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You might be somehow right in general sense, but this particular critique is uninformed. Darren is a well-known and successful blogger, and he also runs other blogs like Digital Photography School or Twitip. I think the reason he discloses the amount of money he makes is because it is relevant to do in Problogger. In his other blogs he doesn't do that.
"I don’t want to make 4,000 [dollars] per month with Twitter (I do this fine on my own thank you)"
These sorts of hucksters survive by selling you on an ideal that you reinforce by buying into it. Like any multi-level marketing scheme, you are the target market, not consumers.
Darren Rowse is one of the most successful bloggers out there when it comes to monetizing his sites and he discloses the details of how and why he earns money on his problogger.net site.
In addition to several of his own successful blogs, he's also one of the co-founders of b5media which has gotten (approximately) 8 million in funding since it's launch in 2005. Darren's expertise in blogging and their monetization was a crucial factor in getting that funding.
This reply will probably be downmodded but I don't really care about that. Before shoving him into the 'huckster' category, do a little more open-minded research next time.
By the way, that huckster is also the minister of a small youth oriented church in his city.
Apologies for seeming harsh, but your comment was blatent and unfair.
I should clarify - that I don't work as a minister any more. I did that for 10 years but transitioned out of it a couple of years back.
Of course that doesn't really prove anything - I'm not one to claim that all ministers are above doing dodgy stuff but I wanted to clarify that. Thanks for the encouragement though.
> By the way, that huckster is also the minister of a small youth oriented church in his city.
At this point in your argument you've driven entirely off course and closing in resorting to personal attacks instead arguing the point on merits.
The BTK Killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader) was also a 'family man' and 'community leader.' Being a minister does nothing to disprove one of being a huckster. Just look at all of the priests accused of child molestation/rape.
I know my examples are fairly extreme, but the world comes in shades of grey. It's possible to be a minister, community leader and huckster all at the same time. You can't use one of those roles as evidence to disprove the existence of another.
In addition to several of his own successful blogs, he's also one of the co-founders of b5media which has gotten (approximately) 8 million in funding since it's launch in 2005. Darren's expertise in blogging and their monetization was a crucial factor in getting that funding.
Funding is not a direct indicator of anything but the funding party's evaluation of perceived or likely value -- just like any testament to Darren Rowse and his success.
By the way, that huckster is also the minister of a small youth oriented church in his city.
I was speaking generally, but regardless, I'm not sure what that has to do with being (or not being) a huckster.
