Man of the House

The Tech Upgrade Trickle-Down Effect, Getting the Gadget Gifts You Want, 4G or Not & other Content from Man of the House

by Michael Sheehan on December 16, 2011

in Gadgets, General, Man of the House, Mobile, Opinion

As I mentioned in my last article, I have started doing some writing for Man of the House (MotH), a “real man’s magazine”. While I don’t have a regular schedule of when content is pushed to the site, I wanted to do a post that summarizes my first articles there. Moving forward, I will periodically have some more updates on content over there.

Do you want to learn more about Man of the House? Take a look at their About page.

Man of the House is the real man’s magazine, a guide for the jack of all trades trying to be better – at work and at home, as a father and as a husband. Men’s roles have changed in a generation. Fatherhood is different. Marriage is different. Careers and finances are different. Even the oil your dad taught you to change is different. Man of the House is about men helping other men become better men. We’re here for the man who wears a dozen hats and worries about losing his hair.

There are well over 30 featured contributors providing a wide range of content. Please spend some time over there. It’ll be worth it. [click to continue…]

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Expanding my Content Wings – Writing for Man of the House & Babble

by Michael Sheehan on December 15, 2011

in Babble, General, Man of the House, Opinion

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You may of noticed that there’s been a slight slowdown in content on HighTechDad.com. This isn’t because I haven’t been writing, quite to the contrary. It’s actually because I’ve been spreading my wings a bit and now I’m writing on a couple of other sites. I love writing, the hardest thing is finding the time and topics to do so. On HighTechDad, I am very backlogged on my reviews and other articles. Now, on two other sites, I’m “forced” to follow a bit more of an editorial calendar than I impose on my own site.

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I don’t get paid to write on HighTechDad.com. Sure, I make some money from advertising or affiliate programs, but it is definitely not enough to quit my day job. Yes, I do get to keep many of the items I review (and I fully disclose that  but given that it is an even playing field after that, whether I keep a product or not doesn’t affect my review). But now, I have some new editors cracking the content whip over my head and helping to fund my kids’ increasingly expensive activities.

But let me set the record straight here…it is very hard to make a living solely writing content. Bloggers don’t get paid enough, at least in my opinion, for the amount of work that they have to do to create an article that is worth reading. Sometimes it is really hard to get those content juices flowing and be “creative on demand.” I love writing so while at times this feels like a chore, I really enjoy the end result.

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