About
Coffee and my laptop.
My name is John and I absolutely LOVE my job as a Professional Blogger!
What’s that you say? Well, to put it simply:
- I make a Full Time Income writing blog posts on the internet.
Awesome, right?
It wasn’t always this way, mind you, but it has definitely been a fun, exciting, and very rewarding way to earn a living.
And my goal with this particular blog is to share those experiences and through them teach you how to do the same.
In fact, I do that professionally as well – I accelerate people with my coaching organization ChairCo as well as help teams and optimize organizations through engineering human capital via Action & Influence. I’m a 5151, Creative Designer, by the way!
So sit back, relax, grab a cup of coffee (don’t forget your laptop!) and join me as I walk through the what, the how, and the why of blogging!
Don’t forget to check out all the different ways in which you can stay updated as well!
What is “TentBlogging”?
I blogged for the very first time in the fall of 2001. Since then I’ve blogged tens of thousands of times for a variety of different reasons and organizations, some very large and some much smaller. Ultimately, I was interested in expressing myself creatively and having as much fun as possible while doing it.
Little did I know that years later I would have the opportunity to become a Full Time Blogger.
But, it was never my original intent or explicit goal to become a Professional Blogger. Instead, I saw blogging as an opportunity to supplement my income from my full time job so that I could do the things that I really wanted to do: Invest in my family and volunteer in my local community.
I saw blogging as a type of “tentmaking” opportunity (read more about this here). Since then I’ve learned quite a bit about blogging, the strategies required to become successful, and the art, science, and practice of digital tentmaking.
And so I became a TentBlogger.
The neat thing is that you are probably one as well! You can see if you are one by checking this list out right here. My guess is that you’re either one today or you want to be one someday (perhaps very soon).
So join me! We’ll have a lot of fun, I promise! And it might just be educational as well.
A Few Posts of Note:
There are definitely a few posts that I’ve already written that I feel will help give you a jump-start (or help you catch up) on what’s already happening here on TentBlogger.com. Whether you’re new to blogging or fairly experienced I believe you’ll be able to learn a thing (or two) from these posts.
A few posts that you definitely want to read:
- Here’s a look at Day #1 as a Full Time Blogger and Month #1 as a Professional Blogger.
- Here’s another look at what a “typical” day may look like (right now at least).
- I share How Much I Make a Year as a Full Time Blogger.
- The definition that I use when I say ‘Full Time Blogger‘ or ‘Professional Blogger‘.
- The definition of TentBlogging! Are you a TentBlogger?
- Here’s the reason why this blog, from a design perspective, looks so bare.
So check them out!
Series Posts that Seriously Kick Butt:
Here are a few posts that I’ve poured my heart and soul into – they are what makes this blog unique and special (and hopefully super helpful!).
Read and work through them at your own leisure, and then tell someone else about them!
Image via iStockPhoto.
Finally, a few more that you might want to check out for fun:
- Got a Question for the Digital Tentmaker? Ask me anything here!
- My morning Pre-Blogging Excercise Routine!
I also am a contributor for other blogs:
- Smashing Magazine – WordPress as Business
- Six Revisions – Become a Better Blogger by Learning Code
- InspiredMag - Why Online Publishers and Writers (Should) Choose WordPress
- DailyBlogTips – 3 Elements of Your Blog Design That Need Simplifying
- ProBlogger - Six Things I Learned in My First Six Months as a ProBlogger
- WebDesignerDepot – Use Your Blog to Get Design Jobs
- ProBlogger – 3 Tactics I Used to Develop a Pagerank 5 Blog in 5 Months
Here are few promotions that I’m currently running:
- An extra domain name for life via Dreamhost!
Contact Me!
I want to be as available to you as I possibly can. Please forgive me if it does take me some time to respond! Here are some ways in which you can interact with me:
- Comments – I love comments and will try my best to respond to nearly all of them! Comment on a recent post and let me know what I can do to help you!
- Email –
Here’s my email. I have a contact form below! Super simple, thanks to Jetpack! - Twitter – I really like Twitter. I’m here: @TentBlogger!
- Facebook – I respond to things on my FB Page as well. “Like” it!
- Meetup Group - Want to meet up locally? Check out our Meetup Group!
Love you guys!
A Few Other Affiliations:
Many consider me a Starter and that is perhaps the best definition that anyone’s come up with. I start things and build amazing products with people that I love. In light of that I have ownership interests and operational roles with the following businesses:
- 8BIT - Founder, “First”
- Action & Influence, Inc. – CTO
- ChairCo – People Accelerator
- Tons of smaller apps and “experimental” sites.
Bonus Material:
Yes, there’s even some “boring” stuff that I’ve want to share with you:
Do you have these policies? You should!
Finally, want to know the “strategy” behind this About Page? Here are some tips on making the best About Page for your blog ever!
