How to make money from blogs: books and newspapers

My friend Char­lotte Hume star­ted blog­ging at exactly the same time I did. My blog is a series of ‘grumpy old man’ rants in the dir­ec­tion of journ­al­ism and new media.

Hers was an attempt to engage other par­ents with the prob­lems of mak­ing her 7-year-old son, Fred­die, eat his veget­ables — an attempt that would run through the veget­able alpha­bet track­ing pro­gress along the way.

It was — it is — a bril­liantly simple idea, executed with great pan­ache and charm by Char­lotte (and — of course — Fred­die and sis­ter Alex). You can see it here. (My own idea -I’ll confiscateyourNintendoDSyoulittlef&*^ker.com didn’t quite get traction.)

She didn’t start it to make a for­tune, but its online suc­cess has taken her right back to ‘old’ media. You can now catch some of her stuff in the Mail’s You magazine.

Last night she had her book launch at a chi-chi West Lon­don store. My fam­ily made it — I missed it. The book is great. Buy a copy. Eat your veget­ables. They might inspire you. And, if they don’t, at least they’ll keep you regular.

Tagged as: Blogs, Charlotte Hume, London, online success, vegetables, West London store