Comments on: I, Ghost Blogger

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:59:21 +0000

Hi Wendy,

I am an IT professional who abandoned my creative impulses ten years ago and jumped into the latest, greatest, ’stable’ profession.

I always enjoyed my writing assignments in school, especially in college during my communications and creative writing degree programs, and would love to find a way to get back into writing via ghost blogging, freelance copywriting, or whatever can get the juices flowing again.

Do you have suggestions, or sites to reference, in addition to the great info from Sharon above?

Thanks much,

Jerry

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:23:52 +0000

Thanks for the info. I do a lot of blogging/writing for pay myself and you can make a lot of money doing this.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:05:27 +0000

The ghost blogging work is generally work for hire, Nancy, so I sell my rights and clients can do what they want with it. In other places, my name is attached to the posts I write, so I would expect to get appropriate credit if they are used in books or in other places.

By: Nancy McCord

Nancy McCord — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:03:01 +0000

My firm provides ghost blogging services. When you blog do you sign off all your rights and “work for hire” or do you license your content for use on the blog.

What do you do in situations where the blog owner takes the content you have written for the blog and use it for web content, a press release, or for other marketing purposes?

Love to know what you do.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:07:35 +0000

I’m in the opposite situation, Rebecca. I miss bylines, but one of the great things about guest blogging (as opposed to ghost blogging) is getting the credit for my writing, so it could be that combining the two gives me the best of both worlds.

By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Rebecca Laffar-Smith — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:47:06 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your ghost blogging thoughts with us. I’d never considered ghost blogging before. I’m often so preoccupied with my byline that I forget to consider ghost writing opportunities. My bank balance thanks you, Sharon. From now on I’ll be on the prowl for any and all opportunities to get paid doing what we love.

By: Writing the Cyber Highway

Writing the Cyber Highway — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:49:40 +0000

This is excellent information, Sharon! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge on this topic. It’s much appreciated

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:39:37 +0000

It’s so much fun, Katherine; a bit of escapism – hope you manage to land some good blogging gigs.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:59:32 +0000

I agree with you – I love blogging. I haven’t done a lot of ghost blogging lately, but it’s something that I enjoy doing. Thanks for giving me the inspiration to give it a try again!