done here.

by walla wallow on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 08:05:10 PM PST

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appreciating your idea walla wallow and tx - n/t by Lietta Ruger, 02/13/2008 08:03:57 AM PST (none / 0)
Walla Wallow by noemie maxwell, 02/14/2008 10:31:36 AM PST (none / 0)

Pay someone for an acceptable ratings system n/t

Dave Gibney Pullman

by gibney on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 09:08:12 PM PST

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Make that pay Fred n/t by gibney, 02/12/2008 11:34:14 PM PST (none / 0)

I'll bite - who is Fred? n/t by Lietta Ruger, 02/13/2008 08:04:57 AM PST (none / 0)
have you followed the ratings wars by rmdSeaBos, 02/13/2008 05:57:30 PM PST (none / 0)

Yes there is some nonsense... by dinazina, 02/14/2008 08:09:37 AM PST (none / 0)

Comment ratings by noemie maxwell, 02/14/2008 10:29:55 AM PST (none / 0)

I rate this idea a 5! by Particle Man, 02/14/2008 10:49:12 AM PST (none / 0)

Encourage a Young Person

Periodically offer small honoraria to high school or college students who wish to research an issue/visit Olympia, etc.

by ktkeller on Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 12:17:44 AM PST

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Liking the idea of Encouraging Young Person! by Lietta Ruger, 02/13/2008 08:01:24 AM PST (none / 0)

To Be Fair

THe work all of you citizen hournalists do is VERY improtant. I have found this resource to be the most informative, respectful, thoughtful blog space. It's thanks to Noemie that I found it in the first place :-) You folks keep me tuned into the issues behind the issues that I should be paying attention to. That said, you do whatever will make this great work continue. Some stipends for expenses that folks like you a Noemie may incur traveling to interview folks, etc.? Put into savings for a rainy day? Advertisements? Any and all..

by ktkeller on Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 08:50:34 AM PST

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All cash should go to the Dinazina hat fund.

by Particle Man on Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 06:09:27 PM PST

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Hey thanks... by dinazina, 02/14/2008 08:12:28 AM PST (none / 0)

Al Franken will out do you by Particle Man, 02/14/2008 09:16:05 AM PST (none / 0)

Writers/researchers

Our biggest need here, I think, is recruiting and training people who can attend events, research, write...

by noemie maxwell on Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 10:33:00 AM PST

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