• What was your inspiration in starting Blogcritics?



• Where does a person start in turning a blog into a money making effort?



• How do you manage the growth and the quality of over 650 700 contributors?



• What is the story of the "wee little pepper?"



• Do you make a profit from the site and is it enough to live on?



• What is the revenue creation model for your site?



• How has the nature of the relationship with product and service providers changed as you have grown and how do you manage the volume?


and much, much more...

Over a 20-year writing/editing/media career, Eric Olsen has written in depth on a vast array of topics including politics, current events, world affairs, popular culture, music, music industry, digital technology, opinion and commentary, etc., for periodicals, books, TV, radio, and the Internet.

Popular culture writer for various publications including Playboy, Billboard, Alternative Press, Option, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal, Hear/Say, Cleveland.com, etc.

Editor/Author: Networking In the Music Industry (Rockpress, 1993), Encyclopedia of Record Producers (Billboard Books, 1999)

TV: music critic for Fox 8 Morning show 2000-2001; host/writer of Dancevision music show in Akron/Canton 1993-1995

Radio: founder/host/producer/programmer "Cool Tunes," one of the most highly-regarded and longest-running specialty music shows in the country: WRQK 1990-1994, WENZ 1994-1996, WAPS 1999-2002

Founder and editor of BLOGCRITICS.org: Described as "A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, and technology - updated continuously."

You can learn more about Eric at his blog:

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