Pinay Problogger: Connie Veneracion

We’re not actually done with our problogging interviews yet. I still have a couple more expecting in my Inbox.

I won’t introduce Connie anymore as most of you already know a lot about her. The rest are best kept under the rug. :D

She recently bagged another blogging gig for Global Voices (or was that an editorial position? Is it official now?).

• How would you define problogging?

  Earling out of blogging but not necessarily getting paid to write specific content.

• When did you start blogging? When did you get into problogging and how did you realize that there’s some money to be had from it?

  Started early 2003. I don’t know if I ever consciously got into problogging. I applied to a couple of programs and one time I received 2 20-dollar checks (shock, shock) in the mail and well I guess that would be a defining moment.

• Which blogs are you writing for and which blog networks are you affiliated with?

  She’s not writing for any blog networks right now but I think Global Voices might be considered a network. – yuga

• Are you problogging part time or full time? Do you see this career as a part time gig or you are looking into going fulltime problogging?

  Let’s put it this way. I write full time now. Part of that is blogging and 3 out of about 5 or 6 blogs just happen to earn their keep.

• How do you monetize your blog? Which ones bring in the most revenues? Adsense, YPN, BlogAds, AdBrite, Text Link Ads, Affiliate, Direct ad sponsors, etc. Which ones bring in the most revenues? How long did it took you to significantly earn from your own blog/s?

  All of the above (at one time or another) except direct advertisers and YPN. Adsense is, so far, the best for me. How long it took… uuumm maybe a year? Or a little less than a year.

• How long before you got significant revenue from your blogs? How consistent are the revenues and what affects it?

  In a year, things were steady. Until my database disaster last December.

• How much time do you spend on problogging?

  Well writing… a few hours. 2 maybe three. It’s the reading that takes allday and sometimes well into the night. But not everything I read becomes blog entries. Most are for you know intellectual consumption… hehehehe

• What other benefits do you get from problogging?

  One is the newspaper column… the others, I can’t divulge yet hehehehe (but, did I just told them about GV? – yuga)

• What’s the most significant event/moment you had in your entire problogging career?

  Getting the food blog published in Gourmet magazine as “everything
  that an amateur blog should be” hehehe ok ba? Gusto mo screenshot? Attach ko.

• What personal tips can you share with bloggers who want to try out problogging?

  Magbasa sila at tigilan ang kaka-intriga. Walang patutunguhan yan. Losers.