Module 2

1.) Successful entrepreneur blogger Wil Schroter discloses the tricks of the trade through his blog. He covers all aspects of aspiring entrepreneurs, including funding, customers, employees, and balancing a family life. He also wrote a book called "Go Big or Go Home" emphasizing the strategies of creating your own company.
http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/

The following website explains how blogs can be a very usefull and successful online promotional strategy. Money is saved because you are able to reach vast amounts of people through the internet, for much less then you would spend for advertising and promotions. Blogging is a great medium that does not requier any professional assistance if you do it yourself.
http://www.harmonyhollow.net/webmaster-resources/blogging-rss/11728.php

The following website emphasizes the diverse opportunities available for bloggers to make money from blogging. It is advised that bloggers need to spread their interests across multiple revenue streams. Included are numerous methods for bloggers to earn an income through their blogs.
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/06/how-bloggers-make-money-from-blogs/


2.) Other possible options an entreprneur has to market themselves is self-promotion to their audience, such as advertising in area with high traffic of people. The negative aspect of this route is it becomes expensive and it will not reach a wide array of people as would the internet. Blogs are available all over the internet and can reach thousands of people across the world. It is much more inexpensive and would reach a lot more people than just advertising on the street. There are also opportunities to partner up with other blogs to combine their resources and make for a better profit. Blogs are available at all times and have a more powerful outreach to its audience. ? Blogs are an effective alternative because if someone is just starting out, and is trying to build their company from the ground up, they would want to minimize costs as much as they can. Blogging saves a lot of expenses, it is much easier to set up, and you cut out any need for numerous employees, if you can do it all yourself.


3.) The research material I found did support my thesis. On a scale of 1 to 5, this research rates a 5: it strongly supports my thesis.


4.) I do not wish to change my thesis.