Comments on: Blog Network MyKinda May Be Pulling A BlogNation – Writers Going Unpaid

By: avodartus

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[...] Blog Network MyKinda May Be Pulling A BlogNation – Writers Going Unpaid [...]

By: Radulescu

Radulescu — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:28:05 +0000

Maybe you know it already but he also closed the business in Romania… this very morning.

By: John Furrier

John Furrier — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:03:17 +0000

I really like MyKinda and think that Lee is doing a great job in how he’s handling this venture. It is *really* tough to raise money in eastern europe for what a a great idea. If Lee was in Silicon Valley this would be funded.

I don’t think MyKinda will be in the deadpool. Lee will make it happen and his idea is fundable.

If I had cash I’d fund it. Two reasons: emerging market of net savvy users and the localization play on SEO. It’s a big opportunity for global advertisers.

Lee: call me and let me know how I can help.

John

By: AndyP

AndyP — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:44:11 +0000

Well, Well Mr A. Gloating again in someone else’s mishaps. Can’t believe you’re still flogging the BlogNation horse!

By: xavierv

xavierv — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:55:41 +0000

Tough times! But I don’t quite get how you can expect to pay a blogger a reasonable wage with a classic blogging network model. It is bound to rise and fall.

By: Redmanti

Redmanti — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:15:44 +0000

Best wishes Lee.

By: Rushabh Choksi

Rushabh Choksi — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:24:13 +0000

hey lee my best wishes are with you. I am sure you will surely fight back and come more stronger than before.

By: Dimitar Vesselinov

Dimitar Vesselinov — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:45:37 +0000

1. I must say that it’s not easy to run a virtual startup in Eastern Europe.
2. I’m not sure where the number of €15-20k per month did come from.
3. I believe we could sort these problems out amicably.

By: Joe T

Joe T — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:40:36 +0000

Looks like they’re taking a page out of the playbook of Poland under the Warsaw Pact… The blooger pretend to blog, and MyKinda pretends to pay them.

By: Svetlana Gladkova

Svetlana Gladkova — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:48:21 +0000

Some corrections here from the Russian angle: although the debts Lee is quoting are for January and February, the editors in Russia and Bulgaria (Dimitar and me) were not paid for December either. And we also had a translator working for MyKinda Russia – he was translating Russian content into English and three months of his work did not pay him a dime. And it looks from the email that Lee does not even remember about him.

And believe me, lack of communication is not the right word here – hunting for your boss everywhere for weeks asking for any information and explanation of future plans without any replies from him is not exactly lack of communication, it’s absence of communication entirely.

By: Nicolas Herbeault

Nicolas Herbeault — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:40:06 +0000

This is really a bad news for bloggers but we can only hope they will soon be remunerated…

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:37:11 +0000

Running a blog group is not easy but can be very profitable if you run it correctly. Private Ad sales, Targeted Offers, SEO sales can make a fortune if sold correctly.

If you want to do it right buy an established group and get stuck in!

http://www.site...e/auction/21383

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:56:30 +0000

Good luck Lee,

Hope you get it sorted,

Tom

By: Blake Robinson

Blake Robinson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:40:23 +0000

Irony.

By: Yakov

Yakov — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:21:56 +0000

Sorry to see them go..
I provided a Russian angle to MyKinda on http://blog.qui...a-blog-network/

By: Francesco

Francesco — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:41:39 +0000

Life is difficult.

By: Henk de Hooge

Henk de Hooge — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:40:32 +0000

We are as far as we can see the first blog in the world that has related tweets from Twitter. (funny exemple: http://www.dutc...l/gadgets/13010). So next move, eveb pay your Twitterrazzi for spreading the word !

By: DC Crowley

DC Crowley — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:36:33 +0000

too bad! But you know who makes money blogging? Nobody… it’s the stuff around it that makes the cash. The blog is only a spotlight… just like a cheap printer and expensive print cartridges. Forget blogging… do something awesome and then blog about it :p

By: Henk de Hooge

Henk de Hooge — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:35:11 +0000

We are slowly launching in more countries. After the succes in Holland with DutchCowboys.nl (Michael you know Karin ) we are now on beta in Germany (yep Germancowboys.de). Soon Belgium and France will folow.

We think that you need to pay your local editor (blogger), this also create commitment, focus and even more time for fun.