A 40min cradle-to-grave presentation on how to pick a topic for a blog, fill it with good content, and monetize it.

1. Making Money Blogging by Matthew Haughey

2. Making money blogging is a real challenge

3. We all have blogs and many here would love to do it full-time

4. Finding an audience — and beyond that — finding revenue amid the sea of millions of blogs seems impossible

5. Stake out your place and make the hard work pay off

6. Follow your passion, find your audience, and gain revenue

7. Find your passion

8. “ The most important thing is to do something you love, whatever that is. It goes back to the definition of a good job, which is, if you could afford to, would you do the same work for free? If you would, you've got a great job -- if not, what the heck are you doing? -- you're going to be dead a long time. We're in a field that allows you to look forward to that work, not watch the clock, be creative, and even get paid for it. I've often thought I make a living from my hobby.” -- David Carson

9. MetaFilter and PVRblog

10. What are you passionate about?

11. You have hobbies, right?

12. Passion doesn't feel like work

13. You'll need passion for the long, thankless hours

14. The democratic web

15. Fakery will get you nowhere. Don't just do it to make a buck.

16. Start small, avoid creating a network

17. Stephanie Quilao’s story

18. The paradox of love (also works with money)

19. Find your audience

20. Content. Is. King.

21. Just say no to SEO

22. The road to success is long and takes a lot of hard work.

23. Be patient. Stick with it.

24. Ideas for content

25. Time spent doing research= dozens of posts

26. Review products

27. Google news alerts

28. You can interview anyone if you just ask

29. Mine the forums, deliver the gold

30. Op/Ed beats news any day

31. Find the Money

32. Some numbers

33. Text Ads

34. Google is easy

35. Google is flexible. You should be too.

36. Typical adsense use on a blog

37. Don't overdo it.

38. Image ads

39. Blogads is easy

40. Eventually, larger networks are better

41. Don't overdo it

42. Diversify: Affiliates, Jobs, etc

43. “We’re all one greasemonkey script away from poverty”

44. Amazon Affiliates is easy

45. Monthly/Annual subscriptions, memberships, or swag

46. Lots of people get hired because of their blog

47. Companies you blog about will need business bloggers

48. Can you find a topic, gain an audience, and stick with it?

49. Generating revenue from your slice of the blogosphere is a challenge

50. Follow your passion, find your audience, and gain revenue

51. Hard work on a topic you love can pay off.

52. Pro Blogging: a lot of work, a lot of fun, perhaps a lot of money